Through A Glass, Darkly premiered on PBS in Minnesota last Saturday night, while Go-Go Beach simultaneously turned 100 (performances…ever) the same night.
"Darkly" video producer Emily Goldberg with Mike at a TPT screening in Saint Paul
Sunset falls on Go-Go's 100th at the Showboat Majestic, Cincinnati OH
More photos, including a rare Lorie Line sighting outside of the Christmas Season, are seen in this photo album.
And if you missed it in Minneapolis, Through A Glass, Darkly DVDs are on-sale. Order now from the TCGMC website. The video is *amazing* with the concert portion bookended by incredibly moving and personal interviews with some of the cast and artistic team. Get your copy today!
Duke who? (It's okay: ka-HAH-nah-MO-koo.) Here's a short history and photos of his statue on Waikiki Beach.
He's called by many the "Father of Surfing" and a hero to most any surfer, including Woody, the lead character in our stage musical "Go-Go Beach" (book & lyrics by John Wimbs). Woody's big plan for the gang after graduation centers around a used car lot he is about to inherit from his girlfriend's father. A few scenes later, flower child Bulldog returns from San Francisco and has a few things to say about the blasphemy of naming a used car lot after the Duke, but until then it's just the boys having some fun in the 1966 California sun!
So, here is Austin Miller, star of the 2006 NYMF production of Go-Go Beach, and more recently "Hot Danny" from the NBC reality show "Grease: You're The One That I Want", singing the song "Duke Kahanamoku's Roadsters and Jalopies".
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Duke Kahanamoku's Roadsters and Jalopies
Lead vocal by Austin Miller
Add'l vocals by Mike, Matt Hinkley, and a lot of other folks that helped out on "Surf's Up"
Lyric by John Wimbs
Music by Brent
Produced by Brent
(c) 2001 (p) 2007 Dream Bus LLC
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Our bud Austin Miller was in last week to record vocals on a new Go-Go Beach demo track "Duke Kahanamoku's Roadsters & Jalopies". I am mixing the track this week, and we'll be posting it online soon right here.
Fans of the show will recognize "DK's R&J" as "Surf's Up!". Revisions to the story line before last year's NYMF production called for a song to lay out Woody's big plan for The Gang after they graduate. Don't worry, all the good stuff from "Surf's Up" is still intact. Stay tuned!
Watch NBC tomorrow night and vote for Austin Miller — our Woody from the NYMF '06 production — where he competes in the final three. They call him "Hot Danny" … hmmm, not much arguing that one.
Austin Miller's Grease page on NBC.com
Mindy Chinchilla made her first public appearance in New York last week at the Virgin Megastore Times Square. See it now on YouTube.
Volume 4 of "Broadway Bullet" just (aired?) on the nextbighit.com website and features interviews with John Simpkins (director), actress Coleen Sexton (Mindy Chinchilla) and bookwriter/lyricist John Wimbs and excerpts from the show. "A Boy Like You" and a sneak peek at the brand new Mindy Chinchilla hit "His Smile Told Me So".
Podcast overview is here and/or subscribe to the Broadway Bullet enhanced podcast (with handy chapter markers) in iTunes here.
Casting is official - David A. Austin, Michael Buchanan, Amy Goldberger, Austin Miller, Erin Leigh Peck, Colt Prattes, Chandra Lee Schwartz, Coleen Sexton, Timothy Smith, Shelley Thomas, and Savannah Wise. Check out their bios on our nymf.org show page. (UPDATE: no permalinks for NYMF 06 shows)
Tickets go onsale Sept. 1 — that's in less than two hours here in NYC. Does TheatreMania do online sales at midnight? We'll see. Go to gogobeach.com/nymf for ticketing links.
