Posted by Matthew @ 06/01/2003 06:48 AM PST

Now, where are all you "I love when the notes are early" people? Errant and truant, that's where.

However, May was our second best month ever, despite some really poor days - had we not had some really pour days we would have stomped the previous all time high - oh, a James Bond reference.

Posted by bk @ 06/01/2003 07:19 AM PST

Good morning!

How appropriate that we should have the review of Wicked last night, and this morning, here in norther Virginia (NoVa), it seems like I may see a house blowing by my window any second now. Quite gusty outside - it's what woke me up.

Well, I'm not really sure what to talk about this morning, this Free-For-All Morning... soon to be Free-For-All Afternoon... The F-F-A Dusk... (oooh, maybe a bad choice of initials/acronym)... Ah, well...

Well, I am soooo looking forward to coming up to NYC tomorrow and meeting some other H/Ks as well as the esteemed, BK, himself. I wish I could make it up there tonight, but with the matinee today, I wouldn't be able to make it up to the city until around 9:30. But I am looking forward to the trip - even get to make a little money since I got hired to play a few hours of auditions. Drinks on me! -Well, maybe not... Unless Joe Allen takes a third party check. ;-)

Well, I'm babbling now... so... See all of you fine people later.

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 06/01/2003 07:44 AM PST

Happy June to all the dear readers. It has busted out all over...it is in January..it makes the bugs zoom...it's who Rose did it for...Smile Baby !!

We west coast (almost) children of the corn have to sit at our humble dinner trays tonight, picking at our crust of dried brown bread, sipping rancid water out of crudely fashioned wooden cups....while the elite, the glitterati, the chosen, the few, the proud..(oh, that's something else), the very haute-est of the haute societé will be gathered in the mysteriously dark Joe Allen to eat, drink, be merry, be alice, all in the radiant glow of the esteemed, lithe, guapo, erudite, and creative BK himself. We far away mortals can only vaguely imagine the evening.

Think of us, eastern dear readers, for we shall be with you in spirit.

Posted by MusicGuy @ 06/01/2003 08:49 AM PST

MusicGuy, thanks for the smile.

Posted by Jane @ 06/01/2003 08:59 AM PST

Anybody watch Vern and Doug on Trading Spaces last night? IMO, Vern can do no wrong. The guy does such great rooms. I am always so impressed. He did a beautiful living room, and he even took his team out to the furniture store to buy a new couch! It cost $623, and he still came in under the $1000 budget.

The room was done in dark beiges and wine/reds. 3 walls were beige one wall was wine/red. I was also really impressed that Vern let the couple he was working with have some say in what got done. The home owners didn't want black furniture and when the couple mentioned this to Vern he changed his plans and painted the tables the color of the walls. Beautiful room.

Doug was the other designer and he got to do an indoor patio. It was okay. But the couple was very nervous (because they know how doug works). And they weren't too happy when they saw the result. Doug painted everything white. But did a bar in shaped tin foil. Then had a blue and yellow seating unit. It was okay. But compared to Vern's masterpiece it wasn't so hot.

I saw that Hildy's ugly floral bathroom (where she staplegunned thousands of flowers to the wall) was the repeat episode. Oy!

Posted by Jennifer @ 06/01/2003 10:25 AM PST

Ugh...I'm so sick of RAIN!! Its getting to be annoying. Anywho...I'm off to get a haircut before I venture out to meet the New York crew. I'm SO excited about tonight and tomorrow and, oh! what fun it shall be.

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 10:41 AM PST

DR MusicGuy -- .......crust of dried brown bread ......sipping rancid water out of crudely fashioned wooden cups.... When were you at one of my dinner parties?

Oh, I see. Yes, I too wish I could be at Joe Allen's tonight to join in the merriment, to taste my first champagne (R/H reference), to bask in the reflected glow of shared..... Oh Hell, I think I may just be hungry. Anyway, I will be with you all tonight in spirit. I can't wait to read all about it.

Posted by TCB @ 06/01/2003 11:01 AM PST

First of all, I know that Walt Disney is not frozen but that story has been around since he died that I was just perpetuating the myth. I also found it unusual that someone did not know what the "Mickey Mouse Club" was even if he/she never saw it.

