The show is officially being renamed ANCIENT GREASE
Well, when in Rome...
(and I don't mean the TV show.)
DR JRand, I'm not rushing you at all...
...I did go through the trouble of hand painting that label, though...
HHWers certainly are an omnifarious bunch.
Watch Austin Miller's face! It's classic. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEvYflTGWo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEvYflTGWo)
RE GREASE
And re: the ages, aren't max and laura 21 and 20 respectively? Are you saying that all of those cast members they showed are 20???? I can't believe that.
This from another message board:
"Austin Miller is gay. He was responsible for the breakup of collaborators (HAIRSPRAY) and long time couple, Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman." ::)
Not saying anything except what I've heard. 8)
Jose - are you still coming by around 2-ish?
I had a Western wind once, after I had a Western omelette.
But his name is out there now. That must be a good thing.
An ad on CNN just talked about "leveraging a powerful tool." Given the scandal talk, I assumed it was a reference to an upcoming report on Austin.
(Kidding again, if Austin's handlers are reading this. I assume they read HHW religiously.)
And there are many more young actors who are responsible for many other break-ups - low and high profile.
I'd still avoid the drive-through window.
I meant DONUT DISTURB. That would have been hysterical if I had spelled it right.
where you have to try to make one thing another....
Is "gala" pronounced "gal-la" or "gay-la"
\LOST HORIZON - original
Someone was pointing out that Danny Zuko as a starring role in the stage version is similar in "scope" to Phantom - that while it's a "star" role, it only requires the stamina of a 25-minute performance spread out over the course of the show; the material just makes it feel like the actor is onstage and active more. I can't really tell from the script - does that sound right to anyone who's done the show?
The slacker backers will be revolting
Remember from I Love Lucy:
"Ricky, Fred, we're revolting!"
"You're not so bad."
And there are many more young actors who are responsible for many other break-ups - low and high profile.
The slacker backers will be revolting
Donut King
Burger King
King Kong
Conga Line
[sorry - brain blip!]
VERY gray out.
And once again, I want to point out that whatever Fred Mertz said, Ethel was not fat. She had a lovely figure.
(quoting my high school friend Keith again)
Elphaba, I guess
Oh, I guess I was the only one who was thinking that. :(
And now..... "Hello, I must be going!"
I've usually heard "gay-la". Though perhaps that's just me. :)
This from another message board:
"Austin Miller is gay. He was responsible for the breakup of collaborators (HAIRSPRAY) and long time couple, Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman." ::)
Not saying anything except what I've heard. 8)
She went to Hollywood and slept with the screenwriter
They didn't cast Stones, they cast Max.
Don't mark my words, but I will be AMAZED if the show opens "with" Max in the role of Danny.
At his best, he has always seemed a bit lacking, IMO.
At this point, how do you suspect David Ian would be rid of him?
der Brucer
There are times I've wanted to stone casts, that much I can tell you.
DerBrucer - There are no bones to be picked about it. This board has made no secret of wanting career advancement for Cason. If it means we might have to watch him take his clothes off in order for us to be supportive, that's just the way it is.
Jose, the donuts were my faves - the chocolate donuts from Entenmann.
Good Afternoon!
Well... I finally folded the three loads of laundry that I did last Thursday. Better late than never!
So DR JOSE - it's always some young actor. How come it's never some young lighting technician or some young stage hand. Those wacky actors just always get the breaks.
I'm wondering...since they had the "Dannys" sing "Greased Lightning" on the audition, does anyone think (know?) if they would change the stage show and have him sing it and not Kenickie? I can just imaging thunderous throngs of the slacker backers yelling "why didn't he sing the song from the TV show"??
I think in the David Ian production - which is being remounted this summer - "Greased Lightning" is sung by Danny.
???
Austin, at least, could sing and dance light years better than most of the other competitors.
But I guess he just couldn't make the producer laugh enough.
Of course, none of the other males made anyone laugh to my knowledge, either. But then they weren't challenged to do so.
And we all know what a laugh riot that Danny Zucco is.
Wonder who will be the "stunt Danny" during the dance-off? Max sure never gave evidence of having the skill.
I think in the David Ian production - which is being remounted this summer - "Greased Lightning" is sung by Danny.
???
If a Donut King marries a Dairy Queen...
questions where you have to try to make one thing another....My mind cannot do that.....
DR MBARNUM - did you say that Laurie Mitchell was doing a commentary track for the upcoming DVD release of QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE?
I know Yvette Vickers did one for ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN....with Tom Weaver.
