haines his way

12/07/2002:
"WILD, WILD WEEKEND"

Well, dear readers, what a weekend we’re going to have here at haineshisway.com. Those who miss out will not be in. Yes, Virginia, those who are in with the in crowd, with it, happening, cool, man, cool will be here the whole weekend through. As “the count” has been kindly pointing out every day, tomorrow is my very own birthday. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, tomorrow belongs to me – oh, a Kander and Ebb reference. Therefore, I will be donning my pointy party hat and putting on my colored tights and pantaloons and I hope you will, too. I shall be plattering the cheese slices and ham chunks and I shall be preparing to do the Hora and also the Pachanga. Oh, what fun we shall have – we will party until we drop or, at the very least, we shall drop until we party. I do hope everyone will show up for the festivities.
The Unseemly Interview with Mr. Max Preeo, he of Show Music Magazine, is up and running and it’s a corker so do peruse it and then post your thoughts. Also, Donald will have a brand spanking new radio show up tomorrow night, and our very own Unseemly Live Chat will be Monday night (I’ll be doing it live from the office, as David Wechter is taking me out for my birthday). Therefore, we’re going to start a little earlier than normal, say six-thirty Pacific Mean Time. I’ll post complete information on Monday. We also have an Unseemly Trivia Contest up today so check it out and make your best guess.
Remember yesterday I was humming/singing The Glory of Love all the livelong day? Well, this morning I woke up and all I can hum/sing is the beautiful song Emily from The Americanization of Emily. It’s firmly entrenched in my brain and it won’t go away. I’m not even that fond of the lyric, frankly, but that melody slays me and I just sing it over and over and over again. Emily, Emily, Emily. Thank you, Johnny Mandel for one of the most glorious movie themes ever.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button right this very minute, because there are answers to excellent questions and all manner of whatnot in the next section.

