And the word of the day is: SEJUNCT!
TOD: Mary Tyler Moore
Robert Redford
and a local woman physician who specializes in plastic surgery and is her own worst billboard.
And we are standing in reverse alternating chronological order - so there was a method to my madness.
DR ELMORE did you get me any money while you were at the bank?
And it does include this rather sober photo of all of us at the Proclamation last Friday. ;D
I don't know from L'Enfer - but it sounds very interesting.
Back from D.C. and can't figure out why the hotel's system would not let me sign in to HHW yesterday.
Immersing myself in a mostly-FOLLIES weekend again was a wonderful wallow. i think Mr. Brantley's review (where e loved Act II, didn't like Act 1) could be a result of the oddest point to settle on for 15 minutes of rumination over the intermission, after the expert rendition of TOO MANY MORNINGS - but stopping there for a pause makes the show feel like it's about so much less than it really is. Maybe get rid of the intermission for a couple of perfs on a Tueday evening and Wednesday and see how it works? Elmore, would anyone listen to you if you made a suggestion like that?
Back from D.C. and can't figure out why the hotel's system would not let me sign in to HHW yesterday.
Immersing myself in a mostly-FOLLIES weekend again was a wonderful wallow. i think Mr. Brantley's review (where e loved Act II, didn't like Act 1) could be a result of the oddest point to settle on for 15 minutes of rumination over the intermission, after the expert rendition of TOO MANY MORNINGS - but stopping there for a pause makes the show feel like it's about so much less than it really is. Maybe get rid of the intermission for a couple of perfs on a Tueday evening and Wednesday and see how it works? Elmore, would anyone listen to you if you made a suggestion like that?
A TIME TO KILL at the Arena is such an expert depiction of reality of vigilante justice, and by presenting it with great humor and stark realism, seems to endorse eye-for-an-eye and capital punishment by presenting reality without (as far as I can see) comment. Almost Brechtian for me in its alienation. I prefer getting riled up at the theater to being bored, and I was NOT bored to say the least. Bravo to Rupert Holmes and the Arena Stage and everyone for daring to present challenging work, and I did not join the standing ovation because I was a little in shock.
Thanks for the report on A Time To Kill, DR FJL, I've been anxious to hear about it
Of course not. If I were doing FOLLIES, I would try to keep it with no intermission, but you know my feelings about Eric Schaeffer, none of them positive or friendly.
The new Arena Stage building is stunning.
Only thing I didn't get about the design: At one point, to get to the street level theater where A TIME TO KILL is playing, and then get back out, we had to go up a flight of stairs only to go down s flight of stairs to get to the level we were on before. This feels like a design flaw, but no one there seemed to find it odd. :)
Thanks for the report on A Time To Kill, DR FJL, I've been anxious to hear about it
Cilla, i think it opened last night. So the reviews that matter should be out pretty soon. I'll be fascinated to see if it affects professional theater critics as viscerally as it affected me.
And it does include this rather sober photo of all of us at the Proclamation last Friday. ;D
This is one lovely photo. I've never seen DR JRand60 look so refined.
And...
Encores! has just announced their 2012 season: Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
And...
Encores! has just announced their 2012 season: Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Nothing by Frank Wildhorn?
TOD: Mary Tyler Moore
Robert Redford
LOL, DR John G. Moore and Redford were the first two who popped into me head as soon as I read the TOD.
Therefore, ditto, say I.
And...
Encores! has just announced their 2012 season: Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Wow! CNN quotes a person who estimates that 75% of Joplin is gone. And 89 are dead. That's enormous, much larger than I ever would have guessed.
Here is the first of five - in a series of articles this week about Putnam County Playhouse in our local paper.
http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1729934.html
Here is the first of five - in a series of articles this week about Putnam County Playhouse in our local paper.
http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1729934.html
Congrats, Jack!
I am off to a Program Committee Meeting and then a run-thru with tech....whew!
We shall see.
The list they keep giving us has shows that I have OBJECTED to for years and years and they stay on the list. This show or that show that I like gets taken off because someone in the grocery store told the Chairperson they didn't like the show.....
SO - this is the last year of my three year term.....so they can do whatever they want next year. Everything I like is NEVER even considered - since I don't know anything.....and with the poor ensemble we have in THE MUSIC MAN - you would think they would realize that we can't do THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE or BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.....but someone wants them....so one or the other or BOTH will likely show up for 2012.
I like working in the box office.
Here is the first of five - in a series of articles this week about Putnam County Playhouse in our local paper.
http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1729934.html
Congrats, Jack!
This has really shaken me up. I considered getting in a car and going there, but there isn't anything for me to do at the moment and I'd probably be in the way. My BIL doesn't think they've even scratched the surface of deaths.
I am off to a Program Committee Meeting and then a run-thru with tech....whew!
We shall see.
The list they keep giving us has shows that I have OBJECTED to for years and years and they stay on the list. This show or that show that I like gets taken off because someone in the grocery store told the Chairperson they didn't like the show.....
