We have a confession to make. We are obsessed with the Muppets. As in, are in love with them, literally. On our way to preschool, our mom would talk in various cartoon and puppet voices (her claim-to-fame was her Elmo impression), and on special days, she would talk like Gonzo to Annie. And Annie literally would get nervous, her cheeks would turn red, and she, in her three year-old voice, would respond, "Oh, Gonzo!" So yeah, we're obsessed.
So, are we allowed to talk about the Muppets on a theatre/Richmond theatre/musical theatre/what is-this-blog-exactly blog? Um, YES. And if you want to fight us on this one, bring. It. On.
There's really only one point we can make to defend the fact that a Muppdate deserves to be on this blog. Four words: A Muppet Christmas Carol. This holiday gem- or year-round, if you're us- seriously has one of the best scores ever. Okay, well maybe not ever, but it seriously has a great soundtrack. "One More Sleep 'Til Christmas," "It Feels Like Christmas", and "Thankful Heart" get us every time. And who could forget the time the Steingolds printed out the lyrics to the song, "Bless Us All", and had every family member take turns reading the lyrics at the Thanksgiving table? In short, if you haven't seen this movie, please do, just for the music.
The main reason we're writing this blog is to show a really awesome and interesting article that was in the New York Times a few weeks ago. Basically, the Muppets are BACK! One point we found really interesting is that there will be a feature film coming out somewhat soon (the first since 1999!) and it will be written by Jason Segel, who was the star and writer of the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Cool, huh? We're so excited.
Yet another random post, but it's definitely an article worth reading. And on a completely different note, we'd like to bring up a question that's asked of us a lot, which is whether or not we see plays. And the answer is yes! In fact, just last night Annie and her mom went to see the reading of Dead Man's Cell Phone in the B-dale's lobby. Thoughts on that later. But we do admit that we need to see plays more often and not constantly resort to singing and dancing. Musical theatre will always be our first love, but we will definitely make an effort to see plays (by the way, don't you totally turn into snob mode when people call "musicals" "plays"?). Annie is still waiting for her mouth to be un-shut, so until then, she's doing a lot of things that involve not talking- a.k.a. watching shows. So if there's any play in particular that you think she should see, let us know. She's up for anything.
Read the Muppet article. Oh, and who can forget "Rainbow Connection", perhaps one of the best songs ever written? "Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me."
Great, now we're crying.
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There's more of gravy than of grave about you!
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