I’ve got Emily on the brain, I’m afraid. It’s simply Emily, Emily, Emily all the livelong day. Like The Glory of Love it just plants itself in your head and that’s it, over, finito, it’s all you can hum/sing for hours and hours. Well, perhaps if I answer your excellent questions, another song will supplant the planting of Emily in the garden known as my brain. My goodness, that was poetic, wasn’t it? The garden of my brain is filled with flowers that blossom – some wilt and die, but some put forth a beautiful aroma and look splendidly splendid. Sometimes I plant a radish in my brain – oh, a Schmidt and Jones reference. Enough with the garden in my brain, I’ve got excellent questions to answer.
Jrand55 asks why the Annette Funicello song “I’ll Never Change Him was cut from the video and DVD release of Beach Blanket Bingo? I really can’t say, but sometimes there are just weird music publishing issues on older films and lots of times source music has to be replaced because they can’t come to terms – maybe that’s what happened with that one song, although it seems peculiar.
Robert Armin asks of all the lost scores that have never been recorded, what is the most significant score that I would like to see given a full studio cast recording, like what I did with Drat! The Cat! There are a few I’d planned to do, but then another record producer threw a monkey wrench into the plans (that is that particular fellow’s m.o.) – Lolita, My Love (I’d already cast the leads and had the blessing of Liza Lerner, but this fellow went to John Barry and the whole thing got mucked up and, of course, it’s never been recorded even though the fellow promised Mr. Barry it would be (that was two years ago). I was also going to do The Yearling, but the same thing happened. And I really wanted to do Smile, and would have, but Mr. Hamlisch wasn’t interested.
Philip Crosby asks what my favorite Comden and Green lyric is. It has been and always will be The Party’s Over, one of the most sublimely beautiful bits of wordplay ever. Perfection, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo). Emily, Emily, Emily – damn them, damn them all to hell – I thought The Party’s Over would supplant Emily but Emily keeps finding her way back into the windmills of my mind).
William E. Lurie asks if Friday (yesterday) was my last day at work does that mean I’ll be keeping Luckie full time. Well, as it turned out my last day is next Friday and then Luckie will be mine full time. Will there be a gathering of Hainsies/Kimlets on my next New York trip? Absolutely. William E. Lurie is reading Miss Carol Channing’s book and since I recorded her in the revival of Hello, Dolly! he’d like to know what she is really like when she’s not playing Carol Channing. Well, since I am never less than honest, I will only say that I did not care for the experience of working with her. When I first met her she was all “Carol”, funny and charming. In the studio she was a bit of a monster – always complaining, always annoyed with this or that, never listening to anyone (and believe me, she should have, for her own good) – I turned to Jerry Herman at one point and said, “How do you deal with it?” and he said, “I’ve been dealing with it for thirty-five years.” She was never terrible to me personally, but she just held all of the people in the booth in great disdain, and at one point she said (and I have on tape), “Oh, they’re just electricians, they don’t understand actors.” When we had to go to Buffalo to do some vocal pickups, she was even worse, and I finally told her to stop it or I would stop the session. She behaved after that. All that said, she’s a true trouper and I adored her in the revival.
Arnold M. Brockman asks what happened to the photos taken at the New York soiree. Mr. Mark Bakalor, who is apparently too busy for the likes of us, has them and hasn’t bothered to do anything for this here site in ages. We will be meeting over the holidays to discuss that very issue and I hope that meeting will result in a brand spanking new Unseemly Photo Gallery.
Jed asks what I think of the Coen Brothers’ films and do I have any favorites. Well, they’re a mixed bag, aren’t they? I love Raising Arizona and I really like Fargo, and I liked O, Brother Where Art Thou pretty well. The others – well, I like bits and pieces. What is my favorite Steve Martin movie. Oh, Pennies from Heaven maybe. And his bit in Little Shop of Horrors. What is my favorite Dustin Hoffman role? Ratso Rizzo, his finest hour. What is my favorite Jack Nicholson role? A tie between Terms of Endearment and Chinatown.
Laura asks if I’ve ever been called for jury duty. No, I haven’t. How many pounds have I lost on my Eileen and Chet Atkins Diet? I haven’t weighed myself in three weeks – at that point I’d lost eight pounds. I don’t feel much lighter than then, but I’ll weigh myself soon and find out. Have I ever flown in a really small plane and did I like it? Yes and no.
