Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/14/2003 08:55 AM PST

First post huzzah!

We are not having a grocery strike here. But it sounds like what happens when there is a heavy snow forecast! No matter what time you get to the grocery store, or what grocery store you get to at last, there is no bread, no milk, and no Charmin!

I am always reminded of the scene in MATINEE where everyone thought the bomb was going to fall, and they immediately rushed to the grocery store. One man was particularly distressed to see a woman shopper grab the last box of Shredded Wheat. He implored the clerk: "Don't you have any more in the back?" This with a tear in his eye and a catch in his voice. The clerk looked at him with disdain and replied: "No, I don't have any more in the back. You are just going to have to face the possibility of nuclear destruction without any God damned Shredded Wheat!"

Favorite revues:

Side by Side by Sondheim
A Grand Night for Singing (R/H)
Working

Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/14/2003 08:59 AM PST

the new Broadway Radio Show is working -- enjoy!

Also, Bruce will be joining me to read selections from the latest Kritzer tome for next week's radio show and I am now arranging an interview with our darling Kerry Butler and possibly another Broadway star.....I'll keep you all posted!

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 10/14/2003 09:27 AM PST

May I do the third post dance? I think
I shall do the third post dance!

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/14/2003 09:27 AM PST

BK - I mentioned that it was Columbus Day yesterday.

No supermarket strike here.

My favorite review was in Chicago around 1960. It was at a new theatre/cabaret called The Happy Medium. The show was called MEDIUM RARE and it was like a "Best of Bagley and Monk" with some of the highlights of the reviews that these two men produced in NYC from the mid-to-late 50s. On CD and LP I love the shows these men produced. My other favorite is NEW FACES OF 1952.

It isn't enough that Steve Martin tried to be Spencer Tracy in FATHER OF THE BRIDE and Clifton Webb in CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. Next he is going to be in a PINK PANTHER remake!

Question for our Canadian DRs:
Over the past two months I have seen readings of two totally different musicals based on the ANNE OF GREEN GABLES books. Wasn't there a successful musical version done in Canada? I don't know if it ever played the U. S. or if it played here and flopped. Any info any of you have would be helpful.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/14/2003 09:28 AM PST

Sadly, Donald Feltham beat me to
the puncch, so he should do the
third post dance. Dance, Feltham,
dance!

My favorite revues include "Side by
Side by Sondheim" (Which I think
remains the best of the Sondheim
revues.) "Jacques Brel is Alive and
Well and Living in Paris," and "Berlin
to Broadway with Kurt Weill" (despite
the idiotic narration, the music is just
too wonderful.)

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/14/2003 09:30 AM PST

I don't know from Revues, but I am wondering if BK or any of the long time L.A. area people remember the TURNABOUT THEATER? Did you ever go there? Did you see Ms. Dorothy Neumann on stage? Tell me all about it as I am most curious.

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/14/2003 09:31 AM PST

Side By Side By Sondheim (of course) and Ain't Misbehavin' are my two most favorite musical revues.

Tuscaloosa's Calling Me...But I'm Not Going is pretty fun, if just for the title!

Posted by George @ 10/14/2003 09:37 AM PST

WEL, the version of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES you are thinking of continues to play in Charlottetown, PEI. Click my name for more info on this Canadian favourite.

Posted by Dave @ 10/14/2003 09:48 AM PST

Billy Barnes is a member of Cabaret West. His "Something Cool" is another song that is used quite frequently in cabaret acts. Click on my name to read more about him and his latest show, "Billy Barnes Revued." While there, check out the site. Wayne Moore (also a member of Cabaret West) is a songwriter himself and producer of many fine recordings.

Posted by Donna - Cabaret West @ 10/14/2003 09:55 AM PST

Dave---
Thanks for the info. The site you sent me to lists a three year London run and then the Original Broadway cast but gives no dates for the Broadway version. I'll see what I can find. How long has it been playing on PEI?

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/14/2003 09:56 AM PST

Wel - according to the website of the PEI Confederation Centre of the Arts (the annual summertime home of the show) Anne of Green Gables: The Musical is Canada's longest running musical. It fails to give the original date.

In the theatre archives page on the CCA's website it lists all the shows it produces each year. Anne of Green Gables goes right down to the earliest date shown - 1970, making it all of a 33 year tradition at the youngest!!! That beats CATS anyday! ;)

Click on my name for more info about the CCA. I didn't have that much time to hunt around on their site - maybe you can find the exact info that you're looking for.

