Thank You for Being a Friend: The Musical

Jason BEA ARTHUR Schmidt as Dorothea in this ridiculously campy send up of those amazing Golden Gals we all know and love!

I'm Hosting a Show Ya'll

GOT TALENT? a charity competition to benefit autism services will hold its first show on Monday, March 29, 2010.

1st night performers include: Keyboardist/Singer Antonio Jacobs, Asbury Park’s own Carl Chesna, Seven year old singing sensation Dwany Guzman, the beautiful Gillian Buono, guitarist Jose Rivera, The Cue Card trio, and singers Kayla Bogan, Lisa Sherman, Wendell Simpkins and phenom Jason Koth.

The evening's host will be Jason B. Schmidt of The Parodivas.

Judges are Larry Burnett – President, NewFest and Founder of AOL Music; Bruce Robert Harris – Producer, Gayfest and My Trip Down the Pink Carpet and YouTube Sensation Britney Houston

The competition starts off with three “live auditions,” being held at the Times Square Arts Center (8th Ave. @ 42nd Street) leading up to the Grand Finale on May 24, 2010. Fifteen industry professionals have signed up to host and judge the preliminary rounds. Finale celebrity judges include Leslie Jordan, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, John Tartaglia and Telsey & Co casting director Rachel Hoffman.

The audience and the judges will vote for their favorites. The top acts from each heat will then go through to the online Semi-Finals.

Tickets to the preliminary rounds are only $10 and available for sale at http://www.qsac.com/talent

My Mom's favorite gay uncle passed away

Here's to Uncle Lon who was the most loving, sweet and wonderful man. Let us all try to live our lives like he did.

Shontelle: Licky (Under the Covers) whoamg

Melody Gardot

My latest obsession.
http://www.melodygardot.com/

Real-size models

NY Post article.

The 12 Gays of Christmas

Adam Lambert's If I Had You

My current obsession.

Gayest Review

The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever! review on Firefox News. And there is a great interview with the playwright Joe Marshall and two of our amazing cast member Heather Shields and Bryan Zoppi here. "He's almost, like, channeling Stewie (Family Guy). He's got a grab bag of stuff that he just pulls out. Every line, whether it's a throwaway line or not...this guy is just hilarious."

A Love Mucycle

A Love Mucycle
A short musical film by Ben Sandomir
Starring Scott Hammon and Claire Siebers
Featuring Jason B. Schmidt

They Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever! First Preview Tonight! Whoamg.

Use coupon code MKTG for discounted tickets! See ya'll there!

Jakob Karr on So You Think You Can Dance

I would like to officially submit my application to be Jakob Karr's husband. He is a dream.

Thank you So You Think You Can Dance for bringing Doodle's McDreamy to the small screeny.

SWOONy.

Karen: The Musical

Megan Mullally is bringing Karen BACK!

Actress Megan Mullally is reviving her character from hit TV comedy Will & Grace for a new stage musical.

The comedienne starred as bored housewife Karen Walker in the show, which ended in 2006.

But she's breathing new life into the role and adapting it for the theatre in Karen: The Musical.

She tells the Los Angeles Times, "The main thing is Karen is such a great character, and people really want to see her again."

Mullally will be joined on stage by her former TV co-star Leslie Jordan, who played her onscreen rival Beverley Leslie.

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Teacup Pigs - the new pet craze

That's right, you too can get your own Itty Bitty Miss Piggy as a pet. But not in New York. Pigs are not legal pets in New York (unless you consider a guido a pet...and I do).

So Gay

So, I am currently in rehearsals for The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever, and they are going well so far.

This Sunday I will be singing Seasons of Love at a gay wedding in Central Park.

If my life gets any gayer I may have to change my name to Glitter.

