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Well, you've read the notes, you've been thoroughly confused and alternately enlightened by the notes and now it is time for you to post until the confused and alternately enlightened cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: MASTICATE!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Yesterday, someone told me I looked thinner, tan, and very healthy.
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Congrats, BK and DR FJL!! "The Last Starfighter" movie has always been a guilty pleasure of mine...and I love Robert Preston in it. ;D
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So, FJL, Fred Landau...any relation to either Tina or Martin? ;)
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Hi Guys,
Sorry I wasn’t here last night.
I’ll catch up on all of the posts tonight. I got an e-mail to clean my message box out. I did.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Laters.
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Hello DRs Ben and Michael.
Snow and hail here in Melbourne! We only have snow about once a decade.
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Will you be recording a cast album of What If?
Do any of the theaters that you have looked at allow an open run or they only allow a booking for a specific time?
Do you have a pictures you can post from Kevin's cabaret show?
What was his song list?
Any plans to record a solo album with him?
Any chance of re-releasing The Music of Bruce Kimmel and updating it with other original songs?
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Hello DRs Ben and Michael.
Snow and hail here in Melbourne! We only have snow about once a decade.
And now you don't have to worry about it for another 10 years!
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Here is a poster for the latest release
(http://www.twitchfilm.net/pics/starfighterALT.jpg)
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A scene from the show
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Hi, Tom and Michael.
Congrats to FJL and BK on the next CD!
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Had a very nice, quiet dinner last night with Joey, Tom (Rodzinkski) and Larry. We went to Barrymore's. I had a bowl of soup and a spinach salad, Joey had the Club Sandwich, Larry had a cheeseburger and fries and Tom had a bowl of soup. Poor Tom was feeling discombobulated after the flight. As he mentioned, his ears were plugged and he had a hard time hearing (plus he got in so late). Otherwise, it was a nice evening and I got to meet another DR. Always a pleasure. I think Joey will have a great time in New York. He saw Hairspray last night and his dance card is full for his time in New York.
A pre-event to the Grand Get Together in October!
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Question for BK: When I upload a CD to myPod, iTunes does an automatic grab for track information from a website called Gracenote CDDB. How does this info initially get out there? Did you or someone with Kritzerland contact Gracenote and supply the track info for the new releases? Did an anonymous someone out there inadvertently upload the info because he or she was the first one to play the CD through iTunes? Just curious.
Looking forward to the Last Starfighter recording!
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Regarding a new Trotter cd, I'd say that "Is It Really Me?" from 110 IN THE SHADE is a must. . .
and now, as part of my b'day celebration, a good friend took me to see TOMMY at the Pittsburgh CLO. I snapped a picture of one of BK's dear friends (well, actually my camera took the picture, with my friend Cindy pushing the button):
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Good morning, all! DRjoey is off and about the City, and I am catching up on some small work at my desk. I've got a few calls to make, a meeting to schedule, and some cruise ship work to do by the beginning of next week for a singer who's going out in early September.
I have at the present no questions, no answers, and no milk for my coffee! Garn!
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Good morning, all! DRjoey is off and about the City, and I am catching up on some small work at my desk. I've got a few calls to make, a meeting to schedule, and some cruise ship work to do by the beginning of next week for a singer who's going out in early September.
I have at the present no questions, no answers, and no milk for my coffee! Garn!
A teaspoon or two of ice cream is a great substitute for milk in coffee.
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Dr Dan - I put ice cream in my tea at a restaurant when they didn't bring us any milk - everyone looked at me in horror (just the people at my table, I mean, not the whole restaurant), and I've never done it again. Was doing that in public that an etiquette breach I wasn't aware of, I wonder?
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DR George - no relation to Tina Landau or Martin Landau.
But I did once - otherwise inexplicably - get put in prime seats for a sold out show and couldn't figure it out, until we realized that Tina Landau was the director. I guess the box office in looking over the names on the ticket-buyers list figured I had the same last name, so I MIGHT be a relative, so they must have decided not to take a chance and put us in phenomenal seats. :)
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Greetings all....
Thank you to the folks who made Vegas show suggestions. My brother, former DR Jay, and I have had difficulty trying to decide what to see while we are there. Oh, for the days of Steve & Eydie at the Desert Inn and Sinatra at the Sands. Or maybe Totie Fields at the Sahara.
Nice new wheels, DR Ginny!
BB6: I gotta say that after reading some of the reports on this here site, I wasn't really surprised at anything I saw last night. I will say however -- and I don't think that this is any sort of a spoiler -- that the dynamics of James and Sarah's relationship are interesting, to say the least. I find her quite the whiner. And if April didn't truly bother me before, she does now.
And so help me G-d if Kayser isn't the one voted back in.......
No questions for BK right now. Maybe later.
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DR Michael Shayne - Thanks for posting the art work and picture.
Since I promised I'd give him credit if that photo was used, that particular photo was taken by a fine young man who goes by the name Connor Dickie.
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I agree Stuart, Sarah and James' reletionship seems one sided to me and I do believe that Sarah will have quite an eye opener once they are both out of the house.
I do so hope to see Kaysar walk back into the BB6 house! But I am very curious to know why Rachel and Howie voted him out, rather then Janelle. I am sure it was a difficult choice for them, but I would love to know the reason.
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DR FJL: Congrats on getting the show recorded!! And I can say I saw it in its original New York run. ;)
I got a call from my Greek last night. Actually, two calls and a message. Unfortunately, the message was in regard to the Greek's ex and how the Greek misses the ex. But a couple of friendly "I love you's" were exchanged, which was loverly, though I can't allow myself to read too much into them. We talked for about 1 1/2 hours - until the wee hours of the morning. Sadly, I'm all twitterpaited and the Greek's thinking of someone else. That's not fair! :(
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Dr Dan - I put ice cream in my tea at a restaurant when they didn't bring us any milk - everyone looked at me in horror (just the people at my table, I mean, not the whole restaurant), and I've never done it again. Was doing that in public that an etiquette breach I wasn't aware of, I wonder?
None that I can think of. Was the ice cream from your own dish, or from another diner's plate? Did you plop in a scoop if ice cream? Was it a hoity-toity serving of tea? Otherwise, I see no problem at all.
Now I'm thinking how delish a cup of tea with a spoonful of mint ice cream would be.
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Speaking of the cream of ice, I broke down and got some Karamel Sutra last night. It's not my favorite, but it is quite tasty. I'm loving the caramel core in the center. YUM!
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A teaspoon or two of ice cream is a great substitute for milk in coffee.
DRD-T-M, it would be very tasty IF I had some ice cream, but I've gone to the market, had my coffee and a bit to eat, had one of several phone conversations, and I'm ready write some parts fro the GOLDEN APPLE Exit Music.
DRJose, I loved your hug story about Roger Rees; I remember him fondly from my Drama Book Shop days. I last spoke to him in Du-Pars, when I was recording Jason Graae's albym with Dear Frtiend BK.
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Once again, running behind, and as I have a lunch appointment for today, won't be able to linger long here right now. Will be back later in the day.
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I do have a question for BK:
When you were recording the cast album for BELLS ARE RINGING, was there any discussion about the show not being the smash some of us expected it to be? Were the stars disappointed in its reception? I can imagine the mood at the recording of something like HAIRSPRAY when you've opened to raves, but what about something like BELLS ARE RINGING that only got middling reviews?
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And does BK, Elmore, or any other DRs here have any comments about the brouhaha going on with John Michael LaChuisa's negative piece in OPERA NEWS about current Broadway musical comedies and Marc Shaiman's rebuttal?
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Good Morning!
8:14 - Coffee - medium size (16 oz.), French Roast, one sugar, half & half - Check!
8:15 Production Meeting - Check!
9:30 - Production Meeting over - Chat with Workshop Administrator about an "issue" - Check!
10:00 - Start my laundry - Check!
10:05 - Realize one of the machines I put my clothes in does not work. UGH! - Check!
10:10 - Get my laundry into a working machine; insert quarters; wait... - Check!
10:15 - Go make my morning oatmeal - Check!
10:50 - Transfer clothes from washer to dryer - Check!
Wait... Surf... Read Notes... Read Posts...
-Exciting, huh?
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...I had planned to head back to bed after the production since we don't have rehearsal until 1:30, but I decided I should be productive, so I am...
-Oh, cool! I'm currently listening to a very groovy version of "Harlem Nocturne" by Paul Phillips and His Band on spaceagepop.com. -I really am digging this internet radio station.
But I digress...
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Oohh...
I had been hearing about the whole LaChiusa/Shaiman "thing", but I have yet to read the actual writings.
Any links? -Before I Google for myself. ;)
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BK - Great news about The Last Starfighter! We were all talking about it this past weekend - the production, not the recording - since Mizer and Moore know Fred and Skip. Maybe you could make it a Dual Disc release and present a video clip of the picnic table-cum-starfighter!
:)
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Question for BK: When I upload a CD to myPod, iTunes does an automatic grab for track information from a website called Gracenote CDDB. How does this info initially get out there? Did you or someone with Kritzerland contact Gracenote and supply the track info for the new releases? Did an anonymous someone out there inadvertently upload the info because he or she was the first one to play the CD through iTunes? Just curious.
Since I've looked into this due to my own curiosity...
Gracenote receives it's information from a couple of sources - official and unofficial. They will draw info from record company press releases, databases, published info, etc. Some of it is drawn from the Muze database, Amazon.com, and other online retailers. However, some information is also provided by people who access the site. When the first Sondheim Sings volume came out, there was no "official" information provided at the time, and some people submitted the information. -Which is why sometimes some records will have multiple choices/answers - a bunch of classical stuff is this way due to changing record labels, different packaging in different companies, etc.
I believe Windows Media Player accesses another database for it's info, Muze possibly.
Hope that answers your question.
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DR elmore - Thanks for the DR Joey report. Do you have plans to take him to Artie's and/or Beard Papa?
:)
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DR Jose, it's on All That Chat. It's probably still there (the LaChiusa/Shaiman thingie you're referring to).
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DR Jose, it's on All That Chat. It's probably still there (the LaChiusa/Shaiman thingie you're referring to).
Thanks - I'll check it out in a few...
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Hmmm... A spoonful of vanilla ice cream in and with my after dinner coffee...
:)
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Here is a link to the LaChiusa article
http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=1261&issueID=50 (http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=1261&issueID=50)
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Since I've looked into this due to my own curiosity...
Gracenote receives it's information from a couple of sources - official and unofficial. They will draw info from record company press releases, databases, published info, etc. Some of it is drawn from the Muze database, Amazon.com, and other online retailers. However, some information is also provided by people who access the site. When the first Sondheim Sings volume came out, there was no "official" information provided at the time, and some people submitted the information. -Which is why sometimes some records will have multiple choices/answers - a bunch of classical stuff is this way due to changing record labels, different packaging in different companies, etc.
I believe Windows Media Player accesses another database for it's info, Muze possibly.
Hope that answers your question.
Thanks, DR Jose, it does. :)
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Re: last night's Big Brother and a bit of LIVE FEED TALK.
It was a good show. And they pretty much kept up-to-date on all the goings on. Although they left out the part about April/Jen changing their mind on voting out Ivette.
