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November 6, 2006:

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES

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Well, dear readers, it’s a brand spanking new week and I am relaxed and rarin’ to go, not necessarily in that order. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, for example, was a day and what a difference it made. That is because I got a great night’s sleep (a full eight hours), and then I did nothing other than what I cared to do for the entire livelong day and night. The only “work” I did was listen to our Emily and Alice act one mix, which I was very pleased with – just a few nitpicky things to adjust and then act one will be locked. Today I listen to act two, and tomorrow we’ll do the fixes, which shouldn’t take more than thirty minutes. Other than that, I jogged, I puttered around the home environment, and I went to dinner with a friend I hadn’t seen in quite some time. We went to a place in Northridge – I can’t remember the name. It’s one of those jernts with a huge menu, obscenely large portions, and that is nearly impossible to get into. I ate chicken and biscuits, which was two fried chicken breasts over biscuits and country gravy, with mashed potatoes. It was obscenely yummilicious. We also had some onion rings, which were excellent. I was ready to burst by the time we finished, and I, in fact, left one biscuit uneaten and didn’t finish the second chicken breast, and only had two bites of potatoes. After that, I came home, took a Jacuzzi, and then sat on my couch like so much fish.

Yesterday, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Liliom, directed by Mr. Fritz Lang, starring Mr. Charles Boyer. I’d never seen it before, but it’s included as a bonus in the new Carousel Special Edition – that’s because Carousel was adapted from Liliom. I found Liliom quite good – beautifully directed by Mr. Lang, with some interesting music by Mr. Franz Waxman. Mr. Boyer was excellent as Billy Bige… I mean, Liliom. In the film, Liliom doesn’t quite have the character turnaround that Hammerstein gave Billy Bigelow at the end of Carousel, so it’s rather hard to like Mr. Boyer’s Liliom, although he does shed a single tear at the film’s fadeout. There is a warning about the quality of the source material, but it’s actually in wonderful condition for a film of its age (made in 1934) – very sharp, good contrast, and the sound is quite good. The film is in French with English subtitles.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because it’s a brand spanking new week and I’ve got things to do, places to go, and people to see, not necessarily in that order.

Have I mentioned what a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours? Today, we’ll have a nice long rehearsal and I’m hoping to block three or four scenes and maybe a couple of the small numbers that are left to do. Our musical director will be with us, too, and he’ll be working with the girl who’s playing the daughter, and then with the ensemble, strengthening the harmonies and vocals. I should be getting a full report on exactly what’s left to block. I know there’s one big scene in act one left to do, but the rest are smaller, shorter scenes. There are still three numbers to do in act two, but two of them are fairly simple.

I’m currently sucking on a root beer barrel whilst writing this particular paragraph. I ask you, where else on all the Internet can you read such a sentence? Nowhere, that’s where. I can’t say that I love sucking on a root beer barrel, but they had a big bowl of them at the restaurant and I took about twenty of them for my pocket, which is now a-bulge with root beer barrels.

I am quite looking forward to getting the Flower Drum Song DVD this week – it’s been a long wait but from what I’m told, it looks very good. Our very own Mr. Nick Redman moderates the commentary track with Miss Nancy Kwan. Speaking of our very own Mr. Nick Redman and moderating, he will be moderating an afternoon with me at LACC, where I’ll be talking to the Theater Academy students (and anyone else who wants to attend – we’re hoping to fill the jernt) about my career and the training I got at LACC. It should be ever so much fun, so if anyone in the LA area would like to attend, let me know and I’ll arrange it – it’s on Thursday, November 16 from two to three. I may even sing a Brain song.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, return telephonic calls, answer e-mails, do a bit of writing, and then toddle off to rehearsal. Today’s topic of discussion: Reality TV is all the rage right now – in Reality, Reality TV has been around since the beginning of television in one form or another – what are your favorite reality TV shows from the Golden Age – things like You Asked For It, People Are Funny, etc. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst we greet the day with open arms and a smiling face, not necessarily in that order.

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