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Tonight's Recommended Show: Trapped in the Closet-The Play
Submitted by imaginary liz on April 24, 2007.
One of my favorite theatrical events in life was seeing Hedwig at the Re-bar starring Nick Garrison (the fellow who played/channeled Hedwig in the Seattle stage version) a while back.
It's no surprise that Nick and his friends at Brown Derby Productions would realize that it was imperative to bring the 12-part R. Kelly Trapped in the Closet series to the Re-Bar stage. Rumor has it that they performed this hip-hop-era last year... and, by the grace of good luck are bringing it back.
I can't wait to see the cast (who also includes Seattle notables Sarah Rudinoff, Nick Garrison, Rebecca Davis, Ian Bell and others) nail lines like:
"close my mouth,and swollow spit,
as I'm thinking to myself this is some deep shit"
and
"Then I said you must be crazy or on crack to have somebody off up in my muthafuckin house"
I can only hope that they've integrated some of R. Kelly's DVD commentary into the stage production.
Unfortunately, it is only showing 3 nights and TONIGHT is the OPENING NIGHT! If you can't make it tonight... it is also showing on Wednesday (April 24th) and Thursday (April 25th) at the Re-Bar.
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imaginary liz said on April 24, 2007:
Wow -- I had no idea they did that! It does sound super-brilliant.
Did anyone see when R. Kelly did a live performance of the series on... I think it was an MTV Awards show? It was a musical theater in the round... and he was the only person on stage -- singing all the parts and changing characters on the fly. I kinda had to look away. But what I did see was... quite memorable.
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Imaginary-Danniel said on April 24, 2007:
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
"Kelly is currently negotiating a "Trapped in the Closet" series with Fox Television"..... can you say Emmy?
New chapters set to drop July of this year... super pumped.
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imaginary liz said on April 24, 2007:
That is AWESOME! Just think if he starts to weave news reports in his hip-hopera! Or if he gets into a feud with Rosie and lashes out at her in song! And if he has special guests and sings:
That's Eddie Murphy in the closet!
He made a baby with Melanie B
He swears it's not him
I don't care as long as it's not me!
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Imaginary-Danniel said on April 24, 2007:
To Rosie:
I had a delicious sandwich,
And I put it into your refrigerator,
I was looking forward to it,
As I walked out my front door
Then I remember, you telling me you loved ham
I laughed to myself and thought, "Rosie, oh man."
I got to the fridge and realized something was not right
It even had delicious dressing, Ranch... it was Lite.
Then I remembererd...
When you had me all up on the view,
Oh my god, Rosie, who ate my sandwich?... It was you.
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imaginary embracey said on April 24, 2007:
This is going to be brilliant. Sarah Rudinoff is a comic genius, and when she and Nick Garrison get together in a Brown Derby production -- well, watch out.
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Imaginary-Danniel said on April 24, 2007:
Checks under the bed
Then under the dresser
He looks at the closet
I pull out my Baretta
He walks up to the closet
He comes up to the closet
Now he’s at the closet
Now he’s opening the closet - lyrical genious.
Did anyone see the Vh1/Human Giant crew (Paul Scheer, Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Doug Benson) at Bumbershoot give their commentary after playing each episode? Most brilliant thing I've ever seen.
God, I wish I was of-age...