Haines His Way

Let me get my shoehorn.

Good morning, Jeanne!  Hope you had a pleasant evening and are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for the day ahead.

I still don't like TOOTSIE.

Nevertheless, it still EXISTS!

DR CILLA LIZ - a couple of suggestions for the stains:

CLR - since they are recent.

Lighter Fluid - used carefully and not WITH the CLR.

Hmmmmm....sounds like "flyer" time.

Sunday morning greetings!  Now that it's the 13th day of Christmas, I'm allowed to take down our decorations.

Sorry I missed the Music Man discussions last night.  That was the first show I ever saw live when I was 9 years old (Forrest Tucker as Harold Hill, Joan Weldon as Marian).  The movie is one of my all-time favorites.  

And have I ever told you all that DH Richard and I met across the reference desk in the library where I had my first professional job?

That's also where I met DR Elmore.

"Marbles - I'll drop 'em!"

MAD Tv had a funny DREAMGIRLS parody last night.

Lovely story, DR GINNY.  Any aggies?

Sorry I missed the Music Man discussions last night.  

Actually, it's the topic of the day...and all day talk about "The Music Man" is allowed, encouraged, solicited, permitted.

There's still tons to say about it...and different perspectives.

"The Music Man" was my first show in college.  It was the first show of the first semester of my freshman year.  I was the train conductor and a dancing/singing townsperson.  I was in "Trouble", "Marian the Librarian" and "Shipoopi", plus the finale.

These days, River City would have made hay with the building, and said to heck with the books.

Good morning, all!  I wondered at all the posts and I should have known it was DR Jose waxing enthusiasic about sausage.  My first suspicion was that DR DakotaCelt had gone off the deep end over Matt Ashford.

Yep, I'm thinking right now about dragging out THE MUSIC MAN on DVD.  Tonight, as a part ofd her Christmas gift, I'm taking goddaughter Charlotte to THE FANTASTICKS, a show she's never seen.  when it colsed at the Sullivan Street Theatre, she gave her dad hell for never taking her to see it, so tonight's the big night.  I am looking forward to it for two reasons: spending time with her before she vanishes next year to college and every time I see THE FANTASTICKS, I'm eighteen again.

DR JRand56, I'm sorry about your Dustin Hoffman feelings; I've always liked him as an actor, and in the several times I've actually been in his company - once in Drama Book Shop, several times when he was rehearsing DEATH OF A SALESMAN, and I helped his production company with his research on MERCHANT OF VENICE - I've found to be intensely shy, intensely kind, very charming, and sly.  The cold, unemotional Peter Hall production of MERCHANT also featured Twiggy's husband Leigh Lawson, Nathaniel Parker, Michael Siberry and Ben Browder, and I thought Dustin was quite wonderful.  Someday, I hope I'll get a chance to tell you in person about the behavior of the various and sundry people involved in the DEATH OF A SALESMAN revival.

And the word of the day is: CHIMERICAL!

Casey would waltz
With a CHIMERICAL blonde,
Who dazzled with her lightness of foot,
With her radiant face, with her shapely body,
And who doted entirely upon Casey,
Which he thought was much more fantastic
Than the reality of dancing alone.

"He left River City the li-berry building, but he left all the books to her!"

Miser Madison?

Miser Madison?

and that Brazen Hussy?