On the show they showed that April/Jen went to Howie/Janelle/Rachel and made a deal to vote out Ivette instead of Sarah (since james took himself off the block). But they DID NOT show april/jen blabbing to maggie and then changing their mind.
I really hope that there is some way that Ivette can go. I haven't read today's live feed updates. So hopefully something interesting happened last night.
Btw, i'm curious to know what you guys think of the veto competition.
Let me explain for those who didn't see the show. There are 6 competitors (james, sarah, jen, ivette, howie, rachel). Each have 10 candies that they must put in the other competitors' pinatas. But they cannot know what the others have done. The winner is the closest to 20 without going over. And you have to give candies to at least 2 people.
Now nobody wanted james to get it (or sarah i guess). But he won. Now my first thought would have been not to put any in their pinatas. And my second thought would be to put 9 in james'. WEll it was such a hodge podge. Everyone was second guessing themselves. And it turned out that only one of the 4 (ivette) put 9 in james' pinata.
What would you guys have done?
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I read Mr. Shaiman's rebuttal and I applaud it. I've always found MJL to be pretentious and I find it to be in bad taste to 'dis' another composer's work in such a public forum. There's just no call for that.
I've just spend the last hour "discussing" the layout of the Brady Family House with a co-worker. After a 40+ minute "discussion" that ultimately included 3 more of my co-workers, I finally put an end to it. I told my co-worker that if this was just about being right about something that is ultimately pretty stupid, then fine - he's right and that's the end of the conversation. That shut him up.
I'm getting ballsy in my old age. ;)
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Here is a link to the LaChiusa article
http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=1261&issueID=50 (http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=1261&issueID=50)
Thanks for the link, i hadn't see the article yet. Although I think DR Jose was talking about the comments Mr. Shaiman (HAIRSPRAY) made on all that chat about the article.
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Greetings all....
BB6: I gotta say that after reading some of the reports on this here site, I wasn't really surprised at anything I saw last night. I will say however -- and I don't think that this is any sort of a spoiler -- that the dynamics of James and Sarah's relationship are interesting, to say the least. I find her quite the whiner. And if April didn't truly bother me before, she does now.
And so help me G-d if Kayser isn't the one voted back in.......
I know what you mean. If Kaysar isn't voted back I will be mad!
And I agree, April is driving me crazy.
However, I don't find Sarah and James relationship to be "interesting". In what way? He is sly as a fox. But he seems genuinely loving to her. HE has not gone behind her back or tried to screw her over.
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DR elmore - Thanks for the DR Joey report. Do you have plans to take him to Artie's and/or Beard Papa?
:)
Well, we've been to Ollie's for some good Chinese cuisine, but he's off on his own today. I know he's got dinner plans, and I don't know if I'll see him until after THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. Artie's and Beard Papa's may have to wait for your food tour with him when he's back again. I think tomorrow we may hit Academy for used CDs and try to catch a show; he definitely will, but I wouldn't mind seeing something.
As to the Shaiman-LaChiusa battle, it was started by a petty, ugly article by LaChius in the new OPERA NEWS called "The Great Gray Way," in which LaChiusa calls HAIRSPRAY and THE PRODUCERS faux musicals, puts down their creators' intentions and generally, out of jealousy I believe, kicks the shows and their writerts for not being the artiste LaChiusa is. Having seen several LaChiusa shows, I'd rather see THE PRODUCERS or HAIRSPRAY any day. Marc has written a justifiably angy, but very funny and sharp rebuttal. Marc Shaiman is someone I'm quite fond of and I say good for Marc!
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You can read a lot more about what Marc (and others) has to say to MJL here
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=862550&dt=081005105009
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DR George - no relation to Tina Landau or Martin Landau.
But I did once - otherwise inexplicably - get put in prime seats for a sold out show and couldn't figure it out, until we realized that Tina Landau was the director. I guess the box office in looking over the names on the ticket-buyers list figured I had the same last name, so I MIGHT be a relative, so they must have decided not to take a chance and put us in phenomenal seats. :)
One of the perks! ;) Thanks for the info.
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I agree Stuart, Sarah and James' reletionship seems one sided to me and I do believe that Sarah will have quite an eye opener once they are both out of the house.
I do so hope to see Kaysar walk back into the BB6 house! But I am very curious to know why Rachel and Howie voted him out, rather then Janelle. I am sure it was a difficult choice for them, but I would love to know the reason.
Maybe you can also explain why you think their relationship is one sided. I don't think sarah will see much that she doesn't already know. In fact i think james has been quite loving in his diary room sessions.
Well both kaysar and janelle were/are on howie and rachel's team. I guess they knew their votes would not count, and they decided to go with the majority. Most people in BB don't like to stir the pot!
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Well, since I remembered that I'm registered on the Met website...
Read and noted.
Hmm...
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MJL's atacks on those musicals (and on Susan Stoman and Jerry Mitchell) seemed like so much sour grapes to me, and I greatly enjoyed Marc's rebuttal.
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Michael Riedel also had a piece about it in the POST.
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..Just spent the past few minutes reading Marc Shaiman's rebuttal and other various responses...
Bravo, Mr. Shaiman!
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I just spoke to Marc and he sent he his official "final" rebuttal. If anyone wants it, send me your email in a PM amd I'll send it to you.
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And does BK, Elmore, or any other DRs here have any comments about the brouhaha going on with John Michael LaChuisa's negative piece in OPERA NEWS about current Broadway musical comedies and Marc Shaiman's rebuttal?
I think LaChiusa's article was written from bowls of sour grapes. The entire piece reeks of envy.
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I agree Stuart, Sarah and James' reletionship seems one sided to me and I do believe that Sarah will have quite an eye opener once they are both out of the house.
I do so hope to see Kaysar walk back into the BB6 house! But I am very curious to know why Rachel and Howie voted him out, rather then Janelle. I am sure it was a difficult choice for them, but I would love to know the reason.
First, about "eye-openers", I can't wait for the "Eric disciples" to see the footage we saw of Eric's doings. And I would love to be a fly on the wall when they hear how ridiculous the other houseguests (i.e., the "outcasts") found their slavish devotion to the short, overmuscled Mussolini-wannabe.
As for the voting when Kaysar left. Recall that James was initially on the block with Kaysar and he was the "intended" target of Maggie's group. When James won the Golden Veto, they had to put up another "outcast" and the obvious choice was Janelle since she was Kaysar's partner (they adopted one another after their partners left). Janelle's nomination was Maggie's signal that she wanted Kaysar to be gone. Since the votes were there to evict Kaysar, I think the others decided to cast their votes against Kaysar to support Janelle. Only James voted for Janelle to leave.
I, too, cannot wait for Kaysar to walk through those doors.
And I have my fingers tightly crossed that James or Janelle (or Kaysar, if he's eligible) wins HOH Thursday night.
I don't know who I want to see on the block the most...Maggie or April, Jenn or Ivette. As long as they go up and out.
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Yes, I think that's great news about THE LAST STARFIGHTER. Is there hope of the show going to Broadway?
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...And I certainly play a lot more songs from Andrew Lippa's Wild Party than Michael John LaChiusa's at auditions...
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Personally, I don't like anything MJLC has created and I often wonder why Marc Shaimen hasn't written more for the stage.
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Basically, it would seem that MJL put down everyone who has a show currently running on B'way, with the exception of pal Adam Guettel. He even found a way to put down the work of Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori, though by his own admission, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE was the closest thing he could find to a "real" musical.
Sorry, LaChiusa - I'd rather sit through HAIRSPRAY or MAMMA MIA! any day over MARIE CHRISTINE. Maybe that makes me a theatrical layman - I don't know.
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Oohh... Another very cool piece of music just came on...
"Aquarius" from Mort Garson's album "Electronic Hair Pieces".
:)
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I have to admit I was surprised by the dour tone of LaChuisa's piece. Honestly, the Broadway community is a fairly small entity in the great scheme of things, and when one member makes such a public spectacle of himself, it seems to jolt the theater community to its core.
Are any of the theater big shots defending LaChuisa?
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DR elmore - I'd love a copy of Marc Shaiman's final rebuttal. -If you haven't sent it to me already.
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Well... Time for me fetch my laundry and get some mail ready for mailing... and then off to rehearsal...
Laters...
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I agree with that. I found MARIE CHRISTINE a trial to sit through.
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Me, too, Larry...I read it on All That Chat a few days ago, but I'd like to re-read it now that I've read MJL's article.
Thanks!
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And when I return from lunch, I must see what the mailman has brought. I'm hoping a package arrives today. If not, more THIN MAN.
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DR elmore - I'd love a copy of Marc Shaiman's final rebuttal. -If you haven't sent it to me already.
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Too late, already sent! You were the first recipient, Evilena!
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I agree with that. I found MARIE CHRISTINE a trial to sit through.
I wasn't up here when the show was running, but I don't think I've EVER been able to listen to the recording all the way through. It bores me.
Same for his WILD PARTY. Though I do enjoy Andrew's version...
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Me, too, Larry...I read it on All That Chat a few days ago, but I'd like to re-read it now that I've read MJL's article.
Thanks!
I don't have your email address, DRJason.
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Maybe he wrote what he did so that the opera folks will commision him to write something...? He needs the work.
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You can send it to my work email: jasonb@mtishows.com.
Thanks!!
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I wasn't up here when the show was running, but I don't think I've EVER been able to listen to the recording all the way through. It bores me.
Same for his WILD PARTY. Though I do enjoy Andrew's version...
I had to put MARIE CHRISTINE together for Rodgers & Hammerstein to lease. I like it a bit better than WILD PARTY, but I'm not a fan of his music.
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I think LaChiusa's article was written from bowls of sour grapes. The entire piece reeks of envy.
It has some familiar overtones....
:D
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Maybe he wrote what he did so that the opera folks will commision him to write something...? He needs the work.
I suspect it's jealousy that the HAIRSPRAY/PRODUCERS weekly royalty is larger than the total he's made on his shows.
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DR Matt H - From your mouth to someone powerful's ears.
Interestingly, and accidentally, the timing happens to fall on the day that the NY Times (in a review of that one-man Star Wars show) proclaimed that "The geek audience has become highly sought after by Broadway producers." Is there any evidence of this, I wonder? Our hero isn't necessarily written geeky, but I wouldn't object if there's any way LAST STARFIGHTER can get into any "highly sought after" category. :)
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Hello, Again...
;)
:P
I meant to post some of these pics last night... and since there's no time like the present...
Here are some pics from the Pizza and Dance Party that the creators of the show held for the Act One Company members last night...
Up first, our director, Carlos, and Jenny, one of our fabulous actresses:
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And now for something completely different...
Danny (one of our Danny's) with Curtis, our composer... Doing something with something... -I have absolutely no idea!
:P
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And since he was in the background of the previous pic, here is Randolph, one of our actors, reclining:
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Curtis and Joshua, our director...
These are some wild and crazy guys....
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Thanks, Larry, for the link and the rebuttal.
I visited a few other articles and what seems clear is that MJLC and Opera News seem to be having a love affair.
I know some opera lovers who find the "world" of opera lovers quite tasking and opinionated and very narrowminded when it comes to other forms of music.
That they've even embraced someone from the "musical the-ay-ter" seems odd, although MJLC's works don't seem to have met with much sucess "commercially."
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Gee...maybe I'll post some pix from our next pot luck.
