Topic: FEH (Read 20911 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:24:28 AM »

Good morning, all! Last night I had several bizarre dreams, but I remember none of them now, except that on an early morning trip to the bathroom i remember thinking, that dream was a doozy! I stayed up too late reading bits of Steve Suskin's Broadway Orchestration book.

Today, I finish the EILEEN edits currently on my desk and wait for more to hopefully arrive soon. I may have to go down to the McGlinnventory to see how things stand with the new photocopies of chorus and principal books.

BK, I'm sorry that you're bent out of shape about Facebook. My feeling is, and has been, that we need to add new members to the group, and the last new member, to my recollection, is my friend JohnG. Some E&T DRs stop by occasionally, like Swishy Sarah and Noel, but some have their moment, take what they need, and vanish, like that sister act that knew DR JMK, and some die, like William Lurie. Perhaps rather than raving about bitchslapping and E&T members, you encourage new DRs? A lot of the ones who've been here from the beginning came as a result of your recordings from the 1990s, and I don't know how they even knew about HHW, since I didn't know about this site until 2003.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #31 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:24:49 AM »

Thanks DR CILLA LIZ and all for the MUSIC MAN postings. Much appreciated. Another sold out performance tonight....and my last day of NOT WORKING and doing the show....because I work 1/2 days on Friday and Saturday.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:25:26 AM »

!! Page Two Dance !!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:25:48 AM »

And to add to today's posts before I head off for work . . .

Jrand73 · « **Reply #34 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:25:57 AM »

New people?

I'm still getting used the ones we have.

Kerry · « **Reply #35 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:25:58 AM »

TOD: I hit the snooze button 3 (count 'em THREE) times this morning!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:26:32 AM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on June 09, 2011, 06:28:06 AM

Good morning. It's a very cool 57 degrees this morning and it feels fabulous!

That is fantastic news! Enjoy it while you can.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #37 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:26:44 AM »

I am not self indulgent, and can't remember anything....other than buying an expensive photo or geegaw on Ebay....hmmmmmmmm

Jrand73 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:27:03 AM »

I couldn't make myself any plainer if I'se a Quaker on his day off!

Laura · « **Reply #39 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:27:40 AM »

It is a nippy 72 this morning.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:27:42 AM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on June 09, 2011, 07:24:49 AM

Thanks DR CILLA LIZ and all for the MUSIC MAN postings. Much appreciated. Another sold out performance tonight....and my last day of NOT WORKING and doing the show....because I work 1/2 days on Friday and Saturday.

Another sellout? This is fantastic! DR JRand60, in the history of your theatre since you've been with it, what are the bestselleras and worst?

Laura · « **Reply #41 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:28:03 AM »

I'm glad your show is going so well, JRand. Are those two folks showing up so far?

Matthew · « **Reply #42 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:32:46 AM »

Good morning, how is everyone on this beautiful Thursday? Ain't life grand?

JMK · « **Reply #43 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:49:33 AM »

I had a rather bizarre dream involving Jon Stewart last night. That is all.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #44 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:55:43 AM »

A very merry UN-Birthday to all and sundry.

If you're not sundry, you must hie you hence to a sunny place and dry.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #45 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:57:13 AM »

That's my BKism for the day.

I promise.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #46 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:08:58 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 09, 2011, 12:15:25 AM

And the word of the day is: TINTINNABULATION!

And The Song Of The Day Is: BELLS ARE RINGING

Druxy · « **Reply #47 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:09:10 AM »

Yesterday, I had a phone conversation with a guy that I hadn't talked to for well over 40 years.

He's originally from the Seattle area and, in fact, is living up there now.

Back in the day, he played the title role in a Kirkland Community Theater production of MR. ROBERTS...and I was suppose to play the Captain. Unfortunately, I had to bow out because I was directing another show.

In any event, this guy moved to Los Angeles about the same time I did, and he became a reporter for one of the local TV stations.

He was on the scene at the Ambassador Hotel the night that Bobby Kennedy was shot.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #48 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:12:16 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 09, 2011, 12:16:54 AM

Dino is a dish best served cold.

Dino On The Rocks With A Twist

JMK · « **Reply #49 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:15:42 AM »

How does Dino play the piano with those clunky dinosaur feet of his?

Ginny · « **Reply #50 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:33:29 AM »

I've done my basement walk for today, during which I had a call from Richard. His return from northern Indiana will be delayed because the Bishop was taken to the hospital in the middle of the night. That's about all I know, except that Richard's cell phone needs a charge and he doesn't have the cord with him.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #51 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:36:06 AM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on June 09, 2011, 08:12:16 AM

Quote from: bk on June 09, 2011, 12:16:54 AM
Dino is a dish best served cold.

Dino On The Rocks With A Twist

That's The Title Of My Next Novel

FJL · « **Reply #52 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:45:39 AM »

I don't use no Facebook.

FJL · « **Reply #53 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:46:27 AM »

I'm on facebook, but I don't use it (more than once a month, so far).

bk · « **Reply #54 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:46:35 AM »

I am up and soon I will be on my way to pick up some tapes and return some tapes.

bk · « **Reply #55 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:47:05 AM »

Quote from: FJL on June 09, 2011, 08:46:27 AM

I'm on facebook, but I don't use it (more than once a month, so far).

Good, then you're splitting your time evenly between here and there

Jrand73 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:48:42 AM »

*SNAP*

Jrand73 · « **Reply #57 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:53:24 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 09, 2011, 07:27:42 AM

Quote from: Jrand60 on June 09, 2011, 07:24:49 AM
Thanks DR CILLA LIZ and all for the MUSIC MAN postings. Much appreciated. Another sold out performance tonight....and my last day of NOT WORKING and doing the show....because I work 1/2 days on Friday and Saturday.

Another sellout? This is fantastic! DR JRand60, in the history of your theatre since you've been with it, what are the bestselleras and worst?

Hard to say - since in the early days we only did three performances, and now we do six.....but generally speaking:

Since we moved to our own theatre:

Grease - which was awful as only it can be with a director with no skills is our champion with over 1900 tickets sold.

In the last ten years or so....The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons were at a little over 900 tickets each.....and we have a season ticket base of over 800....so not a lot of interest in those shows.....I only directed one of them.

Last season's BLITHE SPIRIT was our most expensive and least attended show of the year.....I did direct that.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #58 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:54:17 AM »

And we did sell 1022 tickets to BLITHE SPIRIT....with an attendance of 956.

Here is our attendance history for the last 50 years.

http://www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com/attendance/

Right now we have 198 tickets available for each performance....so for a seven performance run - our capacity is 1386.

We sold 888 season tickets this year, so we only have about 498 tickets available for any particular show.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #59 on:** June 09, 2011, 09:00:36 AM »

Now I sound like I do at a board meeting.

MANY MANY years ago there was a debate about adding to the barn to get more seats in the theatre....there were heated arguments for many different configurations and it was a rough meeting.....finally I said....adding to the barn is a pretty drastic measure.

Why not just add an additional performance? You get two hundred extra tickets to sell and all it costs is a night's royalty and the time of your cast & crew.

Crickets.........but we added a performance to the five we did then....and we now do seven.

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