Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year!
And enjoy whatever else you'll celebrate these coming days.
A heartfelt Thank You to all those named and un-named who again helped me this year to keep this site the way it is.
Oh - and special thanks to Michael T. Weiss!

The holiday season is fast approaching, so it was about time to check if Michael is still with the same management, and if they still handle his fanmail.
Yes - he is, and yes - they do.

Michael T. Weiss
c/o Robert Stein Management
1180 S Beverly Drive, Suite 304
Los Angeles, CA 90035
USA

"Blue Bloods" wird später in diesem Herbst oder Winter von Kabel 1 ausgestrahlt werden. Aber laut Auskunft der Programmredaktion bis jetzt steht noch kein Sendetermin fest.
Michael T. Weiss ist in den Folgen 11, 13, 21 und 22 der 1. Staffel.
"Blue Bloods" will be aired on German free TV network Kabel 1, later this fall or winter. But so far no definite date.

A clip from "Burn Notice" - "Army of One", the episode featuring Michael T. Weiss is now up on YouTube. The original sound is replaced with "Catch You" by Blank & Jones though.

15 Years to the date today, the first episode of "The Pretender" was aired on US network NBC.
In this episode, Jarod is the new doctor at a NYC hospital, trying to expose negligence and a cover-up that led to a young boy being paralyzed. It was written by Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle, and directed by Rick Wallace.
This episode premiered on German TV network VOX under the title "Auf der Flucht" on March 26, 2007.

The 1st season of the TV series "Blue Bloods", starring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg, is released on DVD & Blu-ray in the US today.
Michael T. Weiss as Det. Sonny Malevsky appears in the episodes #1.11 Little Fish, #1.13 Hall of Mirrors, #1.21 Cellar Boy, and the season finale The Blue Templar (#1.22).
If you go to CBSTVonDVD you can watch previews of exclusive special features including an inside look at the making of the show.

Michael T. Weiss guest starred in the episode "Army of One" in the 5th season of "Burn Notice", starring Jeffrey Donovan (who played Jarods's younger brother Kyle in "The Pretender") on August 25. The series airs on USA Network: Watch him here.
Unfortunately due to legal reasons the clip can't be watched outside the US.
The episode will be repeated on Wed. Aug. 31, 11pm and on Thur. Sept. 8, 2pm.
Patrick Bauchau (Dr. Sydney in "The Pretender") was the guest star in the previous episode "Eye for an Eye".

Michael T. Weiss had already voiced Adam Strange in the episode "Mystery in Space!" in 2009, and again in episode "Four Star Spectacular!", which aired in the UK in early August 2011. So far no US date for this episode on Cartoon Network (they have stopped airing new episodes end of June 2011).

"Blue Bloods - Tatort New York" kommt nach Deutschland - auf Kabel1, entweder Freitag-, Samstag- oder Sonntagabends.
Der Fernsehdetektiv Tom Selleck kehrt bei Kabel1 zurück: In der Serie "Blue Bloods" kämpft der "Magnum"-Star als Polizeichef und Familienoberhaupt einer Polizisten-Dynastie gegen das Verbrechen in New York.
Kabel eins zeigt den neuen US-Serienhit in Deutscher Erstausstrahlung.
Michael ist in den Folgen 11, 13, 21 und 22.
"Blue Bloods" will come to German free TV channel Kabel1 this fall. It will air either on Friday, Saturday or Sunday nights.

Maybe you have already noticed the little blue icon below the left-hand navigation bar. But in case you haven't: "Ask Dr. Mike" is now also a member of facebook.
I will use the facebook page mainly for news and tidbits about Michael T. Weiss and his work that aren't made for this website, or are so important that they have to be spread as wide as possible, and/or are so hot that they can't wait to be published. - Hopefully they will be important and hot ...
If you want to check it out, and/or join (aka 'like it' / 'gefällt mir'):
Ask Dr. Mike on facebook or http://www.facebook.com/AskDr.Mike

If you don't see the entries you've made in ADM's guestbook more than one year ago - well, unfortunately - they're gone. Its system only keeps them for 12 months and then deletes older postings. EFi, webmiss

"Blue Bloods - Tatort New York" kommt im Herbst nach Deutschland. Im Augenblick wird synchronisiert, aber ob die Serie dann bei Kabel1 oder Sat1 laufen wird, steht noch nicht fest, doch beide Sender gehören jedenfalls zum frei empfangbaren Programm. Michael ist in den Folgen 11, 13, 21 und 22 zu sehen.
"Blue Bloods" will come to German TV screens this fall. The series is currently being dubbed, but so far it is not sure which channel will air it, either Kabel1 or Sat1, but both belong to a free TV network.

Blue Bloods has now officially been renewed for a 2nd season. Donny Wahlberg had announced this on May 13, during a BB fan cruise to the Bahamas while the final episode was aired, and later confirmed it at a press meeting in New York.
By now even the official Blue Bloods website at CBS has been updated about the 2nd season with this note: "Blue Bloods - New York's Finest returns Friday's this fall with all new episodes."
But unless Det. Malevsky has missed, we might not see Michael T. Weiss in the series again :-(

Seen on the Scene: ... Stage and television star Michael T. Weiss checked out Teatro Vista's "Freedom, NY" (at Theater Wit, 1229 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60640) - cheering on Chicago actor Desmin Borges, who recently co-starred with Weiss Off-Broadway in "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity." ...

When "Blue Bloods" began, we were introduced to a large cast of characters. Although some faces have changed and others have come to stay, one story was consistent throughout the season to keep viewers coming back each week; the Blue Templar. After many episodes that gave us only tiny pieces of information, the Blue Templar story has finally been dealt with on a large scale and put to rest in the season finally episode properly entitled "The Blue Templar." ...
... Danny (Donny Wahlberg) follows an officer to a remote location in which the rest of the Blue Templar are dividing the large amount of drug money and celebrating their large take. Frank (Tom Selleck) and the rest of the family along with a small team of officers bust into the bar and arrest the officers, but not before asking who killed his son Joe. The obvious shooter, Detective Malevsky (Michael T. Weiss) speaks up saying that it wasn't personal, shooting and killing Joe. Rather than dealing with the consequences of his actions and going to jail, Malevsky commits suicide. ...
... CBS has chosen to go forth and renew "Blue Bloods" for a second season. That's enough information to make even Frank smile, let's hope he does in season two.

