I would like to propose a toast...
PBS aired the revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company last night starring Raúl Esparza. And I watched it and loved it and fell more in love with Raúl Esparza than I already was (If you never listened to tick, tick...BOOM! do yourself a favor and listen to it now).
And God Bless PBS. No, really. PBS is treated like the red-headed stepchild of television stations and it's not okay. PBS gives people the opportunity to watch a Broadway show in its whole. People who normally wouldn't be able to see a Broadway show, or live in freakin' central Virginia where shows hardly ever stop on tours because they won't have an audience there like they would in larger cities.
Although, Mamma Mia was in town last month. But seriously? Mamma Mia? I mean, I would have seen it if the tickets were free but...Abba? A musical based on Abba songs? It apparently works, but Les Misérables it is not.
Anyway, I digress...
Thank you PBS. You are so much more than anyone knows. You are heroic.
And God Bless PBS. No, really. PBS is treated like the red-headed stepchild of television stations and it's not okay. PBS gives people the opportunity to watch a Broadway show in its whole. People who normally wouldn't be able to see a Broadway show, or live in freakin' central Virginia where shows hardly ever stop on tours because they won't have an audience there like they would in larger cities.
Although, Mamma Mia was in town last month. But seriously? Mamma Mia? I mean, I would have seen it if the tickets were free but...Abba? A musical based on Abba songs? It apparently works, but Les Misérables it is not.
Anyway, I digress...
Thank you PBS. You are so much more than anyone knows. You are heroic.
