The “GO MAMET YOURSELF” Contest

Winners Announced!

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On May 24th, Broadway’s Best Shows and RACE announced a contest celebrating the work of David Mamet. The “Go Mamet Yourself” Contest invited RACE and David Mamet fans to submit videos of themselves answering the question:

What’s your favorite David Mamet quote?

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There were over 30 submissions sent in to win one of nearly a dozen prizes. Contestants participated both outside the doors of the Barrymore Theatre, where RACE is currently playing, as well as by submitting videos from home to the contest. Will Cantler, a casting director at Telsey + Company (which did casting for RACE) selected the winners of the competition.

The following individuals have been awarded prizes for their participation:

Grand Prize Winner (1):

PRIZE – A pair of tickets to see RACE (starring Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson, and Richard Thomas) on Broadway JULY 22nd, 2010 and have an exclusive photo op. with the new cast backstage.

-A 1-Night Stay at the HILTON Times Square on July 22nd, 2010.

-Dinner for Two at the Glass House Tavern

-Race Merchandise

-A copy of David Mamet’s newest play, RACE, once available

John P’s Video


 

The “GO MAMET YOURSELF” Contest

Winners Announced!

_________________________________________________________________________

On May 24th, Broadway’s Best Shows and RACE announced a contest celebrating the work of David Mamet. The “Go Mamet Yourself” Contest invited RACE and David Mamet fans to submit videos of themselves answering the question:

What’s your favorite David Mamet quote?

_________________________________________________________________________

There were over 30 submissions sent in to win one of nearly a dozen prizes. Contestants participated both outside the doors of the Barrymore Theatre, where RACE is currently playing, as well as by submitting videos from home to the contest. Will Cantler, a casting director at Telsey + Company (which did casting for RACE) selected the winners of the competition.

The following individuals have been awarded prizes for their participation:

Finalists (5):

PRIZE – A pair of tickets to see RACE on Broadway with the new cast

-A copy of David Mamet’s newest play, RACE, once available

Ashley H’s Video

Scott’s Video

Sarah’s Video

Chelsea E’s Video

Ross D’s Video


 

The “GO MAMET YOURSELF” Contest

Winners Announced!

_________________________________________________________________________

On May 24th, Broadway’s Best Shows and RACE announced a contest celebrating the work of David Mamet. The “Go Mamet Yourself” Contest invited RACE and David Mamet fans to submit videos of themselves answering the question:

What’s your favorite David Mamet quote?

_________________________________________________________________________

There were over 30 submissions sent in to win one of nearly a dozen prizes. Contestants participated both outside the doors of the Barrymore Theatre, where RACE is currently playing, as well as by submitting videos from home to the contest. Will Cantler, a casting director at Telsey + Company (which did casting for RACE) selected the winners of the competition.

The following individuals have been awarded prizes for their participation:

Honorable Mentions (5):

PRIZE – A copy of “Theatre,” the new book by David Mamet

Lauren K’s Video

Mike Q’s Video

Simcha’s Video

Taleea C & Friend’s Video

(look for her memorable quote “…that n****r b***h…”)

Lucas G’s Video

(look for his quote “I’m going to f**k you now…”)


 

AP LIVE sat down with Eddie Izzard to talk “RACE“. Izzard, a veteran of the stage and screen, is a new addition to the Broadway cast. Check out the interview below to hear Eddie’s thoughts on David Mamet’s new compelling legal drama, “RACE“.

Watch live streaming video from aplive at livestream.com

 

The “GO MAMET YOURSELF” Contest

Approaches its Finale!

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On May 24th, Broadway’s Best Shows and RACE announced a contest celebrating the work of David Mamet. The “Go Mamet Yourself” Contest invited RACE and David Mamet fans to submit videos of themselves answering the question:

What is your favorite David Mamet quote?

_________________________________________________________________________

By Friday, June 25th, the deadline to submit a video, there were over 30 submissions sent in to win one of nearly a dozen prizes. Contestants participated both outside the doors of the Barrymore Theatre, where RACE is currently playing, as well as by submitting videos from home to the contest.

Submitted videos will be in competition for the following prizes:

Honorable Mentions (5) receive:

- A copy of “Theatre,” the new book by David Mamet

Finalists (5) receive:

- A pair of ticket to see RACE on Broadway with the new cast

-A copy of David Mamet’s newest play,RACE, once available.