I saw an excellent production of ...MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS last night. The play itself is not dated, but there have been so many disfunctional family plays and movies afterwards that it did not have quite the same effect as the original.

See many of you tonight.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/01/2003 11:43 AM PST

http://www.broadwaystars.com

Check out this site for a nice comment about BK. It's the first item now but it may be lower on the page as new items are added, so look for it.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/01/2003 11:52 AM PST

Not errant and truant, no not I.

Today we bought a special Canasta double-deck of cards and various colors of Sculpey. So far we have made a Sculpey monkey, a Sculpey snowman and a Sculpey robot.

Have a great day, everyone!

Posted by Lulu @ 06/01/2003 12:36 PM PST

Where is everyone? 11 posts
at 12:45??? Unseemly, says I.
I will count myself among the
jealous west coasters who
wish we could be dancing the
hora with our dear bk and all
the wonderful east coast
people. I'm sure it will be a
wonderful time for all and one
and also one and all, and I
expect a full report of all the
happenings.
I'm off across the mountains
for the second time this
weekend to attend a banquet
for my father, who is being
recognized for his 20 years of
contributions to the arts in my
home town. I have to brag...I
am so proud of my father.
He's been acting and directing
in community theatre, high
school and college
productions, not to mention
putting on concerts in this
town since before I was born.
He's such a cool guy...every
girl should be so lucky to have
a father like mine :-)

By the way, I'm halfway through
Kritzerland and loving
it...everyone should own this
book!

Posted by Ann @ 06/01/2003 12:55 PM PST

Oh, how I wish I were in New
York, NY with all of you tonight,
first for the company -- oh, a
Sondheim reference! -- and
then for the RAIN, because it's
SO HOT and DRY here in
Paris....

We knew that you knew,
William, but I guess Walt
wanted to say "Hi!"...
Btw, he asked to be excused;
he can't make it at Joe
Allen's... since... Yvonne De
Carlo won't be there!!!!... (Wink,
wink!)

Thanks Ron for the review of a
show I won't get to see, but
hope to hear on cd....

Posted by François @ 06/01/2003 12:58 PM PST

François: Think nothing of it. It was my pleasure to talk about "Wicked" with friends.

I am in a quandary now, though -- I have CDs and DVDs I want to listen to/watch -- but I have this show in my head and I don't want to let it go.

This show won't open on Broadway until October (assuming its San Francisco run is successful -- Hah!) and the cast album won't be out until after then.

What a score!!! Man!

BK and everyone: I've reposted my "review" to rec.arts.theater.musicals with a few modifications (based upon more things I thought of, etc.) in response to a query asking for reaction to the show.

I've also posted some observations to Kristin Chenoweth's website where others who saw the show this past week posted their views, too.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 06/01/2003 01:21 PM PST

Jennifer: Hildy's bathroom sucked! Woof! What a crappy room (no pun intended).

There was the room with hay on the walls, and a dining room wall on which she painted her own face, and now this gosh-awful monstrosity. Her "design" credentials should be revoked.

Hate Her!

As for Doug, he claimed that patio room needed a sense of humor. What Doug needs is a sense of humor. What's fun to Doug is crap to me. I've never found him amusing, and he's so over-the-top with his boring ego-driven self that I'd flat refuse to allow him into my home if the show came a-knockin'.

Vern can do no wrong. Laurie's taste seems impeccable to me, as well. I like Edward's sensibilities, too. Frank is fun. But if you don't want "folksy," you can't present yourself to him as wanting "country" anything.

Kia...keep that woman AWAY from my house!

Both Ty and Amy Wynn-Pastor can make furniture for my home anytime they like!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 06/01/2003 01:27 PM PST

Lulu---

What is sculpey? Is it some kind of clay?

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/01/2003 01:42 PM PST

I got the haircut. I look like Hitler.

Off to see what I can do with this new coiffe...

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 01:43 PM PST

Oops...coiffure, not coiffe. Sorry.

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 01:44 PM PST

DR Jason.....

Will all of the dancing Hitlers PLEASE go off stage left; we're only seeing singing Hitlers this afternoon!

