Perspectives

"It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."

-- Salinger, that cooty old hermit

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http://kendavenport.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/halftime-shows.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-toeLrBGmI

Who knew joining a semi-lame online social network (LinkedIn.com) would yield this? The guy who runs the Davenport Theatrical Enterprises in NY is now the boss of someone I worked with in Edinburgh. Through her, I found his "Perspective," a blog touching on everything from intermission practices to front-page marketing strategies. I mean, it's not terribly hot shit in the massive porcelain bowl that is New York, but it's interesting and useful; Horace would approve.

Gotta love these networks, eh?

Also found out about another social network (Broadwayspace.com) that is a kind of Facebook for Broadway somebodies. I imagine most of the members are mere fans or big-stage hopefuls who go to shows almost as much as they are kicked out of auditions...yet again, it's a fine site for fourteen-year-old Indiana fans of Idina to join her "official" fan club, read her "official" blog, and, of course, order "official" Broadway gear (hats and nipple tassels and whatnot). Maybe it began as Broadway's only-us response to MySpace, but in the Land of Equality, any social network is bound to go the way of the I-thought-this-was-only-for-college Facebook.

Gotta hate these networks, eh?

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In other news, BestMusical.com just told me "my musical" is Altar Boyz.

Okay.

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Went to Wheatfields last night, a snazzy, swanky country restaurant (Cracker Barrel meets Chicago bachelor pad) and burned the mag stripe on our D&B card playing sweet boxing and bowling games. Now it's off to the Air Show to feel jet-engine roars in our chests, the soaring screamers of the U.S. military: F-15s, the Thunderbirds, et al. Talks about an Imax trip have begun.