'N Sync's Joey Fatone Makes Early Appearance in Little Shop of Horrors
(6/22/04) Andrew Gans Playbill.com

Joey Fatone, who was scheduled to join the Broadway company of Little Shop of Horrors June 24, will instead make his debut in the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical June 22.

A spokesperson for the musical confirmed that Fatone will begin his Little Shop run the same night Jessica-Snow Wilson begins her stint as the lovable, but ill-fated Audrey. Wilson replaces Kerry Butler, who left her role after the June 20 performance. Fatone, who plays down-on-his-luck Seymour, replaces Hunter Foster. The Tony-nominated Foster left the Little Shop cast June 6. Standby Jonathan Rayson has been playing Seymour since that time.

The Little Shop company currently includes Robert Evan as Orin, Michael-Leon Wooley as the voice of Audrey II and DeQuina Moore, Trisha Jeffrey and Carla J. Hargrove as, respectively, Chiffon, Crystal and Ronnette.

Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY, in January 1977. The young singer worked at Universal Studios before joining the now world famous band 'N Sync, whose albums include "'N Sync," "The Winter Album," "Home for Christmas" and "No Strings Attached." He made his Broadway debut as Mark in the New York company of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical Rent. Fatone's film credits include "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "On the Line" and "Longshot."

Jessica-Snow Wilson has appeared on Broadway in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Les Misérables as well as the City Center Encores! production of Hair. Off-Broadway the actress was seen in Zombie Prom, I Sing and Me and Juliet. Wilson's other theatrical credits include The Wizard of Oz, Grease, Baby and Stars in Your Eyes.

Little Shop of Horrors plays the Virginia Theatre, located at 245 West 52nd Street.

Spears' knee injury cancels out some big business
(6/22/04) RANDY KENNEDY Press-Enterprise

When a very athletic 22-year-old woman blows out her knee, it is usually a painful reminder to slow down, one that means a couple of months of inconvenience, couch time and clever wardrobe triage.

When the 22-year-old is named Britney Spears, however, it means something altogether more consequential. It means, essentially, that a small multinational industry, her new tour - one that employs more than 100 full-time employees, rents whole hotel floors, keeps T-shirt makers working overtime and sometimes rakes in more than a $1 million a week - goes out of business in a matter of minutes.

...Then there was her stranded opening act. JC Chasez was on the bill for this leg of the tour, set for arenas such as Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. Considering the 'N Sync star had been playing solo gigs in clubs, the setback is considerable...

Transcript of JC on 95.5FM
(6/22/04) (thanks Eva and to manda2119 for transcribing!)

Mojo in the Morning, 95.5FM in Detroit, 6/22/04

Mojo: JC what's up?

JC: Yo

Mojo: How are ya?

JC: I'm doing good man

Mojo: Welcome to Detroit, you ready for the craziness?

JC: I can't even imagine what it's like there right now.

Mojo: What's funny is that initially when we started our Blast on the River thing it's just normally our party that we have for the big fireworks. Is now turning into a fireworks slash Pistons big celebration on the river. And JC you and Kanye West and Brandy and a whole bunch more are going to be there.

JC: Hey man, it's going to be a good time.

Mojo: You know what ya gotta do, we'll have to make sure we get you a Piston's jersey.

JC: *laughs*

Sarah: What do you want Chauncy do you want Ben, what do you want?

JC: I mean you know I'll take a Wallace, either Wallace or a Billups or a Hamilton. I think, Hamilton was kind of like the hero though huh?

Chad: Chauncy and Rip yeah all the way through the playoffs.

JC: Yeah I mean the guy just ran all over the place, I think he just wore everybody down.

Mojo: I know you guys play basketball right?

JC: Yeah

Mojo: You hoop it up when you were with 'NSync and you guys would actually go and do charity stuff.

JC: Yeah

Mojo: Would you even want to guard Rip Hamilton.

JC: *laughs* No, for about five minutes and then I would need about, probably like two or three bottles of Gatorade.

Mojo: Suck in some oxygen you know.

JC: Yeah exactly.

Chad: He was like, oh what do you call it, a mouse on a treadmill. The guy he runs a sub five minute mile.

JC: He does something man, he was just all over the place.

Mojo:Yeah but you know what though, you're in great shape. What do you think it takes to be in better shape, dancing up on stage the way that you dance or to be running around and having somebody else chase you on the court.

JC: It's just two totally different things, you know. Cause you could say that about a football player too you know it's about the size they carry around you know, but they have to hit a lot harder. So it's just a whole nother thing. He's gotta run and stop and shoot but I have to sing while I dance.

Mojo: Yeah I'd like to see Rip Hamilton try to sing a song.

JC: *laughs* Me too.

Spike: So wait, JC is calling Rip a @#%$ is that what I'm hearing right now.

JC: No, not at all.

Spike: I'm just trying to start something.

JC: I noticed.

Mojo: JC is on with us and he's going to be at Blast on the River. Great line-up that we have Kanye West. Have you done any shows with him?