:D
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Although one would never from the following pic, it was NOT that kind of party.
;)
Sarah is standing... Danny is ???
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I'm up, I'm up, and must now hurry and pick up the Harvey Schmidt CD for proofing whilst I drive to LACC for a meeting.
I'll get to as many questions as I can right now.
Publisher call was easy and effortless and I should see a galley in a couple of days, and have a cover to proof soon thereafter, so we're on track for end of September.
I, too, think Marc was right to do what he did.
elmore, call him back and tell him to POST HIS REBUTTAL here, the finest site on all the Internet. And then tell him I'm looking for material for the Trotter album and to call me.
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And now for the obligatory eye candy shot...
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...or two...
;)
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And I shall post some of the pics of beautiful Williamstown sometime soon, but now I really must get my busy work completed...
Laters...
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Gee...maybe I'll post some pix from our next pot luck.
:D
Hmmm... I do love me some "hot dish" and "covered dish"... Or is that "hot covered dish"?
OHH!!!
And molded salads too!
;D
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...and that was "molded salads" not "moldy salads"...
Although, I guess if a salad had mold on it, it could be considered "molded"...
Hmmm...
Discuss...
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Will you be recording a cast album of What If?
Do any of the theaters that you have looked at allow an open run or they only allow a booking for a specific time?
Do you have a pictures you can post from Kevin's cabaret show?
What was his song list?
Any plans to record a solo album with him?
Any chance of re-releasing The Music of Bruce Kimmel and updating it with other original songs?
What If: Complicated issue - but we're working on it.
Most waiver theaters don't do open-ended runs, only a couple. The problem with the Hudson when we did What If was that they'd already booked a show in prior to us booking the theater, so we were screwed. When we talked to them about our play, the went to Mr. Daniel Henning, who is doing La Chiusa's The Wild Party and told him we wanted the theater, and asked him to extend or not. He kept them (and us) waiting beyond the date he should have and then, as I predicted, took the extension. Well, I've seen Mr. La Chiusa's Wild Party. These people are doing a six show week, and will now be in there for twelve weeks or so - good luck. Although, LA sometimes embraces these pedantic and pretentious shows that NY loathes, so who knows what will happen.
I don't know if anyone was taking photographs of Kevin's show. I'll ask him.
I'll have to post his song list later, if I can remember it.
Yes, we'll be doing a live recording of his act before the end of the year.
I doubt I'll rerelease The Music of Bruce Kimmel, since so much of it would have to be new.
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Question for BK: When I upload a CD to myPod, iTunes does an automatic grab for track information from a website called Gracenote CDDB. How does this info initially get out there? Did you or someone with Kritzerland contact Gracenote and supply the track info for the new releases? Did an anonymous someone out there inadvertently upload the info because he or she was the first one to play the CD through iTunes? Just curious.
Looking forward to the Last Starfighter recording!
I'm always amazed at how iTunes grabs the info for CDs - not sure how they do it.
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I do have a question for BK:
When you were recording the cast album for BELLS ARE RINGING, was there any discussion about the show not being the smash some of us expected it to be? Were the stars disappointed in its reception? I can imagine the mood at the recording of something like HAIRSPRAY when you've opened to raves, but what about something like BELLS ARE RINGING that only got middling reviews?
The production of Bells was really mediocre, but the session was a ton of fun, and there certainly was no "pall" over it, as I would never allow that. The producers were there, as was the director, so the attitude was all very positive. And interestingly, the CD would lead you to believe that the show was much better than it was on stage - I've gotten that comment many times.
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I shall now be on my way to pick up the CD, get gas, and then to meet at LACC, after which I shall be on my way to the Norton Simon museum, after which, I shall return.
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Gee...maybe I'll post some pix from our next pot luck.
:D
We're having a pot luck?
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Curtis and Joshua, our director...
These are some wild and crazy guys....
Mattresses in the hallways! People rolling wheels on each other! Wild dancing! What kind of Sodom and Gomorrah is going on in Williamstown! :o
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And what are the exact directions on how to get there! :P
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And now for the obligatory eye candy shot...
I have three words for this photo:
Yowza Yowza Yowza!!
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And now for the obligatory eye candy shot...
And might I add three other words?
Hubba Hubba Hubba!
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...or two...
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DRJose, thank you! Now we'll wait for the results! Hee hee hee. . .
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Quote from: Matthew on Yesterday at 07:39:15pm
Trotter plays some Andrew Lloyd Webber would be nice
Quote from DR Michael Shayne
Bite your tongue.
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I had the strangest dream last night. I dreampt that I met DR Michael Shayne for burritos in a mall somewhere. We met, had lunch, and that's it! I guess it was brought on by the above quote's from yesterday!
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Question for bk. Where did you first hear the song "Getting Away With You" (which is becoming my most favorite on the GH CD) and what do you know about the composer? Thank you!
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Congrats on THE LAST STARFIGHTER to the Kritzerland Label, its founder and writer of said score! Never heard it, but now I will.
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Nice pics, DR JOSE! Looks like fun, I hope some work is getting done up there!
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I hear there is a PIPPIN photo on the front page of the paper, if it goes on line, I will post a link later this afternoon.
Thunder and lightning and rain here!
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My question for ASK BK day - imagine if you will....
You are a director for 20th Century-Fox and you are doing a BIG western, CinemaScope and StereoPHONIC Sound - and the script calls for a dance sequence featuring the leading lady. Unfortunately the leading lady is Miss Susan Hayward who is NOT known for her solo dancing. What do you do? Count on the editor, shoot everything but her feet, or ..... well what do you do?
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And yes, I know Miss Hayward did some pretty nifty dancing in I'LL CRY TOMORROW....but her numbers in THE CONQUEROR and that Napa Valley Wine Movie are pretty sad....and then there is Helen Lawson....
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Two reactions to the LaCuisa/Shaiman "debate:"
First, that LaCuisa chose to publish his volly in the Opera News is interesting, and odd. It's not where I'd expect someone to write about musicals.
Second, while LaC writes praises of Mordden's book, he seems to have missed one of Mordden's regular points, the difference between musical comedies and musical plays. It is the latter that is not doing well on Broadway at the moment. Musical comedy is doing very well indeed.
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I just read the "opera" article and I am actually sort of surprised that so many people are going so crazy over it. Do i agree that shows like HAIRSPRAY are faux-musicals (and that to be a real musical you need to be thought provoking). No. But that doesn't mean that what was written wasn't an interesting point of view and well thought out.
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I just read the "opera" article and I am actually sort of surprised that so many people are going so crazy over it. Do i agree that shows like HAIRSPRAY are faux-musicals (and that to be a real musical you need to be thought provoking). No. But that doesn't mean that what was written wasn't an interesting point of view and well thought out.
And do you think that a plastic surgeon should write an AMA article, praising himself and naming colleagues he considers faux-surgeons or people whose work clearly fails to meet his artistic, if questionable, standards?
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First, that LaCuisa chose to publish his volly in the Opera News is interesting, and odd. It's not where I'd expect someone to write about musicals.
DRSWW, OPERA NEWS does lots of articles on musical theatre, one of the reasons being, I guess, that so many opera companies are doing musical theatre or operetta as a part of their seasons these days.
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Ok - having read the article, the rebuttal, the postings...
Can dear Mr. BK or any one else explain to me why West Side Story is a musical and Wicked is not?
???
Both have storylines, both have songs that advance that storyline, both have dancing... ???
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Front page above the fold! 8)
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Mr BK the young girl on the left is Cecily - the Tony Walton fan! She is wearing Barbra Streisand's old hair.
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Front page above the fold! 8)
YES!!
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Is there a lovely article/review?
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Everybody digs a public catfight.
I think Shaiman's responses were funny and biting. LaC does make some okay points, I mean many of us have complained about the lack of chance-taking shows out there. Although any show takes a chance by virtue of the money invested in it, even if it is based on a Disney cartoon, a "Full House" episode, or the songs of the Doobie Brothers.
The problem is in the orthodoxy espoused by LaC, as if there is only one right way to do a musical or to BE a musical. There is no right or wrong, only what works and what doesn't. And that is highly subjective.
Most of the first half of the 20th Century featured shows that hung on barely-existing plots with songs thrown in. It evolved into plot and character-driven shows, and some would say it is "devolving" back towards the former. I personally don't dislike so-called jukebox musicals on principle. The question to me is if each one works or not. Is Broadway everything I want it to be right now? No. Neither is Cinema, and neither is pop music. But then I don't rule the world just yet.
Anyways, as LaC points out, it's all Jose's fault for wanting to get rich as a musician! :)
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Anyways, as LaC points out, it's all Jose's fault for wanting to get rich as a musician! :)
I blame most of the state of the world on DR Jose. How are your ears today?
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They're slightly improved. I believe I am hearing at 75% capacity right now. Still not great. I'll blame Jose for that too, just for the heck of it!
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They're slightly improved. I believe I am hearing at 75% capacity right now. Still not great. I'll blame Jose for that too, just for the heck of it!
He's a scourge!
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For some strange reason, I keep re-reading page 3 of this board today. :) I can't figure out whether the bookwriter of TRIANGLE, the show Jose is working on, looks more like Noah Wyle of E.R. or a young Stephen Schwartz.
On The Shaiman/LaChiusa matter, I remember that Shaiman wrote a response to Fred Ebb as well for things Ebb said about HAIRSPRAY and the famous kiss on the Tonys. Does anyone remember what Fred Ebb's harsh words about HAIRSPRAY and Shaiman and Wittman were? I've been trying to find them on the internet and I can't seem to find the actual quotes.
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Ok having read the article, te rebuttal the postings
Can dear Mr. BK or any one else explain to me why West Side Story is a musical and Wicked is not?
Both have storylines, both have songs that advance that storyline, both have dancing...
Uh, uh, uh uh! According to Mssr. LaChiusa, Wicked just has dancing, while West Side Story had Choreography (and you must say Choreography with rolling R's.)
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Bruce and FJL congratulations on your exciting news. :D
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DR MB--we can share the ride there. We can use the car pool lane!
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DR Jrand: Is that Pippin or Louis in the mesh shirt?
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And do you think that a plastic surgeon should write an AMA article, praising himself and naming colleagues he considers faux-surgeons or people whose work clearly fails to meet his artistic, if questionable, standards?
I don't think it's fair to compare musical theatre to doctors, since their jobs involve saving lives.
I do see your point though. Maybe a person should not criticize their entire profession. However, I think that he has the right to say what he thinks of musical theatre. And I don't think he praised himself.
Obviously when names are named, then people's feelings get hurt. I don't think that was the intention.
Anyhow it's not about agreeing or disagreeing with the points. Like I said, I think that there are many kinds of musicals that are good. But it is an interesting point to consider feel good musicals vs thought provoking ones.
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Thanks for the photos DR Jose! And the very hairy eye candy! My favorite flavor! LOL!
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FJL, I found this quote, don't know if it's complete or not
It was the kiss that rocked the Tonys. And pissed off Fred Ebb.
"I thought they made spectacle of themselves, frankly," the late Broadway legend grumbled to this publication in 2003, a month after Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, a couple for 25 years, celebrated their Tony win for Hairspray by kissing on national television. "Your bedroom is not the screen."
