What would the holidays be without The Nutcracker?

Merry Christmas! Right now I am sitting in the Denver International Airport getting ready to board a plane to visit my sister in New York. It is very much needed as The Nutcracker has been going on the past four weeks, making for some long weeks at work. I went to almost every performance because I help run a program with the Auxiliary called The Sugarplum Alums, along with doing backstage tours here and there. Every show has sold really well...better than other seasons, in fact. It is quite a sight to see so many excited people at every show. My favorite part is seeing the little kids all dressed up, uncomfortably tugging at the hems of their dresses or the belt on their trousers.

In case, none of you have attended a CB performance before, you don't know what you are missing! Here is a video of one of my favorite numbers in The Nutcracker. Here is "Arabian" danced by Luis Valdes and Shelby Dyer.

Prop 8: The Musical...and other amusing things

I found a couple amusing media peices today. One addresses a rather serious topic in our country right now in a comical manner. The other one is just plain funny and I can't wait to check out the real thing when it releases

'Emo Boy' headed to big screen
Vanguard Films picks up rights to comic book series
By Borys Kit
Dec 5, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
John H. Williams and his Vanguard Films have picked up rights to the cult comic book series "Emo Boy," setting Kyle Newman to direct the adaptation. Stephen Edmond, the comic's writer-artist, is penning the screenplay. Emo is a fashion and music style as well as emotional description of someone who is overly sensitive or angst-ridden. Published by Slave Labor Graphics, the satirical comic followed the travails of the most self-dramatizing young man in the history of the world, whose emotions were so intense he even had "emo powers."Vanguard discovered the book at Comic-Con. Vanguard's Rob Moreland is overseeing. The company hopes to make music a key component of the project, which has been described as being in the tone of "Napoleon Dynamite," "Harold and Maude" and "Zoolander." Newman, repped by UTA and the Collective, is the helmer behind "Fanboys," the long-delayed comedy about "Star Wars" fans. The movie is due to open Feb. 6.