#Anna mcneely

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The original Jennyanydots costume worn by Anna McNeely in CATS (1982)

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Visited New York City for the first time last week, so I took the opportunity to visit the Museum Of Broadway because I only wanted to see the Cats display items and literally nothing else.

If anyone is interested, this is what they had for Cats. Two super cool costume pieces from the long running and record breaking production from the Winter Garden, plus a few other items.

First off, an elaborate Siamese costume in all its bright blue eyed glory:

A few framed display items, including an early playbill and six character designs.

Secondly, an absolutely stunning complete Gumbie Tap costume worn by Anna McNeely, originator of Jennyanydots on Broadway.

While both of those costumes were amazing, and I could have stared at them for hours, it was really disappointing to see the museum have so little Cats content given the shows significance to theaters in not only NYC, but in North America as a whole.

The Siamese was relegated to a corner of a non-related room, and the Tap costume was amongst a line-up of other (I believe, Phantom Of The Opera) costumes. I do understand that there is a section encompassing Andrew Lloyd Webber's impact on Broadway, which had a sizable PoTO representation and some pieces from Evita, Starlight Express, and Sunset Boulevard with some other stuff from that time period mixed in, but it was a bit of a letdown.

It is very possible that the MoB could not source more pieces, which if in that case, it is all fair. However, it is tiring to always see Cats made out to be some sort of unimportant or regrettable musical, and even the way the two costumes were shown reflected that. They could have easily had their day in the sun together with an expanded corner of all Cats stuff together, but maybe I am being pompous. Though, being a patron in the museum and hearing all the utter disgust and derision in the looks and voices of others seeing the Cats stuff reinforced the hatred theatre wankers have over the singing and dancing kitties. Plus, maybe just maybe, I verbally pushed back against someone shitting on Cats while I was admiring the Siamese, and let me tell you, he did not expect that at all.

If anyone has any questions about the museum, let me know. I took pictures of every room and every display item (not to the same caliber of the Cats stuff, but still). It was a very nice place with lots of pieces and history, and if I actually cared about any other musical, it would have been like visiting the Heavisde Layer itself. The Siamese and Gumbie Tap costumes were damn cool though.

[therogerclarkfanclub]

This is the latest update to my header image 😊, at least until Damn Handy and Fruili come out.

If you happen to be wondering which are the characters he's playing, I got you covered fam 😉

Duke Theseus - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Bradley - Buried Child

Lord Henry - The Picture of Dorian Gray

Kevin - Comp

Chuck Brewer - Perfect Disaster

Brian McNeely - A Death to Die For

"Guard 1" - Rawmouth

Captain Wier - The Wild West (Episode: Custer's Last Stand)

(As himself) - Hazardous

Randolph Blythe - A Writer's Retreat

The Boss - Happy Birthday To Me

Jack Leary - Fort Solis

"Patron" - Zero Hour

Chris - In Your Image

Arthur Morgan - Red Dead Redemption 2

Michael Starkwedder - The Unexpected Guest

Matt Burke - Anna Christie

King Henry VIII - A Man For All Seasons

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Anna McNeely as Jennyanydots, Broadway 1982.

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bonnie simmons as jellylorum, betty buckley as grizabella, anna mcneely as jennyanydots and ken page as old deuteronomy (broadway, 1982)

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Something that makes me very happy is the early broadway promotional photos that placed mistoffelees and jenny next to each other

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Anna McNeely as Jenyanydots, Original Broadway Cast

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Ralph Lauren, Anna Wintour, Katherine Graham, Hillary Clinton, and Princess Diana leaving the Blue Room for the East Room, Robert McNeely, September 24, 1996

[draculasdaughter]

I remember being on a panel once. And it was like a panel where they were asking us about strong women in horror, and the panel was really divided, because half the women on the panel were talking about, like, Ripley from Alien, and talking about women who are actually physically strong and stuff. And then me and this other woman on the panel brought up Anna from Possession. And the other women were like, what? How is that a strong character, she was having a nervous breakdown. And we were just like… she’s so powerful! How can you deny that? So it was really interesting, the separation between what different women thought of as strong. Like, what does strong mean, you know? And strong in terms of being brave, being able to confront dark shit about yourself. That’s strong, too, you know?

Kier-la Janisse in Interview: Kier-la Janisse on ‘Tales of the Uncanny’, Anthologies, and Horror’s Psychotic Women (Kelly McNeely, 2020).

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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)

Christina Ricci once said in an interview that she wish she hadn’t starred in this film. I was obsessed with this film as a child. It’s been several years since I’ve watched it. I still remember all of it, though, and I can’t imagine I’ll feel any different. Let’s goooo!