Well that is the last of my junk food for awhile. It's time to diet. I'm trying to decide if I want to start really getting serious and training on my bicycle to ride a couple days in the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). I've always wanted to ride a couple days, but have never really had the time. It's the week after I quit here, so no commitments. The only thing is I'd need to get in shape, they average 68 miles per day.
Is that kinda like having Eva Peron sing "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" in the movie?
And the word of the day is: OMNIFARIOUS!To think that all the cows can say is MOO IS UNFAIR - their language skills are more OMNIFARIOUS than that!
DerBrucer - There are no bones to be picked about it. This board has made no secret of wanting career advancement for Cason. If it means we might have to watch him take his clothes off in order for us to be supportive, that's just the way it is.
OMG, all these new avatars!I'm the one to blame for der B's new avatar. We were in Austria at the time. Circa 1987/88, something like that.
Maybe I'll dig up a photo from the year Der Brucer took that seafarer picture, but still - I kind of enjoy having Toby and Dylan as my avatar.
We were in Austria at the time. Circa 1987/88, something like that.
To think that all the cows can say is MOO IS UNFAIR - their language skills are more OMNIFARIOUS than that!
Techno-geek question for any DRs: Does anyone access this site via a Treo or Treo-like cell phone?
It will be time for me to get a new phone in a few months, and I'm wondering if I should spring for a plan that includes Internet - and whether you could access this site [satisfactorily] on a Treo or a Blackberry or such.
I'm casting stones right now. There are times I've wanted to stone casts, that much I can tell you.
If a Donut King marries a Dairy Queen......would Pat Robertson approve?
It seems like it would be an estimable number of years.
How long have the two of you been together, anyway? If you don't mind my asking. It seems like it would be an estimable number of years.Twenty-one, sometime in April.
...would Pat Robertson approve?
Twenty-one, sometime in April.
Folding is good therapy. 8)
DR DtM ~ You are so much cuter than Charlie Brown!
what color toga did you end up going with?
Depends on your meaning of "handlers".
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That's way cool, DR Cillaliz; I hope you go for it. But even if you do just a day or two, or even if you just consider it - there's no downside to that!
Well, I was hoping you had something more...exotic...tucked away somewhere. Chartreuse, or Teal, or Puce, maybe... Aquamarine? Ecru? Turquoise? These things are so delicate... :)
Well, I was hoping you had something more...exotic...tucked away somewhere. Chartreuse, or Teal, or Puce, maybe... Aquamarine? Ecru? Turquoise? These things are so delicate... :)
TOD:
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules
The Invincible Gladiator
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
....the toga store said they'd put a rush on that order...
The theater is RIDDLED with leading ladies seducing their married leading men.
LUMINOUS STARS have done this over and over and over....with nary a scandal.
I think we have a teal one. And I KNOW I spotted a leopard print...oh! maybe that was MUSIC GUY's fainting couch. Never mind.
DR MBarnum, I marvel at the way your posts lower the taste level of this site!
Oh . . . I can think of several scandals. I'd also suspect, since I know both Scott and Marc, that that the moves of whomever to separate them were more from a position of opportunism than affection.Have Wittman and Shaiman actually broken up? Or is this another rumor? There are lots of couples out there who allow some "play" in their relationships - both gay and straight couples.
Have Wittman and Shaiman actually broken up? Or is this another rumor? There are lots of couples out there who allow some "play" in their relationships - both gay and straight couples.
(Der Brucer and I do not play - we got all that over with before we met.)
I have written forty pages in one week.
Good, 'cause I've got about a billion loads of laundry to do tonight!
I heard Tams and Whitmark have broken up. :)
the Pinewood Derby regionals
Well, they were separate leasing companies until 1925.
DR MBarnum, I marvel at the way your posts lower the taste level of this site!
I actually love max.
Would you cast Pearls before Swine?
Only if Pearls could sing and dance better than Swine!Pearls didn't have to sing or dance - she was the comedienne with the hat, remember?
DR Jennifer, what did you think of TAR last night?
DR FJL - Handsome, dude! 8)
Will we never get to page five?
Thanks, I think it's form the same era as DerBrucer's sea-gazing photo. :)
:)
DR Cillaliz - your industry exhausts me! :):)
I have laundry to do too! I did drop off 6 garbage bags of clothes at Goodwill this noon. No turning back on any of them now. And I'm going to finish cleaning my bedroom. With all those clothes out of the way the rest fit in the closets and cleaning will be a snap!
I have laundry to do too! I did drop off 6 garbage bags of clothes at Goodwill this noon. No turning back on any of them now. And I'm going to finish cleaning my bedroom. With all those clothes out of the way the rest fit in the closets and cleaning will be a snap!
