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 Kevin
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| posted: 7/7/2005 at 4:10:18 PM ET
Hey everyone.. that article I've been telling you is up... see Playbill.
-Kevin
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|  moljul
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| posted: 7/7/2005 at 4:22:22 PM ET
Kevin, I've been meaning to tell you that the article was in the July edition of Playbill. Been very forgetful this week. I saw it in the Playbill I got on Sunday when I saw Streetcar. Congratulations. I thought you sounded really great in the article.
|  GYPSY1527
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| posted: 7/7/2005 at 4:23:23 PM ET
great article! Congrats!
| TB4me2000
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9/1/2004 | posted: 7/7/2005 at 4:38:04 PM ET
It's also in the Wicked playbill!
Congrats on the article 
"They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's rainin'!'"--Cold Mountain
|  Rose
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| posted: 7/7/2005 at 4:44:03 PM ET
That's great. Will that be in any playbill of any show in July?
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance." -You'll Never Get Away From Me
"And if it wasn't for me then where would you be Miss Gypsy Rose Lee?" -Rose's Turn
| Karen
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With a picture even! Kevin, that is so great. I loved your quotation too. Very big congratulations on this.
| moljul
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| posted: 7/7/2005 at 4:59:16 PM ET
Yes, any July Playbill will have the same articles. Only the show specific information changes from show to show.
| BPfan11
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Congrats, Kevin! What a great article and picture! And I love the reference to the "Fanadettes". . .
|  Jean
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Well done, Kevin. Now everyone, don't forget, mind your manners!
|  TalkinLoud
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what a fantastic article! i sometimes feel as though fans such as us get mistaken for weridos or geeks... even sometimes stalkers. i'm really happy that this article centers on the heart of a fan and his true devotion to the theatre and it's participants. congrats kevin! rock on!
Izzy.
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| Chiquita
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AMAZING! Way to go Kevin!!!!
You either got it, or you aint!
|  Sister Rose
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BRAVO!
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| Kevin
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| posted: 7/8/2005 at 12:27:03 PM ET
Thanks guys
I haven't seen the print version. I've heard it's "heavily edited". Does it have pictures, too?
-Kevin
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| TB4me2000
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9/1/2004 | posted: 7/8/2005 at 6:37:43 PM ET
Okay...here's the full print article (and yes, all of the pictures were included...)
Beyonce, 50 Cent and "Star Wars" may have their legions of followers, but fans of Broadway are equally, if not more, devoted to their own idols. Playbill has tracked down a few of these ultimate Broadway fans to discover what draws these theatre lovers to their favorite stars and shows.
A self-described Renthead — the term coined for those Rent lovers whose passion for the musical is unbounded, those who created a community while waiting in line to purchase tickets — Joel Torrance's first viewing of the Jonathan Larson musical was from the Nderlander Theatre's mezzanine. He remembers thinking, "If I like it this much from back here, I'll probably like it a whole bunch more up front." That may be the understatement of the decade, as Torrance has since seen the musical, which opened on Broadway in 1996, and additional 1,071 times. Torrance, who works in Philadelphia in the investment banking field, explains that he initially encountered the rock musical during its Broadway preview period. "I remember walking into the Nederlander lobby and hearing the show while I was trying to get tickets. It sounded almost religious, like gospel."
"Why did I do it? What did it get me?" sings Mama Rose in the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical Gypsy. When asked why she "did it," why she attended the Bernadette Peters revival of Gypsy 200 times, 31-year-old Christie Ford says, "The cast was so amazing. The music, of course, is the best there is. And Bernadette was at the top of her form." Ford, who works in the legal department of Colgate-Palmolive, has been Peters fan since the mid-eighties but she didn't see her perform live until the mid-nineties at a concert in Richmond, VA. Since then, Ford's been making up for lost time, having also seen Peters over 150 times in her Tony-winning role as Annie Get Your Gun's Annie Oakley.
"I make sacrifices in other areas to see theatre," says Ford. "Theatre is what I love. . . [And, Bernadette has] just got everything. She's an amazing singer. She can act like no one else, and she's also just the nicest person in the world."
Kevin Lux, a 25-year-old part-time graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania who also works for the Abrahamson Cancer Center, concurs. "She has this ability when she's onstage to make it seem like you're the only one out there." Lux's devotion led him to create www.bernadette-peters.com, a Bernadette Peters fan website. He started this site as "a community for people who could get Bernadette information. What I'm really happy about is that I actually made a community. They've even given themselves this campy little name, the Fanadettes, and they've formed a social group that goes to Bernadette's concerts.
Ben rimalower's hear belongs to Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti Lupone.He first saw the actress live at a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Since then the 29-year-old director has caught nearly all of her stage appearances and thinks there isn't anyone "who can match her as an actress, singers and thrilling live performer."
In spring 2000 Rimalower had the opportunity to work with the actress when he landed a job as director Lonny Price's assistant for the concert staging of Sweeney Todd, which starred LuPone as the pie-baking Mrs. Lovett. "It was thrilling," says Rimalower. Meeting LuPone "confirmed and enhanced everything I thought of her. She really is her persona. Patti's personality is so warm and generous and outgoing. She treats everyone with respect, from the crew and the assistants to her co stars."
There may, however, be no more devoted diva fans than 23-year-old Mike Duling and 26-year-old Tom D'Angora, who reached into their own pockets to co-produce In His Eyes, the debut solo recording from Ellen Greene, the star of the original Off-Broadway stage production and subsequent film of Little Shop of Horrors. Duling, a theatrical producer and aspiring director, and D'Angora, a performer who has starred in his self-penned cabaret act, Divas I've Done, became fans and eventual friends of Greene. D'Angora says that from the very first time he and Duling heard Greene sing live, they questioned, "Where's the album? Seven months later, I called her, and said, 'You know what I was just thinking about it? How much would I pay for an Ellen Greene CD?' That's where it started. I really think it needed to be there. It was ridiculously overdue."
Stephen Schwartz's Wicked, the hit musical at the Gershwin Theatre, is creating a while new generation of Broadway fans. Wicked explores the back story of the Wizard of Oz witches, the bubbly Glinda and the green-faced, misunderstood Elphaba. It turns every Oz myth inside out while it explores a host of issues that are especially appealing to adolescents: popularity, good versus evil, challenging authority and friendship.
One such adolescent is Liz Frankel, a 12-year-old student at New Jersey's Dwight Englewood School who has seen the musical seven times. "The first time I saw it was in March [2004], and I remember during 'Defying Gravity' I was crying...I think Elphaba is a representation of school in general because she is the girl who rebels. The Wizard represents the Queen Bee, who makes up rumors, and has everyone turn against [Elphaba]. If she can get through it, it proves that everyone can get through it."
Whether it's the chance to meet a star or the appeal of a community that shares the same passion for a show, it's obvious that Broadway fans are a diverse and dedicated group.
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Okay..that's it. Forgive any typos, and enjoy
"They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's rainin'!'"--Cold Mountain
| Kevin
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| posted: 7/8/2005 at 10:21:51 PM ET
Thanks for all the typing!
-Kevin
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| TB4me2000
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No problem
"They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's rainin'!'"--Cold Mountain
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