so... TLS closing.  i can't do this without being mushy, but that's ok:  steve, jimmy, michael, ronda, kim, dickie, lori, karen, julie, katie, amber, stacey, mandy, lindsey, tina, marie-reine, carol, michael s., karen c., joy, roberta, charmi, shannon, jonathan, bry and all of you who listened to my raving about this show last year and came down to laguna to see for yourselves what the hell gail was ranting about NOW - it's been a helluva ride and i want to thank you all.  the l.a. run couldn't have happened without you, nor would it have been the same without you.  so, thank you, for being there, for being you, and for taking this trip with me. i'll never forget it.

and all of you RENT fans who put up with all of us yakking about TLS all year here, and all of you who were interested enough to buy the cd and pass it on to your friends, thank you too. TLS is now playing in houston, soon to open in omaha and denver and probably chicago - it's winding it's way back to new york, to broadway, where it deserves to be.

it's not over, but this is the end of side 1, and that's the hard part. i've tried to write about this last show, but it's too emotional, i can't do it.  but i do finally have the closing nite pictures up (click on 'los angeles closing').

and sherri & craig are now coming to denver!  YAY! :-)

RENT.  oh yeah.  this is a RENT site, right?  just kidding :-)  here's the only review i've seen from grand rapids (thanks karen c. :-)

here's a couple of articles from grand rapids (thanks mary and karen c!)

i can't yet put into words what TLS closing was like.  and maybe i never will, i dunno, i almost feel like words would cheapen it, or i wouldn't be able to convey the intensity of it properly.   we'll see.  maybe later.  bry, i think you outta give it a shot.

and patrick!  sorry i missed you!  how about denver?

chris, oh chris...

i'm going to the 'celebration of life" AIDS benefit thursday night.

kye's back for a bit as mr. jefferson.

the houston run of TLS has been extended to june 26th - call 713.523.0791 for tickets.  GO!

and here's the first card in the 1999 summer series from jimbo.  this boy loves the beach!   love ya jim! :-)

the TLS "amy/maisey crashed the car" show was hilarious! and touching.  here's some pictures (you'll see the right link when you get there).

the orange county AIDS walk is june 6th - get out there! 

asfoc (AIDS services foundation/orange county) is having  their 'roundup for life' june 12th - call 949.253.1511 for more info.

here's the first article from cleveland - thanks karen c. :-).  i hate it when they spell jonathan's name wrong.  remember how siteforrent had it spelled wrong for about 2 years?  ugh.

andy says hi.  michael says hi.  brent says hi.  HI!  :-)

i'm just reiterating some stuff posted on the board cuz i don't want it to fall off and get lost:

michael lee's in a new show in l.a. called "bejing spring" - about the tienneman square massacre. it's at the David Henry Hwang Theater Union Center for the Arts (120 n. judge john aiso st., los angeles from may 15 -jun 6.) he'd like to see us there! call 800.233.3123 for tickets.

neil will be in a new sitcom next year - "stark, raving mad" thursdays at 9:30 on nbc.

come to the tiffany today at 3:00 to see a special "amy/maisey crashed the car" show - this outta be great - jeff in drag :-)

*sob*  i want adrian back in RENT.  here.  but i'm happy he got work in les miz.

randi, i'll get your TLS cd this weekend!

these tourdates are startin' to come out of the woodwork.   now we've got sacramento in march 2000 too - it's gonna be a california month :-)

and here's the first review from richmond.

ya know, if any of you are looking to talk to australian, finnish, german or japanese rent fans, try looking in the guestbook here... they wanna talk.

i'll update the bios... soon.  i'm busy!

was anybody else ready to shoot ally monday nite?  geez.  well, i know ines would take antonio but c'mon, it's JESSE :-)

last two weeks of TLS here in l.a. - if you haven't seen it, get down to the tiffany! i'll be there saturday for sure, and hopefully chris can make it (ThatActor) - finally!  he's here in l.a. shooting another HBO movie :-)

this joke made me laugh :-)

we went and saw "angels in america" last nite - um, interesting production.  no, it was good, just... interesting.  hi charmi :-)

Deep in Alphabet City, the grungiest part of Greenwich Village, loft-dwelling artists celebrate love and hope and struggle with drugs and AIDS. Rent samples La Boheme and even The Beverly Hillbillies.

and here's another article mike found - from richmond - thanks mike! :-)

awwwwwwww! ernest & wilson (here in l.a. seeing the angel tour :-)

stacey's gonna rush for my friend martha saturday, an original TLS'er, who's never seen RENT. i can't wait to hear about this :-)  thanks stac!

there's some more of ernest's angeltour pictures up from both l.a. and san francisco.

and amber's pictures from east lansing - thanks amber!

and two articles from cincinnati (click on may '99) - thanks mike! :-)

TLS is for sure closing on may 23rd.  if you haven't seen it yet, now's the time to get down there and see it!  and if any of you still want me to pick up a cd for you, email me now so i have time to get it.  i'm gonna miss this show.  but, we're going to denver in july to see the production there :-)  and, ya know, we'll be here every weekend until closing too :-)

i updated the bios, 'cept for dom cuz she's leaving, being replaced by sandra denise (soon i guess).

here's some of ernest's angeltour l.a. closing pics - thanks ernest (click on l.a. closing when you get there).

i can't believe i have to go to work. ugh.