Yet another connection: The music director of *Death Becomes Her* is Mr. "Aitken's" music director.
On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 2:48 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > I happened to see "Death Becomes Her" in its Chicago tryout and it's a fun > show. I should mention that a lot of the crowd at the matinee I was at was > there to see former Destiny's Child Michelle Williams (of course, not the > "Dawson's Creek" Michelle Williams), who almost steals the show from Megan > and Jennifer Simard. > > On Friday, August 2, 2024 at 1:42:37 PM UTC-5 Melissa P wrote: > >> Adding to Mr. Jeffries' fine notification: >> >> Parker "Aitken" will be playing on the team with his parents. McPhee is >> Parker's aunt, given that she is married to his uncle who is his mother's >> brother. >> >> (I'll have to record the episode, my first time to see the show, just as >> I had to watch for the first time *The Masked Singer* earlier this >> year. Because I'll be at the musical *Back to* *the Future* that >> evening.) >> >> About *Smash* -- I'm not impressed by what I've read about the Broadway >> version. All of the music from the series is on my household playlist. >> Kudos to the entire *Smash* cast for taking part in the Broadway tribute >> to the series several years ago where I was fortunate to get a last minute >> ticket. I've now seen both Hilty and McPhee in concert -- separately >> (McPhee tours with her husband). Hilty will be back on Broadway in the >> fall in *Death Becomes Her*, I believe. >> >> And, speaking of *Smash* cast members, who knew that our ex-president >> was obsessed with Debra Messing? It's in Ramin Setoodeh's book, *Apprentice >> in Wonderland*. >> >> >> And since we're talking about "Idol" alums, I'll mention that Mr. Aitken >>> and his family will be in the second half of "Celebrity Family Feud" >>> Tuesday night on ABC, up against music composer/producer David Foster and >>> his family, including wife (and "Idol" alum) Katharine McPhee. Those of us >>> who braved it through "Smash" would've preferred McPhee to go up against >>> Megan Hilty, so we could have Team Karen/Team Ivy again on social media, or >>> as I put it, I'd rather live life to the Hilty than get the McPheever. >>> >>> Blame Seacrest--he came up with "McPheever." >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ea8b4148-6012-407f-b3dc-ac43e629a649n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ea8b4148-6012-407f-b3dc-ac43e629a649n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1a2d088a-b30e-477d-9630-83ea708cf644n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1a2d088a-b30e-477d-9630-83ea708cf644n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPy2b3WBwGG2A8FMwbDfugxnQNRgDNU2agAqMhxL%3Dyxtpg%40mail.gmail.com.
