Posted by Phil @ 06/22/2003 09:54 AM PST

Hip hip hooray and hoo hoo hipray on achieving 600! I must agree with BK: the tenor (and the alto and the soprano, too) of this here web site is just marvelous, and we all have BK to thank for hosting it and serving as the nucleus (not nuculus, Mr. President) of our virtual community.

(Dear BK and Dear Readers, I fear I shall be errant and truant in the coming week as tomorrow morning I will be heading up to Yosemite National Park for several days of hiking and general R&R. I will be thinking of you, though, and will check-in upon my return.)

Posted by Jay @ 06/22/2003 09:55 AM PST

HUZZAH!! 600!! Looking forward to the next 600 too...

Coincidently, 600 notes is exactly the the number of notes in the musical CATS. But unlike these here notes that are different everyday, ALW only used about 9 and repeated them often... -smirk-

Posted by Craig @ 06/22/2003 09:59 AM PST

BK - Congratulations! 600. What an accomplishment. Fortune was only able to gather 500, Francois Truffaut only 400 blows, the Gregorian calendar only 365 days, and the lowly Steinway, a mere 88.

May you continue to brighten our days for the next 600 and beyond.

Posted by TCB @ 06/22/2003 10:53 AM PST

600...wow, that is a lot of writing BK! And I have only been around for only about 60 or 70 of them! I must have missed a lot!

Watched a fantastic movie last night which I had not seen before. It was called THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER and it starred Ms. Loretta Young and Mr. Joseph Cotten. It was a wonderful film and I can see why Loretta won an Oscar for it. It was also a lot of fun to see James Arness, Keith Andes, and Lex Barker in very, very early roles...wow, they all looked so young!

Posted by MBarnum @ 06/22/2003 11:06 AM PST

Bully for BK on his First 600!

DR Jrand: Yes! The Chad Mitchell Trio--it came to me in my sleep about 4AM, but I was too fermished to get up and boot up. I loved them--have all their albums boxed up somewhere in the basement, along with The Serendipity Singers and The New Christy Minstrels.

Posted by KT @ 06/22/2003 11:34 AM PST

Almost noon on the West coast, almost three on the East coast, and this is all the posts we can muster??? Good heavens, we must all party in honor of the big 6-0-0, but we must also post, post, post (that is three posts); so that we can make BK proud.

Posted by TCB @ 06/22/2003 12:00 PM PST

600 hundred notes!!

I have not been around for all of them, but for a LOT of them.

What a wonderful place of merriment on the internet. Because of HHW, I have been introduced to many wonderful things: Cd's and DVD's and books that otherwise I would not have known or cared about.

So thanks to Mr BK for all the wonderful notes and the wonderful DR's for their knowledge and sharing ways.

I was introduced to HHW by DR JMK! Many thanks as well to him. I live in Indiana, work in Research and Statistics, and also write plays and direct and act in local theatre. I am an Equity Candidate which means someday I will be a professional actor, but until then, I can continue to act/direct in community theatre....the best of all possible worlds (a CANDIDE reference)!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/22/2003 12:02 PM PST

Well, it's a small party but a nice one. Hopefully more Hainsies/Kimlets will find time to drop by, otherwise we shall have to bitch-slap them from here to eternity. But if they don't, they simply miss out on the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs. By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo) the Unseemly Live Chat is tomorrow night.

Posted by bk @ 06/22/2003 12:38 PM PST

600 consecutive notes! Sheesh... I've never been able to keep a diary for more than a week! Way to make me look bad, BK! :)

It's sunny here! Yea!
I sat outside on a lawn chair drinking margaritas all of yesterday afternoon and read the new Harry Potter because I am a hype addict. It was a great, fun book and I think Rowling is doing a tremendous job of keeping the stories growing in depth with her characters' (and her own DRs') ages. Unfortunately, for all my efforts I underestimated the power of the sun and am now the colour of a tomato. Not so yea! :(

Of course, it does beat the pasty white Canadian office worker look I had going for me.

