Watching 30 Rock

The fan-freakin’-tabulous cast of 30 Rock is putting on a live version of the show tonight at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th Street). A performance of “30 Rock — On Strike!” tonight at 8 p.m. being held in the 150-seat theater will include the show’s full cast performing a complete episode. So we’re guessing this includes show’s stars Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Alec Baldwin will all be there.

The show, for the most part is sold out, except for a handful of tickets to be made available at the door so get there early or check Craig’s List for jacked up tickets.

On Saturday night, Michael Cera hosted a live version of Saturday Night Live there as well (he agreed to host after Amy Poehler sent him a text message). The cast which was made up of current cast members as well as some recent departures, performed about 15 sketches including a hip-hop game show, Weekend Update segment and of a live performance of the “Iran so Far” digital short.

Proceeds from the SNL and 30 Rock performances will benefit the behind-the-scenes staffers who have lost work because of the shutdowns caused by the two-week strike by the Writers Guild of America.

“The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater is a second home to a lot of these performers and writers,” Poehler said in a statement. “We are doing this to raise spirits, raise awareness and raise money for our hard-working production crews who will be having a hard holiday season if this strike continues.”

If anyone is lucky enough to see this live please give us a full report so we can hate you forever.

Amy Poehler, Upright Citizens Brigade, 30 Rock, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Saturday Night Live

Ms. Tina Fey was on Conan O’Brien late last week. So in case you missed it, or like us didn’t know about it, here’s the full youtubed segment.

We know this is a 30 Rock blog and are trying to be well rounded with our reporting but our love of Tina Fey is just so damn big! I, myself was a huge Star Wars nerd (originally trilogy, not the new CGI crap). I too had a big Millennium Falcon that held Han Solo and Chewbacca as they set off on distant voyages to Alderon and the laundry room.

That, and we love that we’re not alone in our Tina Fey crush. Since she reveled that her parents discovered she’s #7 on the After Ellen hot 100 list while googling her name. The After Ellen hot 100 list is the hottest ladies according to the ladies who like other ladies. And hell yeah, we agree although we think she should be up in the top three.

Tina Fey, After Ellen, Conan O’Brien, Millennium Falcon

Judging from this clip of season 2 we’ll have to deal with Jerry Seinfeld’s return to the sitcom world. However we’re sure Ms. Fey will do a good job of keeping his ego in check.

Also check out this article about Tina Fey from this weekend’s New York Times.

Tina Fey, 30 Rock, New York Times