Posted by Emily @ 10/14/2003 10:12 AM PST

Whoops! I checked out the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia (a terribly useful site btw) and discovered that the show premiered in 1965 at the Charlottetown festival and has run every summer since.

That's one heck of an old show! 38 years. Wow. :)

Click on my name for the entry.

Posted by Emily @ 10/14/2003 10:17 AM PST

First off, thanks to DR WFO for the Tom Leher info regarding the song from "Mame" which I shared last night with my cast of my favorite revue to date "Jerry's Girls" - which incidently really stinks musically when it comes to the licensed version of the show. A lot of work was put in to restore keys and arrangements of the original, which isn't licensed. So, beware! I also love "Side By Side By Sondheim".

Posted by Matthew @ 10/14/2003 10:27 AM PST

Oy! Such a day I'm having.

First, I was annoyed by a twit at the Film Score Monthly message board -- trying to get me to account for a change in "attitude" on something he vaguely remembers and tried to recall, essentially putting words into my mouth and then asking me to account for myself.

I was not pleasant with this creature, but challenged him to find an exact thread and cite exact words in proper context if he wanted a reply on the topic.

And, oh, yes! I implored him to stop being a bore with insinuations and innuendo and stick to fact.

Again, twit!

Cat lovers -- Click on my name for a bit of fun!!! Move your cursor around the object and watch what happens. Rub the object with your cursor and "hear" what happens.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 10/14/2003 10:31 AM PST

Ron--awwwww! Soooo cute! Is it sad that I could easily just sit there for a half hour and be entertained with that? Well, I didn't really, but I COULD have. The cat there kinda looks like one of our cats, Mr. Baby.

I haven't actually seen a great many revues, but I loved Forbidden Broadway when I saw it. I have just about all the FB CD's..the only one I'm missing is Volume 2. From listening to OCRs though, I also love Side by Side by Sondheim and Ben Bagley's Shoestring Revues.

Well, I must away and clean my room and do my homework and then off to Macbeth rehearsal. Catch everyone later! :)

Posted by Maya @ 10/14/2003 10:51 AM PST

Frank Rich's, Walter Kerr's, Brooks Atkinson's.
Oh, you said revues, not reviews.

Posted by steveg @ 10/14/2003 11:06 AM PST

When I got home last night Joe was doing his housework with Rhino's "Soul Party" album booming through the house and out the windows--we even got a few dances in while he cleaned. I'm sure the neighbors loved it--especially Lady MacBeth, who hates music so much she sends her husband outside to sit in his car and listen to the radio. Of course, he paid for it with leg cramps later in the evening.

That put me in a 60s mood. I had bills to pay after dinner, so I put on the earphones and pulled out some Liz Callaway, specifically "The Beat Goes On". I love Liz, oh yes I do.

Joe was downstairs watching TV, but he came up behind me and nearly sent me through the roof during "The Wedding Bell Blues", so I unhooked the earphones so he could sing along with Liz. Great lyrics. (Certainly more meaningful than Quentin Tarentino's new movie!)

Next came "The Story Goes On", and I had to share her duet with Billy Porter on "Where Is Love?" with Joe before we went to bed.

My question for BK (wrong day, but what the hell!) is: Who wrote those tag lyrics to "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair"?

By the way, the amazing Alex Rybeck did the arrangements.

Did any NYC or Chicago DR's catch the Travel Channel's "Pizza Wars" last night? What is your favorite pizzaria: Ray's or Uno?

Topic of the day? Oh, there was a topic of the day, was there? One of my fave revues is "When Pigs Fly". Probably the only show in the world where the songs were based the costumes.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 10/14/2003 11:34 AM PST

WEL:

The ibdb won't let me access the Anne of Green Gables page right now, but click on my name, and maybe you can get there.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 10/14/2003 11:41 AM PST

I think that some butt cheeks need to
be gotten off of and some posting
needs to be done!

On to Comparative Politics for me,
however.

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/14/2003 11:46 AM PST

DR Ron - What a fun link! I've emailed it to practically everybody I know. Thanks!

Posted by Donna @ 10/14/2003 11:58 AM PST

Thanks everyone for the info on ANNE. WFO, I had tried that this morning and also could get no info. What I find odd is if the Canadian version is so successful why people are writing new versions. Although both had many good qualities and were each very enjoyable, I'd like to see the original that has been running since 1965. (Maybe people think Americans have enough on their plate with one redheaded orphan musical.)