My Question for the day: I am seriously considering buying the MONI cast album but have only heard the song "The Streets of Dublin" from it. The song blew me away with its general wonderfulness but what's the rest of it like? Is this show a one song wonder? Plus, how much DO I have to know about Oscar Wilde outside of The Importance of Being Earnest (or is that Ernest?) and the highlight real from his biography to "get it"?

Posted by Emily @ 06/22/2003 12:50 PM PST

BK - Happy 600. I've read (or in some cases skimmed) them all and have posted on at least 550 of them. Here's to the next 600.

Phil - Regarding the "Broadway by the Year" CDs, ask yourself a question: do you want mostly songs you are familiar with or songs you've probably never heard. For the familiar, get 1964... for the less familiar get the ones from the 20's or 30s. For a good mixture, try the ones from in between. They are all worth owning because the performances are so good. Tomorrow they are repeating 1925 because it was held on the night of the biggest blizzard in NYC in over 20 years and hardly anyone could make it. (This means I'll be late to chat).

Regarding some posts yesterday on GAY PUREE, we got both the CD and the newly released DVD. With Judy singing Arlen/Harburg songs, how could you go wrong? The movie was state of the art animation for 1962 but much of the humor is over the heads of kids. However it definitely belongs in any Judy fan's collection.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/22/2003 01:49 PM PST

Congrats bk - 600 without missing a performance. Yeah verily you are the Ethel Merman of internet sites.

If I may interject to answer a couple of DR questions above. Emily - yes definitely get Man of No Importance. It's not something whose tunes you start humming immediately - its wonderfulness unfolds itself with every play. And no, you don't need to know anything about Oscar Wilde to enjoy it.

Phil - I only know the Broadway Musicals of 1951 and 1964. The cast of '51 is much better than that of '64. '64 has Tom Andersen, who is very good at intimate cabaret, but really doesn't suit show tunes with his quiet breathiness. And I'm afraid I really don't like Alix Korey's voice - it has a sharp, shrill quality which spoils the songs she sings. On the plus side there is Liz Callaway. '51 has Alison Fraser and Chip Zien and a more interesting selection of material.

Posted by Allan @ 06/22/2003 01:50 PM PST

Congratulations on your 600th! You don't look a day over 200!

Looking forward to the chat tomorrow night.

Posted by Matt H. @ 06/22/2003 01:54 PM PST

600!!! (Or close enough, due
to a few counting glitches
along the way)

Quite an impressive number,
and still going strong. I guess
that means I've been around
here for about 590 or so! And
why do we all keep coming
back? As BK said, it is
because of the wonderful
group of people we have
assembled here. A wide and
wonderful variety, all
contributing something
wonderful (oh, a King & I
reference) to the greatest, if
not yet the most popular, site
on all the internet.

L'chaim!

Posted by Jed @ 06/22/2003 02:09 PM PST

White t-shirt from the summer
stock group I've been with the
last six years, blue jeans, and
white socks.

Posted by Jed @ 06/22/2003 02:10 PM PST

Where in tarnation IS everyone? Don't they know there's a party goin' on in this here neighborhood? I hate when these big events happen on the weekends, but they always seem to. Still and all, we mustn't stop the party, we must party hearty, we must do the boogaloo and the pony and frolic without constraints.

Posted by bk @ 06/22/2003 02:22 PM PST

Oh, I forgot to mention that Richard Jones, Bee Killer, came over and went up on the roof where he indeed found many bees were were thinking about building or who had begun to build a nest. I went to the store and got some very potent Raid BEE killer, and he sprayed them and the vent leading to the shower quite heavily. They were still buzzing mightily for a few hours after he left, but I just went in there and there is, at this current time, no more buzzing. That is a good sign. So, to the eternal question To Bee or Not to Bee, we hope the eternal answer is a resounding NOT TO BEE.

Posted by bk @ 06/22/2003 02:30 PM PST

Bruce..

I hope you got rid of THE SWARM!

