Newton, along with her husband Chris Diamantopoulos will find love on stage in the Encores! presentation of the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, under the direction of Tony-winner Jerry Zaks in November.  The two will play lovers Danny Churchill and Molly Gray.  Wayne Knight (Chicago) is cast as Gieber Goldfarb.

The show will run Nov. 19-22 at City Center. Finian’s Rainbow director and choreographer Warren Carlyle will choreograph, with musical direction by Rob Fisher.

Girl Crazy has music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan. According to Encores! notes, "The Gershwins’ fanciful Depression-era musical of 1930 is the tale of a sophisticated New Yorker (Diamantopoulos) marooned in a dusty Western cow town with no one who understands him but the Yiddish-speaking cabbie (Knight) who brought him there and no one to love but the only woman (Newton) within 50 miles."

Becki has shown glimpses of musical brilliance in snippets on Ugly Betty.  Though farce, her performances of My Milkshake and Gene Simmons is My Daddy revealed some pretty good pipes.

Becki and Chris have some pretty big shoes to fill, considering the roles were initially filled by Allen Kearns (Mickey Rooney in the film) and Ginger Rogers (Judy Garland in the film).  Becki, here’s the standard you have to live up to

Seriously, though, this is going to be awesome!  If you are in the New York area Nov. 19-22, you REALLY should go see Becki and Chris in this one!

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Recently, Urie’s Ugly Betty co-star America Ferrera came to see the show, and we’ve got a couple of backstage pics!

What a beautiful pair!

It’s great that Ferrera is back in town after filming the comedy Family Wedding in Los Angeles with Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, and Lance Gross.  Not only is she back for Ugly Betty filming, but it allowed the opportunity for her to come see Urie’s well-reviewed (can I say acclaimed?) work, and give him some Ugly Betty support.

The Tempermentals has extended its run, now extending the engagement at the TBG Theatre for the summer through August 23rd.  To say that Michael Urie’s star is rising would be an understatement.  He’s got a hit on his hands!

America gives Michael a personal congratulations:

Awwww…..

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Here’s something I did not know:  ‘Temperamental’ was a code word for “homosexual” in the early 1950s, part of a created language of secret words that gay men used to communicate.  (I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been called temperamental ). 

The play tells the story of two men in the early 1950’s, Harry Hay and Rudi Gernreich, who built the first gay rights organization in the United States.  The two were actual men who founded the Mattachine Society.

This seems like a pretty big role – Michael’s career seems to be on the rise!  He’s going to be big on stage and screen, it appears.  Woot!

This looks quite interesting – those of you who will be in New York at the time should check it out!

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Of course, my first thought was, “Nice shoes!”  Those never seem to go out of style.  I literally had some just like them in the early 80’s.  I also love the specs.  Anyway, the beautiful young lady hanging off Indelicato’s arm, Hannah Ammon, looked very familiar to me.  A little research showed that she’s been out with Mark quite a bit lately.  For instance, here they are at the premiere of “Guys and Dolls”…

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Hmmm.  Then, I remembered seeing this one from early February:

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There are quite a few more, as well.  Now, I generally shy away from speculating about the social lives of minors, but if you’re going to pose for the paparazzi multiple times, you kind of lose any expectation on privacy.

So who is Hannah Ammon?  It’s quite a mystery.  According to Mark’s Fashion Week diary, she’s a “friend from school”.  She’s got a page on BroadwayWorld, so it’s a safe assumption to say she’s a stage actress, although there’s no biographical info there.  She has no IMDB page. 

All I know is that Mark Indelicato REALLY likes her company when going to public events, and the two look fabulous together.

How long before we see Miss Ammon cast on Ugly Betty?  THAT would be some interesting casting.

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Williams, as usual, looks stylishly casual in tunic and slacks. Yes, in a certain light she looks her age, but I think she still looks marvelous! I’d like to see her sans Botox, I’m sure she’d be lovely, and actually be able to smile.

The show, finally in New York after playing other cities for four years, has opened to mixed reviews. The NY Daily News kind of liked it. The Associated Press? Not so much.

Back to the lovely Ms Williams, I don’t know if she was there with her beautiful children; the photos I have are all solo. But this would have been a good one totake the kids to!

More pics after the jump!

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