Jason Does a Straight Play, sort of

Previews November 13-28, 2009 | Opening November 29, 2009

The Actors’ Playhouse

100 7th Ave South, New York City

(Take the 1 Train to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square)

It’s time for the annual holiday production for a struggling
gay theatre company in West Hollywood. Jim, the pot-
smoking straight tech guy, offends M&M, the eclectic
playwright, causing him to walk out and take his script
with him. Now the crazy and drama-addicted team has just
a few weeks to produce the “gayest Christmas pageant ever.”
This holiday camp-fest is a fast-paced comedy packed with
hilarious dialog and over-the-top characters.

Off Broadway goes gay this Christmas!

Don’t miss the funniest show of the season.

For more information contact Alternative Theatre Company

altrcompany@aol.com | (212) 464-8875

My new favorite song I See You

We Are Golden

New single from Mika. Love.

Be Italian from Nine

I found it.

Charlotte Church has uh...changed.

FINALLY the TRUTH comes OUT

After all these years, knowing deep down that I could NOT be from Texas, my mother confesses the TRUTH of where I came from.

A letter from my Mama:

I flew over there [France] and adopted you from Jean-Marc and Margarette. They loved me, by the way. They thought I had the cutest accent and I was sooo friendly, something they were totally unaccustomed to. They let me stay in their villa in Cannes. Did I ever tell you about the place? I'm sure I did not. It was breathtaking with all the flowers on the countryside. I could see the ocean from the veranda. I waited there in anticipation of your arrival, nibbling on biscuits and brie, sipping a cool glass of champagne. Ah it was a lovely , happy time. I thank them daily for sparing me the hours of intense labor and I am so thankful I was able to keep my fantastic figure. I thought you might like to make fun of your family, that is from Texas. Have fun with it. I adore you my darling.

Maman

The Parodivas Live at Comix

The Parodivas Darlene Rae Heller and Jason B. Schmidt play Comix Comedy Club in New York City.

Final Idol

G'Lambert might lose to Kutie Kris cuz of Christianity. GREAT.

My great-great-great grandmother

Mary Phila Ann Cain Camp, born on Jan 15, 1836 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee and died on Oct 9, 1912. She is buried at Pleasant Valley.

More on the G'Lambert

Did ya'll know, he MIGHT be GAY? OMGay.

Introducing: THE BLOGODIVAS

That's right. The Parodivas' reason to live/their creative process has now gone PUBLIC.

Check it, before you wreck it.

The Beales are Back and HOW!

My boss and his husband rep'esent Gay Marriage Rights in New York

up on the TV.

Love this

Want to do a parody called, "G'Lambert the gayest idol..." Must do it. Can someone hook me up with an animator, recording stuido and uh some $$$? Thanks,

Wrong.

If you are gay in Iraq, you are murdered (usually by a family member).

Whoamg.

The G'Lambert

oopsy, they took that one down. here's another one!

Argyle Baby

According to Darlene, I am the new Virgin Mary (hey mary!) and this is my offspring.

Why is it cute?

Where he is?

OMG the Cheeky Monkeys

This totally reminds me of me and my best friend Ronda growing up. Awww.

Roll Over Clay Aiken, a NEW GAY IN TOWN

Adam Lambert. So...hott.

Currents: Lazy

I am lazy. My latest blog post is on Darladiva's blog comments.

Thanks,
Doods

President's Day

1. Play Fashion Wars
2. Drop off laundry
3. Kill self at gym
4. Double espresso from the S'Bucks
5. Makin' a salad and hangin with the new bf (dvr)
6. Pick up laundry
7. Meet with accountant
8. Sing with the gays
9. Sleeeeep
10. "back to life, back to reality."

Whachu doin?

Hey-ey

I have a blog? Not really. Anyhoo, it is snowing right now. I am not a fan of precipitation in general. Snow is better than rain but still not really desirable. I am wearing very cute shoes today, but they are not so good at keeping the precipitation out of them. :( Not much else to share. I need a roommate. My current sublettor (of 3 years) has moved out and so, I must find someone else, unless I somehow get double my salary. If that happens, then I will have a guest room. Want to stay over? TTFN

Wow. I just published this post and my blog is virtually un-readable. I must adjust the settings. My life is so exciting. Don't be jello.

