Broadway Spotted Interview
Here's a Broadway Spotted interview with Cedric Yau, producer of the Off-Broadway production of Around the World in 80 Days, and Guy LeMonnier, the new Phileas Fogg.
The Amazing Race Meets The 39 Steps
The other day I posted how I'm not crazy about the press releases calling the Off-Broadway production of my script Around the World in 80 Days a "fun frolic." The show is a whirlwind comedy and the Off-Broadway production is a wild and exciting steampunk version. So imagine my surprise today when I read this in the BroadwayWorld article about Gary Littman and Matt Lutz joining the cast: "Combining 'The Amazing Race' with The 39 Steps, Around the World in [...]
Gary Littman and Matt Lutz Join Cast of Around the World in 80 Days
The Off-Broadway production of Around the World in 80 Days welcomes Gary Littman and Matt Lutz to the cast. They replace John Gregorio and Stephen Guarino (Do their last names sound like a Russian Olympic skating couple or is it just me?) in the roles of Passepartout & Detective Fix (respectively). The Russian skaters' last performance is Sunday September 1. The law firm of Littman and Lutz starts Tuesday September 3. John and Stephen, thanks so much for all of your wonderful work. Gary and [...]
Fun Frolic? How About A Fasten-Your-Seat Belt Comedy!
The website for the Off-Broadway production of Around the World in 80 Days has a new fancy logo. The site is still using the top hat but now instead of a static hat just sitting there, the new hat has motion and energy. It's a really nice make-over and fits the show. The show is fast moving. One might even call is a whirlwind. The show, however, is billed as a "fun frolic." That description has been in all of the press releases [...]
A Harper Honey Review of Around the World in 80 Days
Here's a lovely review by Harper Yi of the Off-Broadway production of Around the World in 80 Days. "But on top of all this ingenuity and artistic splendor, the show is funny-- genuinely, side-splittingly, joyously funny. The script itself is fast-paced, quick, and witty with some very sharp jokes that will tickle you with the precision of wit and other, very intentionally blunt jokes, that will hit you more like a baseball bat in the gut, except instead of the wind (and [...]
Guy LeMonnier Joins Cast of Around the World in 80 Days
Last week Guy LeMonnier joined the cast of the Off-Broadway production of Around the World in 80 Days. Guy replaces Josh Segarra in the role of Phileas Fogg. Guy is a founding member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, so all you TSO fans come on out to the New Theatre at 45th Street to see Guy knock it out of the park. Break many bones, Guy.
China – The Whole Enchilada at Sacred Fools
China - The Whole Enchilada will get its West Coast Premiere at Sacred Fools in Los Angeles, Feb. 4 - March 12, 2014. The show will be directed by Allison Bibicoff, who directed a killer production of Around the World in 80 Days at the International City Theatre in Long Beach (The show was an LA Times Critic's Choice). Allison is graciously letting me be part of the whole process. This will mark the first time I've been involved with a [...]
Land Rover Going Around the World in 80 Days
British luxury SUV maker Land Rover is hosting an epic 'Around the world in 80 days' expedition. Sixteen assorted Land Rovers, driven by their intrepid owners from the Land Rover Club of Hong Kong, are on a drive to conquer the world in 80 days. Hey, that sounds a lot like the plot to my show Around the World in 80 Days, currently running Off-Broadway. The four month expedition started on June 9, and already has chalked up more than [...]
Here Lies Love With Melody Butiu
If you haven't seen Here Lies Love, the David Byrne/Fatboy Slim musical currently playing at the Public Theatre, you better hurry on down to the theatre and beg for tickets because the show closes July 28. My friend Melody Butiu, a fantastic singer and actress, is in it and she tears it up. I saw the show when I was in town for the opening of my Off-Broadway show Around the World in 80 Days (see how I got my plug [...]
Putting Around the World in 80 Days on the Radar
Here's another review of the Off-Broadway production of my play Around the World in 80 Days. It's a lovely review but this is what worries me: "This show, which just opened at the end of May, seems to be flying under the radar (I hadn’t heard a single thing about it beyond that subway ad)." Under the radar!? Oh no. We have to get this puppy out from under the radar and smack dab on the radar. It needs to [...]