haines his way

04/25/2002:
"BELIEVE IT OR NOT"

Well, dear readers, you will not believe it and yet you must believe it because it just happened. I had written the entire first section of these here notes, and was just beginning to answer the questions of Ask BK Day, when AOL lost the connection (this happens way too frequently) and I lost everything I’d written. I was certain it would be there when I signed back on, and yet it was not there when I signed back on. May I just say that I don’t know how AOL stays in business with this kind of service. It is reprehensible. I will, from now on, write these here notes as a Word document, then cut and paste them into my handy-dandy form after I’m done.
Yesterday, we broke our old record number of posts – we had over fifty count them fifty posts! Of course, many of them were from the comedy team of Miriam and Bruno so I don’t know if we can really count it as a broken record. Oh, the hell with it, let’s count it. Let’s dance the Hora whilst eating a cheese slice and a ham chunk. Let’s prance around the house in our cut-off jeans and amusing party hats. Soon we will be the most popular site on all the internet, and other sites will be jealous and scratch their heads in wonderment at how an upstart site like haineshisway.com could have so many posts in one day. You know, I feel as if I’ve written this already – I’m having a sense of déjà vu here. Of course, that is because I have written this already.
We had a terrific rehearsal yesterday with all our wonderful singers. Everything went very well – everyone knew their material, was totally professional, and Murphy Cross and I even got to fully stage three numbers. All the disparate elements of the show have been rehearsed. It would be nice if we were able to have a proper run-through of the whole show with everyone there at once, but that’s unfortunately not how these things work. The first time we run everything from start to finish is when we do the show. It’s like flying by the seat of your pants, but hopefully, since all the separate elements are well rehearsed it will all come together beautifully. We do get to be in the theater from the wee small hours of the morning on Sunday – so we will run all the light cues, do our sound checks, run numbers and entrances and exits, and test the video projection system. It’s a very big show, but I have a wonderful stage manager who I know will keep the whole thing running smoothly. “Flying by the seat of your pants”? What does that mean? I tried flying by the seat of my pants, but the seat of my pants will simply not fly, the seat of my pants is earthbound, and just sits there like so much fish, refusing to be airborne. And shouldn’t it be “by the seat of my pant”? Isn’t “pants” in fact a pair of pants, in other words two pairs of pants? No, two pairs of pants would be four pant, yes? So, a pair of pants would be two pant, yes? Isn’t that confusing? I’m beginning to pant from all this pant confusion. I feel as if I’ve written all this already. I’m having that peculiar déjà vu feeling again.
Well, we had lots of questions (some of which I’ve already answered but will answer again) so let’s all click on that Unseemly Button below (there is no Unseemly Button below because I’m not writing this where I usually do, but that is neither here nor there nor there nor here) so I can get to it.