BTW (by the way in internet talk), I got an e-mail from Rhino that said LucyMAME is on back order and should be no more than 30 days.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/14/2003 12:02 PM PST

Hey where is everybody today?

Paging everybody!

I have a question for all DRs. And of course it's a food question, since I'm hungry. What food are you desperately craving right now?

Me it's still General Taos chicken. It is my most favorite food. And I have not had Chinese for months (I think since August). I need to remedy that.

Tonight I am making souvlaki pitas with tzatiki. That is also something that I love. My sis mentioned eating it a few days ago, and I've been craving it ever since.

Posted by Jennifer @ 10/14/2003 12:04 PM PST

Ron - LOL so funny. Looks like my late kitty Precious.

8-(

November 11 CD releases: Josh Groban & GYPSY motion picture soundtrack.

Still no news on this front about the MAME Soundtrack CD a lot of us pre-ordered. Did anyone else get an email since the first one?

And of course Streisand and Aitkin have CD's coming out today. Hold me back....

Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/14/2003 12:05 PM PST

Ron -- That is just too cute.

George -- I think I would have rather learned yoga yesterday than worked, especially if I still got paid for it. Besides, my peanut butter and jelly couldn't have been any worse than your box lunch. At least, neither one of us will have to work the day after Thanksgiving, and we can fight the crowds at Tacoma Mall instead.

Posted by TCB @ 10/14/2003 12:05 PM PST

Nope. That was wrong. Clicking on my name now should take you to the AoGG page Should

Posted by William F. Orr @ 10/14/2003 12:07 PM PST

Jrand -- I didn't remember Josh Groban was in Gypsy. Was he Tulsa or Mazeppa?

Posted by TCB @ 10/14/2003 12:14 PM PST

We here in Indiana work on President's Day in February so that we can have the day after Thanksgiving off as well.

MBarnum will have to answer the phones for all of us.

Posted by JRand53 @ 10/14/2003 12:14 PM PST

I think he was Yonkers. 8-D

Posted by JRand53 @ 10/14/2003 12:15 PM PST

With apologies to the American Idol fans, I spelled Clay's name wrong.

It is Clay Aiken, NOT Claude Akins or Chet Atkins, or Cher....CLAY AIKEN.

Posted by JRand53 @ 10/14/2003 12:46 PM PST

For a listing of all upcoming theater-related CDs, DVDs and books, click my name.

Save the URL since this is updated every Tuesday.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/14/2003 01:11 PM PST

WFO: Alex Rybeck did the arrangement and, as far as I know, did the additional fun lyrics at the end.

Posted by bk @ 10/14/2003 01:18 PM PST

Y'all are all welcome, all y'all who enjoyed the link to the playful kitten!

Jennifer: I love Greek food!!!

Tsatsiki (aka tztatziki) is one of my favorite things...and for those who don't know, it's a creamy mixture of cucumber and yogurt the Greeks use as a dip for bread and raw vegetables. Yum.

I love souvlaki...and dolmas...and retsina...and baklava!

BK: I don't know from revues. We don't seem to have them locally, unless, of course, you count something like "Beach Blanket Babylon."

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 10/14/2003 01:22 PM PST

Hello fellow DR's! I have just returned from a most blaaaah day at school. It was blaaaah becuase nothing happened! Nothing at all that even slightly stands out in my head. Oh, except my STUPID Algebra teacher says "Sarah, you're having trouble in this class, you need to get help, because we're having a test on Thursday." When I inquire about when I can see him for help, he immediately says "Well, not now, and not during Study Hall, and not before or afterschool today or tomorrow, and not during your lunch. But any other time should be fine."

HOW THE HELL DOES HE EXPECT ME TO SEE HIM?!? There are only so many hours in the day!

I hate Algebra I hate Algebra I hate Algebra. And Mr. Schwarz.

-end rant-

Reviews, reviews...Have I ever been to a review? I don't think I have. But the ones that you all have listed sound lovely :)

Ron: I LOVED the cat. I sat there for about 5-6 minutes just watching the paw go up...go down...go up...go down. Sad, really. ;)

Are any of you interested in buying Maroon and Gold socks for only $7 a pair? Support Prom for the class of 2006!