Posted by Dr. Hubbard (Richard Chamberlain) @ 06/22/2003 02:36 PM PST

Have I been reading too fast or are the Phoenix brigade missing? I know DR MusicGuy is out there and is excused but where are the missing Kimlets.
Hapgood and Freedunit are you still about?
Good to have JMK back where he belongs.
Where is Kurt?
Is there a convention on somewhere and the rest of were not invited?
Isn't this time for a post from DR Ray too.

Congratulations BK and everyone involved with the amazing 600. A special congratulations to Mark B as well.

Thanks to DR Allan I can also recommend "A Man Of No Importance." I liked the film as well.
It may be a Harry Potter day for me. I have three nephews who are waiting for Uncle Tom to buy it, read it and deliver it.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/22/2003 03:03 PM PST

Getting ready to watch the DVD ROPE, interesting interview feature with Farley Granger and Arthur Laurents.... Nice looking movie!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/22/2003 03:23 PM PST

600!!!!!

I've been here for all of them. Congratulations Bruce and everyone else on this web site. We will have many more notes to go. I plan to live to be 105 OR eternity whichever comes first. There's a lot more celebrating to do.

I just found out that one of my all time favorite screwball comedies, "What's Up Doc?", is coming out on DVD. I never get tired of watching that film. Whatever happened to screwball comedies? They don't make movies like they used to. I really sound like a fuddy duddy now. Films are not made for adults anymore. I think there is room for adult films (no not THAT kind) and the blockbuster that is aimed at the 12 year old. Has creativity ceased in La La Land?

I can still watch the oldies on DVD. Probably in two years they will re make "What's Up Doc?" with Brittney Spears. Aston Kutcher, Ben Stiller and....I don't think Madeleine Kahn can be replaced.

Posted by Dennis Clancy @ 06/22/2003 03:46 PM PST

I'm busy reading.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 06/22/2003 04:06 PM PST

What's better on a celebratory sunday than a few laughs at our HHW party...

What Do You Get When You Cross...

A fawn with a hornet? Bambee.
A policeman with a telegram? Copper wire.
A canary with a mole? A miner bird.
A pig with a cactus? A porkerpine.
A cat with a lemon? A sourpuss.
A banana with a red silk dress? A pink slip.
A chicken with a bell? An alarm cluck.
A duck with a steamroller? A flat duck.
An Eskimo with a pig? A polar boar.
A spider with a rabbit? A hare net.
A ham with a karate expert? Pork chops.
An owl with a goat? A hootenanny.
An Indian with a cow? Geronimoo.
A tiger with a needle? Pin stripes.
A termite with a house? An exterminator.
A dove with a high chair? A stool pigeon.
A tree with a baseball player? Babe Root.
A parrot with a centipede? A walkie-talkie.
A rabbit with a kilt? Hopscotch.
A dog with a daisy? A collie-flower.
A hummingbird with a doorbell? A humdinger.
The Green Giant with Robin Hood? A Hoe-Bow.
The Atlantic Ocean with the Titanic? Halfway.
A movie with a swimming pool? A dive-in theater.
Telly Sevalas with a pool table? A billiard bald.
A potato with an onion? A potato with watery eyes.
A dog with a chicken? A hen that lays pooched eggs.
A vulture with a small grass house? A scavenger hut.
A pit bull with a collie? A dog that bites your leg off and runs for help.
A kangaroo with a sheep? A wooly jumper.
A gorilla and a sheep? A very nice wool coat, except the sleeves are too long.

Posted by Craig @ 06/22/2003 04:22 PM PST

WEHT William F. Orr, Laura, Kerry (unless he's with dear reader MusicGuy), Td, Sandra, Ann, and the rest of our merry troupe.

Bee update - they're still up there, buzzing around. Last time I checked there was absolute silence, now there's buzzing. I mean Richard soaked the vent and the surrounding areas with bee killer so one just has to surmise that these bees are incredibly stupid with strong death wishes. Occasionally one or two manage to squeeze through the slats in the vent cover, which is amazing as those slats aren't big enough to get anything through. Then those bees plop down to the floor of the shower where I promptly wash them down the drain. It's all quite disgusting.

