Short and Martin were original cast members of the Toronto run of Godspell, a one-off theatrical run that ended up spinning off into the founding group of "Second City."

Word is Chenoweth had a wardrobe malfunction and her boobs flopped out.

When I saw the original Broadway (which had the "everybody wins" ending), Corny Collins was a vaguely Soupy Sales, Jerry Lewis-esque figure. He was, well, corny; a camp figure from the same wacky, exaggerated mold as the rest of the cast.
I suspect it was Marsden's voice, unusually smooth and polished for the character…

Do we have a bankable star who could sing Sweeney well enough? Bernadette Peters (kinda famous herself) has long said she'd play Mrs. Lovett if the opportunity was right, and you're not gonna get a better one for TV.

The T.H.I.N.K. system just comes down to "try really hard and practice." Frankly, there are worse teaching memes.

Chess is such an almost gleefully nihilistic show. The ending where CIA mole Walter DeCourcey comes in and tells Florence, "eh, your dad's dead, we've fucked up your life, you get nothing, thanks for playing," and she just has a mini breakdown to end the show is ludicrously bleak.

Her version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" is long rumored to contain an actual orgasm recorded on tape. It's decidedly post-coital.

I'm wondering how much of the "of its time" stuff they'll keep. I did "Birdie" last year and we cut the "ways to kill your husband" ballet, but we kept the "funny sexual assault" ballet because our choreographer really wanted to stage some of its slapstick moments.

I was pleasantly surprised by my year in review, as it seemed to focus exclusively on my Off-Broadway show premiere. I guess that's what got the likes, and not my meandering posts about whether or not Nat King Cole was having sex with a Christmas tree in that one song of his.

It's okay. A pony might have testes, but a Pony just has Wonder Drops.

Hey, hey, Susan Dey
How many kids did ya kill today

When I was a kid and had never heard it out loud, I didn't realize "barfly" was "bar-fly." I thought it was "barf-ly," as in a person whose constant alcohol intake left them puking constantly and reeking of vomit.

They can CONFIRM they were built by an alien higher power. It's easy for them.

I recommend the parody "Hanukkah Gloves."

If this is not possible, keep in mind, they are biodegradable.

Anyone who's ever seen a Christmas commercial knows you can't find a Christmas tree without a baby. You walk into the woods with the baby, and wait for it to coo and crow, pointing out The Perfect Tree. Cut it down and take it home.

Susan Egan as Meg in Hercules brought a little fire… she then brought similar fire to the usually-kinda-frigid role of Belle on Broadway.

I believe the story goes that they knew BD Wong was a Broadway star, so they cast him to act and sing. When they discovered how effeminate his singing voice was in comparison to his speaking voice, they realized no one had looked too deeply into his actual singing credits- he was a well-known female impersonator.

Better than Southside Johnny's Waits tribute album- I love Southside, but Johansson's style fit Waits more than theirs did.

You already have a pudding for a head! How much more whimsical can you be?