Brooks Ashmanskas – June 14th
Today marks both Brooks’ birthday and ten years since I first saw She Loves Me, which pretty much instantly became my favorite musical. Despite sitting in the very last row of the balcony on a hot, humid night with broken air conditioning, I was so immersed in the story by the time Georg Nowack sang I’M FREEZING, THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S COLD OUT that I completely believed him. It was magical, and I really don’t use that term lightly.
I saw a production of She Loves Me in Boston years ago and do you know who was in it??
Brooks Ashmanskas. Of course.
Excerpt of Brooks Ashmanskas performing “She Loves Me” in the 2008 Huntington Theatre Company production of She Loves Me.
musical theatre challenge: [4/5] underrated shows ► she loves me
Well right before my eyes / A man that I dispise / Has turned into a man I like / It’s almost like a dream / And strange at it may seem / He came to offer me / Vanilla ice cream
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“Ice cream, and for the first time, we were together without a spat! Friendly, he was so friendly, that isn’t like him; I’m simply stunned. Will wonders never cease? Will wonders never cease? It’s been a most peculiar day!”
Today on Your Moderator Has Too Much Free Time, I bring you my attempt at replicating the musical cigarette/candy box from She Loves Me.
Sure, this is only tangentially related to the subject of this blog, but Brooks was my first Georg (and it is based on the box from the Huntington’s production), so I think it’s still appropriate.
She Loves Me – Huntington Theatre & Williamstown Theatre Festival 2008
Heck Yeah Brooks Ashmanskas 