Posted by MusicGuy @ 06/01/2003 02:33 PM PST

WEL: Yes, Sculpey is a pliable clay that comes in various vivid shades that you can bake in your oven. It's fun. :)

OK, I have a prime example of the harm TV stations do with their habit of just plunking in commercials as often as possible, wherever possible. We watched an old episode of Hawaii Five-O just now, and at the 8 minutes 'til mark, the bad guy was leading the lady decoy out her apartment door, gun drawn. COMMERCIALS. Around four minutes of commercials for fabric softener, etc. BACK TO THE SHOW. Bad guy and lady decoy take two steps, then Steve shouts Freeze!, the guy opens fire and the rest of the Five-O fire back at him. As his body is riddled with bullets ala Bonnie and Clyde, the bad guy crumples to the ground. END CREDITS.

Can you believe that??? They *completely* ruined the end of the show! Now I'm aware Hawaii Five-O ain't Shakespeare, but good grief! These people need to get a grip. People won't be there to watch the commercials when they ruin the ENTERTAINMENT, which is the reason we're there in the first place!

Posted by Lulu @ 06/01/2003 02:37 PM PST

Help! I can't find most of yesterday's posts. They are indeed E & T it seems.

I went to see a stage production of the charming "Gigi" yesterday. It was a joy. So what if there is no action and very little plot. The show was produced so well ans the performers were very good and delivered those delightful lines so well. The audience was indeed supportive. It was a non professional company who do two shows a year. They have presented 1776 and Sweeney Todd as Australian firsts and over the 25 years I have been going, have never repeated a show. A couple of the "new" songs for "Gigi" are not great but the show was staged more like the UK production than the Broadway production which was I think, not successful at all.
It may not have been "Wicked" but was a true delight.
I will check back later to see if anyone has found those late posts.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/01/2003 02:48 PM PST

Hey, Tom! Yesterday's posts are showing up for me. If you click on my name they should show up - if you haven't found them yet. -Or if they haven't found you - whichever the case may be.

-Boy, do I wish I was in NYC tonight. Now... Ah, well... IN 24 hours...

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 06/01/2003 03:35 PM PST

No, the Broadway production of GIGI was decidedly not a success either artistically or commercially though the score did win Lerner and Loewe their last Tony award. And the RCA cast album SOUNDS dull which I think most of show's reviews of the time pretty much confirmed.

Yep, I'm green with envy over so many of you getting together tonight, so I'll just think rea;;y hard of everyone and remember that tasty meatloaf I had at Joe Allen the last time I was there.

Posted by Matt H. @ 06/01/2003 03:36 PM PST

I don't understand the
Parisians!

Posted by Gigi @ 06/01/2003 04:22 PM PST

Still can not get to the late posts. Thanks Jose but not through your link either. Last post i get is the one about looking like Billy Joel but that does not finish. I know there was more than that yesterday.

I may well have missed something wonderful (R & H). At least I have not missed out on Ron's "Wicked" review. I am so envious.
Back to "Gigi". The London cast album is "flat" too. The performances yesterday were sparkling and the show "flowed" so easily. Very well staged indeed.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/01/2003 04:42 PM PST

By this time, tomorrow, I will be among the skyscrapers and hobos! Well, sort of. I'm going to visit my grandmother who lives in Queens, so I'll be spending most of the trip up there and all of Wednesday in Manhattan.

Jose--Because of this, Joe Allen is looking kind of unlikely for me on Monday, I regret. :( But I hope everyone has a faboo time! Will anyone be doing anything on Wednesday in the city?

Looking forward to 1776!

Ron--I agree with everyone that your Wicked review was amazing! I so cannot wait for this show to come to New York! Kristin Chenoweth is a short little goddess! (Not that I should talk--I'm only 5'2). Hooray for short people!

Well, I can't think of anything else to say for now except that I'm going to watch "Talk to Her" with my mom. Adios!

Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.

Posted by Maya @ 06/01/2003 04:45 PM PST

Still can't get past Billy Joel. I didn't even know who posted that. I do hope it was not DR Sandra who has been mistaken for Billy Joel. I may never know.Perhaps it was Jennifer! I know not. François do you look like Billy Joel? I prefer you all "just the way you are".

