I was reading about the Broadway musical version of “Cry Baby” and something caught my ey. The score is co-written by Adam Schlesinger. For those of you who don’t know who this guy is, he’s a writer from one of my favorite bands, Fountains of Wayne. They are best known for their hit song, “Stacy’s Mom,” which was fun but overplayed on the radio and VH1. They have many other better songs on several other great albums worth checking out.

Anyway, my point is that after noticing his involvement, I really want to see “Cry Baby.” A Broadway musical is only going to be as good as the music. Given Schlesinger’s involvement, I can’t help but think it should be great.

The story takes place in Baltimore in 1954. An innocent young girl starts a romance with a guitar-playing rebel from across the tracks. The original movie starred Johnny Depp and was directed by the ever eccentric, John Waters.

After the reasonable success of the film version of the musical “Hairspray,” maybe John Waters’s movies have found their true place as musical theater, first on stage, then regurgitated back onto film. I hope that they make a movie musical of “Cry Baby.” But until then, we can get our Broadway tickets online for the stage show.

So there’s a hole in their left field and a need for a big power slugger. This raises the question as to whether the Mets will attempt to acquire the famous and infamous Barry Bonds. One would suggest that this would be a terrible time to take on the free agent, facing charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. The team would hardly want to get involved in the ongoing steroid debacle, for which Bonds is front and center.

But then again, one has to think that maybe the Mets would be the perfect team for him. First off, because they could use him. And secondly, as Jeff Blair of globesports.com suggests, they’re “a big-market team desperate for a postseason boost.”

He goes on to say,” It would take a club with a great deal of veteran moxie and experience dealing with the spotlight to handle the situation, a club that is a little bit cynical, but also one that has been tested and taken the measure of those doing the testing.”

Mets general manager, Omar Minaya, says that all rumors of such an acquisition are false. But the possibilities are great and certainly enough to make sports writers speculate.

To get your tickets this season be sure to look for Mets tickets online.

Woody Allen said, “80% of success is showing up.” This may be Alex Rodriguez’s motto. When asked recently what his goal was for the season, he said it was the same as every season—to play in every single game.

An article by Kevin Kernan at the New York Post explains what this means. He quotes Rodriguez as saying, “I want to be out there for my teammates every day. That’s the thing I take the most pride in, being a team player and being in the lineup, whether you are banged up or not.”

Kernan interviews A-Rod’s high school coach, Rich Hoffman, who explains the reasons for this star’s success. He explains that most players with his talents and accolades get lazy. But Hoffman explains, ”I gave him a compliment, he tried harder, he tried to make the compliment look good, and it gave him some confidence, a lot of guys if you praise them like that, they’ll coast.” Rodriguez is a player not about to go on cruise control.

A-Rod fits well into the strategy employed by new manger Joe Girardi, who’s bringing a stronger emphasis to conditioning. Training has always been integral to Rodriguez’s success. After having one of his best years, Kernan reports that he’s working even harder in his training. It’s an inspiration, and just another reason to buy NY Yankee tickets this season.

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Little Mermaid

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Neil LaBute completes his trilogy of plays about body image, following “The Shape of Things,” “Fat Pig” with the premiere of “reasons to be pretty.” The play will open at MCC Theater where LaBute is their Resident Playwright.

The play will star Piper Perabo as Carly, Alison Pill as Steph, Thomas Sadoski as Greg, and Pablo Shcreiber as Kent.

It tells the story about Greg, who makes an offhanded remark about a female coworker’s pretty face and the fact that his girlfriend lacks this desirable quality. The comment gets back to his girlfriend with disastrous results. Then Greg’s buddy Kent and his wife Carly are drawn into the story, relationships falling apart.

LaBute is well known in both the film and theater worlds, having been nominated for many critical awards, having won many.

Piper Perabo is perhaps the most well known of the cast, having starred in “Coyote Ugly,” and “The Prestige.”

Allison Pill was seen most recently in the film “Dan in Real Life” and has been in many on stage productions, most notably “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” for which she was nominated for a Tony.

Thomas Sadoski has appeared on Broadway in “Reckless” as well as many other Off-Broadway productions.

Pablo Schreiber debuted on Broadway with “Awake and Sing!” He received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in that.

Make sure to look for other Broadway tickets online.

I just read a great article at the New York Post by Joel Sherman about the return of Darryl Strawberry to the Mets as an instructor.

