The Color Never

So the Chicago Tribune listed their top 10 picks for noteworthy upcoming theatre events in 2007. While I am extremely exicted about Doubt (January 20, 8:00 pm, main floor) and a chamber-style Oklahoma!, it was their pick for #4 that really brough my royal temper to a brawl. I know that Chicago is Oprah's city, so it would make sense that it would debut here, but I for one plan to have nothing to do with The Color Purple in any production for the rest of my life unless the Tony Awards Committee comes to its senses and revokes that bitch's Tony and retroactively awards it to the true winner, Patti LuPone for Sweeney Todd. I urge everyone with a sense of fairness, integrity, and good taste to join me in boycotting this truly insipid and musically uninspired show.

On another note, tonight is the season premiere of Grease: You're The One That I Want. However, since it is an hour and a half, the end will overlap with Desperate Housewives, which the Theatre Queen NEVER misses. Bravo is re-running it all week, so I'll have a post on Wednesday with my thoughts after I've seen the entire episode.