Who knew that right under my very nose I had a spy!
My new co-worker, Dino-Ray, read my previous blog item about Dreamgirls and casually let slip that HE’D ACTUALLY SEEN THE MOVIE ALREADY!
So herewith are some of Dino’s thoughts on Dreamgirls. Keep in mind this is not a review but merely a taste for those [...]
Home > August, 2006
‘Dreamgirls’ sneak peek
Posted by Chad Jones on 31 Aug 06 - 6 Comments
Dreaming of ‘Dreamgirls’
Posted by Chad Jones on 29 Aug 06 - 0 Comments
Want a goosebump experience? Check out the official site for Dreamgirls, the upcoming movie version the kick-a** 1980 Broadway musical.
I got all revved up about this when I first saw the teaser trailer last Christmas, but now we’ve got an official site and everything with a tantalizing documentary, juicy film clips and snippets of musical [...]
`Chorus Line’ Magic
Posted by Chad Jones on 25 Aug 06 - 1 Comment
Received a fantastic e-mail from Steve Kluger, a novelist/playwright I’ve been corresponding with since I reviewed his play After Dark at the New
Conservatory Theatre Center. Kluger’s a wonderful writer — check out his novels Almost Like Being In Love and Last Days of Summer – and he brought his 9-year-old niece up to San Francisco [...]
Drama geeks
Archived in the category: DVDs, Mandy Moore, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Zach Braff, backstage
Posted by Chad Jones on 23 Aug 06 - 0 Comments
Just watched an interesting DVD documentary about Stagedoor Manor, the summer camp for pre-teens and teens who just gotta sing and gotta dance. Famous alumni of the camp include Zach Braff, Natalie Portman and Mandy Moore. Reese Witherspoon said that a counselor at the camp told her to never, ever sing in public (as you [...]
Rated P.G.
Posted by Chad Jones on 21 Aug 06 - 1 Comment
Last week, the theater Web sites ran the announcement that one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Patty Griffin,
will premeire a musical next spring at the Atlantic Theater Company. The musical, still untitled, is about a couple named Duane and Molly, who are taking a roadtrip from Florida to New York in a beat-up old Chevy truck.
Griffin, [...]
Singing singular sensations
Posted by Chad Jones on 15 Aug 06 - 4 Comments
Had two amazing experiences in one on Monday.
1) They actually let me into Skywalker Ranch in Marin, George Lucas’ incredible special effects compound where the biggest special effect of all is Mother Nature in all her Northern California glory.
2) They actually let me into the recording studio (Lucas’ scoring stage to be more precise) to [...]
Welcome, theater dogs
Posted by Chad Jones on 01 Aug 06 - 3 Comments
A couple months ago, I was interviewing playwright Paul Rudnick about his play “Valhalla,” which was about to open at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.
Rudnick is an incredibly interesting, funny guy, and it would be a wasted opportunity to keep him confined to one topic.
So I mentioned that I’d be starting [...]