Posted by Sarah @ 10/14/2003 01:22 PM PST

Ron, I too love Greek food! Yummy! I don't know all the names but my favorites are stuffed grape leaves and some wonderful spinich dish!

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/14/2003 01:23 PM PST

Spinich = Spinach

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/14/2003 01:24 PM PST

Jennifer: I am forever craving Wonton soup. Always! Now that I've mentioned it, I'll be craving it for the rest of the day. And the salad that a Japanese Steakhouse near me serves, it's very very very good.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/14/2003 01:25 PM PST

MBarnum -- are you talking about (yummy) moussaka?????

Posted by Ron Puliam @ 10/14/2003 01:28 PM PST

The best revue I've ever seen, and I was lucky enough to be cast in a local production of it years later, was AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND. I adore that show because one gets to show versatility in ways some other revues don't allow (roller skating, playing banjo, dancing different styles on crutches or with bells on).

I also liked NEW FACES very much. I've never seen FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in person, but I certainly have enjoyed all the cast albums.

Posted by Matt H. @ 10/14/2003 01:39 PM PST

Support hose to support the prom? An interesting concept.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/14/2003 01:45 PM PST

That might be it Ron! I am hungry now!

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/14/2003 02:03 PM PST

Ron... not to cause a conflict here or anything - but Lebanese Baklava is much better than the Greek version IMHO. Lots more pistachios and the wonderful addition of rose water. I LOVE Turkish and Lebanese Rose Water in desserts!

Never ever ever ever say that in front of a Greek person, though, because they will rip your head off quicker than you can say "Tzaziki" :)

Jennifer - I'll eat General Tao with you!!! Andrea adores it as well. And while I'm out I'll also drink/eat (which verb is it exactly) a big bowl of Wonton Soup for Swishy. ;)

I think the spinach wrapped Greek little bite thingamabobbers are spanokapita. Is there anyone with an "opolous" at the end of their last name here at HHW who can confirm this?

Posted by Emily @ 10/14/2003 02:18 PM PST

All right, it isn't a holiday TODAY, so where in tarnation IS everyone - although traffic seems to be light all over.

I should mention the revue songs of Bernstein and Markell, two of which are on my Broadway Bound album - the delectable Joshua Noveck and the hilarious Ninas.

Posted by bk @ 10/14/2003 02:29 PM PST

Funny story that I forgot to tell earlier: Today, during my English class, we didn't have anything to do for the last hour, so we had free time. I had brought by headphones with me, and was listening to Haines His Way. Now, my English teacher is a very nice woman, but sometimes she tries a little too hard to be "cool". So I have HHW on, and she comes up and asks me what I'm listening to. When I tell her, she exclaims, "Oh! I LOVE Guy Haines! Isn't he that new sexy Latin singer?!?"

I almost died trying not to laugh out loud, so that she wouldn't feel bad. I polietly nodded my head no, and told her that she might have been thinking about someone else. She just happily nodded, smiled, and walked away.

I'm such a good person :)

Posted by Sarah @ 10/14/2003 02:56 PM PST

Whoops...I SHOOK, I didn't NOD my head no.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/14/2003 02:57 PM PST

Reviews:"Cowardy Custard", Side By Side By Sondheim", "Putting It Together", "Marry Me A Little", "Smokey Joes's Café" and of course that poetry review that did so well "Cats".

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 10/14/2003 03:00 PM PST

I always get Guy Haines confused with Ricky Martin, Ricky Ricardo, and Tito Guizar.

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/14/2003 03:05 PM PST

Ron Pulliam, oh so cute!! I must send that off to my cat loving friends.
William F. Orr I did catch the "Pizza Wars" last night. I can't tell you my favorite since I have only had Uno's pizza.

Jennifer, I had been craving pizza before the "pizza wars". I don't know why I didn't stop for some while I was out today.

Sarah, my high school algebra teacher was mentally ill-honest. I heard later he ended up in an institution.

Posted by Jane @ 10/14/2003 03:08 PM PST

Sarah, have you SEEN Guy lately? He is a sexy latin singer now. That's his new image. We were thinking about doing a Latin Broadway album with him, but aren't there enough BAD Latin Broadway albums out there? Aren't there enough inept Latin Broadway albums out there? Aren't there enough low-selling Latin Broadway albums out there?