Here we go again. May I just say one more time that I hate AOL (I know, I should know better and should have a different service, but I am a creature of habit). In any case, on to the questions.
Freedunit asks several questions. Is it true that for the purposes of recording, a mechanical license cannot be denied? In other words, someone could record virtually the entire score from The King and I, and that someone could obtain a mechanical license from the publishers of said songs. But if that someone were to put in a request to do a production of the show, the rights holders of the show could deny that production, because those rights are more rigidly controlled.
Here’s how it works: If a song has been recorded before, anyone anywhere can record it and a mechanical license must be granted, as long as it’s filed for in the proper time frame. Even if the publisher and/or authors hate the arrangement, the singer, anything – it doesn’t matter, the license must be granted. However, if a song has not been recorded before, then one must obtain the permission of the publisher and/or songwriters. If permission is obtained then a license will be granted. We had to get permission to record almost all the songs used on the Lost In Boston and Unsung Musicals album, but those who recorded them subsequent to us doing them, didn’t have to get permission. As to recording virtually the entire score to The King and I (or whatever show), no, you can’t record the entire score to a show because that falls under something called “grand rights” and permission must be obtained. You can record most of the songs to The King and I, or maybe even all the songs to The King and I (leaving off things like the Overture, the ballet, reprises, etc.), but you’d most likely have to call the album “Songs From The King and I”.
Freedunit also asks if Guy Haines and I get along well? We get along swimmingly, as long as we are not in the same room. If we are in the same room we tend to bitch-slap each other and say catty things and even occasionally hurl vile epithets (no mean feat) at each other.
Freedunit also mentions that when a dear reader asked whether my daughter was an only child (she is) if I was surprised that there was no followup question like, “Would you like other children?” That’s a hard question to answer. I love children, love being around them, talking to them. Luckily, most of my friends have kids, so I do get a kid-fix quite often. As to having another of my own, well, I simply don’t know if I’d have the patience to do that again.
Next, what is the most impertinent question I have ever been asked and that I can print? I don’t know that I’ve ever been asked a truly impertinent question, other than the time I was asked if I ever had relations with a Yak. Naturally, I refused to answer.
Lastly, to what has Freedunit made obtuse reference with this line of questioning? Whatever it is, it’s too obtuse for me.
This is the point at which AOL “lost the connection”. So, from here on in it’s all fresh, with no déjà vu.
Hapgood asks what is my opinion of George Bernard Shaw, John Guare and William Finn? I think highly of Mr. Shaw (especially Man and Superman), think highly of Mr. Guare, and think Mr. Finn an interesting composer/lyricist. I don’t find I give Mr. Finn’s recordings repeated listenings, though, but there are always things I admire.
Sandra’s friend Megan asks if I’ve ever heard of brownberries? Someone asked Megan if she liked them, but she hadn’t heard of them and was afraid this guy was pulling her leg. Guy once pulled my leg, which is another reason I don’t like to be in the same room with him. I have never heard of brownberries, although I suppose if blueberries were left to rot they might be brownberries in the end.
Stephen Farrow asks if The First Nudie Musical will also be released on VHS as well as DVD. Yes, it will (it’s also available for preorder on amazon.com), but it won’t have the extras, at least I don’t think it will have the extras. It will, however, have the very nice letterboxed transfer.
Arnold M. Brockman asks if I think that John Goodman would be a good Max Bialystock in The Producers? I don’t know if Mr. Goodman could sing the show eight times a week (but then again, neither could Nathan Lane), but he certainly would do the role very well, I should think.
Arnold also asks how the genesis of The Real A came into being and what the name means. For those who don’t know, I wrote a column over at sondheim.com called One From Column A, under the name The Real A. The column came about because Mr. Mark Bakalor asked me to do it. I’d been posting there under the name The Real A (for Anonymous) and people liked my posts, so it seemed like a fun thing to do. I did it for two years, but they were very long columns and it got to be too much. Arnold also asks that if The Court Jester were to come to the stage who would I cast. The fact is, when I was contemplating getting the rights, I’d already approached Rob Marshall about directing and choreographing it, with Martin Short in the Danny Kaye role.
Phil Crosby asks if I had to pick would it be Ginger or Mary Ann? Betty or Veronica? Alice or Emily? Frankly, I would have to have all six – there is simply no choosing. And remember, with six you get eggroll, so there you are.
Mattso asks where the name Guy Haines came from? There is a complete family history here at haineshisway.com and you can peruse family photos and get to know the Haines clan by clicking on the Unseemly Photo Galley button. Interestingly, Guy Haines is also the name of the character played by Farley Granger in Mr. Alfre Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train. Mattso also asks if I’ve ever been to Baltimore. Baltimore is one of the few places I haven’t been to. Finally, Mattso asks if a wrap-around skirt is tied and not sewn is it unseemly. Frankly, I think all wrap-around skirts, whether tied or sewn, are unseemly. I do have a pair of wrap-around pants that I’m quite fond of, however. I mean a wrap-around pant, not a pair. I only have one wrap-around pant. This pants thing is getting on my nerves.
JMK asks how I met and became involved with the Wechter family. Interestingly, I first met David Wechter, when I read for a film that he and then partner Mike Nankin were directing at Disney, Midnight Madness. I didn’t get the part (David Naughton, who is in our benefit, got the part, damn his eyes). I then ran into David at a party, when we were both directing and writing segments for a cable comedy show called Likely Stories on Showtime. We struck up a friendship and began writing together, soon thereafter. Soon thereafter soon thereafter we wrote The Faculty together. Through David I met the rest of the Wechter clan and we all became good friends. I then produced an album called New Deal with the Baja Marimbas, a slightly reconfigured version of the Baja Marimba Band, with Julius and the boys. It’s a really good album and we had a blast doing it. David and I have worked on many projects together and continue to do so with our brand spanking new musical.
Lolita asks if I could revive a Sondheim musical what would it be and who would I cast? Oh, I don’t know – Sondheim has become the most revived musical man – I don’t know what else there is to say. If I had my druthers, however, maybe Anyone Can Whistle, with Susan Egan or Alice Ripley as Fay, maybe Faith Prince in the Angela Lansbury role, and maybe James Naughton in the Harry Guardino role.
Lolita also ask who is my favorite poet? I’m not all that poet-friendly, so I will say Dorothy Parker. Lolita also asks what I think of Diet Coke with Lemon. Feh. And if I have any feelings about the upcoming Vanilla coke. I have no feelings about the upcoming Vanilla coke, other than it sounds like it would make me vomit.
Craig asks several questions: How many DVDs and CDs do I have and how are they organized? I’m afraid you will be disgusted to know that I probably have six thousand CDs (alphabetical by title, within their own respective genres – i.e. shows, soundtracks, instrumentals, vocals), and around two thousand DVDs (they’re all over the place, but I try to keep them alphabetical).
If I did a revival of Li’l Abner who would I cast. Well, Alice Ripley, who did the Encores! version, is the spitting image of Mr. Capp’s Daisy Mae, so maybe her. A few years ago I would have said Jason Workman – now I think I’d just search for a newcomer who was perfect in the way Peter Palmer was perfect in the original. Finally, what musical best represents me (like the question, “if you were a flavor of jellybean, what would it be”)? Oh, I don’t know – Cats? Phantom of the Opera? Starmites?
And there you have it. I’m sorry these here notes are going up so late, but don’t blame me – blame it on Rio, blame it on the Bossa Nova, blame it on my youth (hah!), put the blame on Mame, better yet blame it on the real culprit – The Real AOL. Send AOL nasty notes to show your displeasure. As for me, I must take the day, I must get ready to do the things I do. Today’s topic of discussion: Since a few dear readers have asked what musicals I would revive and who I would cast – if you could revive one musical, what would it be and who would you cast? I’ve already answered, so, your turn.