Ratings for the season finale in the US: 11.41 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #T1.
After a full season of hints, allusions, and foreshadowing, "The Blue Templar" was finally front and center for the finale of Blue Bloods. ... I'll miss Malevsky. When he just about smiled as Frank asked who killed his son, it was downright evil. He managed to be sleazy, intimidating, and highly entertaining, but taking his own life was a fitting send off for this character.
C. Orlando, May 14

"Blue Bloods" season's finale, episode #22 "The Blue Templar", will air tonight (10/9c on CBS), and Will Estes, who plays Jamie Reagan, talks to TV Guide about it:
"There is no cliff-hanger [at the end of this season] at all. ... Instead, the family cop drama will wrap up its season-long arc of the Blue Templar - the rogue group of NYPD officers that killed Jamie's late brother, Joe. ... It's an old little organization, but it's turned into something different. ... The most obvious suspects would be Det. Malevsky (Michael T. Weiss) and Lt. Bello (Nick Sandow), who have been making shady phone calls regarding Jamie in recent weeks. They're very involved," Estes teases.
Read the full article here: TVGuide.com, May 13, 2011

So - my information about Det. Malevsky a.k.a. Michael T. Weiss was indeed correct!

Episode #21 "Blue Bloods - Cellar Boy" (previously titled: Payback), aired on May 7: The Clearys, lifelong neighbors of the Reagans, are found stabbed and murdered in their home. The three prime suspects are their adult children Al, Ann and Ronnie who all grew up with the Regans. Ronnie is the main suspect as he has no alibi, his footprints are found at the crime scene, has a history of substance addiction and abuse and also suffers from bipolar disorder. After interrogating Ronnie, who fully denies it and claims he blacked out, Danny begins to question if he is truly guilty. Danny and Jackie begin to focus on the siblings, who also had motive. After questioning them again, Al panics and unknowingly leads Danny to the buried murder weapon, the kitchen knife, forcing him to confess everything- that Al and Ann killed their parents for their insurance money and tried to frame Ronnie for it. Meanwhile Jamie is getting closer to uncovering the Blue Templar. Jamie's gun goes missing. He suspects Det. Malevsky who was issuing veiled threats against him. Internal Affairs comes down hard on Jamie. The IA investigator then calls Malevsky and tells him Jamie is a liability. Later, the brakes on Jamie's car go out. He crashes but is unhurt.
If you have missed the episode and live within the US, you can watch it here.

Did anyone else feel the need to take a shower after his brief but effective scene? I'm still amazed how well Michael T. Weiss plays sleazy.
C. Orlando, May 7

Well, I'm got my wish... Michael Weiss came back and should appear in next week's episode... YEAH!!! He is fun to watch and a wonderful character actor. I have definitely missed him from primetime.
BB1001, May 9
And if my information is correct, Det. Malevsky a.k.a. Michael T. Weiss will again show up in the season finale "The Blue Templar", directed by Fred Keller of "The Pretender" fame, airing on Friday May 13.

I've managed to compleat the announced album with pictures of Michael from the event on May 1. Suave suit ...

The 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring excellence in Off-Broadway theatre for 2010-11, were handed out May 1 at NYU's Skirball Center. The ceremony had a theme of "Off-Broadway Rocks!".
Samantha Bee and Zach Braff were the evening's co-hosts. Award presenters included Kevin Kline, Olympia Dukakis, Blythe Danner, Natasha Lyonne, Annabella Sciorra, Michael T. Weiss, Terrence McNally and Anthony Rapp, amongst many others.

Congratualtions!
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (produced by Second Stage Theatre; written by Kristoffer Diaz), in which Michael portrayed sleezy wrestling promoter Everett K. Olsen, won for 'Outstanding Play' and for 'Outstanding Sound Design' (Mikhail Fiksel).
The production had two more nominations: Desmin Borges as 'Outstanding Lead Actor' and Jesse Klug for 'Outstanding Lighting Design'.

I'm currently compiling photos from the event and preparing an album for them. So stay tuned!

Michael T. Weiss 2nd appearance as Det. Molevsky in the TV series "Blue Bloods" in the episode "Hall of Mirrors" will air on UK pay-TV Sky Atlantic tonight Sat, April 30 at 8pm. The write-up of this story line.

Apparently the two final episodes lead to revealing the secret of the Blue Templar. Michael T. Weiss could be in either or - fingers crossed - in both of them.
Ep. 21 "Payback", May 6, 10/11pm (ET/PT): The episode sees Frank and the family set out to bust a ring of dirty cops who have been working under the radar for years. Havoc ensues...
Ep. 22 "The Blue Templar", May 13, 10/11pm (ET/PT): The first season concludes with Frank attempting to take down the secretive Blue Templar police organization (the ones responsible for his son Joe's death) after a drug bust exposes some dirty cops.
See the official US website of the series for more information.

Earth Day 2011 is themed after the 'Billion Acts of Green Campaign'.
See what you can do to participate: Earth Day 2011

I wish you guys Happy Easter and a successful egghunt. Or if you celebrate Passover, have a peaceful one. ~ EFi ~

TV Survival Scorecard - Which shows will return
Sure things for next season:
Bones (Fox), Blue Bloods (CBS), Castle (ABC; renewed through May 2012), CSI (CBS), CSI: Miami (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC; renewed through 2012), Hawaii Five-0 (CBS), House (Fox), NCIS (CBS, renewed through 2012), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), The Mentalist (CBS), The Simpsons (Fox; renewed through 2012), The Vampire Diaries (The CW) - amongst many others. Although no official confirmation for most of the shows yet.

Remember when Michael T. Weiss guested as the super creepy Det. Molevsky?
Well, I [Sandra Gonzalez - the writer of the original article this tidbit is from] can confirm he'll be back before the end of the season. And I don't know about you, but news of his return made me recall what he told Jamie earlier - "It can be dangerous out here."

"Blue Bloods" airs on Fridays 10/9c on US TV network CBS. See the official website of the series for more information.

Upcoming US schedule so far:
4/8 - #1/19 "Model Behavior"
4/15 - #1/11 "Little Fish" (repeat, w/Michael)
4/29 - #1/20 "All that glitters"
5/6 - #1/21 "Payback"
5/13 - #1/22 - Season finale

"Blue Bloods" airs on Tuesdays 10/11pm on UK pay-TV network Sky Atlantic. See the official British website of the series.
Their next episode is #1/10 "After Hours", which will air on April 5.

