Category: Stephen Colbert

Winners take, losers give

Now that the GOP has 98% of what they wanted in the debt ceiling deal, it’s up to Stephen Colbert to finish the job of destroying Obama’s Presidency. He can do it with the money he’s collecting for his SuperPAC. What do you get if you donate? Besides the chance to see your name crawling along the bottom of the screen during The Colbert Report, you get this wonderful, autographed JPEG!

The original image is very high res, so you can count every wrinkle and nose hair! I donated fifty bucks, now it’s your turn!

Stephen Colbert returns to my birthplace

I’m certain the reason Stephen Colbert attended Northwestern University was because it’s in Evanston, Illinois, where I was born. That’s what I told Colbert when I saw him in New York in 2007, and he agreed with me.

Colbert gave this year’s commencement speech at Northwestern. Here are edited highlights…

Alumnus Stephen Colbert Addresses the Class of 2011 from Northwestern News on Vimeo.

… and this is the whole thing.

Colbert hams it up at Lincoln Center

Thursday night we were in an audience of 10-12, who saw a “special event” at the movies — Stephen Sondheim’s Company, featuring Stephen Colbert, Neil Patrick Harris, and Christina Hendricks. I would hope the showings at theaters closer to cities have been better attended.

Company is 40 years old, and although the show’s themes may be timeless I think its age shows, and I could tell it was written by members of my parents’ generation. Considering that Sondheim was probably working on Company while Woodstock was happening, it’s an interesting contrast to the musicals of the day that have a more obvious hippie influence, such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell.

Although I may not be taken with the show itself, the cast obviously had a great time and their enthusiastic performances are what make Company worth seeing. Harris seems to have taken over from Nathan Lane as Broadway’s standard bearer, and he carries his lead role with ease, but Colbert and Hendricks are also excellent. Chryssie Whitehead, who is adorable as Kathy and dynamic in a stand-out dance number, merits special recognition.

Colbert was on Fresh Air with Terry Gross this week to talk about Company, among other things. It’s always fun to hear Stephen conversing when he’s out of character.