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/01/2003 04:49 PM PST

Tom,

I'm going to email you the rest
of the posts!!!
No problemo.....

Posted by François @ 06/01/2003 05:08 PM PST

Have a great time tonight, H/K in NYC. And here's hoping the sessions are the BEST ever!!!

My show is over in just two weeks!!!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/01/2003 05:09 PM PST

I hope all the East Coast Dear Readers have a good time tonight!

Posted by Laura @ 06/01/2003 05:39 PM PST

Thanks for trying François. I tried the other days. They are all OK. I shall wait until tomoorow and try the archive again then. Ah the suspense!

I wonder if we will able to purchase the NEW BK CD with autographs from our Hainsies!
Good wishes to all in NY for music and dining.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/01/2003 05:41 PM PST

Ah, Dear Readers, one and all: I think that "Richard Valley" was being entirely facetious when he asked on Roll Call Friday, (and I quote) "Roll Call? What is this, the Mickey Mouse Club?"

Posted by td @ 06/01/2003 05:57 PM PST

Oh yes, we can be VERY
facetious here, at HHW, and i
too believe Richard Valley was
not really asking a question....

Today is Sunday
You know what that means.....

Posted by François @ 06/01/2003 06:21 PM PST

DR Francois -- OK, I'll bite.. what is it that Sunday manifests? What does it mean? Time to stroll off to your Eglise du jour??

By the way Francois, did you ever have dinner at a terrific seafood restaurant called Prunier (sp?) ? It was near the church of the Madeleine, and it was one of the best dinners we had in Paris over the years. I don't think it is still there.

DR Sandra -- Unfortunately, they didn't serve floop at Prunier. sorry.

Posted by MusicGuy @ 06/01/2003 06:45 PM PST

I just looked at my log-on name that I posted to Francois, and realized that the pronunciation in Paris would be something like: Moozeek-Ghee . How very Charles Boyer..."Paula, what do you mean? The lights haven't dimmed at all...."

Posted by MusicGuy @ 06/01/2003 06:49 PM PST

I just spoke on the phone with Susan Gordon, Tom Amorosi and Richard Valley; they all concur that today's recording session was, to quote Cole Porter, "Wunderbar." Wish I coulda been there. . .

Posted by td @ 06/01/2003 06:49 PM PST

Holy Cow Clarabell, we're gonna be in big trouble with the Grand Wazir BK if the boys & girls in the peanut gallery don't get busy on their laptops, and do some posting tonight! What da ya say kids? What time is it??????

Posted by Buffalo Bob @ 06/01/2003 06:51 PM PST

MusicGuy (Lyn):

I'm sure you've watched the
original Mickey Mouse Club...
i was just parodying the song
for the daily theme....

The only Prunier I found
through the Yellow Pages is a
Maison Prunier near the Arch
of Triumph.... You must have
closed off the other place on
your last visit ;- )

I seldom go to restaurants; my
budget does not allow that...

Now, French people's accent
has been made fun of MANY
times here in the past -- I even
joined in the fun at times.. --
don't get me started on that
because YOU, Americans, just
can't handle "our" sound U in
MUSIC because "you" don't
have this sound in your
language, and GUY would be
easy as pie to pronounce, --
yes, even in Paris --since it's
SO CLOSE to "our " GARS --
same meaning, as in "hey, you
guys!"... "We" would say
GAILLE and get away with it!

It's with TH French folks have
problems because we don't
have that sound -- see above!
--
Oh but we do have FLOOP DU
JOUR here in our local
MacDonalds, thank you! Is that
a... scoop??
How "he flew the coup with the
floop du jour"?

Posted by François @ 06/01/2003 07:24 PM PST

Well, back from the session and the get-together and they were both faboo. I will, of course, write all about it so see you in the morning or September whichever comes first.

Posted by bk @ 06/01/2003 07:30 PM PST

Music Guy: Long timers 'round these parts may remember my list of prank phone calls I made in a previous life. Don't know if I ever mentioned this one, but I used to call random people and, in my best Charles Boyer accent, ask them (usually to their hilarious disconcertment): "Paula (pronounced, of course, Pow-la), what have you done with the lovely brooch, Paula?" Well, it helped to pass the time on boring days at work. :)

Posted by JMK @ 06/01/2003 07:40 PM PST

Lulu, Sculpey sounds like fun. If I had any talent I would want to do this myself.