Maybe you have already noticed the little blue icon below the left-hand navigation bar. But in case you haven't: "Ask Dr. Mike" is now also a member of facebook.
I will use the facebook page mainly for news and tidbits about Michael T. Weiss and his work that aren't made for this website, or are so hot that they can't wait to be spread. - Hopefully they will be hot ...
If you want to check it out, and/or join (aka 'like it' / 'gefällt mir'):
Ask Dr. Mike on facebook or http://www.facebook.com/AskDr.Mike

Good luck for the last two performances today. A Perfect Future will play at 3:00pm & 7:00pm at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, 38 Commerce Street. I don't know if there are still tickets available, but in case, here is one of the sources where you can get them with a discount: BroadwayBox

Although its last night was originally planned for May 1, it was announced that the run of A Perfect Future will now end way earlier: According to OffBroadwayWorld, the final performance will be on Sunday evening, March 6th at 7:00pm at the Cherry Lane Theater.

A Perfect Future plays the following schedule: Monday & Tuesday at 8:00pm, dark on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 2:00pm & 8:00pm and Sunday at 3:00pm & 7:00pm. Running time is 90 minutes with intermission.
The Cherry Lane Theatre is located in New York at 38 Commerce Street, off Seventh Avenue, one block south of Bleecker.
Tickets are priced at $69.00 and may be purchased online at www.telecharge.com, or by calling (212) 239-6200, outside the NY metro area call (800) 432-7250, or at the Cherry Lane Box Office (38 Commerce Street), or by calling (212) 989-2020 x10. For group sales for 15 or more, please call (212) 239-6262 (outside the NY metro area (800) 432-7780).
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In vino veritas? Would that it were so simple. In David Hay's "A Perfect Future" at the Cherry Lane, former '60s activists and a younger acquaintance guzzle gallons of wine on the road to truth. They don't exactly reach their destination.
It's not that the characters or performances are inauthentic. Michael T. Weiss is especially convincing as John, a Marx-quoting radical turned financier. ... All [actors] are generally credible, including Bullock's Natalie, who is delightful but played larger than the role calls for. ...
Michael Bracken

Goings On About Town: The Theatre
A Perfect Future @ The Cherry Lane Theatre
In David Hay's slick play - a sort of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" of sixties counterculture - the days of protest and orgies are fondly invoked by a bibulous group of friends now in the world of pure money and pure despair. Over the course of a drunken evening, radical chic becomes radical pique. Particularly convincing are Donna Bullock as the manic wife and Michael T. Weiss as her smug, suave husband. Well directed by Wilson Milam.
Previews began February 4, with the official opening on February 17, closes March 6, 2011.

Some more friendly reviews, apparently written not on opening night but after a few performances later.

'A Perfect Future' provides plenty of drama
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011
by Joseph Cervelli, columnist
Some people just never learn that one of the two topics which should not be discussed in mixed company is politics. Mark that conversation along with consuming about 10 or so glasses of different wines and you are in for some rough times ahead. Apparently, the two hosts of a dinner party in the hard hitting, if imperfect, "A Perfect Future" at the Cherry Lane were unaware of that fact.
Fairly new playwright David Hay goes in some directions that become strained, but overall I admired this fascinating and sometimes harsh work.
Natalie (Donna Bullock) and John (Michael T. Weiss) Hudson are quite wealthy thanks to John's Wall Street company. He seems to fall into the Gordon Gecko mode of "greed is good" mentality. In their youth they were radicals at Berkeley with John being a Communist and Natalie taking on different liberal causes.
She is a film maker currently working on a docudrama on Rwanda but hitting some stumbling blocks. It does not help that she dabbles in mixing anti-depressants and alcohol. Of course with John being a devout oenophile she just cannot resist the temptation. Their gay friend Elliot (David Oreskes), still a raging Marxist, has come over to enlist Natalie to join a committee to help release an ex-Black Panther/current activist accused of being a terrorist. John has invited his straight-laced though gay younger employee Mark (Scott Drummond) to the dinner.
Mark dressed very yuppie like looks like he could easily be a spokesman for the Log Cabin Republicans. The three friends come to odds with Mark who derides the wanton ways of his hosts. Things begin to unravel when Mark tells a joke with the punch line being a vicious racial epithet.
The second act almost becomes a kind of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" with John most especially going for the jugular. Under the fierce direction of Wilson Milam things mount up to a feverish pitch, although with the play being only 90 minutes including an unnecessary intermission, it slows down the full impact.
A few things do seem out of sync and come across too pat. While it is understandable that Mark and Elliot eventually come to a common ground, the former's physical attraction to Elliott never seems believable. Coming to agreement on some issues makes sense, but the sexual aspect comes too suddenly to be convincing. Also, when we discover what John has become it feels like an overreach especially because it not only comes out of left field but too extreme.
The four actors are excellent. Bullock plays the jittery Natalie with conviction while Oreskes plays the left wing Elliot with a certain amount of what Mark describes as being "smug" to perfection. Drummond looks and acts the part of a new employee being slightly nervous meeting his boss's wife. Weiss always plays as the most obnoxious character to the hilt as witnessed in roles of some of his other shows.
Despite some of the reservations I have, Hay is a welcome addition to the New York theater scene and he does touch upon some varied issues.
With the ruckus that ensures by the end of the show I began to wonder if indeed all those bottles that were open did contain wine.
Tickets are available at the Cherry Lane Theater 38 Commerce St. or by calling 212-239-6200.
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Wine-soaked dinner party in 'A Perfect Future'
by Jennifer Farrar, Feb. 22, 2011, 4:43pm
While not exactly the dinner party from hell, a dinner with three middle-aged longtime friends who were radical political activists in college is thrown off-kilter by the last-minute arrival of a 30-year-old employee of the host.
David Hay's new play "A Perfect Future" is a wine-soaked culture clash between Generation Apathy and a trio of baby boomers, who thought they could improve the world through protest. Barbs are also slung at checkbook liberals, in this sometimes-tense drama currently premiering off-Broadway at The Cherry Lane Theatre.
At the Manhattan apartment of wealthy couple Natalie (Donna Bullock) and John Hudson (Michael T. Weiss), Natalie greets their old friend Elliot (Daniel Oreskes), just arrived from California. Natalie and Elliot happily reminisce about their college days of activism, open sex, enthusiastic drug use, and their "Das Kapital" reading group, while waiting for John to arrive home for dinner from the investment firm where he's a partner.
Elliot has devoted his working life to liberal causes, especially after losing his gay lover to AIDS 16 years earlier. Natalie makes occasional documentaries about oppressed people, while John is a powerful financier with his own wine collection and a personal sommelier. The couple still gives money to liberal causes, while Natalie regretfully wishes she were "still in the trenches."
Their latest cause is raising money for the legal defense of another old college "compadre," a former Black Panther turned health care advocate, who's been arrested on federal terrorism charges. When John arrives home, he unexpectedly brings along Mark, a junior associate that he thinks might amuse Elliot.
Oreskes is dignified and grounded as Elliot, the moral center of the play, watching bemusedly as John opens bottle after bottle of expensive wine from his beloved wine closet with much fanfare. Weiss plays the pompous, possessive John with polite condescension and smugly casual arrogance.
Bullock is brittle and emotional as Natalie, who seems cheerful at first but is soon tossing back way too much wine. She blames her depression on a long-term creative block with her much-delayed documentary about genocide in Rwanda in the mid-1990s, but it's soon apparent that her unhappiness is more personal.
Scott Drummond is nicely on edge as Mark, gamely trying to hold his own socially while in the boss' home. Clearly out of his depth, he seems unable to prevent himself from making downright stupid or inappropriate comments. When Natalie asks him what his passions are, he lamely replies, "music, dancing and the Internet," then performs an overly suggestive dance with his hostess.
Declaring that his generation is "a lot funnier than you guys were," he inexplicably blurts out a racist punch-line that goes against everything the others have been discussing, shutting down the already strained bonhomie.
Wilson Milam has straightforwardly directed his fine cast to develop some layers within each character. Even Mark isn't a complete blockhead, as Act 2 reveals. The absurdly wine-soaked evening takes a few twists and turns, building some tension among the characters until, fairly predictably, the married couple both explode with pent-up hostilities.
The beautifully appointed living room, designed by Charles Corcoran, is a tasteful backdrop to the empty emotional lives of its inhabitants. Hay has created the sort of strained social evening where, along with the uncomfortable dinner guests, the audience might wish the hostess gets a headache sooner rather than later.