Some Hainsies/Kimlets need to get off their butt cheeks and post, don't you think? I think, therefore I am. A cigar is a cigar unless, that is, one has imagination in which case a cigar can also be a sexy Latin singer. Imagination can be funny, it can make a cloudy day sunny.

Posted by bk @ 10/14/2003 03:12 PM PST

yumm... general Tao

And on the Anne subject: I saw it in Charlottetown years ago. And was not impresssed.

Posted by Andrea @ 10/14/2003 03:17 PM PST

I have just returned from a nmost
interesting experience. About a
week ago, my peer adviser asked us
(her group) if we would be interested
in working on a scene for her
directing class. I said that I was
interested, and so we worked on a
brief scene from "The WIld Duck."
Today was the day that we
presented it to the class. We did it
once-it was okay, it seemed rather
undramatic, and the translation
made it seem a bit ridiculous. But
then the teacher of the class (an
experienced director) got his hands
on it. He asked a few questions, and
the scene just transformed. The
beginning of the scene suddenly
made a lot more sense. I realized
that I have pretty good instincts:
when I was being asked the right
questions, I often find pretty
interesting answers. And that was
tremendously exciting.

Is DR Ron Pulliam a very rich man? I
ask this question because NU's
newspaper is full of ads for the
prestigious "Puliam Fellowship,"
which is apparently a well-known
journalism fellowship. If Ron is
affiliated with this, shouldn't he also
start a HHW fellowship of some
type?

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/14/2003 03:24 PM PST

Can you imagine the shock of taking a break from rehearsal, expecting to find a veritable plethora of new posts, and then finding only 51? Where is everybody??? Listening to the Guy Haines Polka album? Oh wait...that doesn't exist...that I know of ;)

Hapgood--that's nice to hear about your scene! Keep up the good work...before we know it, you'll be a Master Thespian!

Ron--if anyone needs scholarship money, it's ME! Maybe you can donate your huge pile of monetary units to Hapgood, Emily, Sarah, Paulie, Geoffrey, Andrea, Laura and I and we can split it! (I'm sorry if I've neglected to list any HHW younguns!)

Back to rehearsal!

Posted by Maya @ 10/14/2003 03:38 PM PST

Oh I love Greek food too. I'm not sure which cities have lots of Greek restaurants. Here there are many.

I love stuffed vine leaves and spinach pie. And souvlakis! Yummy.

And three cheers for General Taos!

Posted by Jennifer @ 10/14/2003 03:45 PM PST

Oh and I forgot to say, I LOVE CLAY AIKEN. I'm mad I fell asleep last night and didn't see him on Jay Leno.

I need to go to Club Price and Future Shop and see who has the cd the cheapest.

Btw, Emily, still no Avenue Q at amazon.ca I don't think. Dumb people!

Posted by Jennifer @ 10/14/2003 03:46 PM PST

(Swishy) Sarah and William (E. Lurie), as I've said before:

"If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter."

Now, back to class.

Posted by Principal (Eve Arden) McGee @ 10/14/2003 03:50 PM PST

wow....I'd love to hear a Latin Broadway CD from Guy Haines! It would probably sell better than a Latin Broadway CD from Rita Moreno or an Alan & Marilyn Bergman CD from....oh, I don't know Leslie Uggams maybe....not that those CDs would ever happen either :-)

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 10/14/2003 04:00 PM PST

Whoops -- moussaka is eggplant and beef (ohhhh yummmm) and spanakopita is, indeed, the spinach appetizer (double yummy).

The Pulliam Fellowship -- is from the Pulliam family that owns the Indianapolis Star and many other newspapers, primarily in the midwest. They hail out of Missouri. My Pulliams hail out of Virginia. They were tobacco farmers until the 1960s when some of them started contracting cancer!!!!!!!!

I don't sit on huge piles of money. My bills, however, can be formed into huge piles.

I'd love to lay some tuition money down on the fine youths who post on this here unseemly message board. It's cause youse all has class. And class can't be bought. But an education can be.

Alas, alack....I can send you letters of encouragement.

: )

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 10/14/2003 04:10 PM PST

So BK: How do you really feel about the Latin Broadway album that they other label produced and I bought (not from them) thinking you had produced it?

The revues mentioned like Side By Side by Sondheim, Jerry's Girls are different animals from the revues like The Littlest Revue and New Faces of 19** which had song, usually by array or writers, and comedy sketches. These type of revues were done in by television where they could be seen for nothing.