Ann, how fortunate you are to attend your father's banquet. Don't blame you in the least for bragging. Thank you for sharing.

We just returned from a wonderful afternoon. The production, sets, acting and all for "Present Laughter" were wonderful. Then our younger son met us for dinner. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed the meal and our creek side table. We discussed where in Eastern Europe (when we visit him in Romania) we will spend our next anniversary. It will be a big one-35.

Now we are waiting for our good friend, Bruce and Susan's as well, Penny to arrive. She will be spending a couple of nights with us.

Posted by Jane @ 06/01/2003 08:03 PM PST

It was so lovely to meet some of the old familiar screennames tonight...and the food was fantastic, as well! I'm surprised I could taste it, considering how fast I was eating it! I hadn't eaten all day, so it would be an understatement to say that I was slightly hungry when I got to the restaurant. And I did a lot of people-watching. I'm a lot quieter in real life than I am online, but that's mainly because I'm watching and observing. I guess some people would call that creepy...I call it character study.

I can't wait for tomorrow's activities. It'll be a good time, I think.

Oh, if you're curious as to which celebrity we saw tonight, I guess it'd have to be Ms. Harriet Harris. She's the only one I saw, anyway.

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 08:38 PM PST

Oh...duh! I forgot--on the way out of Joe Allen we say Mr. Jerry Stiller and, I'm assuming, his wife. But you know what happens when you assume...

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 08:39 PM PST

I heard from a little songbird that one of our illustrious non-posters, but a Hainesie nonetheless, de-lurked tonight at Joe Allen.

Posted by td @ 06/01/2003 09:11 PM PST

Well, I am so jealous of all you who were able to party in NYC! I tried to make up for it by seeing the X-Men 2 movie with my niece and my sister's boyfriend. It didn't even come close. Then my sister and I went shopping for garden stuff that was on sale and bottles of soy milk (we had four coupons!). After all that, I came home to my VCR taping "The Andromeda Strain." I got here just as the movie was starting and I watched it all the way through. For a movie low on movie making technology (probably even for when it was made), it sure held my interest. I really like this movie.

I now must be off to get some waxed paper. I am making chocolate-dipped Oreos for a bake sale tomorrow and I need to set them somewhere to cool and harden. I know it's not baking, certainly nothing like what Jose could do, but I have the Oreos and I have the chocolate and I want to do something with them so that I don't eat all the Oreos all by myself.

Posted by George @ 06/01/2003 09:12 PM PST

DR George - Chocolate Dipped Oreos! I would definitely make those! And I would probably guild the lily a little bit more by double dipping - perhaps a coating of white chocolate too, OR a small "smudge" of peanut butter!

Hmmmm....

Well, time for me to hit the hay... OUCH! -that smarts... Does anything ever "dumbs"?

Six hours until I head up north!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 06/01/2003 09:18 PM PST

Lulu: Re: sculpey that "can be baked in the oven."

Is that a real oven, or an Easy Bake oven?

: )

Et Al: Thanks for the kind comments about my review (as it was) of "Wicked." I urge you all to visit the Kristen Chenoweth messageboard and read what some others have written. One fellow recalled some of the hilarious lines from the play and shared them, urging everyone to make them part of their everyday conversations.

I also recalled some folks I should not have omitted in my review here -- Kirk McDonald as "Boq" (a Munchkin who's "a bit tall for a Munchkin") and Michelle Federer as "Nessarose", Elphaba's sister (who becomes the Wicked Witch of the East). Boq dates Nessarose in college, and then serves her when she becomes Governor of Oz (not under the power of the Wizard). They share some pivotal moments, including one that brought a collective gasp from the audience that gave way to applause.

One of the things I meant to say about "I'm Not That Girl" sung by both female leads is that it's sure to become a standard.

I had a Season 7 Buffy marathon for myself this afternoon...the last six episodes, anyway. It's always instructive to rewatch such well-crafted shows...nuances are discovered and memories "corrected" of who said what about whom (or which).

