okay, so ryan and chris, my next-door-neighbors-slash-best-friends wrote a dark comedy play that ran back in february that i did some (uncredited) re-writes on and directed (uncreditied).

it did really well, selling out all the shows, and reception was fantastic. so we did some more workshopping, rewriting and tweaking, and it is coming back next month.

the website is up as of this morning:

www.justlikemagicthemusical.com

i know there are some spelling errors, and it doesn't have the music, videos, or all the pictures we are goign to put on.

especially look at the bios. i wrote all the bios for the puppets. they did their own, which i am gonna tweak tongiht when i get home. tonight we are recording him reading the bios out loud as the characters which will play as you are on that bio and will have additional jokes built in.

but check it out...

also, turn your speakers up when on the front page. (the one with the poster that says "it's your party... and he'll cry if he wants to")

arrested development fans will get the nod right away.
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cool beans!

THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! Congrats, baby!!!

PS: I love Sammy! I want to bite him!

purplerein said:

still a lot of work to go. we are teaching ourselves how to do websites as we go with this program, cause none of the 3 of us has much experience in it.

took about 12 hours of work just to get that much.

applekisses said:

how kinky

purplerein said:

applekisses said:

wait till you hear sammy's voice. it's too funny. he's actually my favorite puppet in the show. he has this weird high speech impediment voice, and he's like a fucked up crackhead. one of my favorite jokes in the show is when sammy screams "I'LL FUCKING CUT YOU!" in the twisted muppet sounding voice of his

applekisses said:

oh my. :gulp:

cborgman said:

OMG...I think I love him!

purplerein said:

applekisses said:

he twitches too. i tried to talk chris into putting powder where his nose would be and where his mouth is, to push the crackhead thing more, but he's afraid to mess with the puppets alteration-wise. they are kind of expensive.

i love when the show gets really adult like that. it's also those parts of the show that i did the most work on. he kills jojo, which he used to do by strangulation. it's wasnt enough so i played with it, and now he strangles him and then brains him on the end of the table with a really loud THWAP. it's really disturbing and hilarious.

I'm soooo impressed. I would love to see the show. Ughhh.


M

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

ughhh?

come to nyc in november.

cborgman said:

If you're doing all the work, you should get credits Borgie. Then you can wait in the lobby after the show is over, and sign playbills, like they do at Blue Man Group

purplerein said:

i'm doing it uncredited because they're good friends. i asked for it to be uncredited.

cborgman said:

still in all, they should have had you sign something to that effect. what if it gets picked up and made into a major motion picture?...you'll be telling everyone that you wrote it..

purplerein said:

no way it could be a movie. relies way too much on audience participation.

they're my best friends. they wouldn't screw me like that

cborgman said:

I'm sorry. My ughhh, was my frustration with money right now.

M

cborgman said:

Oh honey...i can tell you stories about best friends screwing other best friends, like my father's best friend suing my dad for $100,000...

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

staying with me instead of a hotel makes it pretty cheap...

cborgman said:

but you only have 1 bed!

purplerein said:

and a couch! i have a couch!

Some of us have actual WORK to do.

jerseykrs said:

that must suck.

Right on!



oops
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DiminutiveRocker said:

are you applauding the site or my tormenting jers?

cborgman said:

DR was applauding the word "suck"...some find it erotic.

purplerein said:

Is this a reference to what I think it is?