Haines His Way

Now I have this song running through my head and it isn't JOSE's fault...

As the world goes, yes, it is DRJose's fault.  JOSE: SCOURGE OF GOD strikes again!

Before DRJoey left this morning, I forced him to watch the first 15 minutes of GUMNAAM.  I think the musical number with the spastic lady dancer has left him in shock and horror.  He kept asking, "Why isn't she wearing a mask?" since everyone else was; it's kind of like "Zorro goes to West side Story."

Bewre all visitor's to elmore's door this fate may await you there

of course THAT would be Jose's fault

Off to night 2 of PIPPIN.

Opening night was fine, BIG THUNDERSTORM kept some people away....and there are thunderstorms predicted for the next three days.

So PIPPIN will be underwater for the first week of its run, I fear!

DR Rodzinski - We had that happen with our flight on a trip to Toronto - we got there early enough for an earlier flight.  We asked is there any way to get on the earlier flight.  The lady started to say "The only seats I have are - well, OK."  And we got on the earlier plane and it turned out she had upgraded us to first class.  It was only from NY to Toronto, but a free upgrade is a free upgrade, plus we got to Toronto way early, which was wonderful.  Sometimes, bugaboos pay off.

Yes, I was here then. I am a little disppointed that it will be families this next time.  I have nothing against families, but 2 people working together is much easier that 4 and having some of them be kids who will undoubtedly get tired and whiney, yikes!

I'm with you.  Why mess with a good thing?

Off to night 2 of PIPPIN.

Opening night was fine, BIG THUNDERSTORM kept some people away....and there are thunderstorms predicted for the next three days.

So PIPPIN will be underwater for the first week of its run, I fear!

In any case, Break Legs, DR JRand!

Whaddup, dawg?

For those with teenage daughters, which would be vixmom, what current teen trends does your daughter, who is a musicals lover, absolutely abhor - fashion, places, TV, movies, anything you can think of.

Hmmm.  well she isn't really a teenager yet, she just turned 12 in April and she's kind of a young 12 (at least for this area in this year) she still likes her American Girl Dolls and playing in the sandbox and on the swings.


I know she says that those pants the kids wear which ride below the underwear is really stupid, and she doesn't like
the loud booming bass on car stereos... on the other hand maybe she says that just to please me because I have complained about them enough in her hearing  

Mercy buckets.  I have no recollection of the change.

But, then, I was never that big into dinosaurs as a boy.

I learn more stufff form the Vixter's homework assignements.....

No can do, Lar. And you can blame Jose for it. I gotta meet the old bandmates for some brews.

MattH: When I saw Scoundrels a few months ago, it was interrupted by a cellphone while Butz was speaking. He changed one of his lines in a funny way that fit the moment, so the audience cheered, but then he went up on his lines for a moment.

I kept thinking someone would say SOMETHING, but then they made a joke at the beginning of the show about not have pre-show announcements, so I thought maybe they thought they couldn't complain when they hadn't made any warnings about them.

A cellphone went off during SPELLING BEE, too, but the person shut it off after two rings. Jesse Tyler Ferguson said in his timid little small voice, "Hello, hello," and the audience just roared.

Yes, DR Jrand, glad to hear opening night went fine. Here's hoping there are no second night letdowns.

Media check:  Turntable - Together Again

I found the CD that I made of my album of Together Again and will listen to that today, here at work.

Also in my CD player:  Bernadette Peters' CDs, "Sondheim, Etc." and "Sondheim, Etc., Etc."  I listened to her "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" CD, which has "Hills of Shiloh/Faithless Love" (I'd forgotten that the "Hills of Shiloh" part is the humming that she does before "Faithless Love") so even though it's not listed on the new CD, "Sondheim, Etc., Etc.," "Hills of Shiloh" that was listed in the Playbill article that I posted yesterday IS on the new CD because it's the humming part, also, just like on the original studio CD version.  

My, that was an unseemly sentence, wasn't it?

I got to the first 35 minutes of THE FORGOTTEN this afternoon. So far, I'm liking it very much. There's enough misdirection and enigma floating around to keep me interested it seeing how it all plays out. I'm hoping the resolution isn't a letdown. Julianne Moore is one of the best actresses out there right now.