'zmn102' posted the following on the International Movie Database (IMDb), and describes it as:
This is my list of people which in my opinion are sidetracked by Hollywood. Given mostly second supporting roles or not given roles up to their talents... In some cases I think they just don't realize what talent they have on their hands and what to do with it... or for whatever reason...
1. Linda Hunt
2. Andrea Parker (Miss Parker)
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13. Ryan Merriman (Young Jarod)
14. Michael T. Weiss (Jarod)
15. Patrick Bauchau (Dr. Sydney)
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Apparently the creator of this list is a fan of "The Pretender". See the full list.

What becomes of a generation's young idealists? That's the central question in David Hay's A Perfect Future.
If you click on the image of Mike below, you'll see a chat with the cast and the playwright during the press meeting on January 18, and get a glimpse of A Perfect Future on stage. Video courtesy of Broadway.com - but might take time to load.

I have updated my Stage, curtain call & party album with some new pictures.

Here are finally some good reviews, so I use their full contents.

Making the "Perfect Future" Sizzle
by Mark Blankenship, 17. Feb. 2011
How a playwright and director turned dense political ideas into crackling theatre
Say you're grappling with big ideas about how leftist idealism from the 1960s has transformed in the new millennium. Say you noticed that in the middle of the aughts, when Bush-era economic flagrancy was at its peak, the world seemed to warp progressive thoughts into tools for greed. And now, say you're a playwright. How do you turn those ideas into theatre? Instead of presenting them like a classroom lecture, how do you make them sizzle?
Ask David Hay, whose dark comedy A Perfect Future opens tomorrow at The Cherry Lane Theatre. The show charts an explosive dinner party in 2005 hosted by a New York power couple - John and Natalie - who spent the sixties as college radicals. With their old friend Elliot and Mark, John's young colleague from his risk-management firm, they drink far too much wine and spill some terrible secrets about the people they've become.
All the characters are passionate about their values, and when they realize how deeply they disagree with each other, they vigorously defend their beliefs. This leads to provocative statements about Marx, capitalism, the state of the post-Boomer generation, and the presence of racism in the modern workplace.
On one level, those ideas are compelling by themselves. "The whole thing that drew me to the play was the idea that a capitalist businessman can turn Marx on his head and use him for capitalist market domination instead of social and economic freedom," says director Wilson Milam, who was Tony-nominated for helming Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore. "Where do the ideals go? Do they go away? And is that bad? Was it realistic in the first place? Hopefully, you go away thinking about all those questions."
Hay feels an emotional undercurrent in the debates. "One of the things that's elemental about the play is the position of ideas in a relationship and whether you can have a relationship with somebody whose fundamental ideas about the world are opposite from yours," he says. "My parents, in their polite fashion, were on opposite ends of the political spectrum. The idea that two people could be married for nearly sixty years and have diametrically opposed political ideas was something I found odd."
Underneath the specifics of post-sixties liberalism, the playwright also notes a universal conflict. "You could transpose the story to, say, two young Israeli kids who grew up pro-Palestinian, and now thirty years later, one of them is pro-Israeli," he says. "The paradigm could shift to a different situation."
Still, something human needs to connect those arguments. Hay's script includes saucy sexual revelations and an unsettling twist at the end of act one, and he credits Milam with nurturing other subtle elements: "When I was writing, I often got sidetracked by following the ideas instead of the people. Wilson has brought a sense of how the people actually interact and relate. Hopefully, the potential for that was there in the play, but it wasn't evidenced in some of the earlier drafts."
Milam has focused on teasing out the physical comedy in the play. It turns out, for instance, that there's gold in watching four adults drink all night.
"They open a lot of wine bottles, pour a lot of glasses of wine," the director says. "We've discovered the humor in that, about fresh glasses and not fresh glasses and losing your glass and how do you find your glass amongst thirty on stage. Those are bits of physical reality that are quite charming."
Those bits have drawn preview crowds closer to the play. Hay says, "It's really evident that the audience tracks [the wine]. If somebody's putting the fifth bottle of wine into a glass they've already used, then the audience knows.
He adds, "One thing that's interesting to me is the structure of jokes and how things play through. It's richer when you come back to it a second time."
Mark Blankenship is TDF's online content editor.
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A Perfect Future
review by Sarah Lucie
"You can't change the world sober." The wine enthusiast in us all raises a glass in agreement, although the truth of the statement is questionable. But one fact experience has taught us, and A Perfect Future proves, is even a single drunken evening can change at least our own world dramatically.
