2008

“The first time I met Barack Obama—I should say the only time...”
— Aaron Sorkin Yeah, I just...

“Sports Night was on right between The Drew Carey Show and...”
— Aaron Sorkin [GQ] Sports Night...

“For 27 consecutive weeks, LuPone played Saturday evenings at...”
— Playbill News: Ghostlight Will...

Jumping in the Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday...

why yes, friendly spam i have. in fact my last day is...

are you trying to tell me something?

so the guy in the deli near work i sometimes go to (but haven’t been in a while) just spoke to...

Cerveris and Gemignani to Star in Sondheim's...

overheard outside the m&m store in times...

tourist 1: we should take a picture with them.
tourist 2: i don't know...
tourist 1: come on, then we could make it our facebook picture.

I would just like to point out ...

juliaallison: that, as a college graduate, with a B.A. from Georgetown in political science, I was...

spotted

jack mcbrayer aka kenneth from 30 rock at [title of show] last night. good choice. good choice.

“[At Phantom of the Opera] In case of rips or tears, there is...”
— Playbill News: ASK...

I now understand why people

I now understand why people call the shake shack lifechanging. So good.

this was seriously the most amazing thing ever. a thing of...

“When professors Harrison and Huntington wrote a book with...”
— This Blog Sits at the...

“Perhaps we don’t fully recover from our first loves....”
— michael cunningham, a home at...

Monday Monty Blogging (sandy edition) - Feministing this...

Megan Lea and I are waiting outside barnes and noble for...

Is 'Hair' Just 'Cats' With Hippies?

iammiki: aja: 58 Illustrated Monsters i feel like that...

seagull: Isabella, a golden retriever at the Safari...

Free _______!

sharingtime: Have you been offered granola bars or crackers for free in Union Square recently? I...

Listen

Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition).

“What neither Greengross nor Fox discuss is the why. Why are...”
— Mysteries Of Life: Why Does...

peterwknox: aja: The Flowfield Unity

“Sometimes, planes, they smash up in the sky. Sometimes,...”
— Rilo Kiley - Wires and Waves

get up the nerve to be all you deserve...

i walked into the office at 9 am on a monday morning and quit my job. i am leaving august 15th....

I have "Super Trouper" stuck in my head....

(via toomuchawesome) eff just seeing the words got it stuck in my head. i’m reblogging to pass...

i mean a had a good hundred pounds on her, so i think i...

michaelikesit: soupsoup: kellyreeves:goldenfiddle:

(via toomuchawesome) damn skippy. season two is one of the...

super fun day

me: ugh i have to schedule this huge meeting
which is going to be actually impossible
chloe: hmm
maybe you should schedule it as like "super fun day"
that way everyone will want to come, so they'll clear their schedules
and then you'll be like "oops sorry, i meant really important meeting day"

pictures for sad children actually it’s called the...

“The other thing is, I’m actually quite an introverted...”
— DIVA TALK: Chatting with...

Twilight.

katysaidso: “You really shouldnt do that to people, its hardly fair.” “Do what?” “Dazzle them like...

peterwknox: 52books: Seriously, who doesn’t wish for this?...

“Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last...”
— Jonathan Safran Foer (via...

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what a very special time for me

lea: ...what a night
me: late december back in 63
lea: *dances
me: we are so cool
lea: fuck yes we are

“Maybe seeds will be planted, maybe there will be harvests...”
— tony kushner, angels in...

peterwknox: nickmcglynn: (via NYC’s Top 10 Ice Cream...

Google Maps Adds Walking Directions

“The last vampire is the mother of all vampires and that is...”
—  [title of show], Die Vampire,...

chelsea has been gone yesterday and...

me: so how's the boredom over there?
chelsea: not so much bored anymore
me: doing work?
chelsea: attempting to
Its me vs. excel
and excel is winning
me: oh boy

The Hierarchy of Geeks Flowcharts that don’t suck

Cupcake shops doing shots of sweetness

“They just came out with a souped-up new version that is very...”
— Streetsblog » Is San Fran...

“In love, the data is even clearer. Stay with high-quality...”
— Everybody’s Business - Lessons...

“When it became clear he wasn’t going to move out of the way,...”
— Last year I killed a man (via...

“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together, there is...”
— Winnie the Pooh (via...

“around this time my precious work ethic began to atrophy in...”
— sloane crosley in an essay in...

claudia: carolinek: I love the marketing for this...

Shameless request from a Broadway baby

drunkbrunch: My mom is visiting the last week of July, and while she’s visited me every year I’ve...

Red curtain at City Center for Damn Yankees

maybe i should just join the circus

Like to travel? Enjoy working with animals? This is the job for you. The Kelly Miller Circus needs...

Why Did a Doctor Temporary Tattoo His...

“I spent all morning sending out positive Emmy energy into...”
— EW.com - Emmy...

Emmy Nominations Announced

“A key element of that vibe is what Whedon called “the...”
— Joss Whedon (via the Los...

“Fuck the casual viewer. Seriously, who wants a casual...”
— David Simon, creator of The...

ohnotheydidnt: gossip girl filming

i’m so excited for this musical. the cast is actually...

seagull: mylifeinacube: Some days seem to inch on...

Batman tumbls! (In the times square toys r us store)

“Team Jacob is comprised of bitter whiners who hate love, and...”
— Let’s have a...

Kate has made my morning.

jessicagoldharalson: katespencer: Am I the only one trying to figure out just what the fuck...

