Whoopi for India.Arie’s Broadway Debut
India.Arie isn’t just the average girl from your “Video” anymore.
The neo-soul songstress is set to make her Broadway debut Sept. 8 in a Whoopi Goldberg-produced revival of the Obie Award-winning For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
The 1975 drama, by playwright Ntozake Shange, is a collection of 20 prosaic poems, each a reflection on modern American life as experienced by black women. The characters do not have names but are instead identified by monikers such as “Lady in Brown” and “Lady in Purple.”
Previews begin Aug. 19 at Circle in the Square.
Arie, whose tune “The Heart of the Matter” can be heard on the Sex and the City movie soundtrack, won two Grammys in 2003, including Best R&B Album for Voyage to India.
Lindsay Lohan’s Labor Pains
Lindsay Lohan’s Labor Pains
Well on her way to an acting career revival, Lindsay Lohan was spotted taking a cigarette break on the set of her new movie “Labor Pains,” in which she plays a secretary who fakes a pregnancy in order to keep her job.
And LiLo looked to be on top of her game, rocking a blue top and black skirt teamed with a pair of fuzzy pink sandals and her usual black Ray Ban sunglasses.
From all accounts, the “Mean Girls” actress has shed her ‘difficult to work with’ reputation. Producer Lati Grobman told press, “We were a little bit reluctant to work with her. But she’s been amazing.”
And it sounds like she is well on her way to a booming (again) film career. “She’s so natural at what she does. I’ve never seen one take where she’s off. The difference between her and the other girls that are naughty in the business is that she’s actually talented. It’s not [like] Paris Hilton and the rest of them. We took the chance. It’s good that we did. So far, so good.”
In related news, Lindsay has officially taken her name out of the running for an Emmy for her guest spot on one episode Ugly Betty, given the fact that she’ll have a lot more exposure next season when she’s on five episodes. Her rep said, “The appearance was brief. We made a decision to wait.”
Lindsay Lohan’s Career Revival
Lindsay Lohan’s Career Revival
In her latest attempt to revive her acting career, Lindsay Lohan was spotted back on the set of her current gig “Labor Pains” looking as happy as could be.
The “Mean Girls” starlet enjoyed the beautiful weather, sporting a salmon-colored hippie-style top with a pair of striped shorts and blue flats.
Meanwhile, for her new line of leggings, LiLo has chosen a very notable number - “6126″ named after Marilyn Monroe’s birthday (earlier this year Lindsay did a nude spread for New York Magazine emulating a Monroe photo shoot).
The leggings will be sold at one of Lohan’s favorite boutiques, Fred Segal, coming this August. Her line will include footless tights, cashmere leg warmers, and ankle gloves ni a range of patterns and fabrics.
Sarah Paulson cast in Cupid; Studio 60 fans point and laugh
It’s hard to believe that we’re a full year removed from the glorious mess that was Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. It seemed that the split between “liked it” and “hated it” was about 50-50, but everyone wanted to comment. One thing I noticed in those comments was that, even among the people who liked it, there was a strong sentiment against the performance of Sarah Paulson as Harriet Hayes. Most people just didn’t like the chemistry she had with Matthew Perry, and she didn’t manage to make us care enough about the plight of the über-religious comedian to root for her to connect with anyone.
So, for anyone who’s looking forward to the revival of Rob Thomas’ Cupid, the news that Paulson’s been cast as the female lead on the show has to be disheartening. She’s playing Dr. Claire Allen, the same role Paula Marshall played in the original series, opposite Bobby Cannavale, who is taking over the Cupid role from Jeremy Piven.
The only possible saving grace about this news is that, because Cupid keeps himself celibate, the sexual tension between the doctor and Cupid might be light at best. However, if that was the only issue people had with her turn as Harriet on S60, this wouldn’t be so much of a problem; her performance was often so light and inconsequential that you were just aching her to stretch beyond “annoyed” and “less annoyed.” Maybe she’s learned her lessons from that disaster; she’s also going to be in the movie version of The Spirit, a comic with a lot of darkness and emotional resonance. Hopefully she’ll bring some of what she learned there to the set of Cupid.