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As I continue to work on rewriting PLANE CRAZY, I tend to muse about all things PLANE CRAZY not specifically related to the script. (I believe that is also known as "procrastination").

What would be a super cool venue for PLANE CRAZY? Aside from "the Broadway" of course. Well, wouldn't it be a kick to stage it at Boeing Field, perhaps in Seattle's Museum of Flight? Or maybe up in Everett at The Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour...there are huge half-built planes that would be perfect for those airplane scenes! Of course getting to your seat would require a one-third mile walk, 21 steep stairs and an an elevator ride.

And what about PLANE CRAZY merchandise...oh wait, you can buy that here.

Or a PLANE CRAZY board game? Sort of a "Careers " meets "Wide World" meets "Mystery Date"...

Maybe I should get back to work...

THE TONY AWARDS at The 5^th Avenue Theatre!

The 5^th Avenue Theatre will be hosting a Tony Awards party this year!

This is going to be an amazing party! This year Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Tony Awards (maybe he'll sing the Confrontation from LES MIZ with Jason Segal!) so don’t miss this chance to see it in style!

From The 5^th Avenue website:

The 63rd Annual Tony Awards ...In Your Own Backyard

SUNDAY JUNE 7, 2009  7:30-11:00 PM
The 5th Avenue Theatre --- 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

There’s a Little Bit of Broadway in Everyone

Join us for the biggest Tony Awards party in town! Watch the festivities with fellow theatre lovers as Shrek The Musical competes for 8 coveted Tony Awards, including Best Musical! Follow other Seattle stars such as The 5th Avenue’s own Louis Hobson (Best Musical Nominee, Next To Normal), as they shine on stage at Radio City Music Hall.

Meet past Tony Winners and Nominees. Challenge the 5th Avenue's Producing Artistic Director David Armstrong with Broadway Trivia questions! Win exclusive Tony swag playing "Broadway Bingo" and "Name That Showtune!"

At 8 PM, watch the Tonys on the big 5th Avenue Theatre screen! Games and Entertainment will fill the commercial breaks!

TICKETS

Tony Winners ($130): Enjoy an exclusive preshow champagne reception in the STAR dressing room of The 5th Avenue Theatre. Experience what it is like to be a Broadway star as David Armstrong shares stories of the many Tony Winners who have shared your dressing room. Be seated in the BEST seats for the Tony Awards party with your personal Tony Swag Bag that includes one complimentary ticket (value $71-$78) to a preview of Catch Me If You Can! (Limited to 30 guests)

Tony Nominees ($63): Attend the Tony Party at The 5th Avenue Theatre with reserved seating among the other nominees. Receive a Tony Swag Bag filled with gourmet snacks and fun showbiz prizes including one complimentary ticket (value $71-$78) to a preview of Catch Me If You Can!

Special rates for artists ($25) and high school students ($15).

Dress: Smart Casual/Festive

RSVP BY WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 2009
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Kat Ramsburg in the Development Office at (206) 625-1418 x285 or kramsburg@5thavenue.org .

I had heard bad things about the latest Indiana Jones movie. Bad things about Cate Blanchett, the storyline, etc. This made me sad, so I just didn't believe it. However, a little part of me was panicking as we walked into the movie theatre, sat down, and waited for the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series to commence.

I'm going to say that I LOVED IT!!!!!!!! It was CRANTASTIC! OMG I thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread! Something that was bugging the majority of the people that I talked to about the movie before I saw it for myself was the alien theme. This didn't bug me at all. I guess the definition of "alien" is different for everyone, because I don't think the presence of aliens in an Indiana Jones movie is any weirder than spirits that melt Nazi faces off...

Cate Blanchett did break her accent MULTIPLE times at the beginning of the film, but I thought she was pretty good for the rest of it. I am not a big Shia LaBeouf fan (sorry) but I didn't think he was unbearable to watch. Harrison Ford, on the other hand, was amazingly spectacular (in my personal opinion), and he was as funny and interesting to watch now as he was back in the days of Raiders. Welcome back, Dr. Jones!

Quick mention of the Lego game -- it's absolutely brilliant. We play it on our Wii, and it's the perfect mixture of teamwork and action-packed fighting. Plus, you're Lego people, so you never run out of lives! I mean, come on, does it get any better than that? *no Myrna, it doesn't!*

Favorite scene would have to be the car chase in the jungle with the vines and the jumping back and forth and the cliff and all that cool stuff! My other favorite part would have to be the end, but I won't spoil it for you! GO OUT AND SEE IT. Trust me, it is DEF worth it. :-)

Back in my impressionable youth I watched a lot of TV. A lot. I used to fake illness and spend the day at home watching TV. That's where I developed my passion for old movies, and movie musicals (Fred and Ginger to be specific). I did all my homework in front of the television (math was particularly easy to do with the boob tube on). I would memorize the TV Guide listings so my sisters only had to ask what was on and I would give them the complete line up for the evening. In addition to my love of old movies I developed of love of advertising. And back in the good old days of the late sixties and seventies they had lots of great jingles that I still carry around in my brain. Who can sing the jingle from Mystery Date board game -- "Open the door to your mystery date!" Love the internal rhyme, man!

Yeah, yeah, I've read the Ogilvy bible and I did hard time in Procter & Gamble's marketing division for advertisng deliquents. Even ran an advertising agency (ConnAd of course!) with my hubbie. Of course, it's no coincidence that my husband loves advertising and has devoted his career to it in some form or another. But it was watching every episode of Bewitched that really helped develop my truly deep understanding of the craft of advertising, and the hard, hard work involved.

About that the old joke -- for some reason advertising is generally viewed as morally despicable and dare I say, evil. Don't get me wrong: It drives me nuts with its pandering, inane, irrevelant and irritating messages. But on the othe hand I love advertising when it is great. And I love watching advertising executives and creatives portrayed on the screen and stage, as the industry is ususally given a sexy (and lovably silly) sheen in those movies and TV shows. (World Wide Widget anyone?)

So the Golden Age of Advertising (all those wonderfully goofy sexist campaigns!) was something I just had to include in Plane Crazy, especially since advertising has a spotty history in its portrayal of women. And it was an "ad woman", Mary Wells, who was the brains behind the Braniff Airlinessexy and Pucci-esque repositioning. But when I poke fun at the industry and the advertising execs it is done with love, comes from my experience, and hopefully rings true.