Jose was here and saved Skip and my mental health by hooking the internet to our new computer, which was a task beyond us. He also helped me put up the "separated at birth" avatar of me looking like Ron Pulliam's long-lost brother.
Full Monty update:
Cason called the theatre this morning with his "thank you" call (great idea by our resident Miss Manners -- Miss Patti) and talked with one the producer/owners -- and it's roller coaster time again: some of the cast has been cast, some haven't -- (what's with these theatre folks anywhoo, they're sooo dramatic -- can't they give any straight answers?! -- and don't they know I'm trying to finish my study packet and can't handle all these distractions? ...)
The director should have his final decisions by the afternoon....start up those vibes again....geesh maneesh...
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Continued vibes to Cason. Goodness, he must really be on edge, being kept on hold like this!
But keep those good vibes rollin'! We may be onto something now that my very conservative grandmother has stopped sending out her "I don't want Cason performing if he has to take his clothes off" vibes when my dad told her last night that I most likely didn't get it...
Oh, dear, the relatives can sometimes be trying. As an actor, one is called on to do many things one wouldn't ordinarily do in real life. Some folks just don't get it, bless their little hearts . . . .
But keep those good vibes rollin'! We may be onto something now that my very conservative grandmother has stopped sending out her "I don't want Cason performing if he has to take his clothes off" vibes when my dad told her last night that I most likely didn't get it...She just doesn't want everyone else to see the glories she saw when she was bathing you as a baby!
Which Goodwill do you use, CILLALIZ? Sounds like some good shopping.
Pssst, Cason. Don't tell your grandma.
Now, if you were, say, going to do a concert somewhere, you could tell her THAT.
And I say don't tell Grandma anyway!
Especially if it were, say, in a church.
That would please her very much. As long as it wasn't a concert at a church where I had to remove any clothing...which would be an odd concert, indeed...
Saturday, elder Grandlad will be in Baltimore for the Pinewood Derby regionals
Well I hear Lea and Perrins have broken up. They say it was quite the saucy affair.
You know, I think you may have stumbled upon a way to boost church attendance!
Chorus Line
Horace Line
Horace Vendergelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
Yeah, it just made me laugh about her sending out those voiding vibes.
DR FJL - Handsome, dude! 8)
Yeah, I ended up calling under the guise of the "thank you" follow-up (not really a guise, but as my way to lead in to asking about casting), and at first the producer couldn't find his wife, who had all of the casting stuff...then he came back and asked what particular character I had read for...and then after he went back again to find his wife, he came back and told me that "All of the roles have not been cast, but that the director should be making final decisions by this afternoon...and that's all I can tell you." Then he gave that little "I'm being cleverly ambiguous" laugh and we said our good-byes...
So, at this point, I don't know if he was just being crazy or if he was doing a big wink in my direction...
And at this point, I don't care -- I just wanna know one way or the other! ::)
Ooooo...I'm within a 100 posts now...
I see the light at the end of the tunnel (poor Starlight Express reference...and who would be referencing Starlight Express besides me anyway?)
At the "gay-la", we were treated to peformances by The Western Wind, a well-know a cappella sextet.
It was mentioned that this week will see the East Coast premiere of a choral work by Schwartz [setting of a text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow], and also that Stephen is currently working on an opera.
That is all.
Does anyone have the CD of The Robber Bridegroom?
if you do can you post the track listing as they are heard in the show? There are 6 extra tracks at the end that they didn't bother to put them in the proper position.
I blame Anthony Cooper.
Val Kilmer is Moses
(I'm still not brave enough to watch it alone. We're waiting for the right time and the right company)
Good Evening!
-I should get out of the apartment more often!...
While walking to DR FJL's place earlier this afternoon, I happened to run into a couple of people. And as a result of those impromptu meetings, it looks like I may have lined up my next three to four projects.
:)
DerBrucer - There are no bones to be picked about it. This board has made no secret of wanting career advancement for Cason. If it means we might have to watch him take his clothes off in order for us to be supportive, that's just the way it is.
Jose was here and saved Skip and my mental health by hooking the internet to our new computer, which was a task beyond us. He also helped me put up the "separated at birth" avatar of me looking like Ron Pulliam's long-lost brother.
Did you (or could you) specifically ask if they call people who are not cast to let them know?
Oh...maybe Austin Miller could star in a revival of The Robber Bridegroom.
I think they know now that they'd best call me...regardless of whom they cast...