Kerry asks what project I worked with Elaine Stritch on. She was on my Drat! The Cat! recording. I liked her very much and enjoyed working with her. She, too, can be a bit caustic, but she really liked me and trusted me and we had a very good time. What are my three favorite Christmas songs? Well, number one is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. I like Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) and I like White Christmas.
Michael Shayne mentions that there is a photo of me with singer David Campbell on his website and also in the photo is Chris Denny. Who is Chris Denny? Chris is a very talented musical director, and he musical directed both of my Brent Barrett album productions. Michael also saw a poster for the show The Good One (starring myself, Penny Peyser, Gail Edwards, Debbie Zipp and Rick Waln) and would like to know what it was and my thoughts on it. The Good One was the first non-musical I wrote (although it had a handful of songs, as the leading character was a songwriter) – a three-act comedy about a fellow who’s just had a bad breakup with his girlfriend and who takes personal ads and lies about himself (differently in each act). Each act is devoted to the girl he meets from the personals. It was well-received here in Los Angeles, had a nice run at the Coast Playhouse and won a Dramalogue Award for Ms. Edwards, who was quite brilliant in it (as Tura, an S&M leather queen). It was the most fun I’ve ever had on stage and let me tell you it wasn’t difficult to keep weight off during the run of that show – I was literally never off the stage for two hours. When I did The Partridge Family episode that takes place on a cruise ship, did I know that the title of the episode, The Last of Howard (my character’s name) was a play on the Sondheim/Perkins The Last of Sheila title? Yes, I knew and so did the writer of the episode. What is my favorite song where the instrumental version is better than the vocal version? Emily. Emily, Emily, Emily, and we fade to a marvelous view… I like the sung versions, but none of them compare to the instrumental versions from the film, and there are several beautiful jazz versions as well. If I were to record a classic Broadway musical with today’s technology, which musical would I choose and why? Well, it depends what you mean by “classic” but I’d certainly love to rerecord Li’l Abner, as I’ve never really liked Edie Adams on the cast album (the rest of the people are sublime) – I do love the album, but I’d also love to do one of my own. Also, I’d love to do my own Promises, Promises. Finally, is there a certain length sound bites from websites must be in order to not pay royalties? I’m sure there is, but I’m sure people pay no attention as no one really polices that kind of thing unless it’s a big rock star.
Brandon asks who is Luckie? Luckie is my new dog, although she isn’t mine full-time yet, but she will be soon.
Jose asks if there’s any replacement cast member of a Broadway show that I would like to see recorded? Yes, Reba in Annie Get Your Gun for sure. And the Merm in Hello, Dolly! Joel Grey in Stop the World, I Want to Get Off. Have I ever seen a replacement cast member who I thought was better than the original? Well, let’s see – I thought Reba was a hundred times better than Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun. I liked Jerry Lewis much better than Victor Garber in Damn, Yankees.
George asks what non-theatrical singers and groups do I like to listen to? Do I have a favorite where I just have to own everything they’ve ever recorded? Well, I love Petula Clark, I love Astrud Gilberto (and have everything she’s done, pretty much), I love Randy Newman (his pop albums), Perry Como, lots of girl groups, Carole King, and on and on. Want to know some guilty pleasures? Peter Skellern and Gilbert O’Sullivan. I really like Eric Carmen, too. And Simon and Garfunkel. What do I think of The Manhattan Transfer. I really like them and always have. I’ve met Janis Siegel and Laurel Masse, and they’re terrific.
Well, we’ve had the answers to your excellent questions, and now we have an Unseemly Trivia Contest question for you to answer. This week’s question is courtesy of dear reader Arnold M. Brockman:
An off-Broadway show that was based on a famous novel which was later turned into a famous movie. The play starred someone who would be the co-star of a popular TV series. The sets were by someone who would become a multiple winning Emmy Award Producer and the Lighting for the play was by a multiple Tony Award winning Lighting Designer.The Play was Co-Produced by one of our own Kimmlet-Hainsies.
Name the Novel,Movie,Play?
Name one of the stars of the play and the TV series he co-starred in?
Name the Set Designer that became an Emmy Award winning Producer?
Name the Lighting Designer rhat became A Tony Award winning Lighting Designer?
Name Our own Kimmlet/Hainsie who Co-Produced this Play Off-Broadway?

