Speaking of Marilyn Monroe, the funniest thing about "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" is that Tommy Abbott as her dimwitted fiancee has a dressing room spat with her right before this number, and then does not recognize her onstage until she turns around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfsn...

The worst thing about this is I am not at all confident it is the most racist thing I will see from a prominent Republican this morning.

Some of the most legendary backstage feuds involve this Mr. ෴ production!

This is technically not a joke. Arkansas's answer to Kit Cornell, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who sometimes acts as governor when she's not acting onstage at her dinner theatre, has declared June "Fidelity Month". www.newsweek.com/arkansas-dec...

Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney in a deleted scene from TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967) directed by Stanley Donen.

Answering a Sondheim question.

Racing to catch the curtain of Copper and Brass starring Nancy Walker at the Beck, 1957. Photo by Wil Blanche.

“Making jokes about the president in America shouldn’t win you a prize. We have the right, guaranteed by the Constitution, to criticize and satirize our leaders.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Andrew shows off the sign he makes whenever he poses behind Patti.

Archie went for a walk on the beach for the first time today.

I don't want to say the booking situation is dire, but Benay Venuta has just pulled out of performing at the America Freedom 250 Celebration.

Ethel & Judy have pulled out of performing at the America Freedom 250 Celebration.

Al Jolson has pulled out of performing at the America Freedom 250 Celebration.

Shaftesbury Theatre 1965

The level of corruption is breathtaking. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...

Finally getting around to listening to this. Polly sounds as British as Gittel Mosca.

Ted Cruz as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Sarah Huckabee Sanders Dinner Theatre of Little Rock.

Happy Margalo Gillmore's Birthday!

And a very happy Howard Hawks's birthday to you!

Pentagon casting troops (who meet the height and weight requirements) to pay their own travel and expenses to watch Caligula's White House UFC fights. Your tax dollars at work. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Happy Birthday, Mel Blanc!

🎬🎂"“My recipe for making movies has always been to give an audience two or three really top-notch scenes in every film and to try not to annoy them the rest of the time." Happy Birthday, Howard Hawks!

Emperor Fat Fuck loses his shit - again. The great news is his name will no longer spoil this national institution. Let it be the first of many rulings. deadline.com/2026/05/trum...

drag him

That time that a stranger dared to her "Lauren". Let's just say it never happened twice.

Melania would be calling her lawyers to guard the prenup, and then watch while she fixed her makeup. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Must Ivo revise 70, Girls, 70?

Look in the dictionary under "sassy dame" and you'll find birthday girl Iris Adrian, natch. 🎞️🎂

I'd never seen this -- MAD Magazine, 1991. Really good.

Can't exactly tell you what Gower was doing during this rehearsal moment.

For those of you who care about such things - musical director John Lesko and legendary orchestrator and delightful person Philip J. Lang during 42nd Street rehearsals.

“His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...

The Revenge Tour continues...Your tax dollars at work. The good news is that it will remind everyone there's a sexual predator in the Oval Office. Let Republicans defend that. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

#TBT After Mr. ෴ canceled a preview of 42nd Street due to a journalist sneaking into the Winter Garden (official reason: "a snake got loose in the theatre"), the cast grew tired of playing without an audience and brought in their dolls, stuffed animals and head shots to fill the seats.

All you need to know about Ken Paxton is that he's a corrupt asshole and anyone who votes for him knowingly endorses that. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

How many will you get right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOj5...

In 1962, Ed Sullivan had to physically separate Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence when they celebrated the start of its 15th season of his show in Times Square. A sign of things to come.

I keep telling Sarah Huckabee Sanders that this is not the way Betty & Adolph intended Ella Peterson to be played in BELLS ARE RINGING, but that girl is damn stubborn.

Racing through Times Square to see Blossom Time at the Shubert, 1923.

Did anyone watch last night's Top Chef? Sieger’s temper tantrum woke Tom from his coma.

From: The City and the Theatre by Mary C.Henderson, 1973.

🎶⏺️👩‍🎤Happy Birthday, Peggy Lee!

@bcdreyer.social Because I think of these things at 2 a.m.... Why does Anna call Grandpa Prophater “Grandpa” and never anything to indicate he is her father? Or is he just some old man who wandered in off the street one day? Does Katie sleep in and why doesn’t she get to go to the fair?

"Among those backing Pratt are Joe Rogan and President Donald Trump." www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general... via @thr

As Follies did not win the Tony for Best Musical (yes, I know it won the Drama Critics award), do you consider this deceptive advertising or just someone's opinion?

I would buy this but Palermo is too far from the subway. www.idealista.it/en/immobile/...

There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

Incredibly sweet. A real life case of "Prism, WHO is that baby?" www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...