David Hay's world premiere play, directed by Wilson Milam, tells the story of power couple John and Natalie, played by Michael T. Weiss and Donna Bullock, and their casual dinner party with college friend and rebel Elliot, and up-and-coming Wall Street associate Mark. But the more bottles of wine pillaged, the more exciting the night turns out to be, and the more game-changing secrets are revealed.
Donna Bullock gives a heart-breaking performance, embodying a growing sense of defeat that burrows into the audience’s hearts. Weiss is equally affecting as a wealthy Wall Street type whose ideals and morals couldn't stand up to the allure of thousand-dollar bottles of wine and a house from the pages of an Ethan Allen catalogue (which we get a glimpse of thanks to the masterful workings of set designer Charles Corcoran). Daniel Oreskes as Elliot skillfully reflects the audience's discomfort turned horror as the world around him dissolves, and Scott Drummond as Mark morphs from endearingly awkward to starkly honest before our eyes. But perhaps the most notable performance is the ensemble as a whole. Their group chemistry layers the play with so many hurt silences, stolen glances, sexual desires and deeply hidden pain that I literally could not tear my eyes away.
The action is so captivating, in fact, that the last moment left me in a daze, reeling from the emotional roller coaster ride. But with some processing, Hay's multiple themes expose themselves, with every question leading to exponentially more. Is it possible for two people with diametrically opposed ideals to have a loving relationship? Are we all hypocrites, pontificating about the needs of Darfur refugees while drinking away thousands of dollars? Is there any world where money is not the core trigger? (Even the noble Elliot, working for equal rights, is only here for the elusive signed check.) And perhaps most importantly, is it possible to continue living your comfortable routine, even after learning your entire life has been a lie? Reality and idealism may be irreconcilable.
David Hay has delivered a darkly comic American tragedy that is all too familiar, communicating a truth that leaves a pit in your stomach. You have to see it and feel it for yourself.
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A comedy of radical changes
Joe Dziemianowicz, 17. Feb. 2011
In David Hay's dark comedy "A Perfect Future", John (Michael T. Weiss), a well-heeled Wall Streeter, and his filmmaker wife, Natalie (Donna Bullock), host a dinner for Elliot (Daniel Oreskes), an old friend from their days as college extremists. Also on hand for some radicalism-redux and risotto is a surprise guest, Mark (Scott Drummond), a rising young exec at John's firm.
John collects fine wine. Before you can say "essential Burgundy", the vino flows. (I lost count at 12 bottles). As it pours, the conversation and conduct goes from politely bottled-up to brazenly uncensored to poisonously racist.
Playing characters with booze to unleash true characters is a familiar, perhaps too familiar, device. On the plus side, Hay's dialogue is sharp and funny, and there's something neatly ironic about ex-revolutionaries all are in need of sweeping changes.
Director Wilson Milam guides the production with a sure hand, from its move-in-ready Manhattan apartment designed by Charles Concoran to its fine cast who are all up to par - or in one case, even better. Delivering a performance that's sexy, smart, and completely natural Donna Bullock is, simply, a corker.
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A Perfect Future @ Cherry Hill Theatre
by Tim Needles, Fri, 18. Feb 2011
Wine has a tendency to illicit the truth from people and it's not usually pretty, such is the case in David Hay's new play A Perfect Future, which is currently being staged at the legendary Cherry Hill Theatre in the West Village. The story is set in 2005 and follows a group of old friends as they reunite for a dinner party and recall the activism, sex, and drugs of their youth. Husband and wife, John (Michael T Weiss) and Natalie (Donna Bullock) reconnect with Elliot (Daniel Oreskes) in part because an old activist friend has landed in prison and as the trio is in the midst of catching up they are interrupted by another guest, Mark (Scott Drummond), one of John's employees who he spontaneously invited. As the evening draws on, the half empty wine glasses begin to litter the table with the density of a Seurat painting and the social tension gives way to reality awakening the participants to truths about each other that change each of their perceptions.
The play is potent in its message as it asks questions about the true nature of relationships, honesty, and friendship and at the same time the succinct writing has a relatable quality. The ensemble cast manages a wonderful versatility as they weave through dark comic moments to starkly dramatic notes organically. Overall, the play makes a great impact while keeping the audience entertained and succeeds in examining the fractures that often exist at the heart of any relationship.
A Perfect Future is running at Cherry Hill Theatre.
For more information and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.aperfectfuture.com/

The following reviews are unimpressed at best, so I only use some quotes and link to the full reviews.
But at least Michael (and the other actors as well) gets some compliments for his work.

A Perfect Future
(Cherry Lane Theater; 178 seats; $69 top)
by Marilyn Stasio

An Andy Sandberg, Whitney Hoagland Edwards, and Neal-Rose Creations presentation of a play in two acts by David Hay. Directed by Wilson Milam.
Elliot Murphy - Daniel Oreskes
Natalie Schiff-Hudson - Donna Bullock
John Hudson - Michael T. Weiss
Mark Colvin - Scott Drummond