Today's revues are usually nothing than putting together songs by a composer and/or lyricists that usually have no thought or proper concept to them. The last real artistic successful revue on Broadway? I would have to say would be Ain't Misbehavin' and Sophisticated Ladies despite the long run of Smokey Joe's Cafe .

Then there all the others that did not succeed and they use the scores of well known and successfully composer, Putting it Together [Sondheim](which purposely spelt it a review) Jerry's Girls [Jerry Herman], Perfectly Frank (Frank Loesser), Dream (Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood.

And even shows like Fosse and Jerome Robbins Broadway were not success despite being "the greatest hits of...." More of a Broadway 101 crash course for those who don't have the patience to sit through the whole show and see all the musical numbers. (I chose to skip Fosse because I had seen all the musical numbers that were presented in the show in their original form)

There have been a lot more songbook revues off-broadway where I guess people are less demanding. By Bernstein, By Strouse, 4 Do 2, an many others.

The two best revues/songbook shows in recent memory were And the World Goes Round (Kander and Ebb) mainly for its refreshing staging and performers and The Maltby Shire show Closer than Ever that showcased the great songs by the team that Broadway audiences rarely get to see and hear.

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 10/14/2003 04:28 PM PST

Can I be an athlete AND an athletic supporter? I ran XC last year, and I would have this year, if I hadn't had too much on my plate as it was. I'm also planning on swimteam, if I can bring my Algebra grade up.

At the moment I am full of Spartan pride, wearing my Spartan XC teeshirt, my Spartan Sweatpants, and my Spartan socks, with some Spartan ribbons in my hair too. I am quite the sight of maroon and gold. If only the FIRST Spartans had such a fine clothing line, they would have been much more comfortable.

Jane: What an interesting story about your Algebra teacher! Unfortunately, I don't think mine is mentally ill. He was in the Armed Forces for a long time, and I think they screen for stuff like that. :)

BK: If Guy Haines is indeed a sexy Latin hunk, do give him my email address. I could use one of those.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/14/2003 04:28 PM PST

Finally posting, after an exhausting day at work.

Many of my favorite revues have been mentioned, such as And the World Goes Round, Forbidden Broadway in oh so many guises, Sond by Sond by Sideheim (kind of inside out there but you know what I'm talking about), Marry Me a Little, A Grand Night for Singing (the CD was produced by our own BK) and a couple of revues for which I now have CDs, thanks to DRs Jason and Tom from Oz, Cowardy Custard (previously mentioned by TFO) and Oh, Coward (thanks again, Jason) I also like another BK-produced CD, The Gay 90s, a fig-influenced revue from, what else, the 1990s. There are two beautiful songs on that CD, My Superman and Jonathan Wesley Oliver, Jr. the latter being a song about a panel in the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt. All these years later, that song can still make me cry. There is also a VERY funny song about lesbian birds on Noah's Ark and how they save the boat.

Before I forget, Donald, great show this week. It was worth the wait. I like those kind of shows with lots of unfamiliar material. Thanks for the good work.

Posted by Ben @ 10/14/2003 04:31 PM PST

Forgot Starting Here, Starting Now.

Posted by Ben @ 10/14/2003 04:32 PM PST

I meant to post that Anne of Green Gables did play NYC and lasted only I think 16 performances. It played City Center and not sure if that qualifies it to have ever played Broadway.

The london run lasted almost a year.

Believe it or not The Japanese are big fans of Anne of Green Gables and they make pilgrimages to Prince Edward Island every year.

The show only plays during the summer time and 52 weeks a year.

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 10/14/2003 04:33 PM PST

oh and another interesting side note. Actress Dawn O'Day playe Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) in the 1934 film version of the movie and it was such a success and she was so identified with the role that she changed her name to Anne Shirley.

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 10/14/2003 04:36 PM PST

Ben,

Thanks for the nice words about this week's show. I was amazed at how many female lyricists had written for Broadway, but also sad to see that so few of them have been sucessful.

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 10/14/2003 04:39 PM PST

Speaking of the wealth of the Pulliam clan, this information comes from my office (I never seem to stray far from my job)

There are four (4) Pulliam Foundations listed below

D.R. & Virginia D. Pulliam Charitable Trust in AZ

Myrta J. Pulliam Charitable Trust in IN

Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, also in IN

and

Pulliam Family Charitable Trust in OK.

