Topic: RUNNING AMOK (Read 36418 times)

Cillaliz · « **Reply #300 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:59:48 PM »

Aren't we getting close to page 11

Cillaliz · « **Reply #301 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:00:03 PM »

TA DA!

Adriana Patti · « **Reply #302 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:12:52 PM »

I am editing the size on the partay pictures and they will be up soon!

At 8 I am seeing Grady Williams ( Rod ) in a play at the Stella Adler Theater.

TCB · « **Reply #303 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:13:31 PM »

Well, it is about time to go hide from the Nazis again.

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Edisaurus · « **Reply #304 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:21:29 PM »

Well, now that I am all caught up, I can report on SISTER ACT, THE MUSICAL.

Fantastic! I can't remember many Broadway musicals I've enjoyed as much as this show. Every single one of the performers were so talented and Broadway-worthy. The production was first class. The sets were minimalistic and all they needed to be.

The songs were so funny and the music was great. Every song was a good one---I wish I had a cast recording! My mother fell in love with the guy playing Sweaty Eddie and wanted to find out if he had any albums available. She just loved his voice!

We both enjoyed every single minute of it and after it was over, Mom said that it was the first time she'd seen a musical and would want to see it again immediately. I was sad that it's closing tomorrow because I would have tried to go again with my niece. But not as sad as the cast, because they've been working on it since September and their contract is up after tomorrow.

After the show, about a dozen of the cast members came out to answer questions. A group of middle school students, about 60 of them, were there from Charlotte, NC. They were sitting in front of us and they enjoyed the show immensely. It really is the kind of show that anyone from middle school to grandmothers would enjoy. The kids all had questions and were glad to be able to talk to the performers.

After that let out, we passed some of the performers in the lobby and talked to them some more. They told us that Atlanta was only the second city where the show had been staged...the first was Pasadena. After Pasadena they made huge changes---changes about 1/3 of the show, and the cast had 11 days to learn the new show. It has so many big dance numbers that this must have been quite a challenge for them.

I laughed, I cried, I loved it. And we had the best seats in the house---4th row, 2 on the aisle.

Thanks so much, FJL! And thanks from my mom as well!

Jane · « **Reply #305 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:28:23 PM »

Edi-Just what you needed!

Sandra · « **Reply #306 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:31:04 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 24, 2007, 05:10:54 PM

I'm about to do something I haven't done in eight weeks, maybe more. Who can guess what?

Throw up?
Do the hokey pokey?
Watch The Lawrence Welk Show?
Clip your toenails?
Get something pierced?
Put on a dress?
Play air guitar?
Or watch your newly-repaired TV?

Edisaurus · « **Reply #307 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:37:15 PM »

After I took my mom to brunch, we had time for a walk. I took her someplace down the street from the theatre, and this is what we saw:

Edisaurus · « **Reply #308 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:38:18 PM »

The little goat on the right looked like he was wearing polka-dotted boxer shorts. We couldn't stop laughing at them, they were so CUTE!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #309 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:39:07 PM »

Quote from: Sandra on February 24, 2007, 06:31:04 PM

Throw up?
Do the hokey pokey?
Watch The Lawrence Welk Show?
Clip your toenails?
Get something pierced?
Put on a dress?
Play air guitar?
Or watch your newly-repaired TV?

Become Master of Your Domain?

Edisaurus · « **Reply #310 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:39:25 PM »

Dance the Hora?

Edisaurus · « **Reply #311 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:44:13 PM »

These goats were running amok---there were 6 babies, and 7 adults. This was my mom's favorite. They licked our hands and nibbled on our fingers. They have such soft little tongues!

François · « **Reply #312 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:44:45 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 24, 2007, 06:39:25 PM

Dance the Hora?

Hora For Hollywood!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #313 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:47:19 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 24, 2007, 05:43:52 PM

Eugene Loring also did the spectacular dance numbers in THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.