Why We Should Fly First Class

Hudson River US Airways Plane Crash New York City

This is my 2nd post on plane crashes. Scary.


According to Flickr: taken by Janis Krums on an iPhone

The Zipper Theatre is Closing!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Glitter and be GAY

Come on out to The Big Gay Sing as presented by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus on March 27th. Woo hoo!

Linus!

Word Verification

So JoMo made me join twitter. I don't know why. Well, upon signing up my word verification was...interesting.

hymen improvement

ew.

The Olden Days

This reminds me of my life when I first moved to New York over 8 years ago...

This is clearly what we all looked like when we went to the Tunnel.

New York City Gay Men's Chorus at Impact Rally against Prop 8

I'm on the left, through the microphones....

Holla-DAY

[title of show] Cast to Join NYC Gay Men's Chorus for December Holiday Concert

Celebrate Me Home is the title of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus' upcoming holiday concert, which will be presented Dec. 9 at Carnegie Hall.

The 8 PM performance, which launches the 29th season of the Chorus, will boast a special guest appearance by the cast of the recent Broadway musical [title of show], including Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff.

The evening will include carols from the Basque country, South Africa, Cuba and the Dominican Republic as well as such traditional favorites as "Sleigh Ride," "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World."

Charles Beale is artistic director of the Chorus; David Edelman is executive director.
In a statement artistic director Beale said, "At Carnegie Hall this December, you are going to see NYCGMC as you have never seen and heard it before. There will be beautiful new carols from around the world and traditional favorites. With the incredible cast of [title of show], a red-nosed reindeer, some Supremes, the Andrews Misters and over 200 gay men of all shapes and sizes, you are promised the warmest of welcomes!"

Tickets, priced $39-$88, are available by calling (212) 247-7800 or by visiting Carnegiecharge.

Nice Op-Ed in Times

Bring on the Puppy and the Rookie

GObama!

If I could dance.

Halloween Show

Here Knight is this better?

Or this? I look EXACTLY like this these days...riiight.

OMG so much better than VHS

So I don't have cable. I don't have dvr. I DO have one "blank" vhs tape on which to record Heroes when I'm at chorus rehearsal. BUT thanks to Willbo's man Scotto, I now knowo about hulu. Here's the debate clip from SNL yesterday as posted on hulu. Check it out. But beware: old episodes of Dougie Howser, M.D. could keep you up all night...

Voting Matters, ya'll

29 and Holdin'

I just received the best card EVER. I finally emerged from the bat cave around 3 to head over to the post office to pick up a mysterious package (check from Daddy??). It turns out it was from auntie sash! As I made my way home (after a brief stop at the bodega for a 40, potato chips and spinach dip, yes I am pregnant), I couldn't resist the urge to open the package. As I attempted to free the darling little package from alcatraz-like tape-enings, I thought, is she channeling her mother, my grandmother? We used to receive gifts from Gramma Schmidt and if she hadn't given us swiss army knives that one year, we NEVER would have gotten INTO the packages.

Anyhoo, I DID finally get INTO the auntie sash package and found the most AMAZING card (pictured here). Crumpled dollar bills, a stick of gum, some change, three paperclips (the purple is my favorite of course), a 60 cent off coupon for hot sauce and, of course, a spork were the contents. I BURST INTO LAUGHTER as I read the sticky note attached that read: A "channeling Gramma Schmidt" birthday moment. OMG. As I began to straighten out the money I thought, yes, Gramma Schmidt would put a lot of thought into meticulously emptying her purse into a birthday card, sure. But, Auntie SASH? Would she really send me $48? And then I counted the change. 1 dollar coin, three quarters, a dime, two nickels and five pennies round it out to a lovely and hilarious $50. LOVE IT.