Making your own luck!! 8)
DR Cason - Get out of the house for a bit. Run around the block. Call Heather. Just stop "waiting". The anxiety will cause wrinkles. ;)
Oh...today, I remembered to bring to my work the CDs that Tomovoz sent me! I'm listening to the movie songs CD and so far, so good! Thanks again!! :-*Hard to believe Randy Newman has not won more oscars for his film scores and songs DR George.
DR Cason - Get out of the house for a bit. Run around the block. Call Heather. Just stop "waiting". The anxiety will cause wrinkles. ;)And you don't want
I had a really, really excellent lunch with Mr. Nick Redman, and at a place I normally don't care for that much - Art's Deli. For the first time ever, I had a hot pastrami sandwich in a deli and it was GREAT.
Damn! The remote to my DVD player has vanished overnight and I'm fighting paranoia that someone's been in the apartment. The damned thing couldn't have gone far so it's either the ghost or my absent mind. So where the hell is it???
In between the pillows of your couch.Where does Fletcher like to hide his chew toy, Alex!
Have you checked the kitchen counter? By the phone? The sink in the bathroom?
elmore, try checking for the remote in your porn cases.
Why would a remote for the DVD be amongst video tapes?
I am looking forward to your Allison Hayes website JRand56.
One of these days I must get working on a June Kenney web-shrine.
We haz slowed down to a crawl.
LOL Cillaliz!
I am looking forward to your Allison Hayes website JRand56.
One of these days I must get working on a June Kenney web-shrine.
Well, one of the potential gigs would involve one of your "favorite" actresses, so... Lucky for me, maybe not so lucky for you. Only time will tell.
Or you guys could colaborate on a "Queens of the B Movies" site.
Maybe I'll do a new avatar. Maybe I just will.
Hmm.... I wonder if DR Ginny is making another pie today? Hmm.....
LOL, it wouldn't be worth the drive to Sioux City to see the stuff. Actually there isn't much that was that great. This was getting rid of lots of sweatshirts, sweaters that I've had for years, things like that...nothing that still had tags on it
Now, if you were, say, going to do a concert somewhere, you could tell her THAT.
I think that if I did indeed book the show, somehow, she'd manage to find out...
DR Michael S - RE: The Robber Bridegroom
Check out the following links:
IBDB - The Robber Bridegroom (1975) (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3755)
IBDB - The Robber Bridegroom (1976) (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3865)
Click on the "Songs in this Production" links. -Which, alas, seem incomplete, but they may provide enough info for you.
And here's the link to MTI's Show Plot Page which lists the song in the synopsis:
The Robber Bridegroom - Plot & Synopsis (http://www.mtishows.com/show_plot.asp?ID=000090)
Good Evening!
-I should get out of the apartment more often!...
While walking to DR FJL's place earlier this afternoon, I happened to run into a couple of people. And as a result of those impromptu meetings, it looks like I may have lined up my next three to four projects.
:)
Cilla, guess I answered your question :)
'night. I have dishes to wash & a pup to watch.
Good Evening!
-I should get out of the apartment more often!...
While walking to DR FJL's place earlier this afternoon, I happened to run into a couple of people. And as a result of those impromptu meetings, it looks like I may have lined up my next three to four projects.
:)
Helicopters are very noise, DR GINNY....as you well know. Do you think they are as noisy inside?
My TV remote is tied to my futon. And my house key is tied to my shoe. I have never lost either of them.
I'm just saying.
Hard to believe Randy Newman has not won more oscars for his film scores and songs DR George.
DR MBarnum, I marvel at the way your posts lower the taste level of this site!
Helicopters are very noise, DR GINNY....as you well know. Do you think they are as noisy inside?
Cillaliz, we have a similar bike event here called BRAG (Bike Ride Across Georgia). They ride all the way to the coast and out onto the beach and roll their tires into the water.
Will we never get to page fourteen?
Will we never get to page fifteen? Will we have more than three posts in an hour? Only time will tell and right now time is being mum on the subject. I guess the meeting begins in twenty minutes or whenever everyone arrives. I also have no idea how many people are coming. And if there's anything I can do to make the meeting go faster than two hours, I will, of course, do so.
It's an 8 day ride, but in the middle there's a day where you can do a circular ride of 100 miles or less. You can even rest that day and not ride at all.
Here's the agenda: http://www.brag.org/brag.html#aboutbrag
Damn! The remote to my DVD player has vanished overnight and I'm fighting paranoia that someone's been in the apartment. The damned thing couldn't have gone far so it's either the ghost or my absent mind. So where the hell is it???
