Not really, but the lyric fits, don’t you think? It’s from Songs For A New World by Jason Robert Brown.
So, let’s take a look at some of the things that have gone on since I was gone, both in my life and in (recent) Broadway stuff:
- TONY NOMINATIONS!!! They were announced early Tuesday morning at 8:30 AM, with Billy Elliot tieing for the record for the most nominations ever recieved for one show (the other was The Producers). The number of nominations received by each show this season is listed below:
Billy Elliot, The Musical – 15
Next to Normal – 11
Hair – 8
Shrek The Musical – 8
Mary Stuart – 7
The Norman Conquests – 7
God of Carnage – 6
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – 6
Rock of Ages – 5
33 Variations – 5
Exit the King - 4
9 to 5: The Musical – 4
Pal Joey – 4
West Side Story – 4
Reasons to Be Pretty – 3
Waiting for Godot – 3
Blithe Spirit – 2
Dividing the Estate – 2
Equus – 2
Guys and Dolls – 2
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas – 2
Liza’s at The Palace – 1
Slava’s Snowshow – 1
Soul of Shaolin – 1
Speed-the-Plow – 1
[Title of Show] - 1
You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush – 1
(for a full list of nominations, click here)
- Avenue Q Tour Wraps Up in Wisconsin. Yes, sadly all good things must come to an end. The long-running tour ends its run today in Appleton, Wisconsin after 721 performances.
- Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera has been delayed. Instead of opening in London at the end of this year, a new report says that it will instead open at the start of 2010.
- Casting has begun for the 2010 National Tour of Beauty and the Beast. The casting notice is available here. The actual auditions will take place this Monday thru Wednesday.
- And now we get to my life. Well, I’ve been doing alot of shows over the past few months, and am set to rehearse two musicals at once this summer. 
So, basically… I’ve been busy.
~Mel
