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There was a lot of décolletage at the Oscars this year. Some ill-conceived. So Timothee showed restraint.

When I was in the Army we were instructed “This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for shooting, this is for fun”. Words to live by.

Calling Lea Michele now

It’s ironic when you think how all these people in the movie industry who were understandably shocked at this display of violence especially when the majority of the product they make is so violent. Sort of a disconnect it seems to me.

But maybe…..Has anyone asked John Travolta about this?

When they pee? it seems 9 times out of 10 when I use a public urinal there’s always a big puddle of pee on the floor. It’s disgusting. So I stand with my feet 2 feet apart not wanting to step in it. I realize I’m probably stepping in all sorts of awful stuff when I’m out walking so I usually take my shoes off and leave them by the door when I get home. Apparently a maintenance guy came up with the brilliant and simple solution of putting a realistic image of a fly on the back of urinals. That was over 20 years ago. Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is one of the places I’ve seen them. You can’t resist aiming at them and the floor stays dry. I feel sorry for the people who have to clean this mess up every day. I think they should be mandatory.

I saw two shower scenes. One had all the players. It stuck out (pun intended) because one of the actors looked like he had a semi hard on. But I think he was just gifted.

What confuses me is that Smith laughed at first when the joke was told. Was it Jada’s annoyed look that made him get up and smack Chris Rock? Did Smith think he’d be in trouble when they got home if he didn’t do anything? His meandering weird acceptance speech made it even worse. Unfortunately it became the highlight, or maybe the lowlight of the show. It’s strange that for an industry based on entertainment the Oscars is usually so boring.

Happy to say I’ve seen Sutton Foster in a number of Broadway shows and she’s always wonderful. But I’m not sure about seeing this new production of Music Man. She was at one time married to Christian Borle who is in this new Encores production of Into The Woods May 4-15 at City Center. Hoping to get tickets this week. I’ve also seen her brother Hunter Foster several times and he’s also very talented. I’d love to see them do something together. When Hunter was in a revival of Little Shop of Horrors about 2003 they were doing a collection for Broadway Cares. For a $20 donation Hunter and Kerry Butler who played Audrey would pose for a photo with you. As the photo was being taken I slipped my arm around Hunter who I had a bit of a crush on. I have a framed copy of the photo and it always makes me smile.

In the “good old days” during Shakespeare’s time it was common practice for people to yell and boo at the actors often throwing fruit at them. I believe opera performances were equally raucous. So I suppose todays audiences are not as bad by comparison. Still I have no problem tapping people who are talking during a performance with my playbill and putting a finger to my lips to signify they should shut up. I’d like to think my expression is one of sadness that they are idiots and don’t know better. This is hard to do wearing a mask.

I’ve never understood the attraction for Rolex watches. I don’t find them attractive. I once had a real one in front of me and a good fake and you couldn’t tell the difference till you picked them up and there was a noticeable difference in weight. The real Rolex being much heavier. As for the gold content there really isn’t much if you melted it down. If I was going to buy an expensive watch it would be a Cartier tank watch. Much more elegant in my opinion. My father was given a gold Jules Jorgensen at retirement many years ago. He never wore it. I wore it a few times then gave it to a nephew when he graduated from high school. I told him he had to wind it which I think amused him. I’m not sure if he ever wore it.

Japan has the best toilets. TP seems almost disgusting after you’ve used these toilets. I buy very little toilet paper. Not so much for the environment but it’s just a cleanliness thing. Your white briefs will thank you.

I saw the play today and enjoyed it. A group of attractive long time gay male friends in their 30’s meet in a house they’ve rented for the weekend in Palm Springs. They are there to reconnect and revisit some old memories of good times shared together. And have some sex. The dialogue is fast paced, witty and sometimes bitchy. There are contemporary social and pop references that I don’t always relate to. There are times when they put on wigs and caftans dance and lip sync to pop tunes. I’ve never done that with my gay male friends. I can’t quite picture doing it. One thing I have been pondering however and the show title makes that clear, they often refer to each other as “girl”. It doesn’t bother me and I understand why it’s camp and funny but I also can’t imagine referring to any of my gay male friends as “girl”. It’s probably because I’m old and stodgy. Still it’s a fun show and the audience, which looked surprisingly straight had a good time. I’d recommend it.

John Travolta is an actor. I think that sums it all up.

I saw the play first at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in 2002 twice. Today I saw this new production. 20 years was long enough for me to have forgotten a lot of the plot details so in some ways it seemed new to me. It’s a good play and much of it still feels relevant. It’s interesting that naked men on stage still seems like a big deal.

I now have tickets for the Wednesday matinee May 18. Much better seat choices at the box office. Center orchestra seats. Looking forward to seeing it. I hope it doesn’t rain.

It’s really good. I hope he survives this horrible war.

I have a ticket for this next Saturday. I don’t really know anything about it but I’ve had a long history visiting Palm Springs so I think it should be fun. The guys look cute. https://2st.com/shows/to-my-girls

I’m now aiming for mid-May so will hit the box office this coming Tuesday. Curious to see what they have available. It should be good I think.

I just received in the mail a flyer for the revival of Funny Girl starring Beanie Feldstein. I’ve watched a few YouTube videos of her and she’s done a number of well regarded movies. I didn’t realize that Jonah Hill is her brother. No doubt a talented family. She also came out as lesbian and will be sharing the stage with another famous lesbian Jane Lynch. So cheers for the home team. Previews begin March 26 and opening night is April 24 so there’s some time to do any fine tuning. I’m looking forward to seeing it as I never saw the original stage production with that other singer. But I did see the movie with…..why am I blanking on her name? Barbra something. I think I’ll go for a preview ticket since it’s got to be pretty good. I’ll try to report back. I just got off the website and didn’t like the seats that were offered. Plus they add a $15 service charge which is annoying. So I’ll go directly to the box office in a few days and see what they have available. Stay tuned….or not.

It's coming back, this year live. Watch beautiful dancers take their clothes off and make a charitable donation. Always a good idea. https://broadwaycares.org/category/post-event/broadway-bares/

Friends kid me because I not only write and send emails but they tend to be long with proper punctuation and caps where appropriate. There are times if I get a reply I wonder if the person I sent the email to has even read it? Or just misread it entirely? So I go back and reread it and it seems clear to me. I wonder why I didn’t just phone? But first I send a text to make an appointment for a phone call. Are you free to talk tonight about 8pm? If I get a reply that says I’ll call you tomorrow I know that probably won’t happen. At that point I give up and think it wasn’t all that important anyway.

I thought it was really beautiful to look at. In a way it reminded me of Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast.

Many thanks to Cooper who was instrumental in getting the police to Daddy’s door and his many calls to the hospital keeping us all informed.

Yesterday one of the highlights of Company was the actor Claybourne Elder who plays the somewhat dim flight attendant Andy. He spends a good amount of time in his skimpy underpants looking pretty hot. Turns out he's famous for other things besides his physique. https://youtu.be/kKwRrtjWf1E