Remember – DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS TO THE SITE. Please e-mail them to me at bruce@haineshisway.com or by simply using the unseemly Ask BK Button located on our unseemly Home Page.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must drive over hill and over dale and then, just for a change of pace, over dale and over hill. I hope hill and dale don’t mind being driven over, but that is, after all, their lot in life. Do you know that until last evening not one person had called to celebrate my birthday. Isn’t that weird? But now, I shall be going to my friend Grant Geissman’s house for a birthday dinner. Whew. Of course, the real party will be going on here, and that’s where I want to be because that’s where it’s happening, baby. Today’s topic of discussion: What album or CD have you played to death – I mean, what album or CD have you played more times than any other? I’ll start – my guess is Bill Evans with Symphony Orchestra or Bill Evans’ Conversations with Myself, although Claus Ogermann’s Gate of Dreams might be right up there, and so might the soundtrack to A Patch of Blue and the cast album of Follies. Your turn.

Replies: 50 Unseemly Comments

Bruce!
Happy Happy 400th post!!!
Posted by Craig @ 12/07/2002 10:14 AM PST

Thanks for the answer to my question AND all the others...great info.
Off to read the interview!
Posted by Jrand55 @ 12/07/2002 10:17 AM PST

BK - if you want people to call to celebrate your birthday, just post your phone number. You'll get lots of calls! :-)
Posted by Laura @ 12/07/2002 10:22 AM PST

It's probably a tie between "Company", "A Little Night Music", and "Floyd Collins".
Posted by Hapgood @ 12/07/2002 10:46 AM PST

There is only 1 day left until BK's birthday. This is the last you will be hearing from The count until late next November.
Posted by The count @ 12/07/2002 10:59 AM PST

Au Revoir, Count! Sniff!
Posted by Hapgood @ 12/07/2002 11:26 AM PST

Only 6 days till William F. Orr's Birsthday.
Posted by The Countess @ 12/07/2002 11:41 AM PST

Emily? Emily Litella? Never mind.
Overplayed CDs, cast or studio albums to PROMENADE, W. C., and soundtrack to "Strictly Ballroom".
BK: Although Merman did not record the whole DOLLY score, she did record the two songs Jerry Herman wrote for her initially before she decided not to do the show and then were added back when she finally took over. They are currently available on "Mermania Volume 1".
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 12/07/2002 11:55 AM PST

6 days until William's birthday. 7 days until mine. Does that make hime older. I am the retired one! Don't you love sagitarians. It is already Dec 8 here but it would be unseemly for me to be first with greetings - thus I shall wait until tomororw our time which is of course in a way too late. It is all too too much.
Is it possible to overplay Judy Kuhn and the Schwartz albums? No!
The soundtrack to "The Mission" is well played here and Carly Simon's "Torch". "S & G "Bridge" album is without a doubt the most ever played in this house.
Allan: Good to know someone else has bought the wonderful Mr Garfunkel's new album.
Posted by Tom Guest (from OZ) @ 12/07/2002 12:35 PM PST

Correction
That should read:

Only 16 days until William F. Orr's Birthday.
[His Birsthday is on a different date.]
Posted by The (Errant) Countess @ 12/07/2002 01:28 PM PST

I guess that makes me the youngster, Tomofoz.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/07/2002 01:31 PM PST

I have loads of albums that I play over and over - all of the Lost In Boston and Unsung Musicals series, natch, but also:
Follies - OBC
Titanic - OBC
Little Night Music - OBC
West Side Story - OBC
Ragtime - OBC
Rags - OBC
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg soundtrack
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro
A Tramp Shining - Richard Harris
Scott 3 - Scott Walker
Portraits - Amanda McBroom
Grateful - John Bucchino, etc
Only The Lonely - Frank Sinatra
and in the classical corner:
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
Knoxville, Summer of 1915 - Barber
Appalachian Spring - Copland
Symphony No 3 - Ned Rorem
The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams
Dies Natalis - Gerald Finzi
Idyll - Delius
Mother Goose Suite - Ravel
Piano Concerto in G - Ravel
I could go on (and on ... and on).
Posted by Allan @ 12/07/2002 01:56 PM PST

Tomorrow belongs to US, bk. You have to share.
Posted by Pam @ 12/07/2002 01:59 PM PST

Oh, I have a number of albums
which I've played to death for a
time before moving on to
another. Some that have
gotten more than their fair
share of play over the years
include:
Sunday in the Park with
George OBC
Manhattan Transfer - Down
in Birdland Anthology
Mandy Patinkin -
Experiment
A Chorus Line OBC
And currently, She Loves
Me OBC
Posted by Jed @ 12/07/2002 02:59 PM PST

I went shopping today...and I was very, very bad.
: )
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 12/07/2002 03:01 PM PST

Only 18 days until Jesus Christ's
birthday.
Posted by mark rothman @ 12/07/2002 03:15 PM PST

So tell us all the details, Ron. Just how bad were you?
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/07/2002 03:30 PM PST

