Congrats to George on a successful show!
And the word of the day is: JOCOSE!I've seen Joe Cose do his work. He used to be the warm-up comedian for several television sitcoms that were taped/filmed before a live audience. He had a warm, ebulent personality. And he drank a lot.
Morning, Woody! :)
Has anyone listened to Pirate Queen yet?I work with enough queens... oh, you mean the show.
;)I hadn't thought of it that way.
I refuse to comment.
Has anyone listened to Pirate Queen yet?
;)
I refuse to comment.
Yep. Sounds like RIVERDANCE with lyrics.
But you know you want to.
DR JMK - I was very disturbed by the circumstances you shared with us yesterday. Here's hoping that things quiet down and that all turns out right in the end...
Perhaps there will be some interesting rain stories when you get home.
I didn't know Starbuck was in Phoenix!
Will we never get to page two?
since cool air goes down...
And speaking of Xanadu... ;)
Well, I guess they did change part of Cheyenne Jackson's costume according to some of the new press photos. It looks like he's gone sleeveless at least:
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DR MBarnum - How's your mother doing?
The one thing that has been keeping me strangely calm throughout all of this--I got the multi-CD boxed set of Singers Unlimited yesterday and have been playing them nonstop (they were actually on yesterday when the guy flipped out). Very relaxing and soothing, not to mention gorgeous.
That would no doubt get the property owner's attention big-time!
Yes, much better than just trying to talk to the guys and defuse the situation. Cement that animosity!
The definitive "And I Am Telling You..." here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOcgq4UslU). :)
You do eight shows during the week, but you're also spending time at Radio City doing camera blocking. Morning of the Tonys, she had to wake up at 7 AM so she could rehearse again at Radio City in full costume. Then, out of her costume, went to the theatre to do the show back in costume again. Finished the matinee, got into her glam gown for the red carpet. Got to Radio city and put back on her costume again. When she was backstage she was reviewing the new speech Craig Lucas had written her to start the number. It set up who and where her character was. Well, as Adam Guettel was making his speech in front of the curtain accepting his Tony, literally seconds before she got onstage, a stagehand told her that her body mic wasn't working and handed a hand held mic that was twice the size of Bob Barker's. What about her handheld props? How could she carry a mic and her gloves, pocketbook and guidebook? She shoved them all into her other hand and went into a full anxiety attack/shut down. Kelli O'Hara must have noticed it across the stage, even though Radio City is the size of a football field, because Vicki heard Kelli yell "It'll be OK! Don't worry!" Well, that relaxed her enough to walk out onstage and start her newly memorized speech into her microphone while walking forward towards a moving camera and also looking at the stagehand to the side of the camera who was making enormous hand motions. She thinks he was telling her that her body mic was still broken. This went on til the last moment of the speech where he gave her a big "A-OK" sign and took the microphone away and she immediately started singing. You have to watch it to see her panicked walking, shifting eyes and last minute mic trade off. Terrifying/hilarious! Of course, the number sounded beautiful…and the hat trick at the end worked!
Wow. Christine Ebersole must be a real sensitive soul if she let what happened two years ago to another actress effect her Tony performance. :)
DR Matt H.: When you do get around to transferring the 2007 Tonys to disc, you might want to note especially Christine Ebersole's performance from Grey Gardens, in light of what she shared with Seth Rudetsky about what was going on behind the scenes:
Good morning, all!
I couldn't sleep, stayed up too late, and as a result I slept too late. We now have two alternate office spaces, one on 37th and one on 34th, if the lease on 27th Street falls through. Hopefully, the lease on the first should be going to the attorney handling the situation for the Institute and I hope it's settled withn the next few days.
Keep them vibes coming!
More later . . .
Mind you, I can't hardly blame them —
Those are probably the best arms on Broadway,
I know why nobody cares to hide them —
I should know,
I've eyed them.
So good! Oh!
The best arms on Broadway —
Are they made o'steel?
The best arms on Broadway —
If you doubt it, cop a feel.
A sold out crowd fills the Bay Theatre in Seal Beach for the last Wurlitzer pipe organ concert. The organ is being donated by Richard Loderhose, who purchased the theatre in 1975, to the Beatitudes Campus, a nondenominational retirement center in Phoenix Arizona.
:) And yet, both actresses went on to win for those performances!
You can't reason with someone who is mentally off or high on some drugs. I'm not saying this person is, but his behavior is way out in left field so you just don't know.
Yes, much better than just trying to talk to the guys and defuse the situation. Cement that animosity!
To all DRs - my apologies! Please ignore the last few posts...
SPOO CITY!
Hey, Elmore--do you know if there are any piano only reductions of the Kije Wedding March? I can only find trumpet/piano or sax/piano duets. A couple wants it as their recessional for a wedding--kind of a neat idea, I've never been asked this one before.