52books: #33: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked...

overheard at the nero reading last...

chelsea: "Stab her with his real sword?"
*moaning ensues onstage*
lea: "METAPHORICAL sword?"
*pause* "
lea: No, real sword."

OMG - Nero song list. Suddenly really excited.

Stage at the Nero reading

Robert Redford He Is: Actor. Director. Looks Like: The head...

Agh! There is nothing worse than wanting to find full-text of an article that appeared in The New...

At the first [title of show] preview.

“confidence! and aaa as backup.”
— my dad via text. this was his...

maryrambin: MASON IS FOUND!!! And in one piece. Running to...

“Dude, my sister is always stealing her friends’ books,...”
— Overheard in New York |...

“In Daniel Gilbert’s 2006 book “Stumbling on Happiness,” the...”
— Does Having Children Make You...

Date Me, The World Is Ending « The...

seagull: Sometimes I wonder if New York is seen as something extraordinarily special by those who...

“Teaching that abstaining from sex is the best way to stay...”
— via Streeter (via...

getlost: hitchcock-inspired barbie doll (found here) this is...

“Tyson Homosexual was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters...”
— Dispatches from the Culture...

“if you do not generally live a tidy life - putting things...”
— sam gosling, snoop: what your...

while attempting to contact some...

me: does anyone know how to dial a pager?
guy in my office: who has a pager? are you calling a drug dealer? maybe you ought to dial from a pay phone.

“They’re us, in other words. And like us, they’re not all...”
— Wall-E - Movie - Review - The...

“An engineer from Walt Disney Imagineering, the theme-park...”
— A Reporter at Large: The...

Bitchin seats at the Idina Menzel concert.

“And he didn’t just “do” it. He worked over an idea like a...”
— Op-Ed Contributor - Jerry...

The Bizarre Origins of 8 Wedding Traditions

Theater things that don't make sense: Vol. 3....

My new favorite lunch - Greek yogurt with honey.

post secret i hate that post secret doesn’t have an...

“McAdams makes an important point about identity: It is a...”
— sam gosling, snoop: what your...

ask patti! (from pattilupone.net)

Alan asks: What is the best advice given to you in the acting industry? and who gave it you?
Patti answers: I've been given lots of good advice but the best was from my director for "The School for Scandal" at Juilliard. He said, "If you're an actress, act. If not, put a bushel basket on your head and get off the stage."

jessicagoldharalson: AIDES: Girl / Coloribus.com -...

huh

time out new york has started sending magazines to one ‘rachel becque’ care of my...

“Never have three unemployed people blogged so much about...”
— - Reblogging JA (via...

NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Daniel Evans (who stars as...

postmarks: gallery - march 18, 2004 so go.

Which Way Is She Spinning? The Right Brain vs Left Brain |...

silently judging

i try not to judge people on coffee preferences, i mean i like my coffee pretty light, so...

Curtain Up… @ the first performance of Gypsy since the...

peterwknox: Death

Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics Has anyone...

Every Criminal Has Them.

“There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was...”
— Here is New York: E.B. White I...

“the latin poet wrote ‘amor vincit omnia’ or...”
— marisha pessl, special topics...

“Lifetime Achievement has a deadly sound to it, a ring of...”
— Stephen Sondheim [on winning a...

sharingtime: It really annoys me when Broadway gets...

Women Targeted More Harshly by Media

2008 Tony Awards - The New York Times - ‘In the...

2008 Tony Awards - The New York Times - Patti Lupone wins...

“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve...”
— Ernest Hemingway (via...

@ August with Chelsea before the Tony’s - obsessed...

weather

the weather is officially schizophrenic today. crazy hurricane style rain interspersed with sun....

claudia: via swissmiss

I came into the city to help Chelsea with some Tony Party...

Literature prof: Carlos Fuentes and Octavio Paz were two Mexican intellectuals who wrote essays concerning what it meant to be Mexican. Can anyone name some equivalent American intellectuals who were concerned with what it means to be American?
Student #1: Steven Spielberg?
Student #2: J. K. Rowling?
Student #3: Bob Dylan?
Student #4: C. S. Lewis?
Student #5: Stephen King? [silence]
[via overheardinnewyork.com]

ASK PLAYBILL.COM: Tony Logistics, Part Two

Phony Tony Voting Blights Broadway's Big...

“Well, I know Michelle. She has been my friend and a friend...”
— Senator Dick Durbin, on what...

xkcd

YouTube: Speaking Of Porn…

so the new york heatwave finally breaks last night, which was glorious. this morning get to work to...

Barack's Bike Fashion

“People are less quick to applaud as you grow older. Life...”
— Sloane Crosley in I Was Told...

When the Internet Attacks: Cyber Vigilantes

iammiki: Will we ever have a female president? I feel so discouraged. I really thought Hillary...

Sex Diaries, this week's choice quotes

peterwknox: Amazing diary this week. Love it/Hate it. Today, the Loner Guy Trying Not to Be a...

ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Aziza, Breaker, Russell...

“time is how you spend your love.”
— zadie smith, on beauty

“The most important things are the hardest things to say....”
— Stephen King: Different...

“What you may not have realized is that perceiving sarcasm,...”
— Katherine P. Rankin, a...

change

Harper: In your experience of the world. How do people change? Mormon Mother: Well it has something...

couldn’t agree more! it’s also a very well done...

“At least I could say, besides voting and being politically...”
— John Cusack describing the...

“The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face...”
— Obama Victory Speech i just...

New Cigarette Tax