JC: No not yet, but we keep missing each other, cause we've been doing the radio circuit.

Sarah: You need to do a single with that guy, he's got the golden touch right now.

JC: Guys on fire right now, right.

Spike: And this may be the last time to see you for a little bit because weren't you on the Britney Spears tour which we just found out is canceled.

JC: Yeah but I've got a couple other things lined up now.

Spike: Good, ok.

JC: Yeah yeah, you know I've gotta bounce back quick, daddy.

Mojo: What's the deal with her?

JC: I'm actually talking to Jessica right now.

Spike: Oh great.

JC: As well as some other people.

Spike: Find some other blondes to tour with.

JC: So I'll have a gig by the end of the day actually.

Sarah: Wow.

Mojo: What's the deal with Britney, is this legitimate did she really hurt herself?

JC: Yeah she did it at her video, she blew out her knee. That's like no joke.

Mojo: Have you talked to her?

JC: We've been talking to her people for like the last four days and we were just basically waiting for the doctor to lay it out there because she has to have surgery so. And she has to stay off of it for like four months.

Sarah: Woah four months, we heard two.

Mojo: See I could see her sitting up on a stage in a wheelchair, I'd still watch her.

JC: No, people want to see Britney perform you know what I mean. And she can't go up there and perform half way and that's her whole thing, that's what she's known for in her performances is her dancing. And she doesn't want to dance on it until it's healed correctly, I mean she's still young and she still has her whole career in front of her so why ruin it now. I know it's a bad break to take, you take the correct amount of time off, you heal it properly and then you can give your best show.

Mojo: When are you guys going back to do something together, 'NSync doing something together?

JC: Well actually you were talking about the basketball game, we're gonna be performing together at our charity function um somewhere between the 22nd and 24th of July at Challenge for the Children and then uh we're going to have a chat and see when is a good time to kind of get back into the studio at that point.

Mojo: And when are we going to see you with a girl like Cameron Diaz?

JC: I don't, you know, that's high maintenance dude.

*laughs*

Chad: Yeah we can see that.

JC: I don't need that, I need like a really cool chick that you know, no stress, I don't have to chase her around the world, someone that can just hang out with me. It's cool, I don't know man I've done uh...

Chad: You're looking for a servant.

Sarah: No

JC: I've done the whole actress thing where I've dated actresses and it just let's say my life is a whole lot easier when it's just somebody that's really chill and low profile.

Spike: You jumped in head first with Tara Reid.

JC: Ahhh...no.

Sarah: The partiest of party girls. You know what you have to do, the new hollywood trend JC...

JC: Uh huh.

Sarah: ...Is to date a waitress.

JC: Oh well there you go.

Mojo: Date a waitress?

Sarah: I'm serious

Mojo: Hollywood trend?

Sarah: Matt Damon...

JC: But you know every time you date a waitress it's because she's trying to be an actress.

Spike: Ahh yeah that's true

JC: So you know what you get the same thing all over again.

Sarah: Matt Damon and Nick Cage and a whole bunch of people all of their girlfriends that they're out with...I think Toby Maguire's is too...

Spike: Ok, just marry J. LO you haven't done it yet.

Sarah: You're next on the list.

JC: Hey man, no...like I said, I don't want any trouble.

Mojo: After Wednesday nights blast on the river we're gonna take JC over to the Coney Island and go and meet some of the waitresses that work there.

Sarah: We'll get you a nice Detroit girl.

JC: Right on.

Chad: JC I was just watching you on TV, you were at the Maxim Hot 100 girls party in Vegas. You were one of the guests there and what they did is they took all of the hottest women in the world...

JC: ...and stuck em in a room.

Chad: ...put them in front of you, right?

JC: Basically.

Chad: What happened?

JC: Uh, it was great dude are you kidding me.

*laughs*

JC: No um, we popped over there. Actually it was really cool cause I got to take my little brother and he had never seen anything like that.

Sarah: I bet.

JC: He about lost his mind.

Mojo: He hit puberty right away.

Sarah: Yeah how old is he?

JC: Actually my brother is twenty-two so...

Sarah: Oh ok.

JC: So it was like the best thing for him.

Sarah: Who's your top ten JC?

JC: Um...top ten. I don't know man, I mean obviously I'm going to pick Britney, cause she's up there because she's a friend.

Sarah: Right, a little Beyonce?

JC: The girl that did our video though, the girl Kim Smith...

Chad: Uh huh...yeah.

JC: ...she's definitely up there. I mean I saw a lot of the girls in there and she's just always beautiful when you see her man she's a rad chick.

Mojo: But you couldn't date Britney...

JC: No, no way.

Mojo: There would be...Justin...

JC: I thought you were just asking me who was hot.

Sarah: Yeah I was just asking who was hot cause it was Maxim's hot 100, so I was asking for his top ten.

JC: Yeah, yeah yeah...no way would I ever date her dude are you kidding me.

Mojo: That's not right to your friend right?

JC: I mean either way...of course not.

Sarah: Bros before hoes

JC: *laughs* You know the saying, I'm proud of you.