Jake Jake Jake!

[Ellemeno]

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[Front-Ranger]

I can't see the pic...what happened to it??

[opinionista]

Jake Gyllenhaal Eyeing Broadway Debut
WEDNESDAY JUNE 13, 2007 12:00 PM EDT

By Stephen M. Silverman

Jake Gyllenhaal is deciding whether he'll attempt to climb a peak even more treacherous than Brokeback Mountain – Broadway.

The Oscar nominee, 26, is mulling over the starring role in the political stage drama Farragut North, to open this fall, the show's producer, Jeffrey Richards, confirms to PEOPLE. Gyllenhaal's decision is expected by the end of this week.

News of Gyllenhaal's prospective Broadway debut was first reported in the New York Post, which said a private reading of the work was held last week.

Gyllenhaal would play an idealistic communications director for an unorthodox presidential candidate said to be based on 2004 Democratic candidate Howard Dean. The play's title refers to the Washington, D.C., metro stop located near the offices of several lobbyists, the Post reports.

According to The New York Times, the show's creator, Brooklyn-based Beau Willimon, 29, is "a playwright [who] worked on Howard Dean's presidential campaign."

Gyllenhaal is himself no stranger to politics. In 2004 he participated in the Rock the Vote campaign, to help young people register to vote, and he campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

From: People

[ednbarby]

Not meaning to sound like a monumental ass kisser here, but I'm sure he'd do tremendously well at that.  He was in a play in London a while back, wasn't he?  Anyway, he did great on SNL.  I imagine if one can pull that off, a play is probably tame in some ways in comparison.

Ah.  Autumn in New York...  Definitely worthy of further study...

Not to completely hijack this thread, but I'll be cooling my jets at Kennedy for a 3.5-hour layover in the late afternoon/evening of August 13th (a Monday).  Any NY Brokies wanna come out there and meet me for a late lunch/early dinner?  Or to just hang out and talk about people, er - stuff?  Let me know!

[Ellemeno]

This is just the best thread ever!

Now these may very well have been posted before, but I don't think it matters too much .... you can never have too much Jake!

I would say you have summed up the raison d'etre of this thread nicely here, Susie. 

[Dagi]

did it work this time?

[Dagi]

What am I doing wrong? 

[Dagi]

SUSIE I LOVE YOU!!!