Nick Rhodes And Wendy Bevan Release Astronomia III: Heaven And Hell In The Serpent’s Tail [OrcaSound] Astronomia is a 52-song, 4-volume project being released as 4 albums. Astronomia III: Heaven And Hell In The Serpent’s Tail [YT Audio playlist] came o…
Into The Woods
Stephen Sondheim wanted to something funny. After the intensity of Sunday In The Park With George, he decided to turn, again with James Lapine, to classic art. In this case, fairy tales. The resulting show, Into The Woods, is one of those truly magical…
Pricking, Thumbs, etc
The Tragedy Of Macbeth from Joel Coen and A24, with Denzel and Frances and others. The teasingest of teaser trailers at 55 seconds.
“The woman is absolutely riveting. I can’t. She’s so brilliant.” -humbug
Elaine Stritch At Liberty [2h25m, Wikipedia]
Assassins
Stephen Sondheim was being stymied by historical events. After the truly massive success of Into The Woods, he delved into darker subjects for his next show, 1990’s Assassins. An exploration of the American Dream and the broken people it fails, the sho…
Lil Nas X Gala Look Behind The Scenes
Behind Lil Nas X’s Royal Met Gala Looks [6m27s YouTube video from Vogue] I thought it was fun to watch him have fun with very expensive clothing. Also, great looks!
Sondheim’s Six Ladies In Red
Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Bernadette Peters, and Elaine Stritch all take the stage and take a turn singing some Sondheim. Thirty minutes of diva delight, with David Hyde Pierce to introduce them.
A Little Night Music
Stephen Sondheim was riding pretty high in 1973. His previous two shows, Company and Follies, were both gigantic artistic successes, and everyone was waiting with baited breath for his new show, A Little Night Music. A period country house drama set m…
Passion
Stephen Sondheim had not been on Broadway for nearly five years. Assassins had been an off-Broadway production, and so when Passion opened in 1994, after a very labored preview process (and still not widely lauded in reviews), it received a lot of atte…
Duran Duran Singles Singles
Duran Duran continue building toward their new album with two new singles: More Joy (feat. CHAI), and Anniversary.