Also, in the care package are lovely lotions, a single serve of easymac (a drunk man's best friend), a pin that reads, "Bitch covered bitch with a creamy bitch filling," a magnate that reads, "What happens over the rainbow stays over the rainbow," a box of purple chocolate candies (yes purple chocolate candies), a bumper sticker, "Sorry Girls, I'm Gay" (which I will be promptly delivering to the stage door of Spamalot), an air freshener that depicts a fellow drinking a cocktail that states, "Being an asshole is ALL Part of My Manly Essence," and (other than the Gramma Schmidt card) the piece de resistance:

My favorite magnets included are:
1. I HATE THE FACT THAT YOU PEOPLE DON'T SALUTE ME
2. HELL WAS FULL SO I CAME BACK
3. TAKE YOUR PROJECT ELSEWHERE (which is going ON MY DESK ON MONDAY)
4. But Enough About Me...What do YOU think of ME?
and finally
5. Treat Me No Differently Than You Would The QUEEN.

Surprise of the Century

His baby's name is Carter.

From Eve Ensler re: Sarah Palin

Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best known for 'The Vagina Monologues', wrote the following about Sarah Palin

Drill, Drill, Drill

I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice. Whatever it is, I need the polar bears.

I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.

But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.

I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the mo st dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country chose those candidates the fall-out may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity.

Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself20of the Iraqi war, 'It was a task from God.'

Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.

She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how ma ny babies that makes.

Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next president of the United States . She would govern one of the most diverse populations on the earth.

Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air.

Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America has ever tried to be.

I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of=2 0the U.S. , but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction. It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression.

If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power to get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC, 'Drill Drill Drill.' I think of teeth when I think of drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain.

Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?

Eve Ensler September 5, 2008

GOBAMA!

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/16/anne_lamott/index.html

http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html


Yours,
Ladel Torque Palin

I can read?

Crosstown Playwrights Summer Reading

Join the first evening of Crosstown Playwrights Summer Reading Monday, August 11 at 8 p.m.

The Winokur Family Rehearsal Room at Second Stage Theatre 307 West 43rd Street

Group by Daniel McCoy

Directed by Heidi Handelsman

Featuring: Nathaniel P. Claridad*, Denise Collins, Lillian Meredith, Jason B. Schmidt, Maria Silverman*, Gordon Tashjian

*appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

Welcome to group therapy in purgatory, where six souls, at the unexpected end of their nows and the beginning of their forevers, must choose which is more important: the baggage left behind in life, or the uncertainty of what waits on the other side.

Admission is free - Seating is first come, first serve. Beer and wine reception to follow reading

My new Hero.

Whore is a success!

Use code AEA when/if you buy your tickets.

Love ya'll.

Whore and not so whore

Come to the show!

O'Freckle is no more.

A Tony for Xanadu?

Finally a post where I can say WHORE

Heyyy. I'm in this show! Come see it.

In other news, things are moving along nicely with Mr. O'Freckle. Will keep ya posted...

Last Night

It could not have gone better in SO many ways. YAYYYYYYY!

The Parodivas and Pals AIDS Walk New York Benefit Show

Come on out and see the show. Use code lucky7 for $7 off!

Click here for tickets!




Proceeds go to our AIDS Walk New York Team!

Funny?

Long but Good. If I had a nickel...

OMG Dorothy, I am EXCITED for this

[title of show]

I love love love love this show and CANNOT wait for it to come to Broadway. What's next? Gutenberg? I WISH!

In other news: I am going to the GLBT Expo on Sunday and then brunch! Hazzah!

More Gypsy in the Times

It opens tonight! I really like Laura Benanti and now after reading this article, I like her more.

Easter Bunnay

Sooooooo, Friday Cricket and I caught the Fabulous Entourage, who were indeed fabulous. I heart them.

Saturday was spent doing nothingish until Willio came over and we chatted about the tiny tiny tiny one bedroom and studio apartments that are in our (his) price range. Sad. He may have to move to the UES and I may have to miss him. Then we saw Jumper, which we both thought was going to be the hottest comic-bookiest movie we'd ever seen. It wasn't. It was bad. And Hayden Christiansen wasn't EVER naked. GAWD!

