Tom Cruise's Back Muscle

We have been obsessed with movie musicals since the very first time we saw Mr. Feeny piddle, twiddle, and resolve...

Ok so we just typed four different sentences about why movie musicals are so amazing. None of them were funny, but they all prove that movie musicals are definitely worth talkin' about:

• First, we just really need to talk about Rock of Ages. Did anyone else notice on Facebook how we both became OBSESSED with the music in Rock of Ages?? The movie proved to be entertaining, as well as ten different movies in one. We were personally on board with Russell Brand's adorableness, Catherine Zeta-Jones's legs, and Will Forte playing the news anchor. Everything else (we're lookin' at YOU, Alec Baldwin) was as unsettling as Tom Cruise's monkey and Paul Giamatti's hair piece. 
• Anyone else shimmying over the fact that Jay-Z is producing Annie starring Will Smith's daughter?! How much does Jay-Z LOVE Annie?! See: 1999's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)." We really hope they'll get Gordon Bass to play Puff Daddy Warbucks. 
• How did we JUST hear about the documentary Stagedoor? It's on Netflix Instant Watch and is about the most hardcore performing arts camp out there. It literally opens with the exact replica of Mr. G from Summer Heights High yelling at the kids to point toward tomorrow instead of towards tomorrow because Marvin Hamlisch would have wanted it that way. 
• How adorable is Tangled?! We were also late on this bandwagon and we're glad we jumped aboard Mandy Moore singing an acoustic guitar song by Alan Menken. It's also awesome seeing Donna Murphy play Disney 3D's rendering of the witch in Into the Woods. 

All of this is a result of the fact that we just brought ourselves to watching the Les Mis trailer for the first time ever. Anne Hathaway's pixie cut sang an entire song in the trailer. Trailer #2 better be Russell Crowe singing Stars or we're leaving. 

Do People Still Have Blogs...?

Hello friends, family, and family!

After an almost three-year hiatus (we really hope we did that math right) the Steingold Sisters (is it annoying that we referred to ourselves in third-person?) (parentheses) have returned home. And by home we mean we're now living together in New York. What this essentially means is that we have joint custody of Minky and a built-in friend to watch "Nashville"with this fall - eeeeeeeeee!!!! But most importantly we have the ability to write a blog whenever we want because we literally live under the same roof.

Since we're overwhelmed by the fact that there's soooo much to talk about - I mean three years come on, if we were a baby we'd now be speaking. Or is it crawling? We've never understood the timeline of a baby - it's probably least overwhelming for us to sum up the highlights with our favorite pal!

You can't stop the bulletpoints:

• SMASH happened. Ummmm how were we not around to give our opinions on SMASH? We hope all of y'all heard that joining this cast this fall will be SEAN FREAKIN HAYES. The ORIGINAL Christian Borle's character (we still don't know any character names on that show). Except Ivy Lynn. Our favorite Donkey Kong heroine! Boy, do we love her voice. 
• We missed being around to talk about three years of Tony Awards. And don't get us started on The Book of Mormon. OBVIOUSLY we were going to love it considering we find South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut to be one of the best musicals of our time. 
• Daniel Radcliffe was so funny being like the flyer on the cheerleading team that was How to Succeed. He tiny!
• Anyone else think it's hilarious/really intriguing that Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing new music for Working??? Nothing like a musical with a composer list of Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Speaking of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bring it On anyone??

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is that our blog is back just in time for THE LES MIS MOVIE TO COME OUT. Anne Hathaway with a pixie cut. Just what we need.