Tuesday, March 31, 2009

RENT: THE BROADWAY TOUR'S JACQUES C. SMITH



RENT is in Chicago for two weeks, starting today! Click here for tickets.

Friday, March 27, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS SHOUT-OUT FROM TRISHA JEFFREY

Minneapolis!!! Although the weather is freezing in comparison to last week, things have been really good so far. On our first night here, a bunch of us took a trip to St. Paul to see our friends in The Color Purple. What a treat! They were wonderful and we were all so happy to see each other.

Today I performed both shows as Joanne and it felt great to be close to my favorite lesbian lawyer, once again. The show was lots of fun for me and believe me, we can always tell when our audiences are having a good time. So thank you, Minneapolis! And one more thing. You can catch Nicolette and I on ABC's "Twin Cities Live" at 3:00pm this Friday. OMG, that's today! We hope you tune in :-)
xoxo


Thursday, March 19, 2009

HELLO FROM TRISHA JEFFREY

We’re in Tempe, Arizona this week and boy, it feels good to be here! New York has always been my home, and though I’ve traveled to many new places, Arizona has not been one of them. It’s so crazy that I get to reunite with my family, whom I haven’t seen in y-e-a-r-s! Who would’ve thought that my urbanite baby brother would fall in love with Phoenix, or that my mom would be so lucky to be able to visit him, the very same week that I’m in town?! They will get to see me perform in RENT for the very first time and they are just going to love it. Before going on this tour, I never imagined myself visiting a place like Tempe. In fact, I’d never even heard of it! Did I mention I’m a born and raised New Yorker? :) Between the sunny, warm climate – which my body and spirit just craves, and all the cool things around Arizona State University, plus that hippie store on Mill Avenue, I feel quite at home. So far, I’ve gotten a real good taste of what Tempe has to offer and I’m looking forward to more. Here’s a picture that I took while hanging at the Gordon Biersch Brewery & Restaurant with my buddies from the RENT band, Jeff Potter and David Truskinoff. We got a fun, savory sampler of the Brewery’s great German beer. I recommend the Dunkelweizen, anytime!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

HELLO ALL IN RENTLAND!

I'm writing from my hotel in beautiful San Diego and i'm extremely exhausted from the past week of shows in L.A. We all had an unbelievable time at the Pantages and i still can't believe the response from the audiences. Pascal and I drove down today to get into San Diego just in time for the show so i really haven't had the full SD experience yet. I'm just happy to be out of a snowy environment right about now.. holla if you hear me! I guess being in this city is the perfect opportunity to finally fulfill a childhood dream........SEA WORLD!! haha don't judge me....but wait.. didn't Shamu die? ;-( well then i guess i will be looking at a damn good understudy. In any case i will take this opportunity to sit and record some more music. Living in NYC didn't allow me to submerge myself in the recording process so everything was a bit unfocused. But touring has been a blessing in that respect. i will hopefully return to post some pics of my adventures! stay tuned ppl!
Justin

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