Grand Prize Winner (1) receives:

- A pair of tickets to see RACE (starring Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson, and Richard Thomas) on Broadway JULY 22nd, 2010 and have an exclusive photo op. with the new cast backstage.

A 1-Night Stay at the HILTON Times Square on July 22nd, 2010.

Dinner for Two at the Glass House Tavern Race Merchandise

A copy of David Mamet’s newest play, RACE, once available


Submissions will be reviewed by a Broadway casting director and will be announced at Broadway’s Best Shows by July 5th, 2010.

After taking the stage in November, RACE has garnered critical acclaim and earned a nine week extension with a new cast for the summer with a star-studded cast featuring Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson and Richard Thomas.


 

David Mamet believes the theater is dead because they’re showing nothing but revivals that weren’t good 40 years ago.

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What do you think about theatre? Is it always dying? Or is it always thriving? Send us a comment below and give us your thoughts!


 

Our featured HAIR blogger, Lawrence Stalling sent us over some pictures of some of the cast members of HAIR jamming with the Wailers (of Bob Marley and the wailers) at BB Kings Monday night.  They requested us to jam with them after seeing us perform at EARTH DAY 2010. We sang “3 Little Birds”. HAIR Cast Members featured:  Larkin Bogan, Paris Remillard, Nick Belton, Terrance Thomas, Erika Jerry, Rashidra Scott, Jeannette Bayardelle, Lawrence Stallings


June 7th, 2010

STARSHINE’S WEEK 8: The HAIR Effects

 

Doing a Broadway show is one of the greatest achievements an actor can have. It’s the epitome of stage work and the feeling you get from the audience each performance is indescribable. But make no mistakes about it…it is a job! A hard job. One I love, but one that takes a lot of discipline and energy to do.

Each show on Broadway has its rewards and hurdles. Many times, the rewards are pretty similar across the broad (the gratification from the audiences, the glitz and glamour (yeah ok) and all the other plusses that come with being on Broadway), the hurdles can be as well; however, each show has its own set of specific challenges for the Broadway performer. I want to talk briefly about HAIR’s. I call them…THE HAIR EFFECTS!

So first there are illnesses. In a show with a cast this large, someone is always sick.. Trying not to spread your germs (and not receiving others’ germs) is a dance we do daily. During any given show, someone is coughing on you, spitting on you, sneezing by you (all inadvertently). But nevertheless, folks are on meds that range from antibiotics to Echinacea to ibuprofen. Yet the show must go on. In our show, we share cigarettes, passing them from mouth to mouth, so uh…germs will be passed. You just pray that your cigarette buddy is feeling well that day or thinks enough beforehand not to touch it if they aren’t. If you’re sick, you fight through it til you just can’t anymore. You may take a day off or five, depending on the illness, but as soon as you can get back out there (many times before you should get back out there) you are back at it.

Then there are the pains. Body pain in our show just radiates. It moves from one body part to another, weekly, daily, sometimes, hourly. We stay in physical therapy to help with some of the major issues, but you kinda just gotta push through it. We’ve seen it all at HAIR. Busted knees, back spasms, scoliosis, TMJ, cuts and bruises, elbows to the face; if it can happen, it’s happened to someone in our show. When you have that many people on stage throwing their bodies around at high velocities eight times a week, the wear and tear in inevitable. But again, you tape it, ice it, cover it, grin and bear it, and rest it when you can. But the show must go on.

Then there is the voice! Attacked by everything from allergies, to acid reflux, to fatigue and overuse. Yes we have microphones, but we still have to sing, and doing it eight times a week for two-and-a-half hours (five hours on two show days) is a lot of work and strain. The audience doesn’t pay for “singers who sound tire,” so we must do what we can to deliver the goods every show.

Well, “how in the hell do we maintain?” you may ask. Across the board for most b-way performers its simple: Discipline! It means vocal rest when you can (not going out after a show and resting on your one day off a week). It means stretching daily and warming up before a show. It means taking a lot of medicine sometimes. Eating well (which is hard to do and a whole other blog!). There are so many things that happen behind-the-scenes that we must do just to have one good show. And WE DO THEM.

Don’t get me wrong! I am not complaining at all, just sharing. We LOOOVE our jobs, but sometimes people forget that they are just that. Some punch a time clock, we sign in at a call board, but it’s all work. So the next time you see a show, take this into consideration: If the show moves you, you love a particular performer of the way a particular song was sung, think about all that the actor might have gone through to give it to you and clap EXTRA HARD at the end!!!