Well, if tomorrow is BK's birthday (and by gum and by golly it is!), then today must be the birthday of my dear friend, Jane Wagner Lassner, who is totally responsible for me ever coming to HHW and making such wonderful new friends here. A very very very (that's 3 very's) Happy Birthday to you, dear Jane. May all your birthday wishes come true!
Posted by Susan Gordon @ 12/07/2002 03:41 PM PST

Dear Reader Sandra completely wore out a Jason Graae CD and a Forever Plaid CD, and they needed to be replaced.
Posted by Laura @ 12/07/2002 04:07 PM PST

Only 18 more days until Evelyn Nesbit's birthday.
Posted by Sandra @ 12/07/2002 04:19 PM PST

..and I grew up in Evelyn's hometown of Tarentum, PA! BUT, there are many, many more days to come until my birthday, maybe I could hire "The Count" to begin his countdown now.
Most played album of mine, huh? It would have to be Janis Ian's "Night Rains" on vinyl, since I actually bought it at least six times!
Posted by td @ 12/07/2002 04:59 PM PST

Ah Jesus!
He was a nice Jewish boy who went into his father's business.
Posted by His Yiddish Mama @ 12/07/2002 05:14 PM PST

I hope you have not been in one of THOSE shops Ron. Confess and share your guilt or gilt.
Posted by Tom Guest (from OZ) @ 12/07/2002 05:23 PM PST

So, Ron.....we've been waiting
for you to tell us how bad
you've been today..... it's been
over TWO hours now, and the
suspens is KILLING US !!!
"Tell us more, tell us more !
Did she put up a fight ?
Han, han, han, han .........."
Michael was BAD once, and
look at him now !!!
"Alors, raconte !
Comment ça s'est passé ?"
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 06:08 PM PST

3 hours now, and counting !
This IS unseemly !
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 06:10 PM PST

What a wild, wild weekend we're having. First of all, do you know what I just discovered? Well, I'll tell you what I just discovered because why should I keep such things from you. Yesterday was our largest single day of traffic we've ever had on this here site and by quite a handy-dandy margin. Amazing, isn't it? Here is something else I will tell you - I got a very interesting e-mail from Mr. Michael John LaChiusa, who wrote about a comment I made in one of my questions to Mr. Max Preeo. I responded and he wrote me back a very sweet note. I hope to get him to do an Unseemly Interview in the near future. I will share the details of the e-mail in tomorrow's notes. Now, let's get some postin' goin' on. We've got to make this the wildest weekend ever here at haineshisway.com.
And do you know what else? We have not had one single solitary guess for the trivia contest. Has Mr. Arnold M. Brockman outsmarted you all?
Posted by bk @ 12/07/2002 06:13 PM PST

Don't laugh, don't laugh, but
the soundtracks to My Fair
Lady , Mary Poppins and
Sound of Music must have
been the albums I've listened
to the most over the years,
along with Half a Sixpence...
Not bad for a French ?!?
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 06:14 PM PST

"Please, stay tuned!
Will come back after this
commercial break !".............
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 07:20 PM PST

I had a nice, lo-o-o-n-g nap. Shopping really takes it out of me.
How bad was I?
Let's say I'm shocked and appalled at how much I spent. And I am totally delighted with my selections. Most things are little holiday doodads for co-workers (nothing excessive...just festive), a few, more expensive, things just for me for doing the shopping...nothing truly fabulous...just nice-to-have things -- a trinket here, a bauble there, a fresh wreath for my door, a calphalon griddle, tons of lemon/chili pistachios, new pillows, a decorative plush cushion for my chair. And after all was said and done, I still didn't buy gasoline! I got home on fumes and shall have to get to find a service station on fumes. I don't care. I have AAA. Fortunately, I did manage to buy some frozen vegetables to fill my freezer, including some hash brown potatoes to cook on my new griddle!
I treated myself to one (count it ONE) DVD -- "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming."
If you don't think any of this account lives up to the anticipation, then bite me!
: )
R
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 12/07/2002 08:06 PM PST