It comes from an interview with Marc Shaiman in a Gay publication after they won the Tony. Here is a link to the full interview.
http://metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1700
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"I thought they made a spectacle of themselves, frankly. ... Your bedroom is not the screen." - Fred Ebb
http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/
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DR Jennifer,
My impression of James is that he would sell Sarah down the river if it would help him in the game. Often when she says she loves him he seems unimpressed, and he constantly expects her to lose competitions and not do well at the game...he just does nothing to support her....as I see it.
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Ha ha, poor DR Jose.
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FJL, I found this quote, don't know if it's complete or not
It was the kiss that rocked the Tonys. And pissed off Fred Ebb.
"I thought they made spectacle of themselves, frankly," the late Broadway legend grumbled to this publication in 2003, a month after Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, a couple for 25 years, celebrated their Tony win for Hairspray by kissing on national television. "Your bedroom is not the screen."
It comes from an interview with Marc Shaiman in a Gay publication after they won the Tony. Here is a link to the full interview.
http://metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1700
Poor Fred! He had no room to throw stones.
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Jason, we must have hit that article at the same time. It's the only reference I can find though I'm sure there are others. I just don't know where to look right now.
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DR Jennifer,
My impression of James is that he would sell Sarah down the river if it would help him in the game. Often when she says she loves him he seems unimpressed, and he constantly expects her to lose competitions and not do well at the game...he just does nothing to support her....as I see it.
Wow, I totally don't see it this way. Maybe people are getting a different impression by solely watching it on tv? (and not following the live feeds?)
I think james is viciously competitive. But I have never seen him anything but loving towards sarah.
They are not really my favorites. And I agree though, she is bad at the game and at competitions. She is very passive.
So who are your favs? Mine are janelle and kaysar. I just love her. She is so smart and competitive. But she is extremely trustworthy. She doesn't gossip. And she doesn't go behind people's backs. I just really like her!
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I know Mr. Ebb is dead, but I've never understood the concept that it's perfectly acceptable and even encouraged for a straight couple or a husband and wife to kiss when one wins an award, but if a gay couple does, they are "shoving their sex lives down our throats" Umm, if that's the case, then I think the straight couple is doing the same thing.
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I don't think it's fair to compare musical theatre to doctors, since their jobs involve saving lives.
I do see your point though. Maybe a person should not criticize their entire profession. However, I think that he has the right to say what he thinks of musical theatre. And I don't think he praised himself.
Obviously when names are named, then people's feelings get hurt. I don't think that was the intention.
Anyhow it's not about agreeing or disagreeing with the points. Like I said, I think that there are many kinds of musicals that are good. But it is an interesting point to consider feel good musicals vs thought provoking ones.
Jennifer - please note that DR Elmore specifically mentioned a plastic surgeon and his/her artistic sensibilites. Except in rare cases, I don't think plastic surgeons actually save lives. They may save a person's mental health, but in a different sense, composers, lyricists, choreographers, directors and performers are all capable of that, as well.
For Mr. LaChuisa to go through and make comments, both generic and specific, about other writer's works, he is in effect implying that his work does not suffer from the foibles of his colleagues.
And honestly, I'm not sure there's any kind of intent other than hurtful, spiteful intent in that article. You do not call out the shortcomings of your colleagues works, naming them by name, point by point, if you do not intend to make a major point. By doing so, I think Mr. LaChuisa may find that he has alienated himself from the very community of which he claims to wish to be a part.
One has to ask, who is he to think he can point out what's wrong with what everyone else's writing? If he knows how to "save" musical theatre from immenent death and destruction, then perhaps he should busy himself with writing "real musicals" rather than scathing articles in Opera News.
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And do you think that a plastic surgeon should write an AMA article, praising himself and naming colleagues he considers faux-surgeons or people whose work clearly fails to meet his artistic, if questionable, standards?
This is an interesting question. The guy set himself up for the "jealousy" japes. But anyone is allowed to criticize shows they don't like. We do it all the time. I thought BKLYN was a national disgrace, for instance. Wrongheaded and somewhat putrid from the word "go." I don't think I was jealous of it's creators, even though it ran a helluva lot longer than I would have thought possible.
But this guy, because he is himself a creator of some renown will take the heat for his comments. I think it's because it is one thing to criticize a show, another to criticize the heart and the intent of a show's creators. AND, the way he did it almost seemed to lay the blame for Broadway's supposed demise at the feet of a few successful shows and their creators. And it came from a tone of a voice on high, rather than merely one man's opinion.
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He's a scourge!
I love you DR Jose
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don't listen to those meanies :D
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Thanks for the photos DR Jose! And the very hairy eye candy! My favorite flavor! LOL!
mine too ;)
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I know Mr. Ebb is dead, but I've never understood the concept that it's perfectly acceptable and even encouraged for a straight couple or a husband and wife to kiss when one wins an award, but if a gay couple does, they are "shoving their sex lives down our throats" Umm, if that's the case, then I think the straight couple is doing the same thing.
By the way, Ben, would you mind changing your avatar? It offends me to see two men so closely situated.
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Uh, uh, uh uh! According to Mssr. LaChiusa, Wicked just has dancing, while West Side Story had Choreography (and you must say Choreography with rolling R's.)
You mean in West Side Story someone told them what dance steps to use and in Wicked they were making it up as they went along? ;D
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Sorry DRs Jason and Elmore, I saw "surgeon". I must have blocked out the "plastic" part! :) But I still think that plastic surgeons are medical professionals, who while not saving lives, have to be on the ball or people could die.
But as for the "artistic sensibilites", that is a whole other matter. I guess i totally misread DR Elmore's comparison. Sorry!
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I'll get back to you on that Rodzinski ;D
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I know Mr. Ebb is dead, but I've never understood the concept that it's perfectly acceptable and even encouraged for a straight couple or a husband and wife to kiss when one wins an award, but if a gay couple does, they are "shoving their sex lives down our throats" Umm, if that's the case, then I think the straight couple is doing the same thing.
The kissing doesn't bother me... but all those near naked men groping and grabbing each other and rolling around on the floor entwined in eachothers arms and throwing each other into into the ropes.... oh wait that's wrestling
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Thanks for the photos DR Jose! And the very hairy eye candy! My favorite flavor! LOL!
Ha! I wasn't going to comment, but...well...amen, Michael!
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For Mr. LaChuisa to go through and make comments, both generic and specific, about other writer's works, he is in effect implying that his work does not suffer from the foibles of his colleagues.
I'm not sure about this point.
And honestly, I'm not sure there's any kind of intent other than hurtful, spiteful intent in that article. You do not call out the shortcomings of your colleagues works, naming them by name, point by point, if you do not intend to make a major point. By doing so, I think Mr. LaChuisa may find that he has alienated himself from the very community of which he claims to wish to be a part.
I think you make a very good point. Although I tend to think he was just trying to be honest, rather than hurtful.
He did make some remarks like "no offense meant".
One has to ask, who is he to think he can point out what's wrong with what everyone else's writing? If he knows how to "save" musical theatre from immenent death and destruction, then perhaps he should busy himself with writing "real musicals" rather than scathing articles in Opera News.
Well i'm sure you know that he is busy working on new musicals.
This is sort of odd, because I don't agree with some of what was said in the article. But I'm just finding it hard to understand why everyone is so upset by what was written. And for everyone to assume it was written with malicious intent.
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And yes, I know Miss Hayward did some pretty nifty dancing in I'LL CRY TOMORROW....but her numbers in THE CONQUEROR and that Napa Valley Wine Movie are pretty sad....and then there is Helen Lawson....
But oh to have seen her in the Vegas tab company of MAME!!
Front page above the fold! 8)
My, that's a fancy-dress PIPPIN! Are you interpolating the party scenes from MERRILY?
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DR Jrand: Is that Pippin or Louis in the mesh shirt?
That is PIPPIN with flat feet and no arch! ;D
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The kissing doesn't bother me... but all those near naked men groping and grabbing each other and rolling around on the floor entwined in eachothers arms and throwing each other into into the ropes.... oh wait that's wrestling
DRvixmom, LOL!!! ;D
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Jennifer, that article is - to me, at least - the equivalent of Mr. Ned Beatty going to the New York Times and telling them that he thought that his co-stars were no-talent hacks. He said it in a "nice" way ("She is a sweetie, and yet she doesn't have a whole lot of tools. But she works very hard." and "He's gotten better all the time, but his is a different journey."), but it still came off as pompous and shameful.
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"No offense meant" often really means, "You will probably be offended by this."
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Actually DR STUART it's the fancy "drag" version of PIPPIN with every 70's sequin dress the costumer could find at Goodwill. So it's more like the party scenes from APPLAUSE!
Oh my I forgot about Miss Hayward as Mame Dennis! Yes, that would have been something to see! Perhaps instead of a bugle, she could have carried her Oscar around the party.
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DR VIXMOM - just a generic time, date, place, names article!
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"No offense meant" often really means, "You will probably be offended by this."
Yup....kinda like "It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing" really means: "It's the money." ;D
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Just heard on the news that Barbara Bel Geddes died yesterday.
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"No offense meant" often really means, "You will probably be offended by this."
:)
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I think I am too tired to get into the mishagoss right now.....but .....
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She must have been killed by that dress in DR DtM's photo of her.
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Oh, was that who was in that picture? LOL! I didn't even recognize her.
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Author Judith Rossner also passed away.
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Actually DR STUART it's the fancy "drag" version of PIPPIN with every 70's sequin dress the costumer could find at Goodwill. So it's more like the party scenes from APPLAUSE!
Oh my I forgot about Miss Hayward as Mame Dennis! Yes, that would have been something to see! Perhaps instead of a bugle, she could have carried her Oscar around the party.
That's very funny. All of it.
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Like flies, I tell ya, they're droppin' like flies!
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That's very funny. All of it.
My work here is done!
I hesitate to tell you what Berthe is wearing....since she is living in the "country" now.....but I might just say Dolly Parton. :o
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I saw more than one or two eye candy pics, DR Jose. I would have a hard time keeping my mind on my work amid such company.
Of course, you're the utter professional. . . . :)
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Question - why is that time can be dragging by all day, but then when your one precious half-hour lunch break comes along, time all of a sudden decides to speed up? Unfair, says I. Unseemly, too.
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Question - why is that time can be dragging by all day, but then when your one precious half-hour lunch break comes along, time all of a sudden decides to speed up? Unfair, says I. Unseemly, too.
Agreed, DR Ann. Agreed.
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"No offense meant" often really means, "You will probably be offended by this."
Yes, just like the comment, "I'm not prejudiced. I just don't like {blacks/gays/latinos/hispanics/asian/whatever]."
And I HAVE heard such a phrase being piteously exclaimed!
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How ironic that the shows JML has criticized as unworthy shows have kept a hundred people each employed for years on end. His own shows don't seem to have that ability. On that basis alone he should keep his mouth shut. Those shows, whether they meet his artistic sensibility or not, make profits that allow producers to invest in shows such as his that are riskier and less prone to make a profit.
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Just heard on the news that Barbara Bel Geddes died yesterday.
May she rest in peace.
Though I would file that under ITSWAD.
(I Thought She Was Already Dead.)
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Got to RENO 911! today. Though I figured out early the major twist of the show (Garcia's girl friend), there were some laugh out loud bits including disrupting the bachlorette party and telling the ladies "like it is." I got choked laughing so hard.