Ron, give them a call, see if you're related, a long-lost cousin or something. Maybe you're in a will that you did't know about. You could inherit millions and then you could support all the Hainsies/Kimlets in the manner to which we could easily become accustomed :-)

Posted by Ben @ 10/14/2003 04:39 PM PST

I am having problems getting the radio show. It doesn't want to connect to my real radio program. Instead I get a blank web page

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 10/14/2003 04:50 PM PST

sorry Michael....seems to be a server problem again....it was working this morning.....hopefully someone is working on fixing it!

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 10/14/2003 04:58 PM PST

Good evening/afternoon all!

It would seem I have survived the curse of the oyster. One must be flexible but would it be to much to hope the next B-Day person will choose someplace else to eat when it’s their B-Day lunch?

Server problems–there seems to be a rash of them going around lately, here and other boards as well. Maybe the servers are in revolt? Tired of serving? Who serves a server?

Cheers!

D

Posted by Danise @ 10/14/2003 05:06 PM PST

The radio show should be working. Mark Bakalor posted about it yesterday - you may need to clear your cache first. Check his post from yesterday. Can someone please try to load the radio show and make sure? Thanks.

Posted by bk @ 10/14/2003 05:29 PM PST

Can't speak for anyone else but I can't get it to work. And I do have Real Player installed.

Sorry.

D

Posted by Danise @ 10/14/2003 05:41 PM PST

Just to be sure I re downloaded /installed Real Player and it seems to be working fine now.

D

Posted by Danise @ 10/14/2003 05:55 PM PST

I haven't had any issues getting it since last night, when Craig posted about it being up. I just tried to get it and it worked fine.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/14/2003 06:17 PM PST

Just tried the Radio Show here at home and it works fine. Emptying your cache might do the trick. If you're not sure how to do that, go up to the top toolbar in IE next to Favorites, where it says Tools, click on it, scroll down to Internet Options. In the middle, it says Temporary Internet Files (there is a folder w/an E on it). Click on the Delete Files tab. A dialogue box will pop up asking if you want to do this "Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files?" Click OK and the box will close. Then move down to History. Click "Clear History" Again, you will get a dialogue box asking if you want to do this. Click Yes and the box will close. Then click OK and the bigger box will close. I then recommend that you click on the piece of paper with the green lines (the refresh box) between the Red X and the Monopoly House. This will reload your browser and you should be able to get to the Radio show with no problem.

Brought to you by your friendly technical support person.

Posted by Ben @ 10/14/2003 06:53 PM PST

Question:

Since we young Hainsies and Kimlets have so much class, why am I being forced to go to classes?

Hmmm... tough one... :)

(Back to the grindstone - ugh)

Posted by Emily @ 10/14/2003 07:06 PM PST

The radio show might not have issues but I have issues - where in tarnation IS everyone? Don't make me start bitch-slapping everyone from here to eternity. Let's get WITH it, shall we?

I just received a very good phone call, which I'll have more news about towards the end of the week.

I also had some very interesting Nudie Musical (the movie) news, which I'll also share with you when I know a bit more. Had I mentioned that it's being shown at a German film festival right about now? It is.

Posted by bk @ 10/14/2003 07:29 PM PST

Emily-we only augment our
classiness by going to class. Some
day perhaps we will be as classy as
those who have gone to many
classes. Perhaps we will even be so
classy that we will teach classes!

I recently finished one rough draft for
a paper, and now must finish
another. It would not do, no it would
not do to fall behind on all of this!

I had forgotten the Maltby/Shire
revues-I do like a lot of the songs in
them. Not all of them, as some are a
bit maudlin and/or poppy, but most
of them.

"And the World Goes Round" is also
wonderful-it reminds one how
criminally some of Kander and Ebb's
great songs were treated by the
plays in which they appeared, which
were often severely flawed.

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/14/2003 07:30 PM PST

Back from rehearsal, and also from my dad's birthday dinner. We went to a lovely little Mexican restaurant called El Charro and had a very nice time. I had an enchilada dinner, and since I am (unhappily) still not 21, had to content myself with an alcohol-free Strawberry Daiquiri.

How could I have forgotten to list And the World Goes Round as one of my favorite revues???

BK--I can't wait to hear the news about Nudie Musical! Are you suuure you can't tell us now???