So where is everyone? I still have threepence somewhere. Easier than cutting a sixpence in half I thought.
"The Card" reminded me a lot of "Half A Sixpence". Jim Dale was delightful and some of the songs OK. The production looked cheap and all the dance routines were samey and uninspired. But that was not why it reminded me of "Half A Sixpence" - just the story line I guess.
Posted by Tom Guest @ 12/07/2002 08:07 PM PST

Thanks Ron for the report !
That's not enough to turn it into
a musical, but that kept us
busy for a few seconds....
Hope you didn't spend too
much for MY present ! You
know, i'm the guy who has...
everything !! :-)
Remember...
"Half a Sixpence is better than
Half a penny, is better than half
a sovereign, is better than
none,
It's a token of
Our eternal love
When you're far away
Touch it every day
But when i'm with you
One and one make two
And likewise two half
sixpences
Joined together make one
La-la la-la, joined together
make one !"......
I have a version of "The Card"
with Hayley Mills.........
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 08:31 PM PST

Were there any bangles and beads to go with the baubles?
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/07/2002 08:35 PM PST

When I'm opposite your smile
I'm opposite the rainbow
Who can make the rain go?
No-one else but you
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/07/2002 08:40 PM PST

Ron,
You have AAA ?? Does that
hurt ?
You're groaning !!
I guess Ron is gone for
another nap, hey, Miss Vickie ?
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 09:43 PM PST

Magnus & Fosca are wide awake too.
Posted by Tom Guest @ 12/07/2002 09:44 PM PST

Bruce,
I won't be able to join the
crowd and since it's already
December 8th here, let me
wish you the best of a
wunderbar celebration of your
birthday:
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE ! as
we say here........and many
joyeux returns !......
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 10:29 PM PST

Psst !! Tom ! Your turn !!
Posted by François @ 12/07/2002 10:30 PM PST

Before too long it will be the end of the day here too! And the end of that important birthday in OZ time.
Have a wonderful day today/tomorrow Bruce and may your every venture in the next year be as much fun as is life at HHW. I hope such ventures will be successful too. Happy birthday BK.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/07/2002 11:10 PM PST

This international time checking is getting so complicated. It is summer time which adds an hour to the time difference I think. I will of course no when I post this waffle if I have "got it right"!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR KIMMEL.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/07/2002 11:58 PM PST

Well it was a close call and blew it. My cell phone, my clock, my computer and my watch are all showing different times. As is the clock on the heater and the one on the video. I can't trust the 7.00pm news to start at 7.00 pm either. Whatever the time, have a wonderful day today and may your diet coke be at a perfect temperature. Happy Birthday BK.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 12/08/2002 12:01 AM PST

