The Morning Brew: Exhaustion Never Tasted So Good
- The 2010 Tony Awards were held last night. Angela Lansbury was robbed for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and my friend Olivia’s brother-in-law, the thrice-nominated Kevin Chamberlin was robbed for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Stupid Tony voters.
- Who’s sending me to New York? Speaking of Angela Lansbury… she and Catherine Zeta-Jones are soon to say goodbye to Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. The musical, which gave both actresses Tony nods (and Zeta-Jones a win last night) was set to close this coming Sunday. But no more. Two Sondheim vets will take over…Bernadette Peters replaces Catherine Zeta-Jones while grand dame Angela Lansbury will be replaced by….wait for it…Elaine Stritch. Having worshipped Stritchy for years, I only have one question: who’s buying my ticket to go see the show?
And back in the ol’ hometown…
- Once again, we have breaking news that some poor man was robbed of his cell phone. AND Some other person’s car caught fire. Remember the papers of old when an event would be held in town, and the paper would list all of the out of town guests who attended (even if they were just from the next town over?) Yeah. That’s pretty much where the ol’ State Journal-Register’s at these days, God bless ‘em. But buried in all of the fast-breaking news of lost cell phones and car fires comes this beauty…
- Some well-intentioned gentleman (read: nimrod) wants to build a 10-foot giant penny in the middle of downtown to attract more tourists to downtown’s core. Let’s review. Springfield is the home of the Lincoln family home, the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices, the Old State Capitol (home of the Lincoln cot where Lincoln slept as a state rep from New Salem), the Lincoln Pew at the Presbyterian Church, the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln’s Tomb, and last, but certainly not least, the Lincoln Family outhouse. Seriously? We need something more to remind us that we’re the home of Abe Lincoln? Really?!
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- @jonesy77 Best. Email. Ever. “Harry Caray’s Ghost is now following you on Twitter.” @GhostHarryCaray Thanks!!!!
- @TommyMcFly VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS! // Me thinks McFly was just a *little* excited for his 36 hour trip to Vegas.
The Mid-Morning Boost
We talked about the book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter when it first hit bookstores in February. However, I didn’t know there was a preview video for it until last night!
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