Posted by bk @ 06/22/2003 04:30 PM PST

Only 25 posts on this very special episode of BK's Notes II. Get the word out! We had a lot of posts yesterday we should at least match it.

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 06/22/2003 04:56 PM PST

Back from tarnation.

BK--congrats on the 600th post and many more to come! I think I've been here for about 20 of them so far. BTW, ordered Kritzerland off Amazon yesterday.

DR Emily--A Man of No Importance is definitely worth buying. I agree with Allan (loved your epithet for BK by the way) that the tunes aren't of the hummable variety, but the score is lyrical and evocative and really captures the love of one man for not just Oscar Wilde, but for art and for theatre. And Faith Prince is in it so that is a reason in itself to buy the CD.

DR Dennis Clancy--somewhat agree with you that films aren't made for intelligent adults anymore. Than again, there are exceptions. There are some good studio films (my favorites last year were Chicago and The Hours)and many more great films that are independent or foreign. As for great screwball comedy...somewhat dead. Mel Brooks isn't really making any more movies and Allen's have kind of plateuaed at a level of laudable badness (at least when compared to the masterpieces of the past). Then again, this is all just my humble opinion!

Only one more hour here to the season premiere of Sex and the City!

Posted by Maya @ 06/22/2003 04:58 PM PST

I've placed the order for MONI on amazon.ca

And its only $23.99 CDN. Ugh. And people wonder downloading music is so popular. :(

I'll give y'all my opinions on your, well... er, opinions in 2 to 6 days :)

Posted by Emily @ 06/22/2003 05:03 PM PST

Amen to downloading original cast recordings off Kazaa...that's how I got Urinetown and Parade.

Posted by Maya @ 06/22/2003 05:06 PM PST

I have started writing a brand new screenplay. The first inspiration I had in over a year. I have been playing it out for the last month and ready to start it.

Hopefully I will have a reading of it later this summer with some local actors and will keep everyone informed on how it goes.

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 06/22/2003 05:07 PM PST

Yeah but Maya, don't you feel kind of EVIL downloading cast albums?

I mean, don't get me wrong, I get most of my music (OBCs included) through Kazaa or Morpheus because I can't afford to spend thirty bucks for each cd I want to listen to. It's just that the musical theatre recording industry is so small that I actually do think the typical industry rant that "downloading results in fewer albums being made in the long run" actually holds true.

*Sigh* moral dillemma.

BK, as a producer, what's your opinion of music downloading?

Posted by Emily @ 06/22/2003 05:35 PM PST

What's up Doc? LOL....what a treat when we saw it in a theatre....everyone laughing and laughing.

So many funny lines:

Thug: How do I get the bag?
Thug 2: Use your charm.
Thug: Couldn't I just kill her?

Concierge: Sir, I have a message for you from the staff of the hotel.
Howard: Yes.
Concierge: Goodbye.
Howard: You want me to leave?
Concierge: Yes.
Howard: When?
Concierge: Yesterday.

LOL......

"What are you doing with Howard Bannister's rocks?"

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/22/2003 05:41 PM PST

The question of downloading entire albums of the net is a difficult one, because theater music IS a niche market. I certainly understand that it is hard to keep up and also very expensive to keep up. I've never downloaded anything off the net so I don't know about the quality of such things, but it's a dilemma.

Posted by bk @ 06/22/2003 05:46 PM PST

No--I don't feel evil, honestly, Emily--this is why--

I've been collecting cast recordings and theatre music CD's since I was about 12 (I'm now 20). I definitely have over two hundred. If I had to estimate how much I've spent on these over the years, it would probably be over a thousand. When I was younger, I used to go to the library and make cassette copies off the OCR's I took out, but that got old quick and I started actually buying most of the stuff in my collection. So if I save myself a few bucks or so by making use of a sensible if immoral music downloading service now and again, I don't really feel too bad about it.

Posted by Maya @ 06/22/2003 05:47 PM PST

hey Maya... just to let you know I meant "evil" in a very light joking manner.

