April's Comin'

So, the first quarter of the year is already over and all I can say is, "What the?"  It's been an odd three months during which I felt like everything in my world was going faster than I was.  With auditions, work, dance and everything else, I felt like was hardly keeping up with life.  But after today, that'll be in the past and we'll have April upon us.  Besides finally getting consistent warmer temperatures and the inevitable horror of tax time, there are three things that I'm really looking forward to this month.  Allow me to share them with you:

1)  It's my birthday!

      Now I know this first one is a bit of a cheat since it's every April but, I've always been a kid when it comes to my birthday.  I kind of like the idea of having one day that revolves around me.  I do, actually, share this day with my dad but I think once I he was born, he gave up on his own and I took over.  For the most part I've always picked a general place that anyone can afford and invited whomever wanted to come but, this year I did something a little different.  On a total whim I decided to get tickets to:

2)  The Book of Mormon!

     Out of the blue one day, I just decided that this was what I wanted to do on my birthday.  I can't lie, I've always been a fan of sarcastic, stupid(but actually, smart) humor.  The kind that borders on offensive.  But really, isn't that what makes it funny?  But one thing that makes me appreciate a show like South Park, is that everyone is a target of their humor.  I get more excited as the time gets closer because I have yet to hear a single negative thing about the show and, now that the rave reviews have come out, the show is set to, possibly, be the coolest Best Musical winner since Avenue Q(Robert Lopez who helped to write that show is also a writer with Trey and Matt on this one!)

3)  With the terror of Tax Day coming on the 15th, it's only appropriate that the third thing I'm looking forward to is set to be released on the same day.  That would be Scream 4!

     I've already mentioned this one in two previous posts so, I'll just send you to the first one here, if you'd like to know my reasons for choosing this one.  Needless to say, I think I've been waiting for this one longer than Book of Mormon and even though this one probably won't be getting any awards, I can NOT WAIT!

So, that's what I'm looking forward to in the month of April.  How about you?

Until next time...

   

My New Blogspot Article

So the latest article on the Broadway Blogspot is from me.  I decided to write about the need to always be working on improving oneself in their career.  I know it fits with any career but, I think it's especially true in a performer's world.

Anyway, check it out at Broadway Blogspot!

What do you all think?  What are you doing to improve yourself in your careers?  Or if, like me, you're stuck in a survival job, what are we doing to get out of it?

Until next time...

The Underrated - Martha Plimpton

I've decided to start a new feature on Gator Music that gives a shout out to those performers whom I feel are exceptional and never get their proper due.  I've decided for the first one, I'll start with:

Martha Plimpton

If anyone has seen The Goonies, you'll remember the tomboyish blonde with the glasses who was constantly giving crap to Corey Feldman's Mouth.  THAT was Martha Plimpton.  Even as an 8 year old boy watching it in the movie theater, there was something that drew me to her Stef that her apart from the other characters.  She seemed to be the only voice of reason amongst the group of tweens searching for One-Eyed Willie's gold.  I wanted to post a clip from it but, the YouTube poster of "The Wishing Well" clip doesn't allow sharing so, click here to see it.

Next we have the movie Parenthood:

This is another one of my favorite movies in which she had a supporting role as Julie, the rebellious teen daughter of Helen (Dianne Wiest).  It's an ensemble film with too many amazing talents to name and she STILL manages to stand out.  Keanu Reeves gets the label on this clip but, Martha does a great job in her role as his teenage wife.

The next film is an awful little movie called 200 Cigarettes.  I specifically went to see it because of Ms. Plimpton.  It's not her fault, I was just excited that it was the first movie since Parenthood that I was aware she was in.  Potentially, a great cast that was done no favors by this film.  Martha was the best thing in the whole movie.  Check out the trailer, it's all you need to see:

Since then, she's been nominated for an Emmy for her appearance on Law and Order:SVU.  She's also received three Tony nominations for Coast of Utopia, Top Girls and Pal Joey.  She's been appeared in more shows and films than you could guess and has, most recently, become the best thing on the best new sitcom of the year, Raising Hope.




If you haven't seen Raising Hope, shame on yourself!  It's on after Glee and is so much funnier!  Oh Glee, where do I begin with the disappointment? But who cares... Watch RAISING HOPE!

Until next time...