"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God.
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
I caught After Party all four Friday nights I was in the city in June, but was nearly heartbroken when Alysha wasn't there the final night. And yes, I heard her do Coronet Man too -- WOW -- like everything she sings.
You can ignore the 10:30 time, however. Doors open then, but it officially starts at 11, and for the four weeks in June it never started before 11:15. There were also still seats and even whole tables available when it started at 11:15. The hard part is deciding to leave. It's so easy to keep saying to yourself, "OK, I'll leave after the next number", but you never know what's coming up. I've made it to 2:30 by propping my eyes open with toothpicks, but I don't know when it actually ends.
Her show last night was, quite frankly, an incredible night of jazz vocals. She is probably the best jazz vocalist in NYC, and her concert proved it. Anyone else who was there, I'm sure, would say the same thing. Simply remarkable.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown