I wrote a feature on New Conservatory Theatre Center’s Some Men by Terrence McNally for today’s San Francisco Chronicle. You can read it here. Here are a few pieces of my interview with Mr. McNally that didn’t make it into the newspaper. In addition to Some Men opening this week at the NCTC, McNally has [...]
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Terrence McNally, catch him if you can
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Posted by Chad Jones on 04 Jun 09 - 1 Comment
What the Elle? Bailey conquers `Blonde’
Archived in the category: Bailey Hanks, Broadway, Haylie Duff, Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde, MTV, Seth Rudetsky, TV
Posted by Chad Jones on 22 Jul 08 - 3 Comments
The three remaining girls (from left), Bailey, Autumn, Rhiannon, face the judges one last time. B’bye Rhiannon. Photos courtesy of MTV. Well let’s just be thankful it’s over. MTV’s reality show “Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” began seven weeks ago with 50 girls and, as the voiceover told us, “the most [...]
`Blonde’ reality getting puke-y
Archived in the category: Broadway, Haylie Duff, Jerry Mitchell, Katie Holmes, Legally Blonde, MTV, Seth Rudetsky, TV, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 01 Jul 08 - 1 Comment
So now viewers aren’t the only ones hurling during MTV’s “Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods.” We’re down to six girls at the start of this week’s episode, and by the end of the dance audition, one of them is seen on her knees in a bathroom stall heaving up her guts. [...]
The horror of `Blonde’ reality TV
Archived in the category: Broadway, Haylie Duff, Jerry Mitchell, Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde, Seth Rudetsky, TV
Posted by Chad Jones on 04 Jun 08 - 4 Comments
MTV Music Videos MTV Shows Entertainment News Thanks to my trusty DVR, I did not have to watch “Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” when it aired on MTV on Monday. I can tell this one is going to be painful — but maybe in a “feel sleazy and need to take [...]
You can’t stop the beat!
Archived in the category: Hairspray, Jack O'Brien, Jerry Mitchell, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, SHN/Best of Broadway, Zac Efron, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 03 Apr 08 - 0 Comments
Brooklynn Pulver (above center) is Tracy Turnblad in the touring production of Hairspray. Photo by Phil Martin Last summer, it was yet another musical breathing new life into the revival of movie musicals. This summer, it’s an actual, three-dimensional live musical happening before your very eyes. Hairspray, one of the happiest musicals around, is returning [...]
Review: “Legally Blonde, The Musical”
Archived in the category: Broadway, Jerry Mitchell, Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde, Orfeh, SHN/Best of Broadway, backstage, local theater, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 07 Feb 07 - 9 Comments
Merry musical `Legally Blonde’ dazzles and delights 3 1/2 stars Bright, shiny `Blonde’ (opened Feb. 6, 2007; photos by Paul Kolnik) The opening number from Legally Blonde, The Musical is, like, really catchy. So much so that the refrain, “Oh. My.God. Omigod, you guys,’’ bores into your brain and refuses to exit in a timely [...]
Pretty in pink
Archived in the category: Broadway, Jerry Mitchell, Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde, backstage, local theater, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 26 Jan 07 - 1 Comment
Laura Bell Bundy (in pink, naturally) as law student Elle Woods faces off with a law professor (Michael Rupert), much to the delight of fellow student played by Kate Shindle (left) in Legally Blonde, The Musical at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre. Photo Credit: Paul Kolnik We here at Theater Dogs don’t believe in reviewing [...]
Jerry’s kids
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Posted by Chad Jones on 08 Oct 06 - 0 Comments
The SHN/Best of Broadway folks threw a party at Ruby Skye nightclub the other night to entice group ticket buyers to show some love for Legally Blonde, which has its out-of-town tryouts in San Francisco early next year at the Golden Gate (yes, the Golden Gate because they couldn’t built the necessary elevator lifts under [...]