Sunday was brunch with a crew of NYC orphans and then post-brunch drinks/convo about comedy, politics and ______. Then I passed out on my face at 8pm on the couch. When I awoke to get ready for work, my jaw felt like I'd been giving..."speeches" for hours. Luckily today, it is much better and I don't want to die.

TONIGHT IS Idol. Something to live for. w00t.

b6e.

Nice article in the Times

Dressing Rooms

Tired. Ready for 5pm.

Last night The Parodivas had done our best. I am hoping the new parodies/jokes hit the audience at On The Rocks a bit better. That's my hope. I'm pretty sure they will.

I just received from Amazon: August Rush (my favorite movie of last year that pretty much EVERYONE hated) and Enchanted. I am excited to watch them this weekend. I ain't got no plans. I guess take it easy, since we will have had two gigs this week.

Several peeps from A Whole New Job attended last night. It was a very nice gesture, but...I don't know what the but is, but there definitely is a butt.

Speaking of butts, are sex jokes REALLY the only things comedy audiences want to hear? Yes.

I think I am seeing the Fabulous Entourage's reunion/maybe last show on Friday. That's plans. That's fun. YAY.

Peace. I got nuthin' else.

Hmmm. Happy Weekend.

There's a bunch of peeps on the East side of Manhattan not having a happy weekend due to the craxy crane collapse. Whoa. Scary. There is a giant highrise going up next to my apartment (hooray for loud construction) and so this scariness could happen to anyone.

Tonight is hangin' with the Darladiva and Niwa to see The Odd Couple at The Secret Theatre out in Long Island City (tres chic). w00t.

I'm honestly looking forward to a lovely Sunday spent on the couch watching some sorta movie. Yay! Sometimes doing "nothing" is just the best "something," right?

LuPone (gypsy) was pretty darned amazing. YOU GO Grilll.

I REALLY want to see A Catered Affair. I LOVE Bucchino's music and of course worship Harvey Fierstein. I also think that Leslie Kritzer has the potential to follow in Carol Burnett's shoes as a brilliant young actress, adept at comedy. I am excited to see her tackle something not so over the top. And Faith Prince is in it too! Okay. I need to get tickets. Watch out Xanadu!

Peace.

Because I am a stealer and I like pics

Darladiva listed her currents over on To the Left of Right, so I guess I will copy her because we are TWINS.

I am currently reading: The TNT Diet. It's good, but I just don't know if I can commit. I have gotten back on track with my online virtual trainer though. So that is good. Three months til BEACH TIME. As soon as/if I ever finish the diet book, I am going back to reading Dry. It is very good, but honestly, once he got to rehab, I kind of freaked out and put the book down. Ummmmm own demons much? Yeah. But I'll get back to it...sometime. Madame RK recommends it, but also has me nervous about some upcoming scenes. Anyhooooooo. I need to read these books so I can get started on the book I REALLY want to read which is Wicked Gentlemen. w00t? w00t.

Current music: Parodivas' new set for On the Rocks in TWO WEEKS:

We simply ADORE Danny Leary and his fantastic comedy show: He is our new BFF. Hey Danny Heeyyyyy.

My current guilty pleasure which has now been thwarted, is rooting and voting for another Danny. Danny Noriega on American Idol who was sadly booted from the show last night. But, I've decided he will front a glam rock band and I will become his biggest/oldest fan. YOU GO DANNY.

My current show I'm about to see is LUPONE gypsy. I am very excited. My new work friend Albie is going with me. w00000000000.

CURRENT

INTERJECTION:

"TGIF!"

OKAY. BI.

Todays obsession: FILLER

Watch out Peggle, FILLER'S IN TOWN.

Instructions from auntiesash:

The directions are minimal. The little balls bouncing around are bad. You click (and hold down) somewhere and start to inflate a ball. If one of the bad balls hit it while you are still inflating, it pops and you lose a life. If you stop, the ball stops growing and can't be popped. You can make a bunch of balls. Some will be big and many will be little. There is a counter telling you how much time, how many balls, and how many lives remain. You have to claim a certain percentage. That should get you started. Truly addicting.

HAVE FUN HAPPY WEEKEND.