hmmm, i so agree with this guy's assessment of RENT and his review, i've

gone to london :-)

"farewell, don't forget us... do tell, how you met us..."

quick, first one to name that tune gets the first london souvenir.   bye!

i'm packing and watching little league - we won tonite, and one more day till london - w00!

so has *nobody* but mike even tested the search function?  should i even leave it up?

cypress little league lost the first game of the world series tonite.  bah humbug!  'twas a nite of bouncing between baseballing / buffy slaying  /  jesse singing  :-)

and um, sherrie, you s0000 rock!  thank you!   ;-)

sorry i missed the party yesterday, gettin' ready for london ya know :-)

i *just* ran across this article from louisville - sheesh!

let me know if you've tried that search function and what you think...

more costa mesa pictures are up.

more columbus pictures are up.

here's a little letters to the editor blurb from yesterday.

the site is getting so big, i put up a search engine so you can look for stuff by word (or name).  it's here, or over there <- on the menu.

one would think i spent the whole day working on the site, wouldn't one?  not true!  i went shopping for a new suitcase cuz i leave for london in 4 days!

and some of amber's from costa mesa (check out this picture with adrian - LOL!)

is anyone *seeing* the show in portland?  jeez, not a peep out of anyone up there!

sabs has the beginnings of an erica munoz site up :-)

i'm so sad to see the lifecafe close.  for good.  love you jim.

the raleigh & charlotte tourdates for next year have been confirmed.  thanks staci!

also, tickets go on sale for indianapolis september 2nd at 10am.

more from costa mesa.

and this is totally OFF, but cypress (my home town) little league just won the regionals *again* and are headed to the little league world series for the *seventh* time.  w00!  televised game, extra innings, won by a 2 run homer by matt.  i love little league  :-)

i'm reorganizing stuff on the back end of this site (yes, again!) and shutting down the other one.  if you have a site that has the jonathan ribbon linked to my site, you need to change the link to http://www.bennytour.com/jonathan.htm

were you there the night owen went on as roger, and the first time he did the handcuffs-over-the-head-wiggle - the screaming at that one little christian move?  :-)

drew's pictures are up.  before i forget, how g000d did max look this weekend with the new do!?  :-)  i've missed you max!

and i have to ask this question:   did anyone *not* take a picture of adrian's tongue?  :-)

kye leaves november 1st. 

to all of you who haven't been here in costa mesa, i know we've sucked at keeping you updated as to what's going on, and we're sorry, but truly, we've been at the show pretty much all the time... maybe we can catch up some now.

costa mesa closing day

well.  here we are again.  another closing, and lots of for-real goodbyes this time.  probli the last time i see d'monroe & hallie & jasmine.  mark may return with the angel cast to l.a./san francisco so hopefully we'll see him again.  it's been a great run and i'll miss them all.

here's the first 5 of my pictures from cm.

god last night's show was great.  i can't describe how wonderful scott & adrian are together, you have to see them, hear them, watch them.  i love these two together.  anika was fantastic and wichasta was wonderful, i love them too :-)

i took a bunch of pictures of the band and sound guys who rock this show every night, those will be up soon.  thanks guys, it wouldn't be the same without each one of you!

becky and patty have arrived and were there for the show last nite - great to see you two!  amber's asleep on the couch/bed upstairs :-)  see you all at the mat.

happy birthday tina!

ok, some more pictures from the booksigning and here. 

and some more from louisville from patty :-)

i totally flaked last nite and didn't go to the show cuz, um, it's gonna be a l00000ng weekend :-)

isn't this a great picture of laura? 

leigh's otm last night was the best i've ever heard or seen her, she was terrific.

all of you who are writing me asking about the line, it seems to vary from day to day.  tuesday sucked from what i understand, too many people all showing up at the same time and *literally* rushing to get in line.  and yet yesterday - no problem at all.  so i can't answer your questions, doesn't seem to be any predicting how many people will show.  today may be ok tho, lots of people are going to monique's gig in l.a. instead.

a few more pictures from barnes & noble   :-)

what's *up* with siteforrent?  i went over to the board there for the first time in a while, what a mess.  and they've got cary listed in the new york cast?

speaking of the board, i hope it's all out of your systems now.  it's *over*.

i'll be at the show tonite, row a, seat 8.  come say hello  :-)

an article from yesterday's times.

i added the link to moe's cd.  if you have problems with that site, email me and i'll just post the info here (it's all shocked and quicktime dependent).

and my idina picture from sherrie & craig - you two rock!   :-)  she looks g00000d!  :-) and adam's idina picture too - LOL!

here's a few pictures from kansas city.  i dropped off 5 rolls of film this morning from costa mesa (so far - sheesh!)

here's an article from yesterday - now back to the show (yes patty, still electric, still rockin' - adrian & scott are a sight to behold :-)

we went to the booksigning yesterday, that was fun.   peter, andy, hallie, scott, brent & roxanne were there signing away and we all took lots of pictures.  joi and marie-reine, you crack me up.  nice to meet you julie :-)  marie-reine took this group shot.

see you all in a couple of hours :-)

here's that article from the register (the one with tina's name wrong *again*).

and this one from the orange county weekly - bizarre!

check out steve's new site, this one's gonna rock :-)

the booksigning is at 4:00 today at barnes & noble, 901 b south coast plaza drive, costa mesa ( phone: 714.444.1404 ).  see you there :-)

i'm on my way.... :-)

opening day in costa mesa

see you there!

and as much as i hate to say this... this site is "under construction".  if you find anything blatently wrong, email me.  and you have to click on the little pointer thingys to access the links, i'll work on that ... but after the show :-)

and thank you karen c. for all your proofing of this site!

*1* more day.

and we found an interesting thing - in all the different versions of the times, they ran the same article from saturday but with different questions.

*2* days.

*3* days.

i had a long talk with folks at ocpac yesterday about the line and we'll talk again monday.  just be on your "best behavior" and pick up your trash!  :-)

here's a few pictures from columbus from armando, and some more from louisville from tory.   ask me how happy i am to see curt!  :-)

*4* days.