Thighs Wide Shut

Hedwig & The Angry Inch
On Broadway
Belasco Theater
Debut Preview Performance
March 29, 2014

Neil Patrick Harris put on some make-up, turned up the 8-track, and pulled a wig down from the shelf.  And like that – POOOOF, NPH went from Doogie Howser/that guy from HIMYM/The Tony’s host to Broadway’s newest star, transforming and disappearing behind the East German transgender superstar in his/her own mind – Hedwig

Originally a cult off-Broadway musical, created and performed by John Cameron Mitchell (with music & lyrics by Stephen Trask), and then turned into a cult underloved film (which I know the material from best), Hedwig and The Angry Inch has now been glitzed and glammed up for the Great White Way.  Fans of the musical will have no issue with the super-sized production, but I, a lover of the film, was taken aback by the monologue-y presentation of Hedwig’s tale.  In the film, all the characters Hedwig speaks of are embodied by other actors.  In the original show, and this Broadway version, they are played out by Hedwig.  I fear that any Hedwig virgins who see the new one may get a little lost within the storytelling of her story, and drowned out by the music.  The music still kicks major ass, and the new incranation of Hedwig’s band – the Angry Inch – sound amazing, but the storytelling feels a little cluttered when told thru the songs, especially for someone who doesn’t know this Hedwig from Harry Potter’s owl

STILL, for diehards or even the uninitiated, there’s no denying the power (and sweat – he sweats A LOT) that NPH exudes on stage, giving Hedwig his all, and her all. It’ll make the NPH nobelievers say Doogie who?  The show tears him down, but builds up its audience’s energy and love.  Crank up that midnight radio, for rock and roll will never die

Bonus love goes out to Lena Hall, who plays Hedwig’s drag queen lover Yitzhak, and who makes women with mustaches the new hotness!!!

NPH 9ever!!!

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
Foxwoods Theatre
Official Website | 150 min

Dude, why does everyone hate on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark?  Do they hate Spider-Man?

Do they hate 12 Spider-Mans?

Do they hate seeing Spider-Man like actually fly in front of their eyes, unlike in the movie when a computer is flying Spider-Man in fake computer world???

PEOPLE, THERE IS A MUSICAL THAT’S NOT SUPER GAY, BUT SUPER EDGE-Y & BONO-Y, AND SPIDER-MAN IS IN IT AND HE’S FLYING ABOVE YOUR HEAD AND YOU’LL FEEL LIKE YER 8 YEARS OLD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE 8 YEARS OLD AGAIN, BESIDES THE NOT EARNING MONEY OR HONEYS STUFFSSS!!

(ok,  so the show’s a lilllllll toooo looooong, and the story is muddled, even though they basically juss retold both Spider-Man #1 movies, which really isn’t all that complicated, but dude, SPIDER-MAN FLIES IN FRONT OF YOUR THIGHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

The Pee-Wee Herman Show
The Stephen Sondheim Theatre
now thru January 2nd
websight

Do call it a comeback, a long overdue one, interrupted by some personal downfalls, but that’s all now juss a bunch of jizz on a porno theater floor water under the bridge!!!!  If you believe in magic, well magic is very much alive at The Stephen Sondheim Theatre this fall thanks to the manchild in the gray suit, red bowtie and white shoes.  Pee-Wee (bless you Paul Reubens) may have left us for awhile, but he never really left us.  And how could he?  Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse are timeless classics worth revisiting for generations to come, and so was his original stage production from 1981, which has now been updated with much modern flair (& rightfully includes the Playhouse TV gang) almost 30 years after the fact!!!  Even the original Miss Yvonne (Lynne Marie Stewart), Jambi (John Paragon) and Mailman Mike (John Moody) are along for the ride and they shine on like the crazy diamonds they once were.  Larry Fishburne wasn’t able to re-saddle-up as Cowboy Curtis, but don’t worry, he rides on, and so do Chairry, Pterri, Globey, Conky, The King of Cartoons, Penny and everything else you know and love from the wonderland of Puppetland (we forgot about those Coronet Educational Films)!!!

Our father is one of the biggest Pee-Wee fans we know, and after he saw the show in LA, he said it might not have been the most funny thing he’s ever seen, but it was a dream come true to see him do his thing under the proscenium.  Well, he was wrong about one thing, the show is uproarious (in terms of awful puns, sexual innuendo, and childlike glee)!!!  If Pee-Wee ever brought joy into your life at some point in time, do yerself a flavor and let him do it for you again.  We love him so much, we may juss have to marry him!!!

And if not him, how bout Naomi from Lost?!?!

+ if you see the show, he unintentionally gives a Thigh Master shout out!!!

January 23, 1984 – Beach Boys Brian Wilson visits the cast of Cats backstage at the Broadway Theater. Brian was with his psychiatrist, Dr. Elliot Landy, who travels with the reclusive musician. Brian’s brother, Dennis recently drowned in California

pic rezlogged from 100 Bad Dreamz

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