I believe he also choreographed Copland's ballet BILLY THE KID.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #314 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:50:19 PM »

Well, after a wacky day of errands and such, I'm going to forego the event I was planning on for this evening, and just sit here - like so much you-know-what.

Dear Esteemed, well-lit, and partayed BK -- We are all dangling here in great turmoil, like so many hanging chads, wondering what you have finally done after 8 weeks.

Personally, I liked DR Sandra's guesses..... DR Sandra, you are so wonderfully loopy!

MusicGuy · « **Reply #315 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:51:44 PM »

DR Edi -- Only some of the new TVs use a bulb; they are of the projection variety, and I believe that the Grande Mensch has one of the DLP variety. (Digital light projection, in normal english)

bk · « **Reply #316 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:52:41 PM »

For the first time in eight weeks I had a Jacuzzi - it was marvelously marvelous and has soothed my aching muscles.

Sandra · « **Reply #317 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:53:41 PM »

That was going to be my ninth guess.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #318 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:54:45 PM »

Dear Larry..... I'm glad you are back home safe and sound. Any of your relatives are crazy if they think that you can't take care of family business from your nest in NYC. I watch over some family trust business for my family, and I can do 90% of what I need to from my desk here, and with my laptop computer. Once in awhile I have to go over to southern Calif., to check on a rental building. But most of the time it is easy from home.

bk · « **Reply #319 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:55:04 PM »

I'm glad to hear they've done good work on Sister Act, because it was a mess in Pasadena - one of the handful of musicals I bailed on after act one. Its creative team was very cocky out here after their final workshop, when they were telling people they were ready for B'way as soon as they finished Pasadena. They found out that workshops are not a barometer of what's working in a musical, because they invite all their friends to the workshop, and their friends hoot and holler and tell them not to change a thing - it's why the workshop process, as it's known today, needs to die.

bk · « **Reply #320 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:56:03 PM »

So, it's nice to know that they actually did what they needed to do.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #321 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:56:41 PM »

"The Case Of The Jew In The Jacuzzi"........a new thriller by Haddasah Christie !

bk · « **Reply #322 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:57:02 PM »

I'm going to finish watching The Slender Thread, and then figure out what I can snack on - I'm figuring my omelet was my meal, and I'll just take it easy now because I need to lose the weight I gained back. I hate when that happens.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #323 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:58:33 PM »

If I were to ever change my name, it would be to Haddasah.......I just love the sound of it.

I also loved the idea of actually having a First Lady in the white house named Haddasah Lieberman.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #324 on:** February 24, 2007, 06:59:56 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 24, 2007, 06:52:41 PM

For the first time in eight weeks I had a Jacuzzi

J'accuse!

Ah, yes. That always feels good!

MusicGuy · « **Reply #325 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:01:57 PM »

And as to the TOD --

I've seen so few of the Oscar movies; but I enjoyed The Queen very much.... and I saw Letters From Iwo Jima recently and liked it, but I felt it could have run shorter and still been very effective.

However, my favorite movie of the past 6 months was "The History Boys." I laughed, and I also teared up alot near the end. It was a marvelous small film!

MusicGuy · « **Reply #326 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:03:12 PM »

C'mon Edi..... you can help me. We might as well roll this over to a nice "even dozen" pages.

OK bubeleh.... post..

Edisaurus · « **Reply #327 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:03:35 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 24, 2007, 06:55:04 PM

They found out that workshops are not a barometer of what's working in a musical, because they invite all their friends to the workshop, and their friends hoot and holler and tell them not to change a thing - it's why the workshop process, as it's known today, needs to die.

That's probably why it's good to test it in Atlanta, since most of the cast were from LA or NY. The audience loved it here. They were on their feet for a unanimous standing ovation before the cast even took their bows.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #328 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:03:47 PM »

help out DR Sandra...

MusicGuy · « **Reply #329 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:04:23 PM »

We are so close......

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