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Yes, very sad about Barbara Bel Geddes. I just re-watched VERTIGO the other day.
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On the subject of VERTIGO, I read the other day that the special edition boxed set of Hitchcock masterpieces controlled by Universal will feature new anamorphic editions of VERTIGO and PSYCHO, neither of which was done that way in their original US release.
I hope they release them as separate DVDs. I don't need to re-buy all of those films.
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Also finally got around to the QUEER AS FOLK SAY GOODBYE special that aired before the last episode on Sunday night. (I couldn't watch this special live because I was watching - and crying through - SIX FEET UNDER).
Made me a bit teary-eyed to hear them talk about what it meant to them to be a part of the show and sad to know it won't be back. Sharon Gless came right out and said that she wishes the show could have continued, but the relief it was over from folks like Scott Lowell and Gale Harrold was very obvious.
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We got out rain early today (around noon), so guess the rest of today will be hot and steamy. Yuck!
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Wasn't Barbara the original Broadway Maggie the Cat?
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Off to a final rehearsal-run thru....and cleaning the theatre....and selling tickets.
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Tom: FFR (For Future Reference), I have found this site to be useful in determining who is and who isn't with us any longer...
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/
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I loved Barbara B. in that episode of ALFRED HITCHOCK's TV series, where she conks her husband over the head with that leg of lamb, and then feeds it to the police officers.
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DR VIXMOM - just a generic time, date, place, names article!
WHAT?!!! No mention of your talent? Your blood ,sweat and tears poured into this prioduction?! The swine!
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I do believe pg. 3 of today's notes may be the most viewed page in HHW history. Well, for me, at least. ;) Danke, Jose!
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DR's Ben and Jason - Thanks for the link to that article about Shaiman and Ebb. Interesting reading.
Looking back, it was interesting watching the pattern as Shaiman started posting on All That Chat. At first, everybody was only postive towards him, but after a while, one got the sense that people were sometimes baiting him a little bit.
Michael John LaChiusa also posted on All That Chat for a while under his own name. He made a brief reappearance not too long ago when someone referred to "the three named writers like Sarah Jessica LaChiusa" and MichaelJohn just said that he wished he had her hair. He apparently reads All That Chat because he's been known to write to some people who put their email addresses in their posts. So I'm sure he was aware of the Shaiman response before Variety reported it.
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I'd do a page 7 dance but I need a choreographer. :)
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I do believe pg. 3 of today's notes may be the most viewed page in HHW history. Well, for me, at least. ;) Danke, Jose!
Yes, I'm betting it's just you.
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Wasn't Barbara the original Broadway Maggie the Cat?
Yes, and she was Tony nominated for her work. Alas, she lost the award to Julie Harris in THE LARK.
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Page 7 dance for DR FJL
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Yes, I'm betting it's just you.
:D
Why, I never! Well...maybe once or twice. :-X
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Ebb had some crass things to say about that kiss in COLORED LIGHTS, too, that interview/memoir released last year.
Poor Fred was of a generation made very uncomfortable by any public reflection of sexual orientation.
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Well time to hit the road.. and hope it doesn't hit back
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I didn't save any of the pics, but I did linger over some of them for a nice long time.
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Now, nobody ever said anything about SAVING them! I just said that pg. 3 is probably the most viewed page - that's all. Saving them's too much trouble, anyway...I'd just ask Jose to email them to...um...nevermind.
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But first... I have been most remiss in failing to send
~~~~~Congratulatory Vibes!!~~~~~~~
in the direction of Messers BK and FJL
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Now, nobody ever said anything about SAVING them! I just said that pg. 3 is probably the most viewed page - that's all. Saving them's too much trouble, anyway...I'd just ask Jose to email them to...um...nevermind.
I wasn't supposed to print them out and enlarge them at Kinkos and rewallpaper my room with them?
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I really must be going ... laters
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Oh, my goodness! If it wasn't hard enough on the wallet that THE ASTAIRE AND ROGERS boxed set of DVDs is schedule for release next week, there are also the next season boxes of I LOVE LUCY, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, and WILL & GRACE. Argh!
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Vixmom: LMAO!
And now I'm off to my friend Russell's for grilled chicken and salmon and a viewing of MOBY DICK: THE MUSICAL!
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That's supposed to be "scheduled" for release in the message above. My typing continues to be embarrassing.
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What is the origin of the word embarrass?
No, DR VIXMOM, however my name is mentioned in passing.
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Just got back from page 3. But you know, maybe it's a sign of maturity, but I think I'm going to be happy just staying here on page 7 for a while. :)
Thanks for taking care of that page 7 dance for me, Jason!
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Why, I never! Well...maybe once or twice. :-X
Uh-huh!
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I'd do a page 7 dance but I need a choreographer. :)
Few faux steps for Fred!
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I wasn't supposed to print them out and enlarge them at Kinkos and rewallpaper my room with them?
Perhaps DRMBarnum would like them.
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Went out for dim sum at lunch today.
Tried a couple of new dishes...vegetable rice rolls and deep fried shrimp dumplings.
That was in addition to the sticky rice, bbq rice and shrimp rice rolls, eggplant, spring rolls and siu mai.
Man! I'm full and yet, I'm still salivating a bit.
It's not a pretty picture, I can tell you.
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BB6 Fans: I'm ready to go to CBS' L.A. studios the day after April gets evicted.
I want to hunt her down and bitch slap her till the bitch is slapped out of her.
It may take a while.
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and....the KING KONG dvd is set to release Nov. 11!! Along with SON OF KONG and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG.
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.....King Kong, the two Cat People movies, and ADAM-12 season one are my most fave upcoming releases...lots of good stuff coming out soon...
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...and yet DR Rodzinski has neglected to buy his copy of the newly released THE BOATNICKS.
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.....King Kong, the two Cat People movies, and ADAM-12 season one are my most fave upcoming releases...lots of good stuff coming out soon...
Speaking of good stuff, DRMBarnum, I have to dig out GUMNAAM and show DRJoey the opening number. That will put the fear of God into him!
DRJoey just called me; since this morning, he's walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, seen the Ground Zero site, caught the matinee of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, and more that I've forgotten. He's meeting a friend for dinner and seeing LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.
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I wasn't supposed to print them out and enlarge them at Kinkos and rewallpaper my room with them?
;D
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May she rest in peace.
Though I would file that under ITSWAD.
(I Thought She Was Already Dead.)
That makes two of us.
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I do believe pg. 3 of today's notes may be the most viewed page in HHW history. Well, for me, at least. ;) Danke, Jose!
You know Jason, you can save the pictures to your own computer and look at them whenever your little ... heart ;) desires! ;D
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And one for Mahler!
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That makes two of us.
THREE!!!
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Somethoughts from yesterday:
TCB remarked
I know that a lot of people at this site might be offended by this comment, but seeing the Off-Broadway production of Boys in the Band had an extremely negative on me as an eighteen year old college student on the verge of coming out of the closet. I was shocked and horrified by the cast of characters who all seemed to me, at the time; to be depressed, bitter, or emotionally unstable people. I cam back from New York determined to do anything I could to avoid that lifestyle. In fact, I became engaged to a woman soon after that trip. Now, in all fairness, I have never read or seen that play or movie since the time in New York. Perhaps now, I would view the characters differently, but it was one of the most horrible experiences of my young life.
I can not resist some comments.
1. I thoroughly enjoyed "Boys in the Band" (film 1970), but I saw it as an already jaded adult who could recognize many of the caricatures from my own life (the bar-hopping bath-house crawler part, not the married family man with three kids part).
2. I can fully appreciate how TCB was repulsed. (I can see how "Boys in the Band" could drive one straight, but of course exposure to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woofe" could drive you right back.
3. I'm not sure time has much improved the situation. What sane, sensible young man watching Queer as Folk would ever dare to come out of the closet?
4. For me, the scary This Could Happen To You film was "Advise and Consent", 10 years earlier - it really made a point to a young man just embarking on a Military career. "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1971)" provided the incentive to avoid prison. The Ritz" (1976) came out after I had already enjoyed the NYC bath scene, and "Cruising" (1980) was a look back at my days night-crawling The City. I shudder to think what my reaction to those films would have been had I seen them in Junior High! Now , in my later years, it's easy to identify with films like "Jeffrey", "Philadelphia" and even "Love, Valor, Compassion".
5. It would be interesting to write a play with a 16 year-old male struggling with his sexual identity and a self assured 60 year old gay man with a long-time partner each reacting to the films mentioned above.
der Brucer (hoping I have not been left for another)
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And the word of the day is: MASTICATE!
What! And go Blind!
der Brucer (sure that reading the next 8 pages of posts will show that many minds think alike)
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Dr Dan - I put ice cream in my tea at a restaurant when they didn't bring us any milk - everyone looked at me in horror (just the people at my table, I mean, not the whole restaurant), and I've never done it again. Was doing that in public that an etiquette breach I wasn't aware of, I wonder?
Answer: Only if it was Pistachio
der Brucer (butter almond would be yummy!)
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I think LaChiusa's article was written from bowls of sour grapes. The entire piece reeks of envy.
More like written from his bowels...
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Question for bk. Where did you first hear the song "Getting Away With You" (which is becoming my most favorite on the GH CD) and what do you know about the composer? Thank you!
So pleased to hear this. Let me go to the post office, and then I'll answer this question more fully. :-)
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Must now be on my way to the post office, but will be back very shortly, after which I'll tell you all the news that's fit to print.
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Personally, I don't like anything MJLC has created and I often wonder why Marc Shaimen hasn't written more for the stage.
You'll enjoy this:
Teasing Out Success (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/15/AR2005071500363.html)
Excerpt:
The studio is a semi-organized mess, with a bulletin board propped up on the floor outlining the new Martin Short project that Shaiman and Wittman are working on. It's a spoof of one-man shows called "If I'd Saved, I Wouldn't Be Here," and it's scheduled for Broadway this coming season.
They are also collaborating on a musical version of the Steven Spielberg film "Catch Me If You Can," for which Terrence McNally is writing the book. Shaiman is antsy to get started: "I'm dyin'," he says. After all, if he had his way, "I'd want to be just like Rodgers and Hammerstein were. You know, just writing shows one after another. I feel like I have 'em in me."
der Brucer
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Earlier today, Jason wrote:
I do believe pg. 3 of today's notes may be the most viewed page in HHW history. Well, for me, at least. ;) Danke, Jose!
And before reading any more, I wrote:
You know Jason, you can save the pictures to your own computer and look at them whenever your little ... heart ;) desires! ;D
But after I caught up, I read this post that Jason has posted after his first but actually before I posted mine:
Now, nobody ever said anything about SAVING them! I just said that pg. 3 is probably the most viewed page - that's all. Saving them's too much trouble, anyway...I'd just ask Jose to email them to...um...nevermind.
I suppose that I should ketchup (or even catch up) before I post a response to a post. ::)
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THREE!!!
Four! And up until a week or two ago, i thought that Jane Withers was also gone.
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Sarah is standing... Danny is ???
What is "Playing Twister", Alex?
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Four! And up until a week or two ago, i thought that Jane Withers was also gone.
Say it ain't so!
