twenty-something

Danielle and I saw Josh Kelley at The Paradise here in Boston last Friday.

Though we were in the midst of the St. Paddy's Day nor'easter (which cancelled my NYC trip the following day) and Yelli's knee was in a brace, the show was fantastic. Josh was great, as were his opening acts (but where was Jennifer Paige?!).

[Inspired by Ryan]

Your Real Name: Patrick

Your Gangsta Name (1st 4 letters plus izzle): Patrizzle

Your Detective Name (fave color + fave animal): Blue Monkey

Your Soap Opera Name (middle name + childhood street): William Woodstock

Your Star Wars Name (last 3 letters of your last name + first 2 letters of your first name + first 3 letters of Mom's maiden name): Ondpathar

Your Superhero Name (2nd fave color + fave drink): Red Red Death

Your Witness Protection Name (Grandma/Grandpa's first name + Jones): John Jones

Your Goth Name (Black + name of one of your pets): Black Molly

Your American Idol Name (fav car and sea food): Jetta Calamari

Your Movie Star Name (sibling's middle name + mother's maiden name): Clark Harvey

Your Alter Ego (name of one your childhood pets + popular brand of clothes when you were young): Schmedley Levi

Your Lawyer Name (fav actor's last name + fav hard liquor): Owen Absolut

Your Hip Hop Name (fav candy + fruit): Jelly Belly Pear

New Yorkers -- Check out Revival, a "new old play" by Greg Turner (of Tea fame), beginning this week as part of the Frigid New York festival. Get more info at donotdisturbtheatre.com.

I read the play over Christmas and I loved it. There's a diva character that's just fantastic and the play is extra-fun because of her -- as the tagline says, "The leading lady always gets her way." You know I'm a fan of Greg's work because, c'mon, he's my best friend and happens to be a brilliant writer. And, of course, this is a damn good play.

(And how about that design work? That's by yours truly.)

Greg tells nytheatre.com:

I wrote this play after hearing about a play that was being revived on Broadway for the first time after thirty years. The playwright had, according to legend, written the play about his first failed marriage. Well this got wheels in my head turning… what if a playwright wrote about his leading lady? And what if she went on to become a huge star and left him behind and they never met again until the Broadway revival thirty years later? And that right there is what Revival is.

So when we bill Revival as "a new old play" what we're really saying is that it's a play within a play and the play within the play is the revival of a fictional play. That sounds confusing, I know, but trust me it's not confusing on the stage. It's clever and charming. It's certainly the charmingest thing I've ever written… I mean there will still be beautiful young people making out in their underwear, but that only adds to the charm of it all, right?

It would be trite to say that Revival will be a breath of fresh air in this "crazy mixed-up world" and I don't know if that's the case or not. And Revival won't help people decide what they want to do with their lives or which candidate they should vote for in the next election. But Revival will make people laugh and have a good time. People will definitely relate to the characters in the show. And I did mention that there will be beautiful people making out in their underwear.

I'll be there next Saturday because I love Greg's stuff.

But you? You should go whenever you can because everybody loves a diva (and hot making-out-in-undies stage scenes).