He claims that Strawberry’s return is a cautionary tale from a ball club of yesteryear that had it’s chance at greatness, but blew it.

“We should have won three titles, heck, we should have won four,” he said. “We should have been like the Yankee teams I was on in the late ’90s that just rolled to a bunch of titles.”

He comes to the Mets this time as a an outfield instructor. But perhaps his leadership will do more than instruct.  Maybe he’ll be able help a team of enormous potential and talent pull it together. He blames his team’s failure in the 80’s to a total lack of focus. They were a team of party animals (his cocaine and alcohol abuse is well known).  That reckless attitude blew their opportunity to win several championships.

This new Mets team is not unlike the old. The last two seasons have brought huge disappointment to fans expecting their front runner team to go all of the way. Last season, they did what seemed like a mathematical impossibility, blowing a seven game NL East lead in 17 games.

Needless to say, this is a season with high hopes by all. Be sure to buy your Mets tickets now.

So I guess this was the strategy—you’ve got a great veteran pitcher in Mike Mussina to be a strong leader to the three young pitchers, Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, and Ian Kennedy. The Yankees management seems committed to imposing strict inning restrictions on the young ones, relying heavily on their veteran. This makes sense given the fact that they’ve committed to pay Mussina $11.5 million this season.

But what if he stinks it up this season? John Harper at Daily News claims that “he looked finished last season, to the point where he had to be pulled from the rotation in favor of Kennedy.” Add to this the fact that he gave up 5 runs in a little over 2 innings and there’s reason for alarm. What if their young pitchers aren’t ready to be stars, combined with an older pitcher that could prove over-the-hill?

According to both Mussina and the coaching staff, he had a bad season last year due to leg injuries. His fastball was clocking in last year at 86 mph. Harper quotes Girardi as hoping for 87 to 91 mph this seasonm. But he then questions:

“. . . can Mussina stay healthy at 39? He has battled various injuries, including elbow, in recent years, and asking for an injury-free season at this point is asking a lot.”

If you’re interested in finding out how the strategy plays out, make sure to look for your NY Yankee tickets online.

The master of sci-fi horror, Steven King, has written the script for “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,” which will be seen on the big New York stage in April 2009 at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The music will be written by rock n’ roll star John Mellencamp.

Yahoo News quotes the Alliance, which announced the project last week, describing the play as “a sultry Southern gothic mystery with a blues-tinged, guitar-driven score.”

The story revolves around the deaths of two brothers and young girl in a fictional Mississippi town in 1957. There’s a legend that grows out of the tragedy. The story’s original conception is due to Mellencamp, who heard the story in his own hometown of Seymour, Ind.

The play will be directed by Peter Askin, known for his direction of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

Mellencamp is quoted in a Rolling Stone interview and then at Playbill.com as saying, “If it goes well in Atlanta, then we’ll come to Broadway. If it don’t go well in Atlanta, we’re done.”

It’s hard to know exactly how this will work out. Steven King has a prolific career as one of America’s great novelists. Many of his books have been converted to hit movies, including “The Shining,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” and “Stand By Me.” Time will tell if he can make it to Broadway. I wouldn’t bet against him.

For current plays on stage be sure to look for Broadway tickets online.

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So, as everyone willing to buy NY Mets tickets knows, their favorite franchise just spent $137.5 million of their dollars on Johan Santana. Judging by his opening performance in spring training, they may be asking for their money back. He gave away three runs on four hits.

My high school wrestling coach emphasized to us that he wasn’t as concerned whether we won or lost. He was more concerned with how well we performed and progressed as an athlete in the match. The coaching staff for the Mets sounded like they had adopted this same “winning isn’t everything” attitude. Bart Hubbuch at the New York Post quoted Mets pitching coach, Rick Peterson, as saying:

“A very positive day. Johan threw the ball outstanding.”

Santana himself echoed this positive sentiment:

“This is just the beginning. The numbers might say something different, but I felt good.”

Now I realize that there’s more to a performance than the numbers might show. And this is just spring training. He’s getting warmed up. He’s trying new things. He’s getting his groove.

Third basement Troy Glaus says, “He’s still Johan – good fastball, good change-up and good control.”

But I’ve just got to say for the record that these wonderful attributes aren’t going to mean anything if he doesn’t bring real victories in the regular season.