Replies: 29 Unseemly Comments

There were a few questions posted after I began writing (or writing twice) - what is Guy Haines' middle name? Gaines. What is my middle name? Stewart.
Also, for the trivia question - I know Freedunit posted the answer rather than e-mailing it - but I would have gotten Sliver, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (one of my favorites), but then would have gotten confused because I mistakenly was looking for Norbert Jacques rather than the SCREENWRITER. I might have figured it out, though, who knows.
Posted by bk @ 04/25/2002 10:42 AM PST

I would have a continual revival of Gypsy with every female, living or dead, who never got to play Mama Rose and should have. Nancy Walker, Bea Arthur, Stritch, Liza M...
Posted by Phil Crosby @ 04/25/2002 10:45 AM PST

Well, naturally, if I could revive any old musical it would be What Makes Sammy Run? with my brand-spanking new libretto and Ervin Drake's newly revised score. I don't know who I'd cast as Sammy but I wouldn't mind seeing Anne Heche as Kit Sargent, if she can sing it. Of course, I wouldn't mind seeing Anne Heche in just about anything.
Posted by Robert Armin @ 04/25/2002 12:17 PM PST

The Obtuse, Roses, and Trivia
The obtuse reference is in the numbering of the questions, which pays homage of sorts to Doris Mann, of Postcards From the Edge (1990), portrayed by Shirley MacLaine, whose sixty-eighth anniversary of birth was yesterday, 24 April 2002.
As for a musical revival, I like Phil Crosby's idea of a perpetual, heavenly revival of Gypsy, but I would not exclude simply for having previously played Rose. Therefore, I would recast Ethel Merman and Angela Lansbury, heartily second Elaine Stritch, delete Bea Arthur, ban Tyne Daly, and add Lea DeLaria, Patti LuPone, Stefanie Powers, Michele Lee, Polly Bergen, Yvonne DeCarlo, Lorna Luft, Penny Fuller, Barbra Streisand, and Judy Garland, who might have been utterly brilliant.
Because the question was not an Unseemly Trivia Contest, and because there was no direction to E-mail, I posted because I thought one was supposed to post the answer, as was the case of the Stay-Away-Joe-(1968)-starring-Elvis-Presley-is-based-on the-same-novel-by-Dan-Cushman-as-Whoop-Up-featuring-Susan-Johnson question. I am sorry if I erred and spoiled the question, I read and reread the question in a sincere effort to respond by the appropriate means.
Posted by freedunit @ 04/25/2002 12:22 PM PST