I meant to watch more MAUDE episodes tonight, but got swept up in THE THREE MUSKETEERS on TCM instead. I have to say I was quite taken with it. I liked how it turned from lighthearted adventure to tearjerking high drama.
Who was the actress who played the spying lady-in-waiting?
The latest Shirley Temple DVD box set arrived today. It doesn't officially go on sale until tomorrow, but Deep Discount got it to me a day early.
I really can't figure out how their shipping worls. Sometimes I get things remarkably quickly. Other times, I get a prompt shipping notice, and it takes almost two weeks to get here. Do they ships different DVDs from different points in the US? I assumed they had a central warehouse where they ship from.
What I did make today was a lot of college students...
...that's because the doors are off so the cameraman can hang out of the door and shoot...
DR Michael S - RE: The Robber Bridegroom
Check out the following links:
IBDB - The Robber Bridegroom (1975) (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3755)
IBDB - The Robber Bridegroom (1976) (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3865)
Click on the "Songs in this Production" links. -Which, alas, seem incomplete, but they may provide enough info for you.
And here's the link to MTI's Show Plot Page which lists the song in the synopsis:
The Robber Bridegroom - Plot & Synopsis (http://www.mtishows.com/show_plot.asp?ID=000090)
Jose, I think you're reading your good fortune today too broadly. It's not just that you should get out of your apartment more often. It's that you should visit US more often - like maybe drop by for a visit on a rehearsal break this Sunday while Amy and the other brunch guests are here, probably from noon to 2:30 or so.
Right now, brunch attendance is looking like seven people plus two corgis. If the attendees could inform me of any dietary restrictions, that would be great.
Amy, just confirming, will your DH be coming to brunch? Anyone else from your group?
Money shots at 2000 feet!
der Brucer
I only posted here on the board, but I'll try sending Private Messages to vixmom and TPunk & Rodzinski, in case they didn't see the postings.
I sent TP and Rodz a card abou the film
love the new pic
Yes! Ya gotta eat! Man cannot live on cookies alone!
Meeting lasted a little under two hours - nothing definitive decided, but it looks like it will go the way I want it to. More about it in the notes.
I can't believe there's no post yet from DR Cason.
Well, I wish I had something to post...
I went out to go to the Grove to find some things for Heather's Easter gift (the trip ended up being a bust -- more waiting...the CD I was looking for doesn't come out until tomorrow and the book I was looking for of course they conveniently didn't have, so I'll have to look elsewhere)...
On the way, my mom called and urged me to give the SDMT people another call (it was nearing 5 PM), and when I did, I got the male producer again and he was saying they had yet to hear back from the director...but that I was free to keep calling, though they only call the people who they cast...
So, still no word -- I am going to call yet again tomorrow morning...
And then, I am hoping they are willing to talk about housing with me, because all of this time I could be using to arrange something if I knew definitely is being whittled away (they said they were only going to provide housing for Equity -- but most of the people they are casting are going to be from the SD area...and so I'm hoping they may be willing to make a deal -- especially since I've been waiting for them).
ARGH!
I am sure your interest will help-
Why do they not call the people who they do not cast??! It sounds like there were not that many there with you so would it not kill them to take 2 minutes to deliver the news rather than let you keep waiting...but thats just me and I'm nice.
Seriously!
At this point, I don't know what'd be better - to get it and have to worry about all of the things that come with it or to just let it be and move on?!
Trust is very importantTruss can be very supportive.
I just wish one could put call backs on their resume...I know someone who made it to a 4th call back with like 2 other people for a major movie, and he should be entitled to put that on his resume...in my world. Although some would argue that he did not get the part.
"oxidently in love" was used in Shrek 2.
My opinion, for whatever it's worth - don't call back anymore. You've made two calls - they know you're interested in finding out. Now you just have to put it in the hands of fate - if you get the call, great - if you don't, you're not a nudge. Making the extra call isn't going to get you the part and it makes you seem too needy.
My whole order from Kritzerland arrived today.
I know, I know -- and usually, I am a very patient person.
As long as people respect deadlines -- or at the very least, let you know that your wait is going to be worth it (not even in the sense of "getting the part" in this case - but just getting some kind of closure).
This is the part where the veterans all say at once " Get used to it!" and dash our hopes of a fun and equal future for actors.
I know, I know -- and usually, I am a very patient person.
As long as people respect deadlines -- or at the very least, let you know that your wait is going to be worth it (not even in the sense of "getting the part" in this case - but just getting some kind of closure).
My mom and I have had a discussion about how we are willing to wait in ridiculously long lines as long as we KNOW that we'll get whatever it is that we want on the other side.