From T.S. Eliot to Tracy Letts, the Dinner Party from Hell has always been a reliable set-up for the kind of brittle, sophisticated dramedy that David Hay thinks he's penned in "A Perfect Future." Scribe does, in fact, follow the classic formula by setting up a dinner party for three old friends who were political radicals in their flaming youth - and by tossing in one unexpected guest to shake them up. But the situation is so contrived that everything about these insufferably smug characters screams bogus-bogus-bogus and every word out of their mouths sounds phoney-phoney-phoney. ...
Hay ("The Maddening Truth") has the knives out for Wall Street moneybags John Hudson (Michael T. Weiss), and his wife, Natalie (Donna Bullock), an award-winning documentary filmmaker. ...
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2011. Posted: Thu., Feb. 17, 2011
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A Perfect Future
reviewed by Erik Haagensen
Feb. 17, 2011
Playwright David Hay juggles a variety of potential clichés in this comedy-drama about a drunken reunion of three former Marxist radicals, one gay and still in the political trenches and the other two straight and married and funding left-wing causes through his obscene income from a Wall Street brokerage. "A Perfect Future" is thin but reasonably entertaining for an act and a half, then goes spectacularly off the rails, over the cliff, and smashes to bits on the rocks below. ...
Hay is fortunate to have a quartet of talented actors who manage to keep their characters' emotions believable even when their behavior isn't. Daniel Oreskes' Elliott is suffused with middle-aged regret yet convincing in his determination to continue the good fight, and the actor excels at registering the delight Elliott takes in being with Natalie, with whom he once had a brief affair. Michael T. Weiss is a charismatic, intense John, the echt golden-boy WASP, with Weiss working diligently in the early scenes to provide subtextual hints of the crackup to come. Scott Drummond's Mark is suitably nervous, on his best behavior for the boss, then properly panicked when he makes a serious social faux pas that endangers his career. Best of all is Donna Bullock, whom I've admired since seeing her early work in shows like Equity Library Theatre's revival of "Plain and Fancy" and the Off-Broadway musical version of "Portrait of Jennie." Bullock's Natalie is a radiant mixture of sexuality and smarts leavened with midlife ennui; it's immediately apparent why men are so drawn to her. And when the play turns into a bargain-basement "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," Bullock is impressive in her ability to go to dark places even as we observe the playwright's ham-fisted manipulations. ...
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'A Perfect Future' yields sour grapes
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011
by Michael Sommers
Rich liberals spill their phony guts in a bogus new drama ...
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A Perfect Future
reviewed by Sandy MacDonald · Feb. 18, 2011 · New York
Drop signifiers such as "Bertolucci" and "Volvo" into the opening salvo, as David Hay does in his new play A Perfect Future, now premiering at the Cherry Lane, and we know we have been placed squarely in the land of the limousine liberal. ...
The source of Natalie's evidently ample funds are soon made clear; her husband, John Hudson (Michael T. Weiss), has made a killing in the field of risk management. While Weiss skews a bit young for the role (moreover, many of the play's allusions suggest 1960s activism, rather than the 1970s aftermath), he certainly conveys the panache of a modern-day captain of industry. The real oddity is that Natalie doesn't seem to have caught on to the fact that she is married to a capitalist pig. ...
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Those photos are watermarked, but I hope to get others soon. Until then I only link to the website hosting them.
Curtain call
Premiere party at the City Winery

 Michael, break a leg!  EFi  

Apparently Michael T. Weiss has played the role of Henry Jerrod in the episode #1/05 Dice of NBC's new midseason drama The Cape, which aired on January 31. But another source lists Kevin Kilner in that part.
The series was created by Thomas Wheeler, and stars David Lyons, Summer Glau, Keith David, James Frain, Jennifer Ferrin, Dorian Missick, Ryan Wynott, Martin Klebba and Vinnie Jones. It is about Vince Faraday (David Lyons), an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana (Jennifer Ferrin) and son, Trip (Ryan Wynott). Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" - his son's favorite comic book superhero - and takes the law into his own hands.
The story of the episode #1/05 reads as follows:
Peter Fleming - aka Chess - and the ARK Corporation prepare to unveil a special device that may alter the fate of Palm City. Tracey Jerrod - aka Dice (guest star Mena Suvari) - a young savant and inspiration for the device, emerges and targets Chess to avenge her father's death. Realizing he must keep his enemy alive in order to fully destroy him, Vince - aka The Cape - suddenly finds himself defending his archnemesis. Directed by Michael Nankin.
If you live within the US, you can watch the episode on the official website for the series. It is available there until 03/08/2011. And please let me know who really plays the role of 'Henry Jerrod'!
Update: It  was Kevin Kilner who played Henry Jerrod.

In other news, Michael has voiced another character in yet another video game: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
The story: Doctor Doom has assembled the greatest villains of the Marvel Universe and has joined forces with Albert Wesker in order to unite their respective universes in an effort to conquer both.
Voice talents: Tara Strong (X-23), Steve Blum (Wolverine), and Brian Bloom (Captain America) amongst others, and Michael T. Weiss as Shuma-Gorath. The game will be available in the US on Feb. 15 and in Japan on Feb. 17.

Today, the Cerry Lane Theatre has released the first productions photos of A Perfect Future. I have created an album for them, which will be updated whenever new photos with Michael appear.
For more images see the Video & Photo page for the play.

Episode #13/1 "Blue Bloods - Hall of Mirrors": Frank asks Danny to investigate the shooting of an undercover counterterrorism agent, since the agent was infiltrating a sleeper cell and Danny is the only officer he can trust with the assignment. However, Danny is sworn to secrecy as to not disrupt the police activity in that cell. And Detective Molevsky reminds Jamie that he worked on the Warrant Squad with his brother Joe. In a loosely veiled threat, he reminds Jamie that "it can be dangerous out here." Written by Thomas Kelly and directed by Frederick K. Keller. Original Air Date: Feb 2, 2011, CBS
Michael T. Weiss (Det. Molevsky) appeared within the last 5 minutes of this episode.

Reviews:
Who do you trust? That is the question I was left with after "Hall of Mirrors." The episode kept everyone guessing about the amount of faith they possessed in their partner and in their family members.
Does anyone else find Detective Molevsky exceptionally sleazy? With just two scenes, Michael T. Weiss has banished all reminders of his role as a good guy on The Pretender from my mind. Molevsky's thinly veiled threats to Jamie were unnerving. ...So, did you enjoy this terrorist plot more than I did? Did Detective Molevsky give you the shivers, too?
C. Orlando, Feb 3, 2011 7:27am

I LOVE how different a character Molevsky is for Michael T. Weiss. It shows his range and depth and should allow the casting directors on other shows to realize how valuable an addition he can be. Also, I think it is the right amount of sleazy for what we are being led to believe is a dirty cop. After all, if you were dirty and thought the Commissioner's son may be targeting you, wouldn't you do something to thwart him?
BB1001, Feb 3, 2011 8:17am
If you have missed the episode and live within the US, you can watch it here.

Some pictures of a happily smiling Mike, a funny winter cap and fellow cast member Daniel Oreskes taken after the first of the previews of "A Perfect Future", in the cold night outside of the Cherry Lane Theatre.
They are copyright protected, so I only link to the website hosting them.