I thought William F. Orr asked for answers to be e-mailed to him. No matter, though, and I am very impressed that you got ALL the answers, freedunit.
Now, given that I had to write a good deal of these fershluagah notes twice today, where in tarnation have all the Hainsies/Kimlets gone. We need posts, Hainsies/Kimlets. We can't break records and then go the wrong way, now can we?
Posted by bk @ 04/25/2002 03:05 PM PST

Well, BK, if you need posts I'll break my usual reticence and give myself another plug. For those of you in the New York City area, I will be directing a reading of my Vernon Duke musical, Madly in Love, at the York Theatre on Sunday, May 12th at 7:30. Tickets are free, but you have to call them for reservations. Great songs, great cast, and a chance to meet me! What more could you ask for?
Posted by Robert Armin @ 04/25/2002 03:25 PM PST

Did someone mention Posts?
Posted by Emily @ 04/25/2002 03:59 PM PST

You mean Robert Post's child? I saw somthing nasty in the woodshed!
I would selfishly revive Vampire Lesbians of Sodom because I never got to see it. I would cast Ethyl Merman and Jean Stapleton just for fun.
Posted by Mattso @ 04/25/2002 04:04 PM PST

I'll get to my dream casting later, but a bit about my trivia question.
freedunit, I mentioned e-mail contact as an afterthought in the next post or the one after. Of course, you got everything right, and now you get your big pat on the back:
PAT!
There.
But to pursue the matter further, I have another question involving Esperanto and film. I'm sure Bruce and half the people here will know the answer off the top of their heads (?), but nobody I know in the Real World does.
The star of one of the most successful television series in history had one of his first starring roles in a Hollywood film that was entirely in Esperanto, produced by the creator of another classic television series which has recently been revived.
This film was thought to have been lost, but a restored version has recently been released on VHS and DVD.
Name the star, the film, and the producer.
Now I'm just betting this one is too easy, too.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/25/2002 04:19 PM PST

William Shatner, "The Incubus," Leslie Stevens.
Sure, sure, I can totally win these unofficial trivia contests, but the ones that count? Where's Bert Convy when I need him?
Posted by JMK @ 04/25/2002 04:40 PM PST

The movie was Incubus (Not to be confused with 80's horror film with Kerri Keanne and John Cassevettes)
One of the stars was William Shatner Actually had two high profile film roles in The Brothers Karamazov, The Explossive Generation and Judgement at Nuremberg.
The director and writer was Leslie Stevens who did The Outer Limits.
Mever realized it was made in 1965. I thought it was made during Shatner's Big Bad Mama period.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 04/25/2002 04:49 PM PST

Well, I just don't know any trivia that can stump you guys.
By the way, I have a copy of Incubus, and Shatner's pronunciation stiiiinks! The good part is, not once did he do his William Shatner Agony Pose.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/25/2002 05:18 PM PST

Well, here's some musical trivia that stumped our very own Mr. Kimmel: this performer starred in a 50s musical which was this performer's only 50s musical credit. This performer's spouse has the same name as ANOTHER performer who starred in a 50s musical, which was THAT performer's only 50s musical credit. Name the three people (only two names, since two of them have the same name) and two shows.
Posted by JMK @ 04/25/2002 05:24 PM PST

Revivals I'd like to see:
"Pajama Game" starring Reba McIntire and Douglas Sills...
"The Apple Tree" starring Sally Mayes, Jason Grae, and Jason Alexander...
"110 In The Shade" starring Audra MacDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell....
Posted by Anita @ 04/25/2002 06:09 PM PST

Hey! What's wrong with Shatner's agony pose? I am thrilled to hear of this movie. I will rent it this instant!
Okay, I have another trivia question for you all.
One of the co-stars of an unlikely buddy movie from 1991 involving a dead cat came out with a concept album, although he is not known as a singer. The album itself is a riddle involving clowns, rat catching, and boots with platform heels and he gives his home phone number on the album, requesting that listeners call him with the answer.
What is the movie? What is the actors full name? His co-star? What is the album entitled?
Posted by Mattso @ 04/25/2002 06:27 PM PST