I too have been trying to keep up a collection of cast albums and theatre performers' cds but it really does get expensive. Plus, I use kazaa as a testing tool. If I love the songs from a cd that I have downloaded I often will end up buying it. Case in point: The Last Five Years and basically the entire JRB collection.

Posted by Emily @ 06/22/2003 06:07 PM PST

Happy 600!

Unfortunately I'll miss the chat tomorrow because I've an appointment with Elaine Stritch (I don't know what it is about Sunday and Monday evenings, but I never seem to be home), along with several hundred other people, at the Canon Theatre (ugh - horrid renaming of the Pantages) here in Toronto.

And I'm out of cheese - sliced, chunked or any other way. I do, however have cake. And diet coke.

And a deadline. Back to work...

Posted by Stephen Farrow @ 06/22/2003 06:36 PM PST

This is a long post. First of all, Congratulations to BK and 600 posts! I haven't been around for all of them. I did an Unseemly Search and found that my very first post was July 9, 2002 (my HHW anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks!) although I was reading HHW before I posted.

Secondly, The American Cancer Society's 2003 Thurston County (Olympia, Washington) 24-hour Relay For Life is finished and I'm still in pain all over from having been awake for so long and for having walked more than six hours (thankfully not all at once). Don't pity me, however. There were three people (from other teams) who, except for bathroom breaks, walked all 24 hours! For one guy, it was his fifth year in a row walking all 24 hours of the event. I can't imagine how they feel today. I was awake for about 35-½ hours (my record is 40 hours when I was in college) and I got 13-½ hours of very muchly needed sleep! Our team (The Bookers) raised about $4,600 dollars, which is a little less than what we had raised last year. Over all, however, this year's event raised almost $3,000 MORE than what was raised last year. That's a good thing.

A not so good thing is that I will have to miss tomorrow's chat…and more than likely every Monday's chat for a while. I'm going to be taking a class that meets on Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. If the chats start before 6:15 (the time I would have to leave work to get to the class on time), I can at least be there in the beginning (a CHILDREN OF EDEN reference).

About Harry Potter Mania: I work for a 27-branch library system in the acquisitions (ordering) department. We got our shipment of 120 copies on Friday. Our computer catalog has had the title listed on-line since the fourth copy was published. Over 1,300 people have requested the title! It's going to take a LONG time for those who are at the bottom of the list to get their copies. I found out that a patron from one of our branch libraries had pre-ordered eight copies of Harry Potter with the intention of donating them to one specific branch. All eight copies! One of my co-workers (Margo) who is on our Relay For Life team, went to the local Barnes and Noble Friday night to get her copy of HP. She found out that they had pre-sold over 900 copies! Margo didn't know how many were at B&N to pick up their copies, but she didn't get hers until after 2:30 a.m.! I've never read the books. I'm sure that I would enjoy them, but I just never have gotten into them. I do really like the movies. I bought "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's [sic] Stone" from Canada (hence the title) and I bought a used copy of "HP & the Chamber of Secrets," but it's in immaculate condition.

Maya & Emily, I too download MP3s but I use WinMX and I used to use Morpheus. The one time I tried going to Kazaa's website there were so many pop-up ads that I couldn't deal with it. Maybe that's changed. I'll have to try it again. I generally look for songs that are no longer available or songs that I know I will not buy the entire album just for the one song. I downloaded the entire MOVIE of (shhh, don't tell anyone) Chicago from WinMX. It's a (dot)avi file so it's not DVD quality. The sound is pretty good, though. Well, good enough for me. It will not, however, prevent me from buying the DVD even if the DVD was going to be a bare-bones edition with no bonus stuff (which we all know isn't going to be the case).

Well, that's it for me on this free-for-all Sunday. And again…Here's to BK and 600 posts and many more to come!

PS. Today is my parents' 38th wedding anniversary. Just had to share.

Posted by George @ 06/22/2003 06:45 PM PST

WEL and Allan - many thanks for your comments. Sounds like I'll need to buy the whole set!

