Showing posts with label Broadway shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Broadway shows. Show all posts

Friday, 4 March 2011

Robin Williams is a Very Cool Broadway Actor: takes his furry body to perform in " Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"

Robin Williams
Robin Williams on David Letterman, CBS
Robin Williams has an incredible resume. He has done; stand-up comedy, TV,movies and now he is on Broadway.  He was recently on Letterman talking about how much he enjoyed doing Broadway. He will be performing in the Rajio Joseph play, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. This will be his first return to the theater since 1998 when he performed at Lincoln Center in Waiting for Godot. He made a joke about how this is one role where he did not have to get rid of all of his fur. since he is such a hairy guy..  He also had explained how much he appreciates how much the American troops do for our country. Bengal tiger at the Baghdad Zoo opens on March 31, 2011 at the Richard Rogers Theater in Manhattan.

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Billy Joel's Former, "Uptown Girl," Christie Brinkley is going Midtown, to Broadway's "Chicago"

Christie Brinkley in 2007
Christie Brinkley in 1980; this was the 2nd out of 3 consecutive years sporting the cover of SI
Christie Brinkley February 2011

Christie Brinkley was born on February 2, 1954 in Monroe Michigan to Herb and Marjorie Hudson. After her parents divorced, her mother moved to L.A. and married TV writer, Don Brinkley. Christie had taken on her stepfather's name. She was educated at Pacific Palisades high school and later went on to Paris to study art in 1973. She was discovered by a photographer in Paris that same year and led to a highly successful career as a model.   She came to fame as the Sports Illustrated bathing suit issue in 1979.  She has been featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Issues for 3 years in a row; 1979, 1980 and 1981. Ms. Brinkley has been featured on more than 500 magazine covers, and she is the only model to ever get a 20 year contract with makeup company, Cover Girl. On a personal note, Christie has been married 4 times and her most publicized marriage was to  singer, songwriter, Billy Joel from,1985-1994.  The couple had one daughter, Alexa Rae, who is also a singer.
Ms Brinkley is on Broadway  in the musical, Chicago as, Roxie Hart. It should be noted that the real uptown girl was, model, Elle Macpherson who was with Christie in St Barths when they met.  Many people refer to Christie as the "Up Town" girl because she was in the music video for the song.