Speaking of Robert Poste's child, does anyone know if there's ever been a musical version of Cold Comfort Farm?
Posted by Adrienne Hollister @ 04/25/2002 06:50 PM PST

Well, among others, I'd like to see a revival of "Dear World" with Angela Lansbury recreating her role.
I'd like to see a revival of "La Cage" with anybody decent. The possibilities are endless.
How about "Boy Meets Boy" with , oh, say Matt Damon and either David Campbell or Jude Law? I'd pay to see that.
"Applause" would be nice to see revived. There are so many possibilities for Margo.
Posted by Kerry @ 04/25/2002 07:23 PM PST

I know that Carol Burnett is going to co-star as Queen Aggravain in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS on TV. I don't understand why she can't still play Winifred. I firmly believe she can still play this part and it would be perserved on tape or Dvd or whatever.
Posted by Arnold M.Brockman @ 04/25/2002 07:48 PM PST

1-Brian Stokes Mitchell in a revival of KEAN.
2.Elaine Stritch in GYPSY
3.Meryl Streep in LADY IN THE DARK
4.Elaine Stritch and Susan Egan in WONDERFUL TOWN.
In fact Elaine Stritch reading THE NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY would be a sheer pleasure.
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/25/2002 08:00 PM PST

Arnold M. Brockman, I agree! Carol Burnett should play Fred.
I offered my opinion in 04/17/2002: THE TONGUE AND THE XM: I am so upset to read a report that Carol Burnett will return to CBS for a new production of Once Upon a Mattress in which she is said to play the role of Aggravain. Burnett should play the role of Winnifred the Woebegone exactly as written, without a single change or acknowledgment of her age. Burnett is up to it, and I believe she would make it work brilliantly. Jane White should return as Aggravain, because no one sings 'Sensitivity" better than White does. Matthew Broderick should be Dauntless. Bernadette Peters should return as Lady Larken, with Marc Kudisch as Harry. Bill Irwin should be King Sextimus, and either Nathan Lane or Michael McGrath should be the Minstrel. However, since there is virtually no chance of CBS casting Mattress as described, Andrea McArdle should play Fred.
Really, I do not want McArdle to play Fred. I want to see Burnett do it. I think with Burnett in the role it would be hysterically funny for the actress playing Fred to be obviously too old for the part. It would be just one more, unspoken reason for Aggravain to be upset with Dauntless's choice of princess.
Posted by freedunit @ 04/25/2002 09:24 PM PST

Mattso,
I can answer your question.
The movie is Rubin and Ed. The star is Crispin Glover. His co-star is Howard Hesseman. The album's title is (get ready for this):
The Big Problem [symbol for "does not equal"] the Solution: the Solution = Let It Be." I happened to be working in a record store (yes, back when they were still called that) when this little gem came out, around late '89 or early '90.
Believe it or not, Crispin Glover has since come out with a second album. He comes by his ability to act really creepy honestly; his dad is Bruce Glover, "Mr. Wint" of Diamonds are Forever fame.
Posted by Lulu @ 04/26/2002 05:09 AM PST

Mattso,
I'm reading the posts backwards, as you can tell. Just came across your reference to "Lesbian Vampires of Sodom," and had to relate an anecdote.
At the same time as I worked in the previously mentioned record store, I lived in Our Nation's Heartland. There I met a very interesting person who looked remarkably like Penn Jillette, only his hair was bigger and more, to use a term of the day, "fried."
He saw a touring version of Vampires and ever after used a line from it, his favorite (he even had a T-shirt made up with the phrase emblazoned boldly across it):
This isn't my hair, these are my NERVE ENDINGS!!!
Posted by Lulu @ 04/26/2002 05:14 AM PST

