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TOMORROW - FRIDAY, APRIL 9th AT 8PM

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

   
 

Dear WANZeGRAM Fan,

 
Hi there!
 
This is your one and only WANZeGRAM for the week of Friday, April 9, 2010.
 
It's coming a day early so you won't miss what's going on tonight and tomorrow night.
 
This edition is short on photos and style because we at the WANZeGRAM World Headquarters have been scattered across the south this week from Texas to Key West and points in between.
 
But the Gram is not short on timely content.
 
Please read it now and act accordingly.
 
Happy Thursday!
Box Office Quick Links
In This Edition
Audition Master Class
Last Chance for TRUTH WILL OUT
FRINGE PREVIEW is Monday
SHOTGUN Getting Rave Reviews
In our Box Office!
We've Got Mail!
Short Takes
My Two Cents
The World in Brief
Coming Attractions
Now Playing
Theater/Venue Quick Links & Numbers
A Note from Wanzie
Quick Links
 
AUDITION MASTER CLASS WITH SETH RUDETSKY
 

Come learn to love auditioning for musical theater, and learn how to get hired on Broadway. Seth will help you get the right audition song and stop singing the wrong song (or 16 bars of a song) at auditions. Seth's master class will help you learn to love your song and book the job!

 

Seth has played piano for more than a dozen Broadway shows including RAGTIME, LES MIZ, and PHANTOM, has conducted on Broadway, and was the vocal coach for the LEGALLY BLONDE reality show on MTV. He was the Artistic Producer/Music Director for the first five annual Actors Fund Fall Concerts including DREAMGIRLS with Audra MacDonald and HAIR with Jennifer Hudson. Seth is one of the most in-demand accompanists in New York City and has been vocal coach for dozens of Broadway Stars.

 

Seth Rudetsky's

AUDITION MASTER CLASS

Orlando

 

Saturday, April 10th

 

11 AM - 2 PM

 

The Footlight Theatre at The Parliament House Resort

410 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Florida   32805

 

Class fee: $100

 

Interested singers should register ASAP by logging onto

 

 

http://sethrudetsky.com/blog/see-me-live/

 

LAST CHANCE FOR THE TRUTH WILL OUT
  
FINAL PERFORMANCE TONIGHT 
 

 

 

The Truth Will Out

By Jordan Seavey

Directed by John DiDonna

 

Thursday April 8 - 7:30 PM

 

Only $5

 

ADVISORY: This play contains graphic language and explicit sexual situations. No one under the age of 18 admitted without parental consent.  

 

This event is part of

 

 

Now Playing through April 11, 2010

 

PlayFest is a ten-day theater event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for anyone who loves great theater!

 

The complete schedule of events, the dates, times, prices, and ticket purchasing are all now available by logging onto

 

OrlandoShakes.org

 

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO / FRINGE PREVIEW
 
Come out to The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre on Monday, April 12 to get a sample of 35 shows for the upcoming Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival.
 
Local performers will be doing 3-minute sneak-peeks and national and international acts will be televised throughout the show.
 
Tickets are just $28 and include your official 2010 Fringe Button.
 
Reservations are strongly suggested, as this event is always a sell-out!

Tickets may be purchased by calling (407) 648-0077.
MC/VISA/AMEX accepted.

When: April 12, 7:00 PM
Where: Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Loch Haven Park
 
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT SHOTGUN
 

"...Shotgun was beyond anything I would expect or have ever seen in Central Florida. We left saying it was better than anything we had seen Off Broadway." 

 - Frank A Santos, Chief Financial Officer, The Rosen Center

 

"I was so happy to see SHOTOGUN in production. Saw it last year as a reading during Playfest and couldn't wait to see it again." 

 - Survey Monkey Submission

 

"One of the best and very well done."

 - Survey Monkey Submission

 

"SHOTOGUNwas one of your all-time best! Excellent, touching, I loved it!"

 - Survey Monkey Submission

 

"The best play we've seen in the last 3 years"

 - Survey Monkey Submission 

 

"Best of all is the way Rus Blackwell and Dennis Neal set up an uneasy truce between the worn-down Beau and the irascible Dex, two men who might have been friends in some other world. These are two of Orlando's finest actors, and what they don't say is always more interesting than what they do - Blackwell in his numbed remoteness, Neal in the fire that flickers across his taciturn face. Human drama doesn't have to look huge to be heartbreaking, these men show you. When the flood comes, it's all the more likely to sweep you along." 
 
