Tell Me That You Love, Oh You Do I Gotta Run Now

Alright, so I promise, the next reason to love redheads is coming, at some point. First off, I snuck into Shadowlands at Village Saturday night, it was a lovely, well-designed show, but it could've benefited from a speed-through. It's running way too long.

Also in breaking news, Kate Walsh, my new favorite redhead, is apparently getting her own spinoff from Grey's Anatomy. It say so in the Wall Street Journal. Personally, I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, the idea of a spinoff is nauseating, and part of the beauty of the show is the ensemble, which would feel wrong with Addison, and I wonder how Addison would be without the great ensemble on GA. Part of her appeal is that she's the one with the great one liners, and can be kind of a bitch sometimes. It'd be hard to stay true to that character when she becomes the star of her own show. On the other hand, it is hard to pay sufficient attention to a large ensemble, and Addison on Grey's will never be a more significant character than she is. And I love Kate Walsh. On the one hand, I really hope it doesn't suceed, but on the other hand, I'll be super happy if it's actually good. Either way I think it's way too soon for a spinoff. We'll see.

Beautiful Girls

Given that it's Valentine's Day and I have nothing interesting to write about, I found something to do to keep myself occupied, and it involves a lot of pictures. I know, YAY. So, over the next couple days/weeks, however long I feel like, I will list the reasons why, as the wonderful Lucille Ball once said "once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead." Using of course, examples of my favorite redheads from television and film. These are in no particular order.

Reason #1: Redheads have the best wardrobes.

Don't believe me? This is where the pictures come in.

First piece of evidence, going back to the classics. Myrna Loy in The Thin Man. Who doesn't love a woman who wears fun while her husband is in his pjs shooting things?
It takes a brave woman to pull off stripes. Also, looks a lot like one of the dresses in Jeffrey Sebelia's final collection in Project Runway.

And speaking of Project Runway, who doesn't love this woman's wardrobe?

And she makes her own clothes. And her wardrobe is really her own, which is probably not the case with most of these examples.

Notorious for not being particularly well-dressed in her real life, this redhead had fantastic wardrobe in most of her movies (Well, except Christopher Strong), but did she ever make a man's suit look good.

While all the interns make do with Scrubs and Juicy Couture, Addison Montgomery rocks the designer labels under her doctor coat. Not ony is the shirt fabulous, but she's also gorg in glasses, looking like the sexiest librarian ever. At some point during the current season, TPTB at Grey's decided that Kate Walsh looks hot in glasses, and as a glasses-wearing redhead, I rejoice. In the SeenOn section of the Grey's Anatomy store, there's a lot of Diane Von Furstenberg, some Prada and Yves Saint Laurent. Okay, there are also Uggs and Crocs, but I'm going to ignore those. Kate Walsh is one of my new favorite redheaded actresses, so be warned, I'll bring her up a lot.

I'll admit this is a strange one. However, this isn't the image I wanted, but the one I love doesn't exist on the web. Stupid internet. However, there's no doubt Bernadette's costumes were fabulously elaborate. I'll admit, there's something a little Queen Leprachaun in this dress. For those who haven't seen this adaptation of Cinderella (and who are you anyway?) you should, if just for this wonderful redhead. Her blue dress as she sings "Falling in Love With Love" is stunning, and just goes to prove that she has the best wardrobe.

Alright, that's enough for now, but I know I've left out quite a few. Bree from Desperate Housewives, for instance, is impeccably dressed all the time. However, I'm a little tired of searching for pictures. That all for today, and next time, I'll prove that redhead's are the wittiest creatures.

The Most Beautiful Sound I Ever Heard

There is some nasty-ass bug going around that made me really want to die for several days, right when I was monitoring West Side Story auditions. Which are going very well. I think that they finally know what they want and are ready to finalize the cast. Which is a good thing, since this whole process has been going since AUGUST. However, barring the LA auditions, I'm pretty sure I called the casting way back in September. Well, to some degree, since a number of eligible actors were eliminated due to Jersey. C'est la vie. I should be a casting director, because I kick ass at predicting casts. Ha. Kidding. I'm not bad though.

Worst part: The most disappointing thing about catching the bug is that I was all ready to look super cute at the auditions, because most people are used to me being a schlubby crew person. And this illness was so bad that I refused to make any effort since all I wanted to do was sleep the day away. So I looked like a schlub.

Best part: I now get West Side Story. I've never really loved this show. I'll admit it. I love Anita, and Riff, but the whole Romeo and Juliet storyline doesn't do it for me. I'm singing a different tune. After spending two very long days with Boy Wonder at the piano and the choreographer who knows every littlest character inside and out, I appreciate the beautiful score and the genius choreography. I get it now. I am actually excited to see this show. See I can learn to like a show. It doesn't happen often, I generally know what I like, but I can admit when I'm wrong.

Major props to everyone at the dance call, but extra spicy ones to Miss Pam who was the hottest thing ever. She's gotten so much stronger as a singer and an actress, and I think that she'll actually be a force to be reckoned with when this is all said and done. Now can somebody in this town do Chicago, please?

Went to see A New Brain. Not the best show ever, but a good score, and a fantastic cast, even though a few of the character were definitely miscast. I didn't agree with a few of the choices made, notably, Ann Evans throwing Gordon all the focus during most of "Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine" and Rhoda's not-so-subtle lusting after Gordon throughout. Even the latter would've been fine, except that "Lee of Cuddyhunk" suddenly wasn't about Gordon and Roger, it was about Gordon and Rhoda? What? But those are actually minor quibbles with an otherwise really well done production. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Mr. Ivie is a force to be reckoned with.

Further proof of my casting genius. I had the first rehearsal of Gypsy today. Yippee! I totally called Louise and Tessie and Uncle Jocko. I got Rose wrong. That was unfortunate, actually, but you can't win them all.

Finally, season announcements are nearing, and rumors are running wild, and secrets are flying through the community. Village's is set more firmly in stone at this point than the 5th's, but that's fine because Village's is always more interesting to me than the 5th. Because the 5th can cast out-of-town at a higher rate than Village, it makes it difficult to predict casting beyond an ensemble. Village's is fascinating because they rarely cast out of town if they can help it, so they're easier to speculate on and predict. And with the season I've heard, I've already got my predictions down. We'll see, boys.