Patty & Emily talk Brandy in Chicago, Speakeasy Dollhouse’s Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic, Leslie Kritzer’s standup, and The Sound and The Fury at The Public. They discuss the Taye Diggs’s casting announcement, Kate Shindle’s presidency, and how Love Never Dies will never die.
Patty & Emily discuss the shows they saw this week, including a showcase by new songwriting team McGuire and Simon, the Side Show concert at 54 Below, Patti Issues at The Duplex, and Summertime. They discuss Deborah Cox in The Bodyguard, Tuck Everlasting‘s Broadway announcement, Rebecca drama, and more!
Patty & Emily are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Patty & Emily Shmazie Awards winners and honorable mentions will be revealed on Monday, June 1st at 10:00am via YouTube.
After careful consideration the eligibility committee has come to the following decisions regarding the following awards categories:
For the 2014-2015 season, the following award has been reinstated:
For the 2014-2015 season, the following awards have been suspended:
For the 2014-2015 season, the following awards have been added:
Below is a complete list of the Shmazie Award categories:
The Beth Leavel Shmazie Award
Exceptional Headshot, Female
Exceptional Headshot, Male
Exceptional Fucking Hair, IRL
Exceptional Fucking Performance by Real Hair
Exceptional Ass of An Actress
Exceptional Ass of an Actor
The Christian Borle’s Arms Shmazie Award
The “Nine People’s Favorite Thing” Shmazie Award
The Honey Badger Shmazie Award
Special Shmazie Award for Adding Lustre to the Broadway Season
The ChristianeNollRagtime Shmazie Award for Reinterpretive Acting
The “Did You Know Her Son Was Blind?” Shmazie Award for Disabled Acting
Exceptional Cast Recording
Lifetime Achievement
Breakout Star
Exceptional Theatrical Moment That Became Our Inside Joke
Exceptional Sasstress
Exceptional Chemistry
Real Tear Realness
Exceptional Replacement Casting
The We’re Really Glad This Happened Shmazie Award
Exceptional Sung Passage by an Actor
Exceptional Sung Passage by an Actress
Exceptional Ensemble
Exceptional Ensemble, Dance
Exceptional Ensemble, Vocals
Exceptional Ensemble, Background Acting
Exceptional Child Ensemble
Exceptional Featured Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Featured Actor in an Original Musical
Exceptional Featured Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Featured Actress in an Original Musical
Exceptional Supporting Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Supporting Actor in an Original Musical
Exceptional Supporting Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Supporting Actress in an Original Musical
Exceptional Leading Actor in an Original Musical
Exceptional Leading Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Leading Actress in an Original Musical
Exceptional ‘Stache, Prosthetic
Exceptional ‘Stache, Natural
Exceptional Wigs
Exceptional Male Wig
Exceptional Female Wig
Exceptional Prop
Exceptional Costumes
Exceptional Quick Change
Exceptional Lighting Design of a Musical
Exceptional Set Design
Exceptional Tap Dance
Exceptional Dance Battle
Exceptional Choreography
Exceptional Dream Ballet
Exceptional Orchestrations
Exceptional Sound Design
Exceptional Music
Exceptional Lyrics
Exceptional Original Book of a Musical
Exceptional Adapted Book of a Musical
Exceptional Direction of a Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Direction of an Original Musical
Honorable Mention to Plays We Saw
Exceptional Revival of a Musical
Exceptional Original Musical
Patty & Emily sit down with Elisabeth Gray and Alison Fraser to talk about their new webseries Understudies. Elisabeth talks about her own experience as an understudy in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Alison talks about The Secret Garden and encounters with critics. They all fangirl over John Cameron Mitchell.
Patty & Emily are celebrating six months of podcasts! They discuss their upcoming Shmazie Awards and the Drama Desk nominee press event. They mourn the closing of Doctor Zhivago and discuss how sexist Zorba! is and how the new Encores! season can me it up to them.
Patty & Emily went to the Drama Desk Awards’ Meet the Nominees event! We got to talk to a lot of great people: Warren Carlyle, Joshua Bergasse, Max von Essen, Julie Halston, Brad Oscar, Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick, Anne Kauffman, Erin Davie, Elizabeth Stanley, Nancy Opel, Alex Sharp, Josh Grisetti, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Carolee Carmello!
We review The Visit, starring Chita Rivera. It’s a weird, quirky new show from Kander Ebb that’s been in the works for years. Find out what we thought!
Patty & Emily discuss the shows closing: The Heidi Chronicles, Living on Love, and Hamilton. They also discuss the shows they’ve seen this week, including True Believer and Hamlet, and this week’s news stories, including Stomp and The Tony nominations.
We saw Fun Home and it’s the best. Basically that’s it. It stars Beth Malone, Sydney Lucas, Emily Skeggs, Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Joel Perez, Roberta Colindrez, Zell Morrow, and Oscar Williams.