Tonight is the first of the previews of A Perfect Future at the Cherry Lane Thetre.
So: Mike - break a leg! EFi

Performances of A Perfect Future begin tonight, February 4 for an open-ended engagement, with Opening Night on February 17 at 7:00 pm.
It will play the following schedule February 4 - 27: Tuesdays - Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Please note: There are no matinee performances on February 5 & 6.
Beginning February 28, the schedule will change to: Mondays & Tuesdays at 8:00 pm, dark on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm.

Venue: Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street (off 7th Avenue, 1 block south of Bleecker), New York, NY 10014
Running Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes, including one 10 minute intermission
Audience: May be inappropriate for 13 and under. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.

I wish you all the best for your special day - and may the force be with you! EFi

February 2nd is the 33rd day of the year 2011 with 332 to follow. It is Groundhog Day in the United States. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.
Apart from Michael T. Weiss being born in 1962 - in the year of our Lord 1653 the city of New Amsterdam was incorporated. It was later renamed New York.

Sex & the City 2 gained 7 'Raspberry' nominations:
Worst Picture ; Worst Actress - "The Four Gal Pals" (S.J. Parker+K. Catrall+K. Davies+C. Nixon) ; Worst Supporting Actress - Liza Minnelli ; Worst Screen Couple / Worst Screen Ensemble ; Worst Director - Michael Patrick King ; Worst Screenplay - Michael Patrick King ; Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
"Winners" of the 31st Annual RAZZIE® Awards are set to be announced at the Hollywood's Barnsdall Gallery Theatre on Saturday, Feb 26 - the now traditional Night Before the Oscars. All other nominees for 2010 and more information here.

In way more positive news:
Jesse Eisenberg, who in 2007 played Michael's son Billy in the play "Scarcity", is an Oscar® nominee for Actor in a Leading Role, in The Social Network. The movie gained 7 more nominations, including Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The awards of the the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, Feb 27 at the Kodak Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. All other nominees for 2010 and more information here.

   Photo credit: CBS
Found at tumblr.

Blue Bloods Review: Little Fish
"Little Fish" was a strong way to kick off a move to Wednesday nights. ... I'm guessing we're going to see more of Detective Sonny Malewsky. His one scene certainly implied he may have been involved in Joe's death. We'll just have to wait and see where that leads.
C. Orlando, Jan 20, 2011 6:29am

I enjoyed this episode and I agree, Tom Selleck delivered wonderfully. It was good to see Michael T. Weiss as Sonny Malewsky and I do hope he returns. The supporting roles on this show is very well cast - especially the role of Baker, the Commissioner's assistant. She showed concern without overstepping the bounds. All in all...very well done.
BB1001, Jan 20, 2011 8:25am
In a very interesting episode, both Danny (Donny Wahlberg) and Frank (Tom Selleck) have to deal with cases and people from their past. ... I found the conversation between Jamie (Will Estes) and Sgt. Renzulli (Nick Turturro) about Sonny Malevski (Michael T. Weiss) very interesting. While appearing to be just curious about the guy, I think Jamie is really fishing for information about him relative to the Blue Templar. Of course, Jamie is driven to find out who really killed his brother Joe - what brother wouldn't be? I wish the writers would give us more than a smidgen of information about the Blue Templar in each episode. It's an interesting storyline and I think the writers are making a mistake by drawing it out like this. ... All in all, another solid episode of Blue Bloods. I love the family element that is always front and center. It's what sets this show apart from all other cop dramas. I'm very happy to report that Blue Bloods' move to Wednesday hasn't affected the show at all. As a matter of fact, according to a news article on this site, ratings were up 11% to a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating, versus the Friday average, after "Little Fish" aired. Grade: B
Linda Seide, Jan 20, 2011
More about the episode ratings at The Futon Critic.
It is apparently the most popular (most purchased) episode of the series on i-Tunes.

Playwright David Hay, producer Andy Sandberg, actors Michael T. Weiss, Donna Bullock, Daniel Oreskes, Scott Drummond and director Wilson Milam pose for the cameras.
See my album.
Note the marks on the floor, which show the future spots of walls, doors, furniture and other props, once the production will have moved to its permanent location at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

It is worth to keep an eye on the official website of "A Perfect Future".

A Perfect Future's Donna Bullock, Scott Drummond, Daniel Oreskes, and Michael T. Weiss meet the press
by Tristan Fuge, Jan 18, 2011, New York

On Tuesday, January 18, cast members Donna Bullock, Scott Drummond, Daniel Oreskes, and Michael T. Weiss met with members of the press at the Primary Stages Rehearsal Studio in New York at the first rehearsal for the world premiere production of A Perfect Future. The show will play an open-ended engagement Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, beginning February 4, with an opening on February 17. Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam will direct.

In the play, New York power-couple John and Natalie are hosting a dinner for Elliot, a friend from their days as college radicals. Also invited to the party is Mark, a straight-laced young man from John's risk management firm. With the help of a few too many expensive bottles of wine, the group's past and their long buried secrets resurface.
The creative team will include Charles Corcoran (set), Michael McDonald (costumes), Ben Stanton (lights), and Daniel Kluger (sound).
First set of photos on Life.com.

Commercial Off Broadway sees 'Future' - New play to open at the Cherry Lane
by Gordon Cox, posted: Fri., Jan. 7, 2011, 4:00am PT
Wilson Milam ("The Lieutenant of Inishmore") will helm a commercial Off Broadway production of "A Perfect Future," a new play by David Hay.
Michael T. Weiss ("The Pretender"), Daniel Oreskes, Donna Bullock and Scott Drummond star in the show, about a Gotham dinner party that raises the question of whether a couple can stay married despite opposing political viewpoints.
Commercial Off Broadway productions are rare these days, largely due to what producers see as the inhospitable economics of the Off Broadway scene.
Andy Sandberg, one of the producers of the recent revival of "Hair," produces "Future," set to begin previews Feb. 4 ahead of a Feb. 17 opening.
Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com ---

Follow the production updates on the official Twitter page for APF and on APF's official Facebook page.