It's been so long since someone called me Master, it was sort of refreshing. Brought back a lot of memories. ;)
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I can only afford plastic hangers :'(
I can only afford plastic hangers :'(
I have lived in this neighborhood for going on 12 years and I defy anyone to find a neighbor anywhere here who I have ever had a cross word with for any reason.
Good Afternoon!
Yep, it's hot in NYC. But again, it's summer, so it wasn't a surprise when I stepped outside.
*Alas, because of all the dancing, they tend to keep the the A/C on low - or off - in the rehearsal hall for ACL. So, of course, I walk in today to play the lunchtime Cassie Dance rehearsal, and not only is Baayork Lee there - who I love and adore and am used to be in the room - but Patrick Vaccariello, the conductor, and Bob Avian, the director are there too. Talk about working up a sweat. Thankfully, the drummer is in for these rehearsals which makes my life a lot of easier. However, I'm still learning how they're pacing the whole scene into the song, and that underscoring can get tricky, so... No major mistakes today, but I was definitely feeling "tentative" early on. -And Patrick didn't come up to the piano and yell at me afterwards, so that's always a good thing. ;)
We knew DR George wore clothing of an indeterminate nature (you've posted the pictures yourself). Now we know why!
You Guybrarian, you ;)
And will DR George go with a tattoo or a piercing? Or just go sk8terBoi?
(though, to tell the truth, I have no idea what a sk8terboi looks like.)
bk, if you like the orchestral music of Howard Hanson, you might be interested in a new release from Naxos: a 2 disc recording of a live concert performance of his opera, Merry Mount.
For Naina (Preity Zinta), life is difficult ever since a family tragedy turned her world upside down. Overwhelmed with responsibilities, Naina has no time for herself and feels as if she's 23 going on 50. Enter Aman (Shah Rukh Khan), who, like a breath of fresh air, moves into Naina's tiny Indian neighborhood and helps others resolve their problems. Aman may be the "answer man," but does he have the answer to Naina's burning question
Spanning two decades, Yash Chopra's epic love story of an Indian man and a Pakistani woman delves into the conflict between the two countries. After aiding Zaara (Priety Zinta), Indian Airman Veer (Shah Rukh Khan) falls in love with her. They spend a blissful day together, and even though Zaara's engaged to another man, Veer tells her he loves her. Zaara returns to Pakistan, but Veer can't forget his true love and boldly travels to her homeland.
Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhye's novel set in early-1960s Calcutta, this romantic drama centers on childhood friends Lolita (Vidya Balan) and Shekhar (Saif Ali Khan). Both children struggle with difficult family situations, and through the years, they grow closer and come to rely on each other to get through the tough times. When a wealthy man (Sanjay Dutt) pursues Lolita, Shekhar finally realizes he's madly in love with her.
Do you at least have a fan or two?
I want to be a guybrarian! :)
I wish I was hip.
Heck, I wish my hips didn't ache so much...
Oh, I agree. The guy's behavior was way too extreme for what was going on. But considering the police were called, the contractor hopefully now knows about the situation and will have dealt with it already, without the necessity of lawyers or extreme measures. Let's hope so.
Designer will 'tone down' tower over criticism (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070707-9999-1m7tower.html). Consultant had called structure 'very phallic.' You decide:
(http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/images/tower250.jpg)
An artist's rendering of the tower proposed for 11th Avenue and A Street - C.W. KIM
::)
At about that point I was looking for a shoe to whack upside her head
Veer-Zaara is one of the finest films I have seen.
Hi td. What is the weather like there? I haven't spoken to Craig in awhile.We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave,
Wasn't she married to George Balanchine? I saw her in ON YOUR TOES!
AFTERNOON TEA
Book and Lyrics by Eduardo Machado, Music by Skip Kennon
Directed by Billy Hopkins
"A two-character musical about the power of reconciliation. The play tells a story of the later years of the author J.M. Barrie’s life. After twenty years of being apart, Barrie’s wife comes back to reconcile their marriage…but he is still lost in the world of fantasy, youth, and Peter Pan."
RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES By Leslie Lyles
MBarnum-I'm pleased to hear your mother continues to improve.
Do you at least have a fan or two?
The New York Times has given XANADU a (deserved) rave.
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/theater/reviews/11xana.html?ref=theater
DR MBarnum - I really enjoyed THIS movie:
Kal Ho Naa Ho: Tomorrow May Never Come
According to Netflix:
Of course, SALAAM NAMASTE is one of my all-time favorites, so, let's all dance to it:
(http://www.funonthenet.in/images/stories/bollywood/salaam%20namaste/Love%20in%20the%20nick%20of%20time.jpg)
And another death to report. He sure made it to a ripe old age and I just watched him the other night in the 1936 film 36 HOURS TO KILL.
Charles Lane
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him instantly recognizable to generations of moviegoers, died Monday, his son said. He was 102.
Lane, whose career spanned more than 60 years, appeared in such film classics as "It's a Wonderful Life," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "Twentieth Century." He also had a recurring role as the scheming railroad man, Homer Bedloe, on the 1960s TV sitcom "Petticoat Junction" and appeared often on "I Love Lucy."
His crisp, stage-trained voice and no-nonsense appearance made him a natural for playing authority figures. He was a judge in "God Is my Partner," a prosecutor in "Call Northside 777," a priest in "Date With an Angel" and a member of Clark Gable's newspaper editorial board in "Teacher's Pet."
Although the roles provided a good living, Lane objected to being typecast.
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DRLaura, what will you do if the minister leaves & you haven't found a replacement yet?
DRLaura, what will you do if the minister leaves & you haven't found a replacement yet?
PRAY
Of course, SALAAM NAMASTE is one of my all-time favorites, so, let's all dance to it:
(http://www.funonthenet.in/images/stories/bollywood/salaam%20namaste/Love%20in%20the%20nick%20of%20time.jpg)
Can someone explain why a musical like XANADU is playing the Helen Hayes, one of the smallest venues on Broadway? Is it a tiny show?
Please, the weapons du jour are a coat hangers.
der Brucer
He is not bad lookin'!
I read somewhere at one time that in London they adapted Doctor Who for the stage...
I have seen a bad movie version of Doctor Who with Peter Cushing and I must admit I even have a copy of it
Love Tom and Peter (Doctors 4 and 5)! I have seen stories of Pertwee and I like him also. I was not a fan of Colin Baker. He annoyed me.
I never cared for Peter Davison...rather wimpy for my tastes.
Well...midnight my time.
Night, all!
The acting was not bad in the movie, just hte production values. It was actually taken from an actual episode and the script was adapted from screen. I have both the original eppie and the movie. Funny when you watch both and you can almost predict the scene and the dialogue in the movie.
Really? From what I had read they'd changed everything around - he wasn't an alien, just an eccentric old man... interesting!
Well, night again!
I bought the soundtrack upon my visit this time.
By the way TD, where do you normally purchase your Bollywoods?I buy on line; ebay, eros entertainment, etc. . . .
Tonights question....It would be truly funny if the answer were WILLOW's Jean Marsh. . .
What female actress from a Ron Howard film sang backup and appeared in the subsequent video of a hit single featuring Clarence Clemens and Jackson Browne in the 1980s?
Actually, Dakota - you don't mind if I call you Dakota - it's not that difficult of a trivia question for me for TWO reason:
1. I'm the biggest Springsteen queen on this here site, so, I know me some Big Man music.
2. My trivial mind holds information as to who was dating whom and when. . .
Ergo, since Mr. Browne was romantically linked to the star of Mr. Howard's SPLASH, the actress in question would be one of the stars of that justifiably maligned film STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Miss Daryl Hannah - who also is featured in Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER. . .
Oh, and the song?
It's from Mr. Clemons' HERO album, and titled "You're a Friend of Mine."
Dakota is fine TD!
Who is the actress who appeared in a Bruce Springsteen video?
Good Evening!
Did I say I was being "Tentative"? Must be the heat. ???
Just finished a lovely 40 minute yoga practice and I'm feeling fine.
DR Jose: What time shall we meet prior to the Patti/GYPSY experience?? Did we say were doing lunch? Becco, even...?
Well, I guess we could Becco. Unless you just want to keep it simple and do Burger Joint since it's close by - and will most likely be crowded. But there's plenty of lunching choices in that neighborhood. Why don't we meet in front of the Palace at Noon, and go from there. *And don't forget your umbrella. :-\
Why in the world would they keep the air conditioning off when they are dancing?????
*However, I did manage to express my interest in the upcoming tour today to some of the people in charge today, so that was most definitely a good thing.
Should I book our tour to Garden of the Gods now...?? ;)
Tonight I watched a movie my mother brought home. It was the 1972 british Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The actors were all splendid, and the score by John Barry was very pretty, although I felt some of the songs were rather annoying.
I loved the fact that ninty percent of the dialouge was straight out of the book. I have a copy of all Lewis Carrol's work in it's original handwriting.
'.'
AH! I remember that movie! We watched in grade school. Also, now I'm remembering some theatrical version of "Alice" that was at the Smithsonian for a while. It was very cool - it was done with puppets and animatronics, and maybe even some live actors - I can't remember correctly now. But I do remember the whole set transforming when she would "Eat This"... and the Cheshire Cat disappearing and reappearing.
I really don't belong to too many organizations. I've sat on the boards of the WGA and am currently on the board of Actors Guild of Lexington. I joined AARP the minute I turned fifty.
As usual, whenever I set an alarm clock to get up for a flight,
I'm fairly tied up for work most of the time
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Hmm... I may have to seethose armsthe show again. ;D They open tonight