THAT, dear George, will be the title of your autobiography: I'm Weird That Way by George, by George.
Ok, my question for all dear readers (since I don't think anyone saw it before :)): what is the first cast recording/album/showtune to which you were exposed (as far back as you can remember)?
Well, I'm sorry, but Jed will have to ATONE for this. He will have to wear toreador pants, a frilly blouse, and spiked heels and he will have to LIKE IT.
Ah, BK, I think you discovered the first HHW love affair! Kidding, kidding! :) We just talk in the same way I talk to Sarah and Maya.
Well, won't people be surprised when they log on in the morning. They will scratch their collective errant and truant heads in wonderment and they will say, "My goodness, what is THIS about?"
Yes, Baby seemed a little small for Broadway. It had rounded curtains and a film of sperm and egg was shown on these - hardly the spectacle audiences expected from a Broadway show.
But I've two other theories, and they're controversial.
Abortion is a topic that makes a lot of people sit rigidly and clench their teeth. It was an even bigger issue on the national political scene 20 years ago than it is today. Baby had the balls to have one couple consider abortion. That means that a certain percentage of the audience was going to find the show distasteful.
Homosexuals make up a large section of the musical-attending public, and, at the time Baby opened, La Cage Aux Folles was a big hit you could take your gay uncle to. I hope it doesn't offend anyone to point out that childbirth is not something many homosexuals have personal first-hand experience with. Sure, there are many execeptions, but Baby depicted an (blessed) event or three that wasn't easily related to by a segment of the musical-going population.
Plus, the book isn't very good.
I found your post deeply offensive and ill-informed. You owe many of us here an apology.
In my experience, the gay community as a whole is just as committed to their families as the sampling we have here, making total nonsense of the entire "family values" rhetoric.
Ok, my question for all dear readers (since I don't think anyone saw it before :)): what is the first cast recording/album/showtune to which you were exposed (as far back as you can remember)?
I think you (Noel) have a right to give your opinion. I did not take your post as saying you didn't think gays had family values. To me you were just saying why you believed the show failed.
Dear Reader Penny-O--
I see that your picture has been un-play-dohed and you....look.....mahvelous.
Jay are you referring to the picture that briefly showed up under my name or the one that is currently under Penny O’s names?
(I'd punctuate with a :-* but that might seem too fresh!)
Buster has now had his first bath!
Der Brucer was soaking his sore muscles in the tub, and Buster decided he had to inspect.
SPLOOSH!
Welcome DR Jay to the clouds.
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Jay Congratulations and welcome to the clouds.[/move]
The earliest cast recordings that I can remember were My Fair Lady and Oklahoma, but the Oklahoma was definately older because it was on 78s. One song per side, and an actual album of discs.
I'm starting to feel ancient.
Welcome to Valhalla, DR Jay! Didn't mean to ignore the important event; I was offline and off-cloud when it happened.
Welcome, new Dear HHW God Jay!
SWoody - LOVE the bath story! :D
Congrats DR Jay!
TWMHM - but, how many compilations is he on?
Re Water Under the Bridge - I'll tell you a funny story about that song sometime - it has to do with rehearsing it and trying to figure out the structure so Debbie could build it right and so that the emotion was right - there's a reason Liza's version doesn't work.
The World's Most Handsome Man = Brent Barrett
So now we can call him TWMH&SMA? ;)
I wish I could call him mine, but alas, no . . . .
Quick pole:
Now that we have done away with the Karma thingabob. What do people think about HHW God and other titles?
Since this is Sunday Free-for-All Day, topic-wise, I fell I can put my two-cents in about Noel's Baby comments (.
At the risk of losing my Gay Membership Card AND my complimentary toaster oven, I am a little stunned by my gay brothers' reactions. DR Noel, was after all expressing his opinion (the point of this here page) on some of the reasons he felt were responsible for the semi-failure of a show that opened over twenty years ago (1983), and not about a show that might be opening today.
First of all, Noel suggested that, back in 1983, that your average gay theater-goer might be more interested in seeing a show written by gay artists with a gay theme, instead of a musical about straight couples attempting to have a baby. I don’t find anything radical, inflammatory, or offensive with that statement, and I would say it was quite accurate.
DR Jane, You two show go to one of those booths again and take an updated shot for posting here on HHW!
Thank you. It isn't a photo booth but here is a picture of us taken on our 32nd anniversary in Pisa, Italy.Yep, he's still woofy and you're still a babe!
I like them! Keep them!!! I think they're merely a fun way of marking how often one posts on the site. I myself am rather far away from God-dom, but I feel no malice or jealousy for those who have already attained such heights. I think they're fun and harmless, so let the God's remaind on their clouds :)
And wouldn't be it "Quick Poll"?
My first cast r ecording was Annie, and then The Sound of Music, both of which I fell in LOVE with. I would sing Annie night and day, 24/7/365.
Quick pole:
Now that we have done away with the Karma thingabob. What do people think about HHW God and other titles?
Excuse me for living - eleven is TOO LATE? I believe we took a poll here, did we not? I believe that many many people said Sunday rather than Saturday because Monday is a holiday and they could stay up late.
Skee ball, not skeet ball. And how conveniently my darling Jane doesn't even acknowledge my post about that picture being JANE.
Wait... Monday is a holiday? Why can't the rest of the world be on American time?Monday we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday. That's when we honor a man of peace and dignity by getting drunk and crass. It's sort of a rehearsal for Super Bowl Weekend, not that we need that much rehearsal.
Don't forget, you must be in your PJs to participate in the Pajama Party. Also, I will keep the chat room open only for one hour, and then the party will continue via posting. That way we get the best of both worlds. Okay, the room is open, so let's party!
Why DIDN'T we ever play Skee Ball? Did we go to the beach? I seem to remember we did, but then again, I'm senile.
I do hope that they are doing their other things thing right here where we can all keep an eye on them.
::shaking head:: Quite scandalous if you ask me.