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Another Bloomsday has come and gone, and the worldwide family of James Joyce fans continues to flourish.
The Wall Street Journal and NBC NY weigh in the Bloomsday on Broadway celebration, with particular emphasis on the reading done by our friend Stephen Colbert. While we’re all about focusing on Stephen here at NFZ, we’d like to take this opportunity to offer kudos to Symphony Space and all the participants in this year’s Ulysses reading. Well done, all!
About an hour ago, after thinking about how excited I was to listen to this year’s Bloomsday on Broadway this evening, but then I realized that I wouldn’t be home until 30 minutes after it started. *Not* good. However, after doing a little digging, I found out a way that I can stream the presentation [...]
James Joyce lovers rejoice: Bloomsday is fast approaching!
As has become tradition, Symphony Space is celebrating the occasion by staging a reading of Ulysses excerpts with a powerhouse cast of characters. For poor souls who can’t be there in person, make sure to catch the simulcast on June 16th (7 pm – 1 am).
Happy news for all of those able to get to New York City for Symphony Space’s annual Bloomsday on Broadway celebration: TheaterMania is reporting that Stephen Colbert will be participating in the reading again this year!
Dear Zoners, does anyone else love to hear Stephen reading from “To Kill a Mockingbird” or the “Bloomsday on Broadway,” or Wigfield or I am America and So can you!? LOL *Headshake* sorry, I thought I could ask that with a straightface! Of course we adore hearing his voice where ever we can get it [...]
Happy Bloomsday, everyone! In what’s becoming a yearly tradition around here, we invite you to celebrate by listening to the vocal stylings of Stephen Colbert in the role of Leopold Bloom, from the 2005 Symphony Space production of “Bloomsday on Broadway”. Click here for the audio of the Calypso and Lotus Eaters chapters of James [...]
We received a letter today from Symphony Space’s Associate Director of Marketing, Brian J. Heck, explaining what happened a few weeks ago when Stephen Colbert was not at his scheduled appearance at the Bloomsday 2008 performance: Hi DB … I’m so sorry I haven’t contacted you sooner, but I’ve been out on vacation for the [...]
Click here to hear the Bloomsday on Broadway, streaming live now until late in the evening. Not sure when Stephen Colbert will be on, just that it is sometime before the musical interludes begin at 11:15p EDT. Enjoy! Feel free to post your thoughts about the performance in the comments. EDIT: Um, sorry kids, for [...]
Just a heads up for people planning on listening to Stephen Colbert in the Bloomsday on Broadway production tomorrow night, be sure you’re listening to the streamed version from Symphony Space, which will NOT be the same one broadcast on WBAI radio. From The New York Times: Separate Bloomsdays for Theater and Radio By COLIN [...]
We reported a few days ago that Stephen Colbert will be peforming in this year’s Bloomsday on Broadway on Monday, June 16, 2008, which starts at 7:00 pm. Today we received a comment from Brian from Symphony Space giving us a little bit more information about the evening: The complete “Ithaca” episode will be performed [...]