SO - this is the last year of my three year term.....so they can do whatever they want next year. Everything I like is NEVER even considered - since I don't know anything.....and with the poor ensemble we have in THE MUSIC MAN - you would think they would realize that we can't do THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE or BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.....but someone wants them....so one or the other or BOTH will likely show up for 2012.
I like working in the box office.
DR FJL, I'm happy that you think Eric Schaeffer is the greatest thing since sliced bread and that he's provided you with many happy viewing hours. I still think he's scum.
I can recall a time when Susan Shulman was considered s talent, too!
{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Cillaliz.
Hoo and Ray - my passport came in today's mail!!!
For the second time in a week a title I wanted to license has JUST been licensed by this Spanish label (for whom I wrote some liner notes for one of their first releases - sorry I did that now) - very annoying and I'm sure he's just going to keep going through the MGM list until he locks up everything that Intrada or us haven't locked up. The thing about the title today is that there are no elements but I'd figured out how to do it - he obviously figured out the same thing, only he won't do it as well because he doesn't have my mastering guy.
For the second time in a week a title I wanted to license has JUST been licensed by this Spanish label (for whom I wrote some liner notes for one of their first releases - sorry I did that now) - very annoying and I'm sure he's just going to keep going through the MGM list until he locks up everything that Intrada or us haven't locked up.
The singers are learning fast and a lot of the music is difficult, but the new arrangements I've written in the past two weeks sound quite wonderful. Tomorrow, it will sound better.
For the second time in a week a title I wanted to license has JUST been licensed by this Spanish label (for whom I wrote some liner notes for one of their first releases - sorry I did that now) - very annoying and I'm sure he's just going to keep going through the MGM list until he locks up everything that Intrada or us haven't locked up. The thing about the title today is that there are no elements but I'd figured out how to do it - he obviously figured out the same thing, only he won't do it as well because he doesn't have my mastering guy.
Good morning, all!I planned to sleep until 7am, but I was wide awake at 5:50 and out of bed by 6:10.I had a ferocious dream that John McGlinn had reyurned and was creating hell about my perversion of his work, on BABES IN TOYLAND and EILEEN, and my last memory of this dream is that we were in an office where I told him his research was inept and incomplete and much of his scholarship was fraud. Well, it's true!
So, this morning I will pay a few bills, run over to the bank for some cash, and go to the first meeting of this Appalachian holiday piece. Actors are coming and going all week for rehearsals and auditions, so we're hoping to get the bulk of the vocal parts taught today and tomorrow. The cast is as follows:
Erica Aubrey
Mimi Bessette
Jarrod Emick
Julie Foldesi
Michael Hicks
Ben Hope
Ian Lowe
David Lutken
Deb Lyons
Steve McIntyre
Jennafer Newberry
Leenya Rideout
I am very excited about this!
And it does include this rather sober photo of all of us at the Proclamation last Friday. ;D
Today is a holiday, Victoria Day.
And for some reason there is a newspaper today. It said no Canada Post strike Tues, Wed, Thurs at least. So that is good. I hate mail strikes.
Yes, the news out of Joplin is horrendous.
Having heard it, however, the little wheels in my head started spinning and I have been trying to remember which TV comedy character always talked about Joplin, MO.
Was it Bob Cummings on "Love That Bob"?
DR FJL, I'm happy that you think Eric Schaeffer is the greatest thing since sliced bread and that he's provided you with many happy viewing hours. I still think he's scum.
I can recall a time when Susan Shulman was considered s talent, too!
TOD - One of my former co-workers, who has since also retired, took frequent extended periods of time off. She alternated between cruises and facelifts.
Been doing stuff on the Internet and getting ready to work with the MD.
DR FJL, I'm happy that you think Eric Schaeffer is the greatest thing since sliced bread and that he's provided you with many happy viewing hours. I still think he's scum.
I can recall a time when Susan Shulman was considered s talent, too!
I don't see where I said that he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, just that I think he's very reliable as a provider of good solid entertainment. But do you mean "scum" as a person
TOD - One of my former co-workers, who has since also retired, took frequent extended periods of time off. She alternated between cruises and facelifts.
Did she eventually snag a rich husband?
Why is your knee swollen? did you do something to it? are you fighting an infection?
VIBES!!!!!
For the second time in a week a title I wanted to license has JUST been licensed by this Spanish label (for whom I wrote some liner notes for one of their first releases - sorry I did that now) - very annoying and I'm sure he's just going to keep going through the MGM list until he locks up everything that Intrada or us haven't locked up. The thing about the title today is that there are no elements but I'd figured out how to do it - he obviously figured out the same thing, only he won't do it as well because he doesn't have my mastering guy.
TOD - One of my former co-workers, who has since also retired, took frequent extended periods of time off. She alternated between cruises and facelifts.
Did she eventually snag a rich husband?
LOL, DR TCB, I think her desired outcome was the opposite! She already had a husband and she told me once that she could hardly stand to be in his company...
Oh DR TCB! I hope you weren't stranded too long on the floor. according to bryan some swelling is good to fight infection & was why he didn't ice his injured knee.
HUGS & MEGA VIBES!!!
