The original "Follies" would be my choice.
3. DEAREST ENEMY (1925), Rodgers & Hart's first hit, with Helen Ford who also starred in PEGGY ANN and CHEE-CHEE for them and Flavia Arcaro (love that name!) who played the comic mother role in the American premiere of THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER in 1908.
Plus don't all the others get on your nerves? Every single one of the others seems incompetent to me.
Oh, I don't know...I think Troy and Bill are pretty smart. And I think Heidi was a terrific worker (not CEO material, though.) And as much as I don't like Katrina, she was pretty smart to find a contractor to do the apartment renovations. But I would agree with you as far as Nick and Kwame go.
So who do you think would be the best one for Troy and Kwame to pull over next week?
DR JAY - Sounds like your birthday was a real treat. Any chance of posting Marcovicci's song list? Or just mentioning what songs she did that weren't from Loesser's five Broadway shows?
A painter showed up, meaning we must push all sorts of furniture away from walls. It's very disconcerting...
The original "Follies" would be my choice. Just going back a few years and seeing "Ragtime" would be my next wish.Der Brucer and I were at the opening night of Ragtime in Los Angeles. Stokes was amazing! Wish you could have been there with us!
I was going to say "Follies" too. Every time I see the show (3), I'm left unsatisfied. The score is SO wonderful, but something about the lead characters, who seem to me to have done some pretty exciting things in their lives, regretting their life choices - always rubs me the wrong way. Then, inevitably, some older person tells me I should've seen the original Broadway production. It's hard to imagine how I'd feel differently, but I'd love to use that time machine to confirm it.
DR Dan, yes, Omarossa was the perfect villainess, but I got so sick of her defensive "I'm black, so if you're calling me a moron or lazy, it's because you're a racist" act. With those camers checking on her every move, she would never have won because her act was too apparent to Trump and the producers, but I wish they'd kept her around to let her hang herself some more.
QuoteSo who do you think would be the best one for Troy and Kwame to pull over next week?
How do you know who will be the