Chris O’Donnell (NCIS: L.A.), Tony Roberts, and Arrested Development

Land of Punt’s new favorite show is getting a new character. NCIS: Los Angeles has cast Monet Mazu to play Callen’s (Chris O’Donnell) love interest. Mazu will play Natalie Buccola, a secret service agent who becomes smitten with the mysterious Callen. Poor LL Cool J, always the bridesmaid. Buccola will make her first appearance in [...]

How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Coming To Los Angeles

Land of Punt has never understood the appeal of Dr. Seuss. LOP finds no excitement, joy, or pleasure in his writings. In fact, we find his rhymes rather dull. Why are the eggs green? What is a “who” and why did Horton hear it? And have you ever tried putting a hat on a cat? [...]

Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig Interrupted On Stage By Cellphone

Recently, while performing on stage in a Broadway play, Hugh Jackman was interrupted by a ringing cell phone. He immediately broke from the script and addressed the interfering culprit. The audience cheered after Jackman asked the offender to turn off the noisy device. For some odd reason, the ringing persisted and Jackman fiercely reiterated his [...]

Spider-Man The Musical Is Now Spider-Man The Opera

The Spider-Man musical is in trouble. It’s definitely suffering financial woes and if you ask Land of Punt, it’s in an artistic free-fall as well. Rolling Stone has reported that the production released various contracted crew members due to decreases in cash-flow and increases in costs. Reports indicate that in order for the musical to [...]

5 Broadway Shows To See, 5 Musical Scores To Hear

Land of Punt was recently visiting one of its favorite blogs, authoritytheatertickets.com, when we came across an entry about Broadway. The article, which was all about current musicals and plays, was incredibly well-written. Surely the author must be one of the best practiconers of the English language in the world as well as the voice [...]

God of Carnage

Land of Punt noticed that during her acceptance speech at the Tony Awards, playwright Yasmina Reza, author of God of Carnage, had a French accent. Then LOP learned that Reza has a French accent because she’s French. It struck us as odd that a French woman’s play, obviously performed in English, would win the Tony [...]

Bret Michaels Injured During 2009 Tony Awards

The Tony Awards is the only awards show that matters. While it’s the Super Bowl for people who don’t watch the Super Bowl, the Oscars is just the Hollywood community tripping over themselves to pat themselves on the back. The Emmy’s are more of the same only with the added bonus of annually awarding “great” [...]

Cirque Du Soleil Show Or Professional Footballer?

Cirque du Soleil made the circus cool. Like what Tiger Woods did for golf, Albert Einstein did for physics or Lindsay Lohan did for circling the drain. The troupe reinvented the big top by utilizing circus styles from all over the world and combining them with dynamic storylines, passionate music, artful sets and colorful costumes. [...]

Mamma Mia! Is Ten Years Old

Earlier this month, Mamma Mia! celebrated its tenth anniversary. If you forgot all about it, don’t worry. We put your name on the card. The musical premiered on April 6th, 1999 in London’s West End. Two years later, it debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. It replaced Cats. If you can’t make it [...]

West Side Story Revolution: The Revival

It’s the Citizen Kane, the Sgt. Pepper’s, the Super Mario Brothers of the Great White Way; it’s the greatest Broadway musical of all-time.

It’s West Side Story and it’s definitely in the Land of Punt.