THREE DOT JOURNALISM

It's Tuesday and the drip drip drip of the air conditioner in the apartment above me onto my air conditioner makes me want to confess anything, just to make it stop. And they say water boarding doesn't work...

While former "Ugly Betty" star Michael Urie collected his Lucille Lortel Award Sunday night for his role in the hit THE TEMPERMENTALS, the BF and another friend of ours went to see the show looking forward to seeing Urie in the role. But alas they haven't perfected that 'two places at one time' thing yet. Still, his understudy, hottie Vince Gatton was fabulous in the role. I have a soft spot for Gatton as I got to share the stage with him 18 years ago when I understudied for a role in PARTY back at Bailiwick Theatre in Chicago. He was just a kid then and uhm yeah so was I. <smile>...

Speaking of the theatre, the run of WHEN JOEY MARRIED BOBBY continues with newcomers to the cast Randy Jones stepping in as the dad and Lady Clover Honey stepping into Lady Bunny's shoes. As the temperature rises and we all have to don heavy winter clothes (the show takes place at Christmastime) the one thing on everyone's mind: air conditioner do not fail us now. The show plays Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm at the Roy Arias Theatre...

And speaking of teh gayz and the teh weddings, Anthony Wilkinson is dusting off his Off Broadway hit MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING which opens this week in previews at St. Lukes Theatre (308 W. 46th). The show stars Reichen Lehmkuhl in the lead. Soap fans will remember that Wilkinson did a trial run of the show last autumn with some of his ONE LIFE TO LIVE buds (Wilkinson works on the show) which has paved the way for an open ended run in mid-town...

Speaking of theatre and One Life to LIve, Tuc Watkins, the actor who plays the ever scheming David Vickers is in an off Broadway show WHITE LIES opening this Thursday at New World Stages (it's in previews now). Tuc is in the show with a little lady named Betty Buckley (perhaps you've heard of her) and Peter Scolari (who donned a dress with Tom Hanks in the short lived but influential sitcom Bossom Buddies mumblety mumble years ago). Word is that Tuc has returned to the ONE LIFE TO LIVE cast and his scenes will start airing any day...

Tonight's LOST return (after yet another hiatus, although yes it was short) marks the start of the final five hours of the show. Recent word came out from the producer Damon Lindelof that the finale will leave fans scratching their heads as new sets were created for 'secret scenes'. Me, I've given up hope for a coherent story to be told and at least hope if it's not going to make any sense (David Byrne would be so happy) that they just go all gonzo and continue to make it fucking weird. Of course I'll have no emotional connection to it and the rewatch value will be zero (good luck with those future DVD sales, folks) but it's their show and they get to do what they want with it - even if what they are just jumping the shark for all future sci-fi oriented shows. If you want to get all rage-y about just how manipulating these LOST people can be, click to the Hollywood Reporter's story. BTW "Lost-ian" is code for "whatever we want to do because we can't figure out how to end our own piece of work". Bah. Although I vow to have a better sense of humor about it over the next 20 days - kinda like these guys:

Now while I run off for the day doing random errands, you can sit back and enjoy Randy's performance from last week's Bingo. You can see us doing motions on stage with Tina, Matthew and Ilene all singing along... it was a pretty incredible night, that's for sure!!... Enjoy your three dot Tuesday and remember to make plans to catch us tomorrow night at P*rno Bingo to meet Vivid Girl Savanna Samson and special musical guests (more on that tomorrow).

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[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

All told, Tuc is actually on contract with OLTL this go-round, because he's in town with the play and DH is on hiatus, so he doesn't have to be in LA for the time being.