Albums most played:
1) Sauter-Finegan Arrangements (that's not the title). This album has sone of their best work. I have it on vinyl. Each song makes me want to get up and dance - jazz dance not ballroom dance. Sublime.
2) Moonlight Sinatra. This album was released in 1966 and all the songs have "moon" in the title. IMHO it's some of the best work Nelson Riddle and Frank Sinatra has ever done. Each and every song is perfection. I believe this was their last album together.
3) Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria. The legendary Lena live. What more to say. I felt I'd seen her live when I first heard this album. She's in top form. I think the show is a good example of how to put together an act - one song builds on another, there are darks and lights, fasts and slows. Everything is just right and comes to a satisfying conclusion.
4) Mel and George Do WWII. I've mentioned this album before in an earlier post.
5) There are plenty of individual recordings of songs that I play time after time. Two are "Old MacDonald" (Sinatra - with a wild drum accompaniment at the end); Bobby Darin's rendition of "Artificial Flowers." When I told my brother I liked it, he sent me an entire tape of that one song - recorded on both sides!
P.S. If anyone's up - just a reminder that the REALLY BIG CABARET SHOW happens tomorrow at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood here in California. It starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and will have 24+ cabaret artists. Click my name and read about A CABARET FESTIVAL on our website.
Posted by Donna - Cabaret West @ 12/08/2002 12:10 AM PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE KIMMEL!!!!! May you have many more!!
I saw Baz Luhrman's production of Puccini's LA BOHEME today and it was truly fabulous. Maybe a bit overwhelming visually...but fabulous nonetheless. I was in tears by the end of the show...and I'm not a crier. I was crying 1. because the story and the music and the singers just broke my heart and 2. because a good friend of mine from graduate school (who just got married!! Yay for him!) is making his Broadway debut in this show as Colline and I'm just so proud of him...and 3. because the absolute love of my life (whom I haven't seen or even really talked to in three years due to jealousy and both of us being confused and in denial about ourselves and who we were) just happened to be sitting in the front row of the orchestra. So here I am...seeing one of the most romantic shows ever written...and as Mimi is dying and Rodolfo is weeping I look down from my seat in the balcony and I realized that he and I perhaps will never be together. It was very symbolic and heartwrenching and all that tripe--being in the same room with him after so much time and still we were separated--and now all of these emotions have been stirred up again and I just am very mixed up right now. He flies back to Houston tomorrow. I hope it won't be another three years before I see him again.
What are you guys? Therapists? And all this mush and gush on BK's special day? Pish-posh!
The CDs I have throughly worn out:
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; Jason Robert Brown's PARADE; LES MISERABLES (London Recording w/ La LuPone); John Bucchino & Friends: GRATEFUL; Audra McDonald's first two solo albums; ABBA Gold and More ABBA Gold; The Stephen Schwartz Album; Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS; EVITA (w/ La LuPone of course); DREAMGIRLS (the Live Concert Recording). There you have it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN BK!!!
Posted by Jason @ 12/08/2002 01:43 AM PST

BK - I join with François in wishing you very many happy returns from this side of the pond. When does the party start? My pointy hat's at the ready ....
Posted by Allan @ 12/08/2002 01:56 AM PST

HAPPY (whateverth) BIRTHDAY, BK!!!
6:15 a.m here, and I have donned my pointy party hat and piebald pantaloons to go out for my weekly shopping. I will be buying ham chunks. I will be buying cheese slices. I will be dancing the Hora and the Hully Gully and the Freddie (both the cis-Freddie and the trans-Freddie) through the aisles of Stop 'n' Shop. Yes I will, yes I will. And I will buy cake.
Happy Birthday, BK! And Many Happy Returns (oh, a Patrick McGoohan reference!)
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/08/2002 03:17 AM PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BK!!!!!
Posted by Jrand55 @ 12/08/2002 07:16 AM PST

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! !
B K
And many many many more!!!!!
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 12/08/2002 07:36 AM PST

Happy Day Mr. BK
Posted by Ben @ 12/08/2002 07:38 AM PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BK!
I hope to check in later today, but, if not, I'll, hopefully - and finally - see all of you at tomorrow night's chat.
Jason: Great story about your La Boheme experience. Just goes to show the power of music and theatre, and how what's on stage is sometimes just a mere reflection of our own lives - for the good and for the bad.
-Did that last statement make sense? I think all of you Hainsies and Kimlets will get my drift...
Two more previews today for me... Off to the theatre.
Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 12/08/2002 07:45 AM PST

Heck, if I survived my office Xmas party last night(...checking for a pulse...and I DID!), BK's b'day should be a "chunk of ham" to get through. Happy B'day BK!
Got to finish the Swedish cast of "Chess," shower and meet some friends for brunch on the beach.
Have a great day.
Posted by jbelles @ 12/08/2002 09:14 AM PST

It's nine fifty-five Pacific Standard Time and--
Where's our Birthday Boy?
Where's our Birthday Boy?
Oh--a Thornton Wilder reference!
Posted by William F. Orr @ 12/08/2002 09:52 AM PST

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