THEATRE ON THE 'NET: M Magazine

As you enjoy your long holiday weekend, take a look at this great thing I found while researching Mr. July, Matthew James Thomas.    It is called M Magazine, and is a magazine dedicated to musical theatre and geared toward the younger generations of musical theatre fans!  Awesome!  Thank you, Great Britain!  Its first five issues are online, though you can order print copies starting with the next issue.

Here are some screen shots to get you started.  Scroll down to get the link to this really cool online magazine!  Enjoy, and happy 4th of July!

Within the first five issues, there are plenty of features to satisfy Broadway fans - interviews with up and comers like Paul McGill (Memphis), features on new composers, mini-reviews of what's hot (and not) in theatre books, CDs and the Internet.  And it is really cool to read about and see the West End counterparts of Broadway shows - there is a fantastic photo series showing the West End cast of Jersey Boys as if they were on Mad Men, and a similar spread featuring the West End merry murderesses of Chicago, as if they were on Desperate Housewives.  And there are several really sexy (provocative, not nude) pictorials on the "Hot Bodies" of the West End - including some steamy pictures of Matt Shingledecker, Roger in the new RENT off-Broadway.  And if your tastes run beyond conventional musicals, there are opera articles, a cabaret series and a drag performance series as well.  Aside from a backstage pictorial that shows Angela Lansbury all ready to go on in A Little Night Music and a mini-review of the audiobook for Patti LuPone: A Memoir, you'd be hard pressed to find anything on anyone over 35 in these pages.  Best of all, even the ads are interesting!
In depth interviews, amazing photography... what more could you ask for?  AN AMERICAN VERSION!!



To get to M Magazine, click HERE.

P.S.: Before you write in, I know it has been around since the late fall of 2010.  But it is new to me!  Enjoy!

Comments?  Leave one here, email me at jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com, or Tweet me!
Jeff
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Broadway Boys: Mr. July 2011: Reeve Carney and Matthew James Thomas

Mr. Broadway July 2011

Reeve Carney and Matthew James Thomas

WHY THEY ARE MR. JULY:  One is a rock star on the rise, the other a British teen heart throb with serious acting ambitions and credits.  But both are the title character in what is probably the most talked about, written about, picked apart and argued over Broadway musical of all time.  And after dozens of previews between them, a maelstrom of nosey press to navigate, and the firing of a close friend to both, these young men set a new standard for grace under pressure and pure, old-fashioned professionalism.   More than a few actors of their generation should stop and take notice.  I'm speaking, of course, of the men who play Peter Parker and Spider-Man in the musical spectacle, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark: Reeve Carney and Matthew James Thomas.  But all of the hoopla aside, these guys deserve to be Mr. Broadway because they are very, very good at what they do.

INFO:

• Currently appearing in: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.  Mr. Carney plays the role 6 times a week, Mr. Thomas plays it 2 times a week.
• Age: Mr. Carney was born on April 18, 1983, which makes him 28.  Mr. Thomas was born in 1988, which makes him between 22 and 23.
• Other Credits: Mr. Carney: Film: Snow Falling on Cedars, The Tempest; TV: Late Night with David Letterman, American Idol, Good Morning America; Music: His band, Carney.  Mr. Thomas: The West End: Dorian Gray; Film: About a Boy, Billy Elliot; TV: more than a dozen appearances on British series television, including Britannia High.  Both are making their Broadway debuts with Spider-Man.
• Where to find them on the Internet: http://www.spidermanonbroadway.marvel.com/; http://www.carneyband.com/; both actors are on Facebook.  There is a very interesting article (and great pictures, too) about Matthew James Thomas HERE.

IN PHOTOS:

Reeve Carney

Blonde or Brunette: Matthew James Thomas

At the Foxwoods: Carney and Thomas

Reeve's band, CARNEY

The debut of "Boy Falls From the Sky"

on Good Morning America

Reeve with Bono and The Edge at

American Idol

With his friend and director, Julie Taymor

Britannia High: A TV Hit for Matthew,

plus a girlfriend out of the deal, Sapphire Elia, his co-star

Matthew's West End debut: Dorian Gray

A Fan's Posting

Spider-Man Press Events

Magazine Spreads: Rolling Stone,

M Magazine, The New Yorker

A superhero puts his tights on

one leg at a time just like everybody else

The boys together with their Mary Jane,

Jennifer Damiano

Is this suit cool or what?

The First Single from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Opening Night!

We made it!!

  

 ON VIDEO:

The debut of "Boy Falls From the Sky" on Good Morning America

Matthew James Thomas: "I Am Who I Am" from Britannia High

Comments?  Ideas for future Mr or Ms Broadways?  Leave your thoughts here, email me at jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com or Tweet me!
Jeff
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