The Fairy Princess would like to just have a ‘check in’ with folks, so here it goes….
A big personal THANK YOU to the Writers, Producers, Original, and Current & Past Casts of the TONY Winning Show, AVENUE Q . There was an extra special reunion concert this past Monday, and TFP would not have missed it for the world.
(Jen Barnhart was there, but she was off kibbutzing when we were taking photos!)
L-R: Erin Quill, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Jordan Gelber, John Tartaglia, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, and Rick Lyon
Not ‘everyone’ was able to make it – but though they were missed, the show went on, and it is incredible to know that one has this ‘second family’ out there, who share common experiences and humor…especially the ones who were there the first go ’round. The names to add there (in alphabetical order) are Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jodi Eichelberger, Aymee Garcia and of course, Ann Harada.
(Apologies for not really knowing where the camera was, but CLEARLY Jen was there)
First of all – the incredible Ruthie Ann Miles returned to her TONY Award winning role in THE KING AND I in London, and that gives TFP all the feels. We are swept away with multiple emotions at her strength and fortitude, and we hope that this marks a positive change for her and her Family.
Second – TFP binged watched on Netflix, the Canadian show, KIM’S CONVENIENCE, which was first a play, and then a television show – and she is, without a doubt, totally obsessed with the Kim family dynamic. It is an endearing, hilarious show with a lot of heart and laughs, and for any child of immigrants – of ANY KIND – you will see yourself and your Family in this show. It gets just about everything right – and no, you do not have to be Korean to enjoy it.
Third – CRAZY RICH ASIANS, directed by John Chu, has it’s US released date on August 15th – which is, inexplicably, a WEDNESDAY.
This film was highly anticipated as soon as the book came out and entered the zeitgeist – TFP would appreciate it if everyone purchased a ticket – not just AAPIs, that is not going to be ‘enough’ to tip this over into ‘yes, we will fund another AAPI major motion picture’.
It has to be everyone. Everyone no matter the color of their skin. Everyone, including 53% of White Women who like romantic comedies. It has to be Everyone who is a Person of Color that wants to see, if not ‘exactly’ them, a film with a group of people also not regularly represented in our mainstream entertainment scene. It has to be Everyone that has a ‘thirst trap‘ for Simu Liu, as well as Henry Golding….
(Ooh wow, look at AAPI America – having two opportunities for star gazing instead of putting these two in the ultimate death cage match where we have to declare supremacy of one over the other!)
By the way – neither one is American – Simu is Canadian and Henry is based in Malaysia and Singapore.
TFP was joking about having to ‘choose’ between watching KIM’S CONVENIENCE and CRAZY RICH ASIANS, because there has been some debate about that. We do not have to choose one over the other!
This is not like picking one kind of dumpling and staying with it for life! My goodness can you imagine if you were asked to pick ONLY one kind of dumpling?
There is room for everyone at an AAPI Banquet Hall, and if you do not get in during the first 1,000 people sitting, you can certainly come back in two hours and get in the next round.
That is what entertainment is – food for the soul when you are hungry – and everyone gets hungry at different times!
Ok, now we have to get to the bitter with the sweet…and this will be brief cuz Mama’s got a matinee…our beloved Ali Ewoldt, first APPI to do the role on Broadway,
currently playing Christine in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA recently got ‘trolled’, and here is what was said:
Now, Ali did respond, quite graciously to this jealous, nasty woman…probably a 53% er..
Now TFP is going to weigh in – especially given that audiences do not seem to know how to be respectful anymore.
Here is the thing, Folks – you bought a ticket.
A ticket is an agreement that you would like to view the event, and that the performers would like to show you the event to the best of their ability. It is, in fact, a contract in which certain behaviors are, in common parlance, not acceptable.
TFP is going to list those behaviors right here – so we are all in, once again, agreement – and because your Parents did a crap job.
IN THE THEATER, AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO:
- TOUCH YOUR PHONE EXCEPT TO TURN IT OFF BEFORE THE SHOW AND TURN IT ON AFTER THE SHOW
- MANSPREAD IN YOUR SEAT, OR ON THE AISLES w/your limbs or baggage!
- EXPRESS YOURSELF OTHER THAN BY CLAPPING or LAUGHING
- DEMAND THAT PERFORMERS SIGN EVERYTHING YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU AND THEN CHAT WITH YOU FOR TWENTY MINUTES REGARDLESS IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THERE WAITING FOR THEM TO SIGN
- TAKE PHOTOS WITHOUT ASKING – asking for a photo is fine, taking one without permission is not.
- THE TAKING OF ANY VIDEO DURING THE SHOW IS ILLEGAL, AS ARE PHOTOS!
- DENIGRATE ANY ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN ON THE STAGE THAT EVENING
If you did not like the show, that is on you – talk to your friends about it, fine. Have a beverage. You are cranky, ok – did you eat before the show? Did you have a bad day?
Guess what?
Even if those two scenarios happened, or dozens of others, it is not the ‘done thing’ to contribute MORE toxicity to a world that has to attach an office in front of a name that is linked to bankruptcy, fraud, extortion, non-payment of bills, kids in cages and white supremacy!
What you do not do, is search down the Artist’s Promotional Social Media Page so that you can flagellate them with your ‘opinions’.
Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has them.
You, along with hundreds of other people, got the fulfillment of your ticket purchasing contract – you viewed Artists at the top of their game, your contract was fulfilled.
Go home. Look longingly at your Playbill. Dream of other shows you wish to see, or that you wish to be in.
Most of all, try kindness.
Because TFP is not here for your bullshit.
TFP out.
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