Here's a question for all the H/K's out there - how many Broadway and Broadway related CD's do you own? Maya got the ball rolling with her 200+ . I estimate mine at between 600-700. Who's next???

Posted by Phil @ 06/22/2003 06:47 PM PST

Wow Phil--ya sure got me trumped ;) You know, if I get bored enough sometime, I may just have to count them!

DR Emily--I got that you meant "evil" in a joking sense but I guess I just felt a little bit guilty in spite of myself! I really like Jason Robert Brown's work a lot too. I got to see Last 5 Years in its brief run--terrific show.

DR George--never heard of WinMX but I may have to check it out...can't wait for the Chicago DVD..at this rate it will be like 5 extra disks of bonus stuff!

Posted by Maya @ 06/22/2003 07:21 PM PST

I'm currently cataloging my show/film CDs and I've got over 1000 just to the letter R. I still have S to Z to go plus the newest A to R that I haven't added yet... the total should be about 1,500 and that doesn't count compilations like the Lost in Boston/Unsung Musicals, the Bagley Revisiteds or other albums of songs from various shows or by various composers. This doesn't count LPs of shows that either haven't been released on CD or that I really don't feel the need to replace with a CD (like CATS).

I don't download, but I do make copies of titles I have for other DRs who need them and I get things I want (or surprises that I really like) in return. It's probably as illegal as downloading, but a lot of this is foreign recordings which are not available here or in the countries where I send them.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/22/2003 08:13 PM PST

600 notes . . . WOW . . . It does indeed boggle the mind . . A job well done, BK.

Posted by Susan @ 06/22/2003 08:19 PM PST

HAPPY 600TH NOTES!

Thanks for asking about my whereabouts, but. . .the least few days' notes (597, 598, 599) should answer the question "WEHT Td?"

As several other dear readers, I too, use kazaa to preview albums, or to find such things as Babs' LIVE HELLO, DOLLY medley which are not available in any other format.
To those dear readers who have tried kazaa's site, I say, DON'T!
Use kazaalite instead - there are no pop-ups and no spyware, and it's the same format. . .

Posted by td @ 06/22/2003 08:29 PM PST

Maya...I agree with you that there are intelligent movies out there. I was just grousing because there aren't enough of them. Chicago was enjoyable and I really liked Far From Heaven. Maybe we will come out of this slump soon and the MGM lion will roar with a fury, the Universal globe will return once more, and Bruce's bees will be gone. Bruce:
You could call your shower the Bees Knees or Bee Gees. Ok everyone I'm going. I can hear the collective groans already.

Posted by Dennis @ 06/22/2003 08:34 PM PST

Happy 600!

-I hope I didn't spoil today's celebration by wondering aloud yesterday if today's big event had to do with the number 600. In any case, the real thing is always much more than the speculation of it. Here's to 600, and to at least 600 more!

During my drive back to Winchester from Richmond this morning, I had the great pleasure of finally listening to the inimitable Guy Haines on "Haines His Way". The amount of smiles of that came to my face while listening to the album...!!! Great song selection - the familiar and unexpected. Wonderful arrangements. And the contributions my by our very own, BK, are very evident - or not evident (if oyu get my drift)as the case is with the great record producers. Everything sounds and sounded like it was meant to be that way. *I know I should be bitch-slapped for not having listened to it until now, but I'm soooo glad I have it now. -Oh, is/was there supposed to be a hidden track on it? -Just wondering, since I got a "recent" pressing I'm presuming.

Well, I'm a bit tired and weary from rehearsal. We actually had a FULL day today! Long, but worth it - we only have two more scenes to block! Not bad at all for a first week of rehearsal which included one day off, and one two hour rehearsal day!

Once again, Congrats to BK, and a Big Thank You to all of you for making HHW such a lovely spot on the net. It truly is the one site that I check quite frequently throughout the day whenever I can.

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 06/22/2003 08:43 PM PST

Happy 600!!!

I saw "Wicked" today, I took some time to put some thoughts down, here they are.

