Site founder and columnist V.J. is away on vacation and he's left us, the staff of Talkin' Broadway, to fill in for him until he returns on January 27th. Fair enough, thought we...let the cat go play...we'll just post a Press Release while he's gone, then, of course, we thought, hey, when the cat's away the mice will play.

We, on the staff of Talkin' Broadway, just love being here and we do invite those of you with ideas to improve this site to e-mail us. We're all ears and want to hear from you on how you think we can improve the site. What do you want? More columns, more news, more gossip, whatever. We're here to talk about Broadway and all its aspects. You can email us at: webmaster@talkinbroadway.com.

This column will be published Sundays and Thursdays in January while the Cat is away. Join us this Sunday for a special column about a new Broadway musical, one we've all been anxiously waiting for...and the guest columnist wrote the musical!

After that we have a wonderful column planned for the opening of Notre Dame de Paris, to be published on Jan. 21st, and it will be the the first review from Las Vegas by V.J.'s friend, Robert Rusie. (Former friend, perhaps!)

So, stick around and see what we have planned while the Cat's away!