Here it is nearly 10 p.m. and I'm totally keyed up. It can't have been caffeine as I forgot to make coffee this morning so involved did I get in posting to r.a.t.m. and Kristin's messageobard...and here, of course...and there...and everywhere. I've been too chatty.

Tom from Oz: I'm terribly sorry you've had troubles getting all the messages. I hope you see this one. All my best wishes are with you. I would love to have shared "Wicked" with you and François and all the other HHW gang who would have loved seeing it.

I failed to mention they had a 21-piece orchestra plus two synths. An impossibly young-looking man named Stephen Oremus was music conductor and received credit with Stephen Schwartz for Vocal Arrangements/Incidental Music.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 06/01/2003 09:59 PM PST

My ever-lovin' der Brucer and I have returned from the local cinema, where we observed an interesting phenomenon. Not the movie we watched, that was X2, which was a fun bit of fluff. The interesting phenomenon we observed was the crowd that had arrived to see the Disney/Pixar film, Finding Nemo, and how clear it was that they simply HAD to see that film! NOW!

The best example was while we were in the ticket line, or rather while I was in the line and der Brucer was parking the car. A girl of about five years of age and her grandmother were ahead of us. The young woman in the ticket booth told the grandmother that the earliest showing that wasn't sold out wouldn't be until nearly six in the evening (this was at about 4:20), and that no she could not get tickets for that showing at the matinee price. Grandmother was not happy with this, and wanted to leave, but this was not what the little girl wanted. The grandmother explained to the little girl that they would have to wait nearly two hours before they could see the film. The little girl considered this for a moment, but it became clear that she HAD to see the Finding Nemo, and she had to see it TODAY!

Now, at five years old, most children aren't really students of the cinematic arts. If they were, they would already have seen TFNM, and dancing dildoes would be a more common sight on the sidewalks every Halloween. No, this was clearly a case where the little girl and her friends had discussed whether they would see FN over the weekend, and it had been agreed that they all would. Anyone who missed seeing the film would not have done the right thing, and not be treated with respect after the weekend. It was also clear that Grandmother didn't take this fact into consideration. If she had, she would have planned their time better, knowing how quickly FN would sell out at every showing, matinee discounts be danged. But then, I doubt Grandmother was much of a devotee of the cinema, or she would have known these things in advance. (I don't know what her reaction would be to a troupe of dancing dildoes on the sidewalk at Halloween, or if she would have understood the reference.)

There is a moral or two to be gleaned from this incident. First, be aware of what is happening to your children and the culture they live in, or be prepared for total embarrasment. Second, if you don't have any children around, go see a movie on a weekday matinee instead of on a weekend. It's the easiest way to avoid confused Grandmothers.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 06/01/2003 10:02 PM PST

S. Woody, we got to the movie theater today at about 12:15 p.m. and the showing of X-Men 2 that we were going to see started at 12:45. No problem; we got right in. There were signs up saying that the earliest available showing of Finding Nemo wasn't until 7:00 pm! It already had three sold out showings before 12:15. I saw more people leaving because FN wasn't available than people who stayed to see X-Men 2 (which was showing on one of the smaller screens available at this theater).

Posted by George @ 06/01/2003 10:11 PM PST

How I wish I could have been with all of you tonight at all of your fabulous outings all over the country. After I got home from work, DR MusicGuy and I had dinner and watched "Now Voyager" (which I had gotten on DVD for Christmas). What a great evening (although there were no celebrity sightings).

Good luck tomorrow with the recording session.

Posted by Kerry @ 06/01/2003 10:29 PM PST

Jason - That is pretty impressive celebrity spotting. Although I thought Ms. Harris was wonderful in "The Man Who Came to Dinner", I doubt I would have recognized her at Joe Allen’s. Did you have help from BK or are you really that observant? Personally, I am famous for walking right past celebrities without recognizing them.