Here is my review of "Wicked". To start off, it definately has possibilities for a good run in NYC. A little tightening, and it's in good shape. If you've read the book (I hadn't but the two people I was with had) you'll know the differences in story line etc, however, you didn't need to have read the book to understand. Kristin and Idina were MARVELOUS, when did Kristin become a soprano? I totally missed that - somewhere between the revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and the ill-fated TV adaptation of "The Music Man". It was obvious the role was written with her in mind. The flow was good, the ensemble worked their butts off and were excellent. Robert Morse (of the "How To Suceed in Business...fame) was the Wizard and he really stunk. It's funny, the last production I saw of "The Wizard of Oz", Mickey Rooney was the Wizard and he stunk too. The orchestrations were lovely, going from the normal musical theatre sound to the "poppy" sound that is known by Stephen Schwartz. Speaking of, Stephen Schwartz, there were a lot of lovely tunes, especially the duet towards the end with the two witches. Two comments on the music, SS has a problem of not finishing a musical "thought" and going right on to the next thought without any sort of transition. There were a lot of times when I felt his music did not fit the scene in which it was a part of.

My over all general comment was that sometimes I felt that the style of the music was too "pop" in places where it didn't need to be. The hat and cane number for the wizard (realizing it's a SS signature...there's one in ever SS show) really had to go. There is an unnecessary musical number that I'm sure covered a costume or a scene change that didn't really need to be there. For being such a dark story, I felt that some of the music needed to be more suited for the mood.

I'm heading to NYC in December, if it's still there, I'll see it again.

Posted by Matthew @ 06/22/2003 09:02 PM PST

Kristen was always a soprano. In the first Broadway show she got noticed for --- STEEL PIER --- one of the gimicks was when this little mouse of a girl (KC) sang an opera-like song towards the end of the show and blew everyone away because nobody was expecting it. She's sung "Glitter and Be Gay" on a PBS concert and done some opera/operetta on her unfunny series. CHARLEY BROWN only showed one side of her talent.

By the way, the Sunday NYTimes had a couple of strange things. Arts & Leisure had a long article about the Tony show being "television's first gay reality show" and the main story in the Style section was about "Metrosexuals" - straight men who get facials, pedicures and other "feminine" treatments that used to be thought of as strictly for gay men. Weird!

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/23/2003 06:16 AM PST

I never thought I would have as many OCR/OSR and theatre-related CDs as I do. I certainly don't have as many as some DRs but I'm moving up there. I have about 200. I have many BK produced CDs but not nearly all of them.

Even though it's 9:20am on Monday, HOORAY for 600 notes on Sunday. I have been here for many of them (not all). I came in early 2002 and have been here ever since.

I'm wearing a red, Lands End pullover polo, ever present blue jeans (it's so nice to be able to wear jeans to work) with a black web belt, the blue suede sneaker slip-ons and white socks.

Posted by Ben @ 06/23/2003 06:23 AM PST

Good morning...

I might as well get "today's topic" in while it is still "today" so to speak. -But for Tom from OZ is it already tomorrow?

My collection of OCRs is around 300 more or less - more likely more. If I had the room - and the money - to have more, I probably would. Whenever I go CD shopping I always have to decide if I'm buying a particular CD - especially if it's for a show - for enjoyment purposes or for the completist in me. Sometimes the twain meets, and other times one side prevails over the other. Of course, what happens sometimes is that I've ended up with CDs that I've only listened to once... then, after the fact, I wonder, "Why did I bother buying it?" Ah, well... At least I have it! (some reasoning, huh?)

*I would also buy a lot more CDs if I had more time to listen to them. Due to the amount of traveling I do, I tend to do most of my listening in the car, and that is definitely not the best place to truly listen to anything. I'm the type that tries to leave the office at the office - or in my case, the pit in the pit. It's not that I don't enjoy listening to OCRs, but sometimes silence truly is golden. *Especially if you've just had the "tock-tock-tock-tock..." of a click track in your ears for the past two and half hours. ;-)

I can't wait to see what 601 will bring!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 06/23/2003 07:30 AM PST