Donna Bullock, Scott Drummond, Daniel Oreskes, Michael T. Weiss Set for Off-Broadway's A Perfect Future
by Dan Bacalzo, Jan 6 2011, New York
Donna Bullock, Scott Drummond, Daniel Oreskes, and Michael T. Weiss will star in the world premiere production of A Perfect Future. The show will play an open-ended engagement Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, beginning February 4, with an opening on February 17. As previously reported, Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam will direct.
In the play, New York power-couple John and Natalie are hosting a dinner for Elliot, a friend from their days as college radicals. Also invited to the party is Mark, a straight-laced young man from John's risk management firm. With the help of a few too many expensive bottles of wine, the group's past and their long buried secrets resurface.
The creative team will include Charles Corcoran (set), Michael McDonald (costumes), Ben Stanton (lights), and Daniel Kluger (sound).
Bullock has appeared on Broadway in Ragtime, A Class Act, and City of Angels. Drummond's credits include the Theatre for a New Audience production of Hamlet. Oreskes was seen last season in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker. Weiss's Off-Broadway credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity and Scarcity; his numerous film and television credits include The Pretender, Jeffrey, and Days of Our Lives, and he currently plays a corrupt cop on CBS' Blue Bloods.
For more information and tickets, click here.
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Donna Bullock, Scott Drummond, Daniel Oreskes, Michael T. Weiss Cast in Off-Broadway's Perfect Future
by Andrew Gans, 6 Jan 2011
Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) will present the world premiere of David Hay's A Perfect Future Off-Broadway next month.
Directed by Tony Award nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore), performances are scheduled to begin Feb. 4 at the Cherry Lane Theater (38 Commerce Street) with an official opening Feb. 17.
The four-member cast comprises Donna Bullock (Ragtime, Against the Grain) as Natalie, Scott Drummond (Hamlet, All My Children) as Mark, Daniel Oreskes (Billy Elliot, The Miracle Worker) as Elliot and Michael T. Weiss (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Pretender) as John.
At its core, A Perfect Future, press note state, "explores the question of whether people can be married and truly love each other when their political persuasions are diametrically opposed. Set in 2005, the action takes place in the apartment of two well heeled New Yorkers, Natalie and John, who are hosting a dinner for Elliot, a friend from their days as college radicals. Also invited to the party is Mark, a straight-laced young man from John's risk management firm. Over the course of a raucous evening filled with wine and merriment, their basic belief systems are upended, as the four must come to terms with each other's true politics and behavior."
A Perfect Future was originally developed by Naked Angels.
David Hay's The Maddening Truth, about legendary writer Martha Gellhorn, had a successful Off-Broadway run at the Clurman Theatre. A graduate of the UCLA Film Theater and Television School and a cultural critic, Hay has also written and directed three films, including "Dirt Cheap."
The creative team includes Charles Corcoran (set), Michael McDonald (costumes), Ben Stanton (lights) and Daniel Kluger (sound). The production stage manager is Donald Fried.
Tickets are priced $69 and are now available online at www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200, and beginning Jan. 31 will be available at The Cherry Lane Box Office. The theatre is located on the corner of Commerce and Bedford; just off of 7th Avenue; three blocks below Christopher Street.
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Bullock, Drummond, Oreskes, Weiss Lead A PERFECT FUTURE, Begins 2/4
by BWW News Desk, Jan 6 2011
Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) has announced the full cast for the world premiere of the provocative new play, A Perfect Future, by David Hay (The Maddening Truth) with direction by Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore). The four-member cast features Donna Bullock (Ragtime, "Against the Grain") as Natalie, Scott Drummond (Hamlet, "All My Children") as Mark, Daniel Oreskes (Billy Elliot, The Miracle Worker) as Elliot, and Michael T. Weiss (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, "The Pretender") as John.
Performances begin on Friday, February 4, 2011 for an open-ended engagement at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). Opening night is set for Thursday, February 17, 2011.
A Perfect Future is a darkly comic and provocative play that explores the question of whether people can be married and truly love each other when their political persuasions are diametrically opposed. This high-society evening is about to turn into a night of sexually charged mind-games that could change their lives forever. New York power-couple John and Natalie are hosting a dinner for Elliot, a friend from their days as college radicals. Also invited to the party is Mark, a straight-laced young man from John's risk management firm. With the help of a few too many expensive bottles of wine, the group's past and their long buried secrets resurface. Over the course of this raucous evening, their basic belief systems are upended, as the four must come to terms with each other's true politics and behavior.
Wilson Milam, the Tony Award-nominated director of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, returns to New York to direct the World Premiere of David Hay's compelling new play. A Perfect Future was developed under the auspices of Naked Angels, whose production of Next Fall received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play.
The creative team includes Charles Corcoran (Set), Michael McDonald (Costumes), Ben Stanton (Lights), Daniel Kluger (Sound) and Pat McCorkle (Casting). The Production Stage Manager is Donald Fried.
A Perfect Future will play the following schedule February 4 - 27: Tuesdays - Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Please note: There are no matinee performances on February 5 & 6. Beginning February 28, the schedule will change to: Mondays & Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m., dark on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are priced at $69.00 and are now available online at www.telecharge.com, or by calling (212) 239-6200, and beginning January 31 will be available at The Cherry Lane Box Office (38 Commerce Street).
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The role of John Hudson is described as follows, on this page announcing the auditions:
Mid - late 50s. A former radical, now turned highly successful Wall Street financier. Urbane to the extreme. Very much in control of every situation he’s in, including besting the Eastern European businessmen who now make up most of his clientele. Never brings his work home, a venue where he is free to be seen as a true lover of life: European vacations, his wine collection, fine dining and the art of good conversation. Smart and humorous and a good guy, he is in charge of everything - save, perhaps, his marriage.

The episode #11/1 "Little Fish" of the police drama serie Blue Bloods will air on Wed, January 19, 9/10c on CBS.
At least according to the schedule listing of CBS and The Futon Critic.
However, TV Guide writes that this episode will already air on Fri, January 7 at 5pm/10pm. So please check your local program magazines just to be sure.
Blue Bloods is a drama about the multi-generational Reagan Family, a family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou and Amy Carlson star. The series was created by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green.
The story of this episode, written by Siobhan Byrne-O'Connor and directed by Michael Pressman, according to CBS Publicity: Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jackie (Jennifer Esposito) investigate the murder of a high-end escort found floating in the river. Meanwhile, Frank (Tom Selleck) vows to bring a killer to justice when a missing boy's remains are found from a case that he was emotionally invested in 25 years ago. Michael T. Weiss plays a corrupt cop by the name of Sonny Malevsky.

See CBS' official website of the series for more information.

New British Pay-TV channel Sky Atlantic has acquired Blue Bloods, which will get its UK TV premiere on the channel later in 2011.