Emily--I would like to be like Velma and Mama Morton and sing "Whatever happened to class?" after having NOT gone to a few.

Posted by Maya @ 10/14/2003 08:12 PM PST

Thank you to all who suggest to clear the internet cache. I did and I am not listening to it now.

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 10/14/2003 08:12 PM PST

Hmmmm...

Sondheim.com is still in trouble, nothing but error messages. Kind of a shame, there's a few over there I'd like to send the Tails to via e-mail. Guess they'll have to wait.

The house seems very empty right now, what with Bonnie and Buster spending the night at the vet's. On the other hand, der Brucer and I have a lot of house cleaning to do right now, and it's a little easier with eight less feet underfoot. But I wish it was tomorrow already.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 10/14/2003 08:35 PM PST

Dear DR Maya: Shouldn't Charo be an Elle, and not an El?

That's just how my mind is working right now. Der Brucer and I went to a local coffee shop for dinner tonight, and in paying the tab he asked if I had six cents. Handing him the change, I replied "I see penny people."

Remember, no groaning around here.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 10/14/2003 08:40 PM PST

Revues:
Ain't Misbehavin' - The tape used to live in my car!
Closer Than Ever - Succeeded AM in my car!
Side By Side By Sondheim - And it was the show with which I made my professional debut as a musical director. WOW! -11 years goes fast!
Lies & Legends: The Songs of Harry Chapin - I remember seeing this at Pasadena Playhouse many years ago - it was running in rep with Jacques Brel.... Amanda McBroom was in the cast.

In other news... The first day of rehearsal for Camelot went very well. What a wonderful cast. What a wonderful bunch of directors and designers. What a wonderful crew. What a wonderful bunch of people to spend the next couple of months with! (Please excuse the dangling participle.) *The info page on Arena Stage's web-site should be brought up to date shortly for those of you interested in checking it out.

Well, it was a long day for me - and it took me a little longer to get home than normal due to some heavy rain and "light" flooding on the roads... I'll check back in after I'm done with the rest of my daily internet stuff...

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 10/14/2003 08:49 PM PST

DR SWW: Charo, the entertainer,
would be an "Ella" as that is the
Spanish term for she, nor "Elle."
"Charro" means cowboy.
(Sorry, it's the semi-fluent in Spanish
pedant talking.)

I just finished rough drafts of two
different papers due at the end of the
week, and I'm sure tired. And I still
have some 90 pages of Dracula to
read. Oy.

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/14/2003 09:32 PM PST

I remember the days when eighty-two posts would be cause for dancing the Hora, but you people have spoiled me and now eighty-two seems paltry to our best days. That said, Mr. Bakalor tells me that our stats (which I can't access at the moment) are, in fact, higher than ever, so go know.

Posted by bk @ 10/14/2003 11:03 PM PST

I just got a CD from eBay. It's the BK produced "Chicago ...And All That Jazz" with the Brad Ellis Little Big Band. So far I've just listened to the first track "All That Jazz" and will listen to the whole CD tomorrow at work. It's pretty darned snazzy.

Only 16 more posts until we reach 100!

Posted by George @ 10/14/2003 11:35 PM PST

Hopefully there won't be so much noise today.

Did I read it, or did I dream it, that those who purchased KRITZERLAND on this here site would be getting a copy of the CD?

I may have dreamed it, and if I did, it was a nice dream.

Posted by JRand53 @ 10/15/2003 05:35 AM PST

-I'm about to head off to jousting rehearsal! But before I go...

I'm not sure if I ever mentioned that none other than Ms. Christianne Tisdale is in our cast as Nimue/Morgan Le Fey! I'll be sure and send greetings!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 10/15/2003 06:30 AM PST

Well here it is, the morning, and
there have only been four posts
since last night! What a shame!

I was up until 1:30 with all of my
reading, so I was rather tired this
morning. I got up a bit late, so I did
not even get to finish my tea before
rushing to class, which is luckily right
next to my dorm. I now have a brief
respite before my next class.
Perhaps the new notes are up by
now? Let us see.

Posted by Hapgood @ 10/15/2003 09:11 AM PST

Hapgood - they aren't

Posted by Emily @ 10/15/2003 09:16 AM PST

Must be very quiet in Studio City this morning.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/15/2003 09:32 AM PST

Shhh... if you listen closely you can hear BK's snoring self... :)

Posted by Emily @ 10/15/2003 09:35 AM PST