 

Diana DeGarmo, most notably recognized from American Idol, stopped by Backstage Live to speak about her latest role on the Broadway show “Hair.”

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She’s an “American Idol” favorite, the runner-up from the show’s third season.

Diana DeGarmo, 22, has made the transformation to a full-fledged Broadway star, currently featured as Shelia in the Tony-award winning musical, “HAIR.”

She stopped by “The Early Show on Saturday Morning”’s “Second Cup Cafe” to perform “Easy to Be Hard,” and “I Believe in Love” from “HAIR.”


 

“Which Director would you Hire to direct a MOVIE version of

‘August: Osage County’?”

How to Enter:

Sweepstakes begins April 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time and ends on July 25th, 2010 at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time.  To enter, write an e-mail to press@broadwaysbestshows.com.  To be considered eligible, entries must include:

- Name and contact information of Entrant

- A paragraph of at least 200 words supporting response to the question:

“Which film director would you hire to direct a MOVIE version of ‘August: Osage County’?”

Entry/Selection:

Sweepstakes entries will only be accepted from April 25, 2010 to July 25, 2010.  In August, the judging panel (consisting of employees and partners of August Tour L.P., Jeffrey Richards Associates, and Broadway’s Best Shows) will announce the finalists.  Odds of winning are dependent on the total number of eligible entries received.

Prizes:

Grand Prize Winner (1) receives:

  • A copy of the August: Osage County script signed by Tracy Letts
  • A poster signed by the cast of the August: Osage County Tour
  • A CD of Violet’s favorite music: “Complete Eric Clapton”
  • Mattie Fae’s Favorite Cook Book Blue Ribbon Recipes
  • A collection of Beverley’s favorite works by T.S. Eliot
  • Original props to be detailed at the close of the production’s tour

Finalists (3) receive:

  • A signed copy of the script to August: Osage County

Prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferable.  No substitution allowed.  Finalists will be selected on or before August 15, 2010.  Finalists must accept prizes by noon on August 20, 2010 or it will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.  Disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner may result fro any of the following: (1) potential winner’s failure to respond to notification within five (5) days after its emailing; (2) the return of any notice as undeliverable; (3) any other non-compliance with Rules.  Grand Prize Winner will be selected by popular vote of the judging panel.

Winners and Finalists will be responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes.  By participating entrants agree to be bound by the rules and the show’s decisions, and if selected as a winner, agree to the sponsor’s use of his or her name and/or city of residence for commercial purposes without further notification, permission, compensation, except where prohibited by law.  Void where prohibited.

Conditions:

All entrants will automatically be added to the Broadway’s Best Shows, Inc. monthly newsletter distribution list.  Each entrant by entering the Sweepstakes agrees that: (1) he/she will abide by and be bound by the Rules and the Partner’s decisions; (2) the entry becomes solely the Company and Partner’s property and will not be acknowledged or returned; (3) the Company and Partner are not responsible for claims, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting, in whole or in park, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss, or misdirection of the prize or participation in the Sweepstakes or in any activity or travel related therefore; (4) winner’s acceptance of the prize constitutes the grant of an unconditional right to Partner and assigns to se winner’s name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and prize information and/or statements about the promotion for any publicity, advertising, and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law; (5) in the event of unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Partner’s reasonable control, corrupt, prevent, or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, the Partner has the right to cancel, modify, terminate, or suspend the Sweepstakes; and in such event, to select a winner by random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to such time of cancellation, modification, termination or suspension; (6) the Partner is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Sweepstakes including but not limited to : errors in the advertising, rules and selection and announcement of the winner; (7) any portion of the prize not accepted or used by the winner will be forfeited; (8) the Partner is not responsible for any inability of the winner to accept or use the prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; (9) all entrants upon entering agree to be added to the Broadway’s Best Shows, Inc. monthly newsletter.

Limitations:

Open only to persons 18 or older upon entering.  Void where prohibited. Employees of Broadway’s Best Shows Inc., ACT Productions LTD, Stuart Thompson Productions, O & M, SpotCo Advertising, Jeffrey Richards Associates, Jam Theatricals Ltd., JK Productions LLC, Richards/Climan Inc., Serino Coyne, Situation Interative, Telsey & Company,  Allied Live, their immediate families, and respected affiliates, including advertising and promotion agencies, are not permitted. All federal, state, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of prizes. For show tickets, certain show-time limitations do apply. No substitution, cash alternative, or transfer of prize is permitted.