{"id":92,"date":"2008-04-10T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2008\/04\/strike-three-ball-four.html"},"modified":"2010-06-16T02:14:12","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T06:14:12","slug":"strike-three-ball-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Strike Three, Ball Four&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Encores! Summer Stars series has taken an interesting turn of events with the casting of my beloved Jane Krakowski as Lola in a revival of <em>Damn Yankees<\/em>. Trying to find a replacement for the legendary Gwen Verdon is virtually impossible, but I think that Krakowski is an exemplary choice. The only reason I decided to mention this is that <em>30 Rock <\/em>came back tonight and she was woefully absent from the hilarious take on reality TV competitions (<em>MILF Island<\/em>? Oh yes). Sean Hayes will be playing Applegate (the role originated by the incomparable Ray Walston to Tony-winning effect). No word yet on Meg or Joe Hardy.<\/p>\n<p>Also back was a phenomenally awkward and exceptionally written episode of <em>The Office <\/em>that showcases a dinner party at which George and Martha would balk. It&#8217;s been months&#8230; and such welcome relief amid all those terrible reality shows that, well, just suck. Thank God the writer&#8217;s strike is over. Now all we have to do is fear the potential actor&#8217;s strike. Great. Good. Excellent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are! She is! She is the devil! I&#8217;m in hell! Blahhh, I&#8217;m burning! Help me!&#8221;<br \/>~Michael Scott<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I must offer congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahbsadventures.blogspot.com\">Moon Lady<\/a> on the arrival of her latest little love Camilla!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Encores! Summer Stars series has taken an interesting turn of events with the casting of my beloved Jane Krakowski as Lola in a revival of Damn Yankees. Trying to find a replacement for the legendary Gwen Verdon is virtually impossible, but I think that Krakowski is an exemplary choice. The only reason I decided &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=92\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strike Three, Ball Four&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1712,1713,1714],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-30-rock","tag-damn-yankees","tag-the-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}