Friday, March 04, 2011

Britney Spears "Free" Concert in SF Announced for March 27

Oooooh Britney Spears free concert. I can't wait. I would gladly pay to see Britney in a pornographic film. Oops, lost my train of thought. I'll be right back after I hit the faucets for a cold splash.

Britney is giving a free concert out in San Francisco on March 27, and it will be aired on Good Morning America on the 29th. Spears will take the stage for a one-hour performance beginning at noon that day, according to Supervisor Scott Wiener, whose district includes the Castro.

She'll perform on a stage erected in front of the Castro Theatre, and the crowd will assemble right there on the street. The 400 and 500 blocks of Castro, from Market to 19th streets, will be closed to traffic beginning at roughly midnight March 26 to 4 or 5 p.m. March 27.

So...get your tents and lawn chairs ready because admission is "first come, first serve:. They have no idea what the capacity is going to be yet either so there is no way to tell if you have a shot. Surely just hanging out with Britney fans has to be an amazing experience right?

This is How to Advertise a Play

Spider-man: Turn off the Dark is an on-Braodway play featuring music by people like Bono and The Edge. It is the highest costing play to ever be performed due to all kinds of things. The main one is what we will be touching on today. The Technical stunts such as actors swinging from "webs" and several aerial combat scenes.

Why are we going to talk about this, and why is my title so sarcastic (yes it is sarcasm so don't get so angry)?

Well...the show has suffered a few more safety violations, and they will be fined $12,600 for them. A production that costs upwards of $65 million isn't going to be phased by such a fee, but it is actually advertising. Could be worth the cost until someone gets hurt. Oh wait...did someone actually get hurt?

The citations stem from four instances last year in which cast members of the Broadway musical were hurt, including one in which an actor, Christopher Tierney, sustained broken ribs and a hairline skull fracture, among other injuries, when he plunged, untethered, from a platform on stage.

Well then. I guess this isn't a joking matter. Of course I am guessing that some are secretly happy for the free publicity that makes the show seem dangerous and all the lookie loos workign manufacturing jobs and not getting the kind of scratch these guys get will want to see for themselves.