What a tragic scene in Joplin!
Thanks, DR Jane. So far, so good - the power is still on and we haven't heard the sirens again.
Thanks, DR Jane. So far, so good - the power is still on and we haven't heard the sirens again.
DR Jane - even though we're in the basement and we have glass block windows, I can verify that the sun is NOT shining at the moment.
For the second time in a week a title I wanted to license has JUST been licensed by this Spanish label (for whom I wrote some liner notes for one of their first releases - sorry I did that now) - very annoying and I'm sure he's just going to keep going through the MGM list until he locks up everything that Intrada or us haven't locked up. The thing about the title today is that there are no elements but I'd figured out how to do it - he obviously figured out the same thing, only he won't do it as well because he doesn't have my mastering guy.
That is horrible, BK. Have you considered contacting the head of that label?
Elmore, have you read the Jack Tales? I just learned of them and now can't wait to lay my hands on a copy. They're Appalachian folk tales with Jack of the beanstalk fame in various other tales. Don't know if any take place at Christmas or if any music is spoken on in them, but I thought of you when one of my professors was talking about them to me earlier this evening. (We're not reading them for class; we're reading Song of Roland, the Kalevala and the Niebelungenlied instead.)
And I think I got A's in both classes from the first semester. Finally got my analysis of my paper on the musicals of 1959. The topic was too large for the 25-page suggested limit. I wrote 44. She wanted more. The fact that I could make someone who was not interested in musicals want more made me feel good.
And I think I got A's in both classes from the first semester. Finally got my analysis of my paper on the musicals of 1959. The topic was too large for the 25-page suggested limit. I wrote 44. She wanted more. The fact that I could make someone who was not interested in musicals want more made me feel good.
Elmore, have you read the Jack Tales? I just learned of them and now can't wait to lay my hands on a copy. They're Appalachian folk tales with Jack of the beanstalk fame in various other tales. Don't know if any take place at Christmas or if any music is spoken on in them, but I thought of you when one of my professors was talking about them to me earlier this evening. (We're not reading them for class; we're reading Song of Roland, the Kalevala and the Niebelungenlied instead.)
{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Cillaliz.
DITTO!
Did anyone live in the house wit Joe?
Do you know of any good recordings? It seems I can do a compare of the Ring with the original, so I may do another paper on Roland and opera. Have to think of different angles.Elmore, have you read the Jack Tales? I just learned of them and now can't wait to lay my hands on a copy. They're Appalachian folk tales with Jack of the beanstalk fame in various other tales. Don't know if any take place at Christmas or if any music is spoken on in them, but I thought of you when one of my professors was talking about them to me earlier this evening. (We're not reading them for class; we're reading Song of Roland, the Kalevala and the Niebelungenlied instead.)
THE SONG OF ROLAND inspired several Handel operas. Alcina and Ariodante are two I can think of off the bat.
{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Cillaliz.
DITTO!
Did anyone live in the house wit Joe?
no, Jon used to. If he hadn't fallen asleep at home, he would have been over there watching a movie when the tornado hit
Thanks to everyone for the vibes. I've been pretty shocked by all of it. Jon called me again tonight. He's exhausted. Somehow they managed to get the van cleared in Joe's garage and were able to get it out. Jon has primarily been helping Joe, but has also been helping other friends. The weather is really bad tonight there, but he's hoping to get out tomorrow and help his friends some more.
Do you know of any good recordings? It seems I can do a compare of the Ring with the original, so I may do another paper on Roland and opera. Have to think of different angles.Elmore, have you read the Jack Tales? I just learned of them and now can't wait to lay my hands on a copy. They're Appalachian folk tales with Jack of the beanstalk fame in various other tales. Don't know if any take place at Christmas or if any music is spoken on in them, but I thought of you when one of my professors was talking about them to me earlier this evening. (We're not reading them for class; we're reading Song of Roland, the Kalevala and the Niebelungenlied instead.)
THE SONG OF ROLAND inspired several Handel operas. Alcina and Ariodante are two I can think of off the bat.
Does anybody have a favorite Cole Porter biography? I am looking for one that's particularly detailed on his years as an ex-pat during the Jazz Age. (Yes, another paper.)
I have that one. So, good. I also have Porter's autobiography, plus Robert Kimball's "Cole" (with photos that say volumes), the complete lyrics, a book on the Jazz Age in France with a chapter on Porter. It's a start.Does anybody have a favorite Cole Porter biography? I am looking for one that's particularly detailed on his years as an ex-pat during the Jazz Age. (Yes, another paper.)
The only good one is William McBrien's.
And now, I'm off to my parents' for dinner. I think my mom is making meatloaf...we'll see.
Until later!
It is two years old and I would advise reading it first, since one of its characters makes an appearance in the new one.
And now, I'm off to my parents' for dinner. I think my mom is making meatloaf...we'll see.
Until later!
Dinner at the parents' was postponed...my mom wasn't even home. ::)
So, I'll go over on Wednesday, instead. Tomorrow night, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) is having their annual volunteer appreciation night and they'll also announce what'll be coming next season! That's always exciting!