DO ME DOOGIE!

This was snapped at the Emmys, no, the Crummies? --a few days ago. Does anyone watch that crap? Did Susan Lucci finally win?

The photo shows Neil Patrick Harris and his longtime companion, no, partner, no, boyfriend? Is that what they call them these days? His name is David Burtka, and if you don't know him, that's 'cause you didn't just step off a tourist bus. He's a Broadway baby, which means he's unknown outside the big apple.

We first caught him in "The Play About the Baby" by Edward Albee, actually off Broadway, down in Union Square. Edward Albee off-Broadway? Yeah well, you know, unless they're singing ABBA or you've got a washed up tv actress/ former boyband member in the cast so their fan club will make the trek from Peoria and support tourism to NYC-- it ain't gonna play on Broadway.

We saw "The Play About the Baby" numerous times, and not just because Burtka appeared naked onstage for most of the play, in the role of "boy."


Let's just say, from what I saw, Doogie must be feeling David's affections deeply.

He's shown here with another Broadway great, Marian Seldes. Maybe you remember her from her illustrious film career? She debuted in "Crime and Punishment, USA," a remake of Dostoyevsky's classic psychological masterpiece about a penniless student living in frigid St. Petersburg with Sonya, his hooker girlfriend. The student, Raskolinikov, kills a miserly lending woman for money, and is then so tortured by his actions, and his fear of getting caught, that he confesses lest he descend into madness.

Well, in "C&P, USA" (sounds like a tv series), the action is set in sunny California, Sonya is renamed Debbie, and instead of being a hooker, she's just the girl next door, and Robbie doesn't seem that tortured by his actions, he's just trying not to get caught. All while playing bongs. AND he's played by George Hamilton. It's a crime caper. Only in America, kids!