Our casting calls seem to include the quick and the dead, so:
Robert, can I borrow Brian Stokes for Kismet? Opposite Eartha Kitt (whom I already saw in Timbuktu, but she didn't do "Not Since Nineveh"), and with Nathan Lane as the Wazir.
Chris Isaaks and Marlene Dietrich in Destry.
Rosalind Russell in Mame.
Bette Midler in Anything Goes.
Could we get a young Bernadette Peters for Cabaret, with Red Skelton as the MC?
I've always wanted to hear Maria Callas sing Fosca with perhaps Beverly Sills as Clara--but who for Giorgio? William Tabbert?
Let's do La Cage aux folles with Robert Preston and Milton Berle. Assuming Miss John Wayne isn't available to play Zazie.
And if we aren't limited to musicals, I think Bette Davis and Joseph Cotton would be perfect for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Of course, we all have our dream casts for Follies.
Sally: Doris Day
Phyllis: It has to be Diana Rigg. And if she can't do "Lucy/Jessy", that's just too bad. What other spot in a show has three songs to choose from?
Ben: Richard Kiley in the first part, but he is magically transformed into Fred Astaire for "Live, Laugh, Love".
Buddy: Gene Kelly, who turns into Jimmy Durante in the Follies sequence.
Solange: Leslie Caron. Didn't she play Solange already somewhere?
Carlotta: I was so happy when Lauren Bacall was announced for the Papermill production and so sad when she was replaced by Ann Miller. Although I must say that Ann came off much better on the record than live.
Hattie: Angela Landsbury. Or she could play Carlotta, and I wouldn't object.
The Whitmans: Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme.
Vincent and Vanessa: Arthur and Kathryn Murray.
But I'd fire all of the above in a trice if I could only see the original cast.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/26/2002 05:21 AM PST

Please accept my apology for missing the message to E-mail responses to the not-Unseemly-Trivia-Contest question posted yesterday. I missed it, I erred, and I am sorry. For whatever it might be worth, I read and reread the post that contained the question itself to make determine whether or not there was such a direction. Later, before posting, I searched for the word mail to try to ensure I was following the rules for the question, because I was hesitant to post a response, especially since there seemed not to be others, but I missed it. I do not know if I was unaware that the cursor was too far down in the document when I searched, or if I searched from the wrong page. [I know the Preview page does not display prior comments, and I sure never meant to search on that interim page...] Again, I am sorry.
As for non-Unseemly Trivia Contest questions, yesterday I noticed they seem to appear and be answered faster than I can browse, so it may not be a problem in the future! ;-) I hope there are more!
Posted by freedunit @ 04/26/2002 07:19 AM PST

Bruce, thank you for the answers, and especially the education in "grand rights." It is much appreciated.
I am still catching up on columns and posts--sixty-two (62) of them yesterday!--add to that questions, non-Unseemly-Trivia-Contest trivia contests, research, apologies, and worries about a new Once Upon a Mattress on CBS, and it is a lot for one reader. Soon I may need a browsing assistant...
What about Megan Mullally for Mame or Cora in Anyone Can Whistle?
I wonder whether there are Kimsies and Hainlets...
Posted by freedunit @ 04/26/2002 07:48 AM PST

Yaaaaay, Lulu! Great job on my trivia. I was beginning to worry that no one would try. Wow, can't wait to hear the second Crispin Hellion Glover album. Great story about "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom". I wish I could find me one of those t-shirts.
William F. Orr, I would also love to see Earth Kitt in almost anything. Kismet would be great. I saw her perform once at the Carlysle Hotel and she was fabulous! I could watch her in almost anything at any age.
Posted by Mattso @ 04/26/2002 07:53 AM PST

JMK-
I don't know whether you saw my post.Where did you get the Claus Ogerman Collection?
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/26/2002 08:28 AM PST

My umbrella once attacked Eartha Kitt in the rain.
If she wont do Kismet, we could always revive that act.
Posted by freedunit, not mary poppins @ 04/26/2002 08:51 AM PST

Please, freedunit, no need to beat your chest and cover your head with ashes. Since my trivia questions were not Unseemly in the Grand Manor, the rules were more lax.
And yes, Mattso, how about Eartha as Joanne in Company? Phyllis in Follies? Mama Rose with Whoopie as Louise? Well, that may be a stretch, but I always think "Mama, I'm a pretty girl," is much more effective if you don't cast a real looker as Louise.
And while we are doing color-blind casting, can I please have Cleo Laine play Mrs. Lovett for just one performance? Any suggestions for her Sweeney?
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/26/2002 10:59 AM PST

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