ESE: 102/100

50 +10 for nostalgia factor +5 for “The Flying Song” - Colin Hay +10 for Christina Ricci +10 for Anna Chlumsky +5 for Beth’s mom -5 for scaring your potential new friend -5 for severely overreacting to the joke +5 for Jody��s boat -20 for Ray +10 for Beth being understanding and believing Jody +5 for the bear leaving Jody alone +5 for “Be strong... like Molly.” +2 for bats +5 for Beth’s mom finally listening and letting Beth see Jody +5 for Beth forcing the investigation along +5 for Joel McNeely’s score +5 for the gold from Molly Morgan

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Bonnie Simmons and Anna McNeely

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anna mcneely jennyanydots gives off big angela lansbury vibes and i’m just like.... murder she wrote but with jennyanydots...

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July 4, 2001 - Scary Movie 2 is released theatrically in the US.

The horror comedy and sequel to Scary Movie (2000) was written by Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Dave Polsky, Michael Anthony Snowden and Craig Wayans. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It starred Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chris Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, James Woods, Tim Curry, Tori Spelling and Chris Elliott. 

Marlon Brando was originally cast as Father McNeely, but due to an illness, he had to drop out after one day of filming. James Woods was hired to replace him.

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Second post for Cats 40th anniversary week: Broadway 1982! Or, to be precise, 1984.

Please enjoy Terrence Mann as the Rum Tum Tugger, with Marlene Danielle as Bombalurina!

I love Jenny sitting up the back sulking, and Tumble's utter fascination with those hips... 👀

I can't swear to every face, but at this point the first cast would have included Claude R. Tessier as Munkustrap, Anna McNeely as Jennyanydots, Héctor Jaime Mercado as Alonzo, Scott Wise as Plato, and Bob Hoshour as Tumblebrutus.

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@tunjiaj in ALL OF THEM WITCHES 🔮🧹 a fun show @jeffreydeitchgallery LA organized by @dannadel & @lauriesimmons ⠀ The exhibition arose fr a conversation Dan & Laurie have been having for years about their shared affinity for a certain kind of art to which they're drawn to, can’t quite name, but recognize when they see it. Artworks & artists that share an affinity w what they thought of as a “witchy” sensibility, using the iconography of the #supernatural, #occult & #witchcraft to channel ideas about power, the body & gender. 〰️ “In a time of constant historical and thematic artistic rediscoveries, we present a breadcrumb trail that already exists—a shared language across generations of artists who share in a knowledge of, and taste for, a bit of cauldron and a touch of darkness.” -Dan Nadel & Laurie Simmons ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ The artists participating are: Gertrude Abercrombie #TunjiAdeniyiJones Janine Antoni Auste Sylvie Auvray Heather Benjamin Ellen Berkenblit Judith Bernstein Amy Bessone Alison Blickle Sascha Braunig Melissa Brown Cameron Ellen Carey Sarah Charlesworth #JudyChicago Colette Myrlande Constant Niki de Saint Phalle Georganne Deen Jimmy DeSana Trenton Doyle Hancock Renate Druks Hayden Dunham Celeste Dupuy Spencer Rachel Feinstein Audrey Flack Sylvie Fleury Anna Gaskell Tamara Gonzales Trulee Hall Allison Janae Hamilton Lyle Ashton Harris Judy Hudson Marguerite Humeau Cameron Jamie Jane Kaplowitz Caitlin Keough Aline Kominsky-Crumb Suzy Lake Greer Lankton Judith Linhares Michael Mahalchick Guadalupe Maravilla Juanita McNeely Ana Mendieta #MarilynMinter Shana Moulton Jill Mulleady Willa Nasatir Shirin Neshat Bea Nettles Niagara Kayode Ojo Breyer P-Orridge Maia Cruz Palileo #ArianaPapademetropoulos Kembra Pfahler Keisha Scarville Carolee Schneeman Michelle Segre #CindySherman Hollis Sigler #XavieraSimmons Jack Smith Kiki Smith Nancy Spero Francine Spiegel Robert Therrien John Torreano Deborah Turbeville Andra Ursuta Marnie Weber Matthew Weinstein Karen Yasinsky #LisaYuskavage __ #allofthemwitches #dannadel #lauriesimmons #jeffreydeitch #friezeweek #oscars #friezela #BlackExcellence #RepresentationMatters #blackbeauty #artcurator #artadvisor #destineeross (at Jeffrey Deitch) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cE8i0ldL1/?igshid=1fbe3yqudq6yj

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Let's toss Tugger, Bustopher Jones, Old Deuteronomy and Jennyanydots into the ring (I think I can take a good guess at who Misto is)

Tugger is Koffi Missah

Bustopher Jones is a toss up between Stephen Hanan and Rory Cambell and it really just depends on how I'm feeling that day

Old Deuteronomy Ken Page hes literally perfect for the role and my favourite deut look hes done so far is Jacob's Belport production bc it's a good mix of the soft fluffinees of the OBC and the warm coloured palate of the 98 version

Jennyanydots iw Anna McNeely shes so round and cute and I wish she was my mom

And yeah I suppose my Mistoffelees HC is fairly obvious but I mean come on tim is perfect in the role