- E. Maupin, Special Contribution to the Orlando Sentinel
 
 
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 Broadway Heels
 
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We've Got Mail!
 
Dear Mr. Wanzie,
 
Time for you to turn in your Gay Card!
 
I am as straight as they come and I know that Ms. Havoc's birth name was "Hovick" not "Havick" (full birth name - "Ellen Evangeline Hovick")
 
You also neglected to mention her most important Broadway role, which was starring in Cole Porter's "Mexican Hayride" in 1944 (Winter Garden Theatre, 481 performances).
 
James Wolf
Dear Mr. Wolf
 
You are quite right concerning the misspelling of Ms. What's her face's name. I regret the error.
 
However, I quite purposely omitted any reference to her appearance in MEXICAN HEYRIDE just as I did not list the titles of her many B-movies.
 
No one has a hard on for Mr. Cole Porter that could ever match the intensity of yours.
 
MEXICAN HEYRIDE is not exactly at the top of everyone's mind when they recall their favorite Broadway Shows.
 
I am aware that the well-known songs "Abracadabra" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" were featured in this show, but the show title itself would not resonate with most of my far-younger-than-you readers.
 
Sincerely,
WANZIE
 
Michael,
 
I read with total agreement your article about Miss June Havoc.  I have often thought, but as is always the case, that without June, Gypsy would have never been Gypsy. However, there was one thing that I do disagree with, well, not me ... but the books that I have read.  June DID have a problem with the way her character was originally written, and threatened to sue, if the character's name remained June. There were several re-writes of Gypsy (the first performance was 4 hours long, with the curtain falling after Rose's Turn around 12:30) several songs were taken out, Herbie's song "nice she ain't" and June's song, "momma's talkin soft" (which is referenced in Rose's turn.. "momma's talkin loud, momma's doin fine, momma's movin on..") anyway... the point is... for several weeks Baby June was renamed Baby Claire, until June (as you said) realized how important this project was to Louise, when she finally gave in and dropped the lawsuit.  I think she was also a wise enough woman to know that by taking her name out of the show, it would only hurt her own career to not be associated with what was sure to be another runaway hit starring Ethel Merman.
 
I love your work;-)
 
MATTHEW ARTER
Dearest Matthew,
 
In fact you don't "disagree" with me at all. I am completely aware of all that you outlined above regarding June and her initial concerns with the musical Gypsy.  But the fact remains that ultimately, June did not choose to impede the production of the show, even though, as I wrote - many believed she had the legal right to do so and despite her disdain for the life of the main subject. I simply elected not to write out the entire laborious scenario leading up to that decision as you have so aptly done in your communiqué to me. I was, after all, writing an Obituary - a tribute "if you will", and not a complete biography of the woman's life or a thesis on her career.
 
But thank you. You do indeed bring to light an interesting side note, which I happy to include in the Gram now that the poor woman's body is cold.
 
Sincerely,
WANZIE

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Coming Attractions:

 

Upcoming events which are not listed elsewhere in this edition of your WANZeGRAM. Please note that only opening dates are indicated.  Some events may have extended runs. Please check with the venue for additional information.

 
A comprehensive listing of most performance venues in Central Florida, including web links and phone numbers for ticketing, may be accessed if you simply CLICK HERE
 

April 12  FRINGE PREVIEW - Orlando Shakes
 
April 16  LEND ME A TENOR - Theatre Downtown

 

April 26 Gary Bungart has a birthday
 
April 30  Classic Albums Live - Pink Floyd's THE WALL - Hard Rock Live!

 
May 16  CHAIRS 4 CHARITY, Mustard Seed Art Benefit - Crowne Plaza Hotel Downtown
 
May 20   ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL - Orlando Shakes / Orlando Rep / Loch Haven Park
 

Now Playing:

 
Ongoing attractions currently being presented which are not featured elsewhere in this edition of your WANZeGRAM 
 

Through May 3 - INTERNATIONAL FLOWER & GARDEN FESTIVAL - Epcot

Through April 17 - MARDI GRAS - Universal Studios

Fridays 10PM - MAMA'S COMEDY SHOW - Sleuth's
Performing Arts Reservation Links & Numbers:
 
Our companion website - WANZIE.com - is pleased to host a permanent listing of Central Florida theatrical & concert venues, as well as most area performing arts companies, with phone numbers and web links for ticketing and reservations. If you are interested in any event listed in the sections directly above, you may quickly access venue/ticketing information when you CLICK HERE.
 
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