24 Hours of Musical Theater Adventure!
The 24-Hour Musicals are blazing today, with the likes of Cheyenne Jackson, Richard Kind, Rachel Dratch, Mandy Gonzalez, and more learning lines, listening to harmonies on their ipods, and getting ready to bust the whole thing out tonight in a one-night-only musical theater extravaganza. Notably absent are both Idina Menzel and Bebe Neuwirth, who were slated to appear. Wonder if the two divas decided to back out when they found out about the "orientation," in which all performers must sing for the whole group. I have a feeling Idina would give that part a big "aw hellll no!" The Times is blogging the whole thing as it goes down, and has some very nice accompanying photos.
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The idea of blogging through it was a good one, but I find it awfully depressing that the writers of the pieces are pretty much ignored at the expense of talking about the big-name actors. (Only three of the eight(?) writers are mentioned--Gina Gionfriddo, Lance Horne, and Justin Paul.)
Not cool, Zeus.
Agreed, the more by-the-minute coverage, the better in my book, but it wasn't really as process-oriented as I would have liked. Not a big surprise from the Times, who will inevitably go for the juicy bits, but it would be interesting if next time, the 24-Hour team would invite a theater blogger to track the progress as well.
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