A few years ago, when I visited “The City,” I got in late and by the time I got checked into the hotel it was after ten. Although I was really tired, I decided to take a walk around the Theatre District before going to bed. I was walking past the Golden when I noticed they had barricades set up around the stage door, but the theater looked dark and there were no fans around. As I said, I was tired from the flight, so I was just kind of standing there puzzling over the dark theater, the barricades, and thinking to myself that I hadn’t seen this much crowd control at a theater since Liz did “Little Foxes”. Just then this woman and two guys came out of the stage door. They walked right up to me and stopped, and then just stood there. Finally I looked up at them to see if this was someone I knew. The woman said, “Hello,” so I said “Hello.” She kept standing there looking at me, so I forced my mind to focus on who this pushy broad could possibly be. Finally, I realized it was Patti Lapone and, I guess, “her people.” Well, first of all I hadn’t seen her in the show, and second of all I am not a fan, so I quickly tried to think of something to say. Unfortunately, what came out was “Oh it’s just you!”

Well, regardless of my opinion of Ms. Lapone, I would never intentionally say anything unkind to someone who had never done anything against me personally. For a moment we all stood there in a kind of embarrassed silence while I tried to think of something to say that would rescue the situation. However, afraid I would only say something that would make the whole situation worse, I merely turned on my heels and walked away leaving behind a rather confused Miss Lapone. I never did find out why there was no one else waiting around, why she was so late leaving the theater, or why they thought they needed barricades to protect her from a non-existent crowd.

Posted by TCB @ 06/01/2003 10:36 PM PST

TCB: I found Ms. Harris all by my lonesome. I have an eery, freakish ability to spot a celebrity (minor or major) from miles away. Actually, as I mentioned earlier, I'm big on observation, and I try to always associate a face with a name. I don't know how, but I've even recognized chorus people from Broadway shows, including a Mr. Andy Peck from Dance of the Vampires, who was covered from head to toe in body makeup in the show, but I recognized him right away from his headshot when I saw him in the Theatre District. I don't do it on purpose. It just happens.

Now, why can't I fall asleep? I guess I'm too excited about tomorrow's goings-on. :-)

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 10:55 PM PST

Re: Patti LuPone. She was FABULOUS when I met her the first time...I mean, we're talking kissing and hugging and "Oh! You're wonderful, doll" and all that jazz. When I saw her in a reading last week, I went up to her to say hello and she totally snubbed me...twice! I actually had to touch her arm to get her to speak to me. I told her she did a marvelous job and that I was a big fan and all she could say was, "oh, thanks." Then she walked away.

I'm still a fan, but now I know where she got her reputation.

Posted by Jason @ 06/01/2003 10:58 PM PST

You could spread her on bread she's so sweet!

Posted by Gaston @ 06/01/2003 11:33 PM PST

It's 3:30. I'm still awake. Someone shoot me!!

Posted by Jason @ 06/02/2003 12:37 AM PST

B-A-N-G, you're dead, baby!

Posted by The Lone Gunman @ 06/02/2003 12:43 AM PST

Now pick yourself up, dust yourself off and take some Sominex!

Posted by The Faith Healer @ 06/02/2003 12:43 AM PST

I couldn't sleep...
I took a Sominex,
But voices in my head kept saying,
"Go to Seymour!
Talk to Seymour!"

I drank some tea
But, gee, the feeling wasn't gone.
Seymour, sweetheart,
Tell me, darlin',
What's been goin' on?

Posted by Audrey @ 06/02/2003 01:09 AM PST

Well, despite my efforts, I was not able to make it to Joe Allen last night so I am among the E&T. The show got out later than I thought and by 10:30 I doubted anyone would be left at JA's since there is a recording session this morning. I'm sure I missed a sparkling time. The show I saw, I Am My Own Wife is well worth the effort to see. It just got extended through July 20th and there is talk of a transfer, although it needs a small off-Broadway house, perhaps Minetta Lane when Talking Heads closes, or someplace similar.

This may be the last post for these here Sunday notes since BK is in the city and that usually means early notes.

Posted by Ben @ 06/02/2003 05:06 AM PST

Dear Reader Ben, ha HA!!! Foiled again! ;)

Posted by Lulu @ 06/02/2003 05:28 AM PST

Dear Reader Ben is foiled again!! Ha-HAAAAA! ;)

Posted by Lulu @ 06/02/2003 05:29 AM PST

Oh, darn it all to heck anyway! The first time I got the "this page cannot be found" message.

Posted by Lulu @ 06/02/2003 05:29 AM PST