Things I Love About Glee / Crush Of The Day: Mark Salling

If you haven't yet caught an episode of Glee, you must do so immediately. Go to Hulu and check it out--you will not regret it.

The show is magic. It follows the ups and downs of a high school glee club, complete with music video-like performances, musical theatre fierceness, hot guys, great belting, football (yeah, seriously), teen pregnancy, desperate housewives, etc., etc.

Here are my favorite things about the most recent episode:

1. Kurt's coming out scene with his dad... Super emotional, super real.

2. "Single Ladies" on the football field.

3. Will Schuster.

4. Lima, OH. "I don't want to be a Lima Loser!"

5. Rachel singing Celine Dion's "Taking Chances."

6. Crush of the Day Mark Salling. See below.

OMG amazing!!!

It's finally here--The Musical Theatre Dictionary... It answers all of your MT questions. A few of my favorites:

Belting and Bleeding- verb- When a person's belt is so high and loud that it sounds painful but is executed with completely healthy vocal production. Although a somewhat misleading name, belting and bleeding is often desired for powerful vocals. See Marla Mindelle/Kate Pazakis.
1. As obsessed as I am with Power Mixers, I still die for belting and bleeding.
2. If this girl playing Eva Peron isn't belting and bleeding, I'm leaving during intermish.

"Effie We All Got Pain"-saying- Response to a costar when he/she is throwing tons of diva comments your way. A reference to the musical Dreamgirls when Effie White's laundry-lists of excuses are met with this statement. The point being: you have struggles, so do we.
Diva: My Laduca Strap broke, I'm not warm yet, and if they make me wear this bullshit costume I'm going to flip.
Smart Actor: Effie, we all got pain.

Fiercey- noun- The embodiment of ferocity.

1. Caissie Levy is such the new fiercey of Broadway.
2. I will do whatever it takes to be a fiercey, even if that means singing soprano.

Pingy- adjective- The fantastic result of ultra-forward mask placement. The term is derived from the resonant sound and sped of a person's vibrato. Imagine a pinball being tossed around a pinball machine at fast pace: that's pingy. (We get extra points for making you want to listen to Tommy)
Her belt is so pingy, her placement can cut diamonds.

Whistle Tone-verb- The rare gift of singing notes above the soprano high C. This random-act-of-fierceness is almost always an expensive way of showcasing one's self. Whistle tones are almost always described as savage.
MT: I cannot believe his savage whistle tones. He got those notes past a G7.

Work!-compliment- This is a phrase used as a compliment shouted during/after a performance (preferably in a cabaret setting.) This phrase, borrowed from the Fashion World, is a truncated version of the phrase "You Better Work!" Literally meaning "do work" or "you are working the hell out of this song", this phrase carries a certain weight of tranny sass.
Gay MT Boy: Soooo fi-yerce! WORK!

Good stuff.

Yeah, the pilot episode of Glee aired almost two weeks ago, but it's still totally relevant.  I think a lot of people are excited for this show to start up in September; it's such a feel-good show with a truly talented cast.  Also, it takes place in small town Ohio; the director wanted a location similar to where he grew up, in the show choir-rich Indiana.  :)

Anyhow, Joe told me that the Glee kids' rival show choir, Vocal Adrenaline, is in fact a real show choir out in California; I think he said he's even seen them perform live.  Anyhow, they're fierce.  Check them out singing "Rehab" from the show below!  Here's the Wikipedia page with all kinds of information on Glee.

FAME is coming!!!

This trailer isn't amazing...  But it's good.  I'm not sure how I feel about the re-vamping of the title song, but the dancing looks good, and so does "Out Here On My Own."

Anyways, check out the trailer from the forthcoming remake of Fame.

Musical Theatre Monday

I've been trying to clean out my computer lately.  It's running quite slowly, so I figure removing some of the unused/unnecessary files will help fix the problem.  We'll see what happens.

Anyhow, I found a Sticky with an unknown YouTube link on it, so I decided to check it out. Guess what it was?  A clip of my boyfriend Gavin Creel singing "Hero & Leander" from Adam Guettel's Myths & Hymns.  It's delicious.

Damn Yankees?

Really?  I mean, I understand the appeal of movie musicals, trust me, I do.  I love them.  Give me Dreamgirls or High School Musical and a bottle of wine and I'm set for the night.  However, there comes a point where it's just going overboard, and the upcoming remake of Damn Yankees just might be that point.

Starring Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal, Damn Yankees is being produced by New Line Cinema. 

I mean, I guess I'm pretty excited to see Jake in a musical...  Can he sing?  Can he dance?  Only time will tell.