"Ugly Betty" Star Urie Cast in Off-Broadway's Temperamentals

As previously announced, The Temperamentals, a new play by Jon Marans, will begin performances April 30 at Off Broadway's Barrow Group Studio Theater on West 36th Street.

The cast, according to The New York Times, will be led by Michael Urie, who plays Vanessa Williams' assistant on ABC's "Ugly Betty."

Directed by Jonathan Silverstein, the limited engagement will officially open May 4 at 8 PM and run through May 18.

"Temperamental," according to press notes, "was a code word for 'homosexual' in the early 1950s, part of a created language of secret words that gay men used to communicate."

The new play tells the story of two men, "the communist Harry Hay and the young Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich, weaving together the personal and the political to tell a relatively unknown chapter in gay history. It explores the deepening love between two complex men, while they build the first gay rights organization in the United States pre Stonewall. . . . The characters consist of the actual men who founded the Mattachine Society, as well as prominent figures of the time such as Frank Tavener of the House Un-American Committee and the director Vincente Minnelli."

Playwright Marans also penned Old Wicked Songs, a 1996 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama and winner of the New York Drama League Award and the L.A. Drama Logue Award.

Show times will be Friday-Monday at 8 PM with matinees on Sundays at 4 PM. Special performances are scheduled for April 30 at 8 PM and May 2 at 2 PM.

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Appena si decide a fare anche qualche parte da etero chiamatemi, che mi propongo per interpretare la lei XD

Seriamente, penso male poi io. Mi disperoooooooooooo

Speaking of the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, here are some pics of Ugly Betty’s Vanessa Williams and Michael Urie on the red carpet at the event in NYC this past weekend.

OMG, they glow in the dark! Seriously, they do make a good looking, if flamboyant, pair.

Urie’s Jacket? Want.

Yes, I’d look ridiculous in it. But, it looks so snazzy on Michael it would be hard to resist.

As for the Awards, the event in NYC was one of three planned by GLAAD, which honors media companies and individuals for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. A few awards were given out on Saturday, but most will be given in a ceremony in Los Angeles on April 18. As has been the case for the last 3 years, Ugly Betty is nominated (and will probably win) in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.

As for Vanessa Williams’ dress - if my wife and I were out shopping and saw it on the rack, my first instinct would be…uh, no. But, it really, really works on Vanessa. She ALWAYS looks great with the tunic look, even if it is iridescent.





fonte: Ugly Betty News

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Michael Urie

Full given name: Michael Lorenzo Urie
Hometown: Plano, TX
Audition song: "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehr
Special skills: Balloon animals. Well, just dogs really. And snakes.
First Broadway show ever saw: Ragtime with the original cast, on a trip with my community college — I cried like a baby. Our teacher, Brad Baker, got us into 13 shows in 10 days.
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? Vanessa Williams in Kiss of the Spider Woman; Terrence McNally told me she was so hot, people gasped when she entered. I gasp every time she comes on set at "Ugly Betty."
Current show you have been recommending to friends: Rock of Ages and Our Town
Favorite show tune: Bernadette singing "Not a Day Goes By"
MAC or PC? MAC MAC MAC since I was a kid and my dad brought home one of those tall skinny ones.
Most played song on your iPod: "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen
Last book you read: "Wolf at the Table" by Augusten Burroughs. It's great — I read it on vacation in two days, and I'm a slow reader.
Must-see TV show: "Wipeout," "Lost," "The Office," "Always Sunny…," "Sordid Lives"
Last good movie you saw: "Henry Fool" starring my genius co-star in The Temperamentals, Thomas Jay Ryan.
Favorite card game: Van Heusen. A genius card game invented by my friends Nicole Lowrance and Matt Schneck (who's also in Temperamentals)
Performer you would drop everything to go see: Manilow
Pop culture guilty pleasure: Manilow
First stage kiss: Manilow. Just kidding. Jessica Lee/Janelle Lyon (we had alternating Marias) in The Sound of Music in 10th grade. I was the Captain Von Trapp.
Favorite post-show meal: Lately eating anything before the show psychs me out, so I gorge myself afterwards.
How you got your Equity card: The Roaring Girl at The Foundry Theatre.
Worst flubbed line: At Juilliard, I played Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet; during the first big fight between the Montagues and the Capulets, Benvolio runs on to stop the fight shouting, "Part Fools, you know not what you do! Well, on opening night, I ran out and shouted, "Fart Pools, you know not what you do!"
Worst costume ever: When I had to dress like Betty for the Halloween episode of "Ugly Betty." Itchy wig and poncho.
Pet's name: Sprouts, my Brussels Griffon that Bernadette Peters introduced me to. You just can't say no to Bernadette Peters. It's impossible.
Favorite junk food: Gummi bears
Who would play you in the movie? Phylicia Rashad.
Worst job you ever had: Bowling party host at Plano Super Bowl.
TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: I was in a Mohegan Sun commercial that shot at the Mohegan Sun Hotel/Casino in CT. I was taken there in a van and told I had a room at the hotel. When I went to the front desk, I was told that I actually had a room down the road at the Best Western. While, of all of the Westerns, it was probably the best, it's wasn't as snazzy as the Mohegan Sun. But, the shoot was great!
Leading man role you've been dying to play Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost.
Which Broadway musical would your "Ugly Betty" character be perfect for? Marc St. James as Franz in Rock of Ages. "I'm not gay, I'm German!"

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Quindi alla fine la Peters gli ha affibbiato una bestia

Va beh, a sto punto condivido xD Da oggi per me è ufficialmente Mr. Mozzarella

Michael Urie Livin’ It Up On The Beach





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