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This weekend, when you're making your movie plans, GO SEE HELLBOY. You may not know what the hell it is, the ads may have confused you, you may think that what you perceive the film to be, without having seen it, is beneath your taste.

It isn't. If you've never heard of or read the brilliant, pop-art work by its creator, Mike Mignola, you don't know what you're missing. Check it out. Shades of HP Lovecraft, classic film noir, Kolchak the Night Stalker, and more classic dark European and world legends than you can shake an ankh at.

And for the love of Joe Don Baker, DO NOT go see WALKING TALL.

Click here to find the original film and watch it.

Give HELLBOY the support it deserves - this could be the beginning of a strong sub-set of independent-based genre films. Great people are involved in this. If that means nothing to you, it'll be a hell of a good movie. Ron Perlman! Come on now!

I hate goodbyes. JCS is closed now, as of Saturday night. Usually the end of a run doesn't really phase me all that much - it happens a little too often. But... do you know what I did after our closing night cabaret? When I couldn't take another "so long" or "see ya soon" or "take care of yourself" because I got all unexpectedly emotional at the ending of this, a production I really loved? I hid in the dressing room until the coast was clear to leave. A few people found me out, and did the whole solongfarewellaufwiedersehengoodbye thing. Mainly I avoided public tearing up. Because I'm an American man in the Rumsfeld era, damn it! If we start crying in public, the terrorists will have won!

To the cast, crew, and company of JCS: Thank you for a wonderful experience.

Now I'm on the road slowly making my way South to Florida. In Richmond, VA for a few days visiting friends.

I wasn't kidding about the writing to the management I mentioned in the previous entry.

You can still do that. I'll bake you cookies, cookies enriched with love. That's a figure of speech, by the way. They're perfectly good cookies.

Thanks to all the readers of this blog who came to the show this afternoon - it was surprising, and a huge conicidence, to meet many of you. I was already expecting some people at the show today, several in fact, but ... there were several more. That's great, and hopefully you got a great show. It felt pretty good today.

SO I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK ALL OF YOU: How many of you, who have seen me in anything (especially here), would be willing to help me with some favorable e-mail or letter-writing to the management here to help me out with getting BEAUTY AND THE BEAST next year? I'd really appreciate it, and positive words to people in charge always help. Seriously, the more positive feedback they get the better.

Thanks in advance. Click here for to e-mail a comment to them via their online form.

I'm bringing back the funny to the blog. Long-time readers will remember my funny, others can check the archives. Funny is now retroactive throughout recent posts listed below... re-check them if you like. Anyway...

PACKING. As JCS (which if you haven't seen you MUST SEE) is winding down this week in loverly Pennsylvania, I am packing up my troubles in my old kit bag, or used blue Dodge Intrepid, to begin the trek to Florida for my next gig. I'll be stopping to visit old haunts in Richmond VA and a couple of other places on the way, so if I haven't already talked to you and you're on the way, give me a shout.

I'm going to miss doing JCS, and it's been a good run with the Prather Family of Theatres, but it'll also be nice to have a change of scenery. Hopefully, I'll return here at some point - perhaps for Beauty and the Beast next year? (That was for you, Brian. Not subliminal, but I have not the technology for that.)

Figuring out what gig I was going to do next was a bit tough this time around, and it's hard to find people who give good advice about that kind of thing. I think I did what was right and what will be best in the long run. Maybe. No sense second-guessing.

So... let me know if you're coming to JCS this week, and I'll step out after the show to say hi.

On the road as of Saturday night, after our post-show closing night cabaret...

Two things...
ONE!
Check out the comments on the Friday, March 5 entry down below. A recent one makes me blush, smile, and do the Arsenio "woof woof" thing. (If you don't remember that "woof"ing, you might not be old enough to read this blog.)

TWO!
Due to some apparent hilarious text-related banner ad linkage on the part of my bloghost, you'll probably see ads for Winsor Pilates above this blog. Don Winsor, Pilate. s.

But "pie-luht", not "pill-ah-tee"... though that's historically debatable. It may have been "pih-lah-tay", or simply a soy mocha with double foam.

Just a little over two weeks left to see this production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR!

Then it's off to Florida for
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

BYE BYE BIRDIE

THE WHO'S TOMMY
and finally

THE FANTASTICKS

That's the schedule for now, hoping to extend that list soon. That takes me into September.

TWO SUBJECTS! ONE POST!
I was recently offered my first crack at The Beast in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. I was very excited.

I had to politely decline, the money and length of contract were simply not doable.

Now I have been offered my first crack at The Beast in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by a different company. Much more acceptable terms.

A dream role, to be sure. Very close to the top of the deck in cards I want to be dealt. It's Javert, then that, for me. I've gotten to play two other dream roles in the past year. Bully for me. I want to do this one!

And I don't know if I can take it, due to schedule circumstances and other obligations. Art v. Commerce stinks on ice.

Wish me well with this. Decisions must be made soon. I will be offered it again, right?

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You! Yes, you! The person who has said things like "we'll try to make it to your show" and "Sure, we'll make it at some point"strong>

Come see JCS at the Dutch Apple! An amazing show!

The reviews say things like : "...is pitch-perfect as the tormented Pilate; every entrance he makes brings added nuance and depth."

"John Ashley is the perfect Jesus"

"Corwyn Hodge as Judas is magnificent"

"...The best Pilate's Dream I've ever heard"

"Free pie!"

This is not true. There is not free pie.

Seriously, though, if it is at all feasible you MUST see this JCS.