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I blame most of the state of the world on DR Jose. How are your ears today?
And if they do a musical of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" maybe we can blame Jose for the State of Everything! 8)
der Brucer
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Evening folks!
Congrats to DR Ginny on the NEW vehicle! It looks stylish. May it carry you hither and yon in comfort and safety for many years to come.
Sorry I didn’t post last night. I had a bit of shocker at the Dr’s office and just wasn’t in the right frame of mind to post about it. In as few words as possible: Another kidney stone. Big one (my specialty) ::). Surgery. When I return from the NY Gathering if it doesn’t hit sooner. Joy. Sigh. :-\
The only good news is that I’ve been put on meds to prevent (operative word) kidney stones in the future. It won’t help a bit with any already formed.
Anyway, I’ve been meaning to ask DR Rodzinski how you like the new job? I hope that it is much better for you then the last place.
As far as the Marc Shaiman/Hairspray thing, I’ll be the first person to say that I am not the most sophisticated person when it comes to the shows. I only know when I like something or not. I’m also too honest to tell someone I liked something if I didn’t.
When Hairspray came to the TBPAC, I totally enjoyed myself and judging from the reaction of the others in the audience, they were enjoying it as well.
Knowing that Mr. Shaiman posted on BWW, I PMed him and thanked him for a most enjoyable afternoon. I would not have done that if I disliked the show in any way. I could NOT have done that with either Ms. Saigon or Cats. Mr. Shaiman kindly responded and told me he was glad that I had enjoyed it. What more could someone ask of a musical?
Regarding the “hairy eye candy”, I once told a friend that if I ever wanted to sleep with a rug, I’d buy one. Of course, now Bear sleeps at the foot of my bed sooooo what can I say? :D
I’m so glad to see DERBRUCER posting again! You were missed.
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Hello, fellow Dear Readers. I haven't had time to read all the notes today. I'll have to go back and catch up.
Charlie came today. He did what we need for the fire inspection. Today I ordered a knox box. AT&T never came (again). I supervised the stucco men stucco-ing. And I broke up clods of leftover path with a rake.
The end.
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Evening folks!
Congrats to DR Ginny on the NEW vehicle! It looks stylish. May it carry you hither and yon in comfort and safety for many years to come.
Sorry I didn’t post last night. I had a bit of shocker at the Dr’s office and just wasn’t in the right frame of mind to post about it. In as few words as possible: Another kidney stone. Big one (my specialty) ::). Surgery. When I return from the NY Gathering if it doesn’t hit sooner. Joy. Sigh. :-\
The only good news is that I’ve been put on meds to prevent (operative word) kidney stones in the future. It won’t help a bit with any already formed.
Thank you, DR Danise, for your "blessing" for my new car. I think it's somewhat of a kid sister to your Bonnie.
I'm so sorry to hear that you've received challenging health news. Sounds like this is not your first experience of this sort? Take care.
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Question for bk. Where did you first hear the song "Getting Away With You" (which is becoming my most favorite on the GH CD) and what do you know about the composer? Thank you!
I know the answer to this! But I shall let BK answer.
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DR Ginny, Just remember that you might go faster then you intend in the new car until you get used to gas peddle! The first time I drove Bonnie, I was doing 70 without even knowing it until I glanced down!
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DRJoey just called me; since this morning, he's walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, seen the Ground Zero site, caught the matinee of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, and more that I've forgotten. He's meeting a friend for dinner and seeing LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.
Sounds like DR Joey is having a great time in NYC! DR elmore, please say HI to him from back here in the midwest.
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Thank you, DR Danise, for your "blessing" for my new car. I think it's somewhat of a kid sister to your Bonnie.
I'm so sorry to hear that you've received challenging health news. Sounds like this is not your first experience of this sort? Take care.
Your welcome! So what are going to name her?
Eh, this is the third time on the table for kidney stones. The charm being that by the time I start showing the signs, it's to late to give me the meds to try to make me pass it--it's already to big. The sound waves are the only logical way to treat it.
I'm praying the meds will do the trick and the third time will be the LAST.
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Your welcome! So what are going to name her?
Eh, this is the third time on the table for kidney stones. The charm being that by the time I start showing the signs, it's to late to give me the meds to try to make me pass it--it's already to big. The sound waves are the only logical way to treat it.
I'm praying the meds will do the trick and the third time will be the LAST.
DRDanise, are you drinking enough liquids and juices? You're ther fourth friend in the past year to be suffering from them.
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I'm back from the post office, to find out dinner meeting has been cancelled and rescheduled for Tuesday night, because the person we were meeting with is ill.
Still haven't had word from the theater, which I find almost reprehensible.
Let's answer the Getting Away With You question thusly - the first person to guess where and when I first heard the song, and who can give us some info on Jonathan Goldman, its author, will win a sparkling prize.
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DRDanise, are you drinking enough liquids and juices? You're ther fourth friend in the past year to be suffering from them.
If anything, I wonder if I drink to MUCH water and that's the problem.
The doctor made me promise to stop drinking tea (sob!) except for green tea. I only had one cup in the morning. No coffee (which I never touched anyway) and no soda. Sprite or 7 up are ok-- which is what I drink anyway when I drink a soda.
And he said whatever I was drinking as far a water goes, to double it. Since water is my drink of choice execpt for the one cup of hot tea I had in the morning, I don't get it.
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If people need a reason for cake today (why would they), my father is having his 99th birthday. He is still on no medication whatsoever! (and alive).
He has short term memory loss - he is not quite the same as Dory though.
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I'm back from the post office, to find out dinner meeting has been cancelled and rescheduled for Tuesday night, because the person we were meeting with is ill.
Still haven't had word from the theater, which I find almost reprehensible.
Let's answer the Getting Away With You question thusly - the first person to guess where and when I first heard the song, and who can give us some info on Jonathan Goldman, its author, will win a sparkling prize.
Since I don't really know the song, I don't have klew where you heard it.
Driving down the highway in a convertible with a backseat full of balloons on a Sunday in May in the middle of a rainstorm. That’s my guess.
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BELATED BIRTHDAY GRRETINGS
TO DERBRUCER!
I enjoyed your movie comments.
GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DANISE.
I too suffer from kidney stones... think cranberry juice.
BIRTHDAY WISHES TO
TOMOVOZ'S FATHER.
How did he end up being younger than you?
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Happy Birthday to DR Tomovoz's Father!! ;D
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Woah- playbill.com suddenly has a blue background. What's up with that?
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So, BK, Did I win? ;) ;D
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Page 9 dance!
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You were close.
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I am cooking an ear of corn - what do you think of that?
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Why the poor ear? Why not the nose?
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I am cooking an ear of corn - what do you think of that?
When my mom (who is from Germany) was growing up, she never ate corn. Corn, she said, was cow food and people didn't eat cow food. It wasn't until she had grown up, gotten married (to my dad) and moved to the States that she ate corn for the first time. Wasn't that an interesting story? ;D
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OK, gross. Make that lips.
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Moo!
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Cooking an ear of corn? Is that a clue? Were you in Kansas in August? :)
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Moo!
When I was in high school, a friend of mine told a (now) immature joke with the punchline, "Moo, Moo, Buckaroo!" But I have no idea what the joke is! :-\
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Hmmm...when did you have corn?
On a tour of Hello, Dolly, perhaps?
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GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DANISE.
I too suffer from kidney stones... think cranberry juice.
Better yet, drink some!
Sedona Labs (http://www.sedonalabs.com/news/HT041223.html) reports:
Cranberries have long been valued for their ability to help prevent and treat urinary tract infections, by binding to e.coli before it can attach to the bladder wall. Now, recent studies suggest that this same binding action may also promote gastrointestinal and oral health. It's ingredients also make urine more acidic, which impedes the formation of kidney stones.
Healthy Foods (http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=145) adds:
Prevention of Kidney Stone Formation
Cranberries contain quinic acid, an acidic compound that is unusual in that it is not broken down in the body but is excreted unchanged in the urine. The presence of quinic acid causes the urine to become just slightly acidic—a level of acidity that is, however, sufficient to prevent calcium and phosphate ions from joining to form insoluble stones. In patients who have had recurrent kidney stones, cranberry juice has been shown to reduce the amount of ionized calcium in their urine by more than 50%—a highly protective effect since in the U.S., 75-85% of kidney stones are composed of calcium salts.
In one recent study evaluating the effect of cranberry juice on kidney stone formation, study subjects were divided into two groups, one of which drank 2 cups of cranberry juice diluted with 6 cups water each day for 2 weeks, while the other group drank tap water for the same period. After a 2 week period in which neither group drank any cranberry juice, the groups were switched, so that those who had drunk cranberry juice drank only tap water, while those who had drunk tap water consumed 2 cups cranberry juice diluted with 6 cups tap water daily for an additional 2 weeks. In both groups, drinking cranberry juice was found to significantly and uniquely alter three key urinary risk factors for the better: oxalate and phosphate excretion decreased; citrate excretion increased; and the relative supersaturation of calcium oxalate was significantly lower.
In another trial that evaluated the influence of cranberry, plum and blackcurrant juice on urinary stone risk factors, cranberry juice decreased the urinary pH (made the urine more acidic), and increased the excretion of oxalic acid and the relative supersaturation for uric acid. The researchers concluded that cranberry juice could be useful in the treatment of brushite (calcium) and struvite (non-calcium) stones as well as urinary tract infection.
But, USA (http://www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040321/040321thinksmart.html) adds a caution:
Folklore: Cranberries prevent bladder infection.
Fact: Research says drinking 1 cup of cranberry juice three times a day for a year cut repeated urinary tract infections in women up to 50%. Concentrate tablets also work but may increase the risk of kidney stones, Stanford University researchers say.
When treating for bladder infections my Doc said to be sure to use the "pure" cranberry juice (Might have to go to a health foods store). The Ocean Spray stuff is just too weak to do the job.
der Brucer (hoping his malpractice insurance is up to date)
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A lady at work was giving Mango's from her tree away. It was very sweet and good. I'm going to try to grow a Mango tree from the seed.
I was wondering if you need two trees but I just found out that Mangos are monoecious and self-fertile, so a single tree will produce fruit without cross pollination.
I didn't get to tell you all about the sad fate of my four O'clocks. You know they are building next door to us. Well, they sprayed some kind of weed killer and it got into my four O'clocks. They are dying.
I'm pretty upset but I bought new seeds off of E-bay and planted them in pots. I'll baby them until the spring then replant. I could have said something but I didn't want to cause a problem but if they spray that stuff again and kill my new plants I am going to give them an earful.
I planted the new seeds on July 30th and they are already starting to come up. I only hope I get some of each of the colors I lost.
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Your welcome! So what are going to name her?
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I'm praying the meds will do the trick and the third time will be the LAST.
If not, maybe you should start naming THEM!
der ever-helpful Brucer
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Better yet, drink some!
Sedona Labs (http://www.sedonalabs.com/news/HT041223.html) reports:Healthy Foods (http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=145) adds:But, USA (http://www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040321/040321thinksmart.html) adds a caution:When treating for bladder infections my Doc said to be sure to use the "pure" cranberry juice (Might have to go to a health foods store). The Ocean Spray stuff is just too weak to do the job.
der Brucer (hoping his malpractice insurance is up to date)
Thank you for the info. I knew about the bladder infections but not the help with the stones. The Meds I'm on is something called, UROCIK-K Potassium Citrate which is suposted to do the same thing. I only know that it tastes bitter. Yuck.
