Because the theaters are dark on Monday nights...let's celebrate All Things Theatrical here.
Sunset Boulevard is coming to a the only theater near me. I've never seen the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, so I thought it might be fun to turn to YT for some highlights: feel free to add your own in the comments (for this or any other stage production of any show that you love).
A bit slow to load, and on stage (so the video acoustics are a bit...odd) but hey -- it's Glenn Close as Norma Desmond:
Embedding disabled by request, damn it, but here's Patti Lupone doing "With One Look":
http://www.youtube.com/...
It's really, REALLY worth clicking the link for.
And here's Elaine Paige as Norma Desmond (with a clip of Andrew Lloyd Webber in the middle...not sure of the provenance of this, but Paige's voice is fantastic):
A medley at the Olivier Awards...Betty Buckley as Norma.
And back to Glenn Close (because that first clip really didn't show her to her best advantage):
Lagniappe -- an interview with Patti Lupone. I include this b/c so far, Theatricals has mostly been a celebration of the music from musicals...yet I see this as a topic that can (and should) be so much broader, touching on every aspect of theater, from stagehands discussing spectacularly hysterical disasters behind stage to the ins and outs of working the boards. Not to mention belinda ridgewood offering her advice on how to make a giant bat prop with glowing red eyes (yes, she did. Just ask her. I'm still waiting for pictures)....
I mean, I'd like to see more Inside the Actors Studio kinds of stuff. An example: