POLL RESULTS: In the Good Ol' Summertime!

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As we steam ahead toward the 4th of July, let's look back that results of last month's poll which asked:

What are your summer theatre plans?

• 46% of you said: I intend to catch up on all the shows in New York.

Soon to be in A Little Night Music...

Me, too! Well, I'm going to re-visit a few, anyway. This summer I plan to see Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch in my other favorite revival from last season... A Little Night Music. I also will, as you no doubt have guessed, see Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley in next to normal. And I hope to catch Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes again in Promises, Promises. Ahh, who knows? Maybe a return to The Addams Family...

Soon to be in next to normal...

• 20% of you said: I am in a summer production.

PLEASE write and tell us all about your adventures in summer theatre! I think it would make a great blog or two!

• 20% of you said: I will be attending lots of local theatre.

Again, PLEASE write in with your experiences and give a shout out to your local theatres...I'll blog about it if it is theatre no matter how large or small.

The Chess Trio: Morton, Paice and Kushnier

This isn't exactly local theatre for me, but I am going down to Virginia this summer to see Signature Theatre's production of Chess with Euan Morton, Jill Paice and Jeremy Kushnier. A trio like that can't be too bad, and definitely worth the trip.

• 7% of you said: I will be attending a summer theatre festival.

Maybe the third time will be the charm: PLEASE write and tell me about it. I'll pst pretty much anything you send in!

• and 7% of you said: I need a break! No shows til September.

I'd rather poke my eyes out with a stick than go THAT long without a show!

But if you can't get to the theatre, or for trips to the beach, or just relaxing around the house, here is a great list of theatre books, from fellow blogger Jan.

And I can recommend these:

Author Seth Rudetsky with both books

AND [title of show]'s Hunter Bell

• Seth Rudetsky's The Q Guide to Broadway. Lots of facts, trivia and his signature wit and wisdom.
• Seth Rudetsky's novel, Broadway Nights. As he would say, "Ha- Larious!"
• Christopher Bram's novel, Lives of the Circus Animals. Funny and contemporary.

A theatre novel by the author of the

book on which Gods and Monsters was based.

Plus, of course, you can check out the DVDs, CDs and books I recommend down and to the right of this (though I can't picture anyone lugging the Playbill Yearbook to the beach!).

Comments? Leave one here or email me at jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com.

Jeff