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When I was in high school, a friend of mine told a (now) immature joke with the punchline, "Moo, Moo, Buckaroo!" But I have no idea what the joke is! :-\
A dazed man walks into a bar on a hot summer day and says "Bartender! gimmie a drink, I'm so thirsty I could lick the sweat off a cow's balls!!! Before the man realizes where he is, he feels a firm grip on his ass and in a deep voice hears "Moo moo buckaroo!"
Curtesy of Dirty Jokes (http://www.dirtyjokesinc.com/joke-sick_jokes-12598.htm)
Just had to ask, didn't ya!
der Brucer
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Good Evening!
Well... I've just read the plethora of posts posted since I posted last, and...
;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
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...And since I was raised Catholic, I'm used to taking the blame for everything. And I mean everything.
:P
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DR MBarnum - I'd be more than happy to send you some Hi-Res copies of those pics.
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DR Jason - I'd be more than happy to send you some Hi-Res copies of those pics.
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BELATED BIRTHDAY GRRETINGS
TO DERBRUCER!
I enjoyed your movie comments.
GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DANISE.
I too suffer from kidney stones... think cranberry juice.
BIRTHDAY WISHES TO
TOMOVOZ'S FATHER.
How did he end up being younger than you?
Thank you, TCB. Maybe you should mention the meds I'm taking to your doctor.
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DR George - I'd be more than happy to send you some Hi-Res copies of those pics.
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Etc., etc., etc....
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If not, maybe you should start naming THEM!
der ever-helpful Brucer
Rest assured they are called many names. None that I can post here but they are Legion. ;D
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...And since I was raised Catholic, I'm used to taking the blame for everything. And I mean everything.
:P
You mean you ghost wrote the Opera News article!
There is a special circle in hell for you >:(
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DR George - I'd be more than happy to send you some Hi-Res copies of those pics.
Okay! ;)
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Let's answer the Getting Away With You question thusly - the first person to guess where and when I first heard the song, and who can give us some info on Jonathan Goldman, its author, will win a sparkling prize.
BK, is the Jonathan Goldman who wrote the song the same Jonathan Goldman from THIS (http://www.jonathangoldman.com/) website...Jonathan Goldman's Healing Sounds??
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...And I have to wonder if the byline for Michael John LaChiusa's article in Opera New happened to include that his next musical, See What I Want To See, is slated to open at The Public this fall. It was originally produced up here at Williamstown last summer under it's original title of R Shomon which is based on the Japanese writings of Ryonsuke Akutagawa... Which in turn was also the inspiration for the Kurosawa film "Rashomon".
Hmmm... So Mr. LaChiusa is basing his musical on pre-existing material... Hmm...
Maybe there was no byline then stating his upcoming projects.
;)
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You mean you ghost wrote the Opera News article!
There is a special circle in hell for you >:(
Ninth? Tenth? Dress?
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You mean you ghost wrote the Opera News article!
There is a special circle in hell for you >:(
Well, actually.... I might as well come clean now before the New York Post breaks the news...
I am Michael John LaChiusa's father. And his one and only music teacher.
:-X
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....Like I said earlier.... everything.
;D
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Thank you, TCB. Maybe you should mention the meds I'm taking to your doctor.
Actually, Danise, my two or three glasses of cranberry juice a day have kept me from developing any large stones for many years now.
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The kissing doesn't bother me... but all those near naked men groping and grabbing each other and rolling around on the floor entwined in eachothers arms and throwing each other into into the ropes.... oh wait that's wrestling
Now THAT'S entertainment! Thanks vixmom for making me laugh my a** off!
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I have been busy the last few hours.
I have started The Last Starfighter Information Page
Click on the link to see some photos and info on the show
http://www.brucekimmel.com/LastStarfighterInformationPage.htm (http://www.brucekimmel.com/LastStarfighterInformationPage.htm)
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Will the recording of the Last Starfighter be a new recording or the demo that was recorded?
If it is the last do you have to get permission from Actor's Equity to release it.
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Like flies, I tell ya, they're droppin' like flies!
Jrand54! Why are you quoting Ellen Corby's line from HUSH. . .HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE? ? ? ? ???
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Does anyone know what the intials P.B. mean, in regard to theater seats? I am slated to see the WSMA from Row P.B. which according to the diagram is in front of the front row of seats. Peanut Butter doesn't sound just right, but I am at a loss to decipher the initials.
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Different Jonathan Goldman.
The Last Starfighter was recorded at the time of the show - and wasn't intended, at that time, for release. However, all details to make it releasable have been taken care of, hence, the release.
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Okay, sleuths, we've moved on to Together Again. We need to locate Gracie Moore Poletti (the former Deborah Maradzadeh) - SAG should have her, Rick Waln (last heard from in CT or NJ - he hasn't responded to e-mails sent to the three accounts I had, hence he doesn't have those accounts anymore). Jeff Maxwell (SAG ought to have him, too). I've contacted Penny Peyser and Deborah Tilton and Marsha Kramer, and will be contacting Joan Ryan (then Vigman). Need contact info on Udana Power, too, again probably SAG.
To work you sleuths.
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Does anyone know what the intials P.B. mean, in regard to theater seats? I am slated to see the WSMA from Row P.B. which according to the diagram is in front of the front row of seats. Peanut Butter doesn't sound just right, but I am at a loss to decipher the initials.
I'm thinking Pit Boss. Maybe your going to guest conduct! ;D
Have a good evening all!
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Beautiful photo, thank you.
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Oh, and we have a date for the CD release party/reunion - it's September 10, at 7:00, and will take place at the theater where both shows premiered - LACC's Caminito Theater on the campus of LACC. Any hainsies/kimlets in the LA area are hereby invited to attend. It's going to be quite a bash.
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PB could stand for "Partial Blockage", so look out, the view might not be great.
Or it could stand for "Pink Baboon." What do I know?
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For those on the go, did you know you can actually cook corn on the cob in the microwave? It's true! Place the cobs in a tupperware or microwave safe caserole dish. Add a couple teaspoons of water. Wave it for a minute or two depending on your machine. Enjoy!
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No, MBarnum, no BOATNIKS yet. I gotta buy it in the store, the old-fashioned way.
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PB could stand for "Partial Blockage", so look out, the view might not be great.
I think that would apply to Danise.
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Danise- Playbill gig is going well. Very mellow place. Cool folks. And most importantly, good restaurants in the vicinity.
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Okay, Rodzinski, what exactly are you doing for playbill - I'm apparently senile and don't remember.
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Woah- playbill.com suddenly has a blue background. What's up with that?
I'm pretty sure it's Jose's fault.
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10 pages of great stuff and counting! BK, when is this all being collected for the "Best of HHW" book?
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BK, or "Beek" if I may, I am a program editor. My beat covers Lincoln, Kennedy and City Centers, some Carnegie Hall, a few other odd places.
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MattH-
PM me your address. I found some good stuff for you today.
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Hey DR Michael Shayne - I recognize the two photos with people in them as the photos taken by the cutely named Connor Dickie. But what's the third photo with the inanimate object?
I can email you one of the full company shots (taken by Todd Ivins) if you like, if you'll email your email address to my AOL address of Dylan43rd. Thanks.
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DerBrucer, it is nice to see you back, and with such an interesting post regarding the films. :)
The photo is cute.
Tomovoz kudos to your father.
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Back home (again) in Indiana, I finally got to check out a haul of LPs my mom got for me from an aunt's sister. First, the condition of the records is fantastic. Sadly, there was a lot of great jazz I gave to my best pal, because I couldn't bring it all home with me. I know he'll make a good home for them.
Now, some of what I brought home:
"April Love" soundtrack
Hugh O'Brian, TV's Wyatt Earp Sings
The Swinging Singing Del Vikings Record Session
The Louvin Brothers "Nearer My God to Thee"
"Make a Joyful Noise" by The Four Girls, who, oddly are FIVE girls: Jane Russell, Rhonda Fleming, Connie Haines, Beryl Davis and Della Russell
Buddy DeFranco plays Nelson Riddle's Cross Country Suite
Duke Ellington Festival Session
Ames Brothers Destination Moon
Accordian in Hi-Fi by Jo Ann Castle
Get on Board with Georgia Lee
It's Dark on Observatory Hill by the Honeydreamers
AND
"Love, Courtship, Romance and SEX" a spoken word LP by C. Sumner Wemp
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My favorite Barbara Bel Geddes film is I REMEMBER MAMA.
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I know why JMK isn’t here posting. He is on the phone with Keith. When they met last week Keith offered to do some genealogy searches for him. Of course one search leads to multiple questions and searches.
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Wow, some interesting titles Rodzinski! I am intrigued by the Hugh O'Brian LP, perhaps I can have a listen to it when I am in your town!
Your mom didn't by chance have that Christmas album with all of the Warner Bros. TV stars singing Christmas carol's did she???
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I remember the Hugh O'Brian, TV's Wyatt Earp Sings. It would be fun to hear it again.
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PS: I would also like to interview Mr. Hugh O'Brian....in fact, for some reason I have been thinking a lot about western actors such as Clint Walker, James Best, Ty Hardin, and others...
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Speaking of interviews, I really should be getting off the computer and working on Van Williams...I promised my self I would.
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I had a nice day beginning with a fun hike along Beaver Creek. This afternoon my book discussion group had a special, pot luck, meeting with another group.
I have been tired since we returned home and still have way too much work to do. I really didn’t have time to play today.
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MBarnum if you find Hugh O'Brien to interview please ask him how is cousing Susan is.
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What does a program editor do?
Hugh O'Brien may be part of our LACC benefit show, him being an alum and all.
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Great you can get an interview for MBarnum and ask him how his cousin is for me. :D
I just hope I remember her name correctly.
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Sue England is an alum of LACC also...if she is there be sure to get her contac info for me...I want soooooo much to interview her!!!
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I spoke to Penny today. She was passing through on her way back to LA to meet up with her siblings and sort out her parent’s belongings. Unfortunately I was on my way out so she couldn’t stop to visit. Hopefully we will see her on her on her return trip home.
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I had a nice day beginning with a fun hike along Beaver Creek.
Did you take pictures?
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No I left my camera at home. Just imagine lots of pine trees, running water and a dusty trail. ;D The water levels are getting low now.
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I don't have that Warner Brothers Christmas LP, MBarnum, but I know someone who does...
Elmore!
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I'm tired-night.
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I don't have that Warner Brothers Christmas LP, MBarnum, but I know someone who does...
Elmore!
That son-of-a-gun has been hiding it from me!!!
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Good night, Jane. Next time take your camera. Someone needs to post flora and fauna fotos.
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Here is a goldfinch who visited the birdfeeder today:
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Speaking of interviews, I really should be getting off the computer and working on Van Williams...I promised my self I would.
Note to self: Get mind out of the gutter.
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Hope you feel better soon, Danise.
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Glad to see you back, DerBrucer. We've been missing you.
Vibes to Derrek, too. Let him know we're thinking about him.
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11 pages that deserves a dance!
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I am now listening to Wayne King, "The Waltz King"
A program editor edits the content in the Playbills, in my case getting the material text and images on time from whatever theatre group, dance troupe, orchestra is using the space, editing copy,formatting it for Playbill, getting the files to production for printing. We have writers on staff who generate the online content and the generic content that shows up in all theatres.
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That son-of-a-gun has been hiding it from me!!!
Too funny! I have I don't know how many thousand albums and he has, like six, and one of his you ask about.
That LP blew my mind when I saw it. I want to hear Robert Conrad sing!
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How ironic that the shows JML has criticized as unworthy shows have kept a hundred people each employed for years on end. His own shows don't seem to have that ability. On that basis alone he should keep his mouth shut. Those shows, whether they meet his artistic sensibility or not, make profits that allow producers to invest in shows such as his that are riskier and less prone to make a profit.
Not to mention all the business they bring into not just NYC but other cities as well (as in touring and local productions). Theater-goers have to eat, which brings in revenue. They may be visiting the city where they go to the theater, which means more revenue in the form of hotel rooms. Souveneers, taxis or cars being parked...just the start of a list.
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I was taking a walk the other day, and this is what I saw...
*There actually a lot of construction going on here right now on the Williams College campus. In fact, a couple of projects were started after I arrived. There's enough work being done on the grounds, that to get from the music building to the admin office, you have to walk through the library since you can't walk around it any longer. Well, you could, but then you would have to walk around the music building, the life sciences building and one of the dorms before you get to walk "around" the library. -They're laying new water lines and fiber optic cables (it looks like), so there are lots trenches right now.
But, overall, the scenery is still quite beautiful.
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There are so many things a rug can't do that a hairy man can. To each his/her own.
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Well, actually.... I might as well come clean now before the New York Post breaks the news...
I am Michael John LaChiusa's father. And his one and only music teacher.
:-X
You're a braver man than I to make such a claim.
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And this is Goodrich Hall where we will be performing our show next week. It's an old chapel. With no A/C. So we're all praying for cooler and less humid weather next week.
*And as I learned in the production meeting this morning, due to the fact that Goodrich Hall has stained-glass windows, we can not start our tech - at least the lighting portion - until 8:30 or when it gets dark. Whichever comes first. :-\
But it's a beautiful space.
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I have to look up the artist's name, but... On the lawn outside the Williams College Museum of Art, you spy these... or are they spying you?
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No, DR VIXMOM, however my name is mentioned in passing.
This sounds terribly like they put you in the obits!
:o
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And here's a closer "look".
;)
*There are actually lights in the "eyes", but, sadly, they are not illuminated at this time. There are a few pictures in the Museum showing what they look like when they're lit up at night. Quite beautiful - especially the pics taken in winter when snow is on the ground.
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I spent a wonderful few hours with HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE today.
First, I could not BELIEVE how fabulous this 1964 film looks. Not a mark, scratch, or speckle on the whole thing. It's as if it were filmed yesterday. I watched the whole thing in one magnificent gulp, and then restarted it to hear Glenn Erickson's commentary. Nice work (though with a mistake or two).
I could not be more inpressed with it. I just wish they could have unearthed some Joan Crawford footage and showed it to us. Even some stills with Joan which I HAVE seen would have been better than nothing.
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Speaking of interviews, I really should be getting off the computer and working on Van Williams...I promised my self I would.
I wish I could work on Van Williams, perhaps in a different context than you but with just as much vigor.
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Well, might as well get up to Page 12.....
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When my mom (who is from Germany) was growing up, she never ate corn. Corn, she said, was cow food and people didn't eat cow food. It wasn't until she had grown up, gotten married (to my dad) and moved to the States that she ate corn for the first time. Wasn't that an interesting story? ;D
A-maize-ing.
::)
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Well, actually.... I might as well come clean now before the New York Post breaks the news...
I am Michael John LaChiusa's father. And his one and only music teacher.
:-X
You are his father. Slap! You are his brother. Slap! You are his father. Slap! You are his brother. Slap!
8)
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Page 12 Dance:
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;D
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Just got through with last Saturday's posts, and I want to wish a much belated but hearty birthday greeting to DR td.
I'm sorry I was not on the forum and missed your actual birthdate. Hope you had a great day, and it's always nice to see you here.
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It's almost 9:00 p.m. and I should probably go home (I'm still at work). So, see ya laters, ally-gaters!
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That was a great photograph on Saturday of Sammy Williams, Kevin Chamberlin, and David Engel, three of my very favorite performers.
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Favorite Meredith Willson songs:
everything in THE MUSIC MAN but especially "My White Knight" and "Piano Lesson/ If You Don't Mind My Sayin' So"
"I'll Never Say No"
"Pine Cones and Holly Berries/It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas"
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Well... It's been a long day for me today, and tomorrow is our "early" day. And tomorrow night is the first night of the second series of Late Night Cabarets. So...
Goodnight.
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There are several people from my past I'd like to see again including my first boy friend from my college days. His name was Clay.
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Still haven't made a dent in those movies on the DVR including THE FORGOTTEN. Some of these days . . . . (a Sophie Tucker reference).
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Well, I did indeed work on Van Williams...then I watched a couple of episodes of DRAGNET...they are lots of fun. Just 2 weeks until ADAM-12!!
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And I'm sure some of you BB6 fans are anxiously awaiting the returnee. I'm assuming it's going to be revealed tomorrow night?
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Well, I did indeed work on Van Williams...then I watched a couple of episodes of DRAGNET...they are lots of fun. Just 2 weeks until ADAM-12!!
Did Van say anything about that memorable episode of THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW he guest starred on? I've always loved "No Rice at My Wedding."
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After midnight on the East Coast. I have a bed that's calling my name.
Good night, everyone.
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So that's what it takes to get der B back into posting!
I was going through yesterday's posts, picking up a few quotes and putting them on a Word sheet, including DR TCB's remarks about TBITB. Der B insisted that I get away from the computer, so that we could take puppy pics before I headed in to work today. (That's Snowball, the four-month-old Lab pup, in my arms in der B's post. Oh, heck, let's repost it here!
(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/3691292/107904645.jpg)
(At least one of us is cute!)
So, while I'm off at work, der B reads what I've got in the Word doc, and decides he's got to have his say again!
And he's already back in fine form, doing his research!
I can't think of a better group of people for him to be hanging with.
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The bad news is that der B will be absent again, for a day or two. He's off with the grandlads, helping them survive a cubscout overnight campout. Which means that I'll be all by my lonesome tomorrow night, with six (count 'em) six dogs crowding my bed.
His birthday, by the way, was something of a non-event. He was off ladsitting again, and didn't get back home until late. The good news was that I was just as late getting home from work. The bad news was that we didn't get dinner on the table (roast leg of lamb) until after eleven.
The duck is still on order. The conclusion of that adventure will come later.
Me, I want sushi for my birthday dinner.
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Get a load of the size of Snowball's paws! And der B fell in love! ::)
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His birthday, by the way, was something of a non-event. He was off ladsitting again, and didn't get back home until late.
Did DerBrucer's daughter and the grandlads remember his birthday?
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DR Matt H made an interesting comment yesterday.
One thing I have been meaning to talk about had to do with watching those Tony tapes at the Museum of TV & Radio.
The thing I noticed the most about the old shows is how dignified the audience was during the entire show. There was no shouting, hooting, or even applause as the names of nominees were read, and I thought the entire thing was just SO classy.
I sincerely believe that the decision to move the show from a rotation of Broadway theaters to the Radio City Music Hall has hurt the Tonys. RCMH is far too large for the event; the stage dwarfs any stage production intended for a Broadway stage, resulting in the performers having to scream out their performances to get any sense of being heard. It also results in having far too large an audience able to get seats for the show, causing the lack of decorum that you note.
Rosie O'Donnell is to blame, I believe. She insisted on locating the show there when she was it's host, and they haven't had the guts to lose the revenue the ticket sales bring in to leave the venue. There are more tragic things that have happened over the years, of course, but it's still sad.
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Der B's daughter and grandlads remembered the birthday, but just barely. The lads fingerpainted a birthday card for him while they were at daycare, before der B picked them up. He suspects his daughter remembered the date at the last moment, and alerted the daycare people.
While he said it didn't matter, I think it should have, at least to the lads. It would have been fun for them if they could have planned some sort of celebration, of their own creation.
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I've an early workday tomorrow. Wussburgering time for me.
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How nice of the daycare folks to give the boys an opportunity to make a handmade card.
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I spent a wonderful few hours with HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE today.
Me, too!
Olivia made me think how totally WRONG Joan would have been in the role!
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Snowball is a cutie. I miss my dog. I need to visit with Sugar again. And Kerry and MusicGuy.
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DerBrucer, it is nice to see you back, and with such an interesting post regarding the films. :)
Nothing like a chance to reminisce to drag an aging queen out of retirement!
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Yesterday DR TD wrote
Quote from: Hisaka on Yesterday at 03:03:29am
I am a Goddess.
Some of us ALWAYS knew that.
I knew that, DR TD. I just felt like saying “I am a Goddess.” :D
Many thanks to everyone who gave me the best wishes on my promotion.
DR FJL, I believe you will get a God status quite faster than I did.
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Yes, Snowball is CUTE!
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Back from dinner and MOBY with my friend. A good time was had by all.
I came home to a loverly gift on my kitchen table - a box full of CDs featuring the one and only me! I'm listening to myself and cringing at the flat pitches, but overall I sound pretty darn OK, which I'm not really prone to admit. "If I Loved You" and "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" sound pretty nice, actually, while I'm ashamed of myself on some of "Just In Time." I haven't heard the Herman stuff yet...
Thank you, DRs Kerry and MusicGuy, for the discs. My friends and family thank you, too. :)
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Last night, I went to the concert of Toshiko Akiyoshi with my mother and we had a lovely evening. Ms. Akiyoshi was still gorgeous and powerful and did a glamorous performance. I prefered "Memory" from last night. After the concert she graciously had a little signing party for the audiences. Since I didn’t know that in advance, I left my camera at home. What a shame!
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Wait...there are two - yes, count them TWO - recordings of "If I Loved You!" The one on the compilation disc is MUCH better than the one on the full concert disc. Thank you, boys, for distributing the one that I didn't break down and cry on...I appreciate that. ;)
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Is a push needed to get to page 13?
I don't think I've ever seen 13 pages since I've been reading this board.
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'13' is the name of one of Jason Robert Brown's new projects. It involves 13 13-year olds telling a story about a 13-year old Jewish boy who moves from Manhattan to the middle of Ohio. I have the demo and saw the reading, but I don't think he's pushing forward with it.
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I typed too slow. Guess a push wasn't needed. :)
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I guess he could sall it Jason's Bar Mitzvah Show.
There's a very weak Falsettos reference there somewhere.
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But then when I was 13, i had a very weak falsetto.
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Being ordered to bed. I guess I won't see this board get to page 14 tonight, after all.
Good night all.
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Did I miss the post about who Jonathan Goldman is??
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Who IS Jonathan Goldman? We made a little contest out of it? First person to know wins a sparkling prize.
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I'm on it!
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This is what I've come up with - Jonathan Goldman wrote the score for the movie "The Mediator" in 1994 - that's as far as I've gotten
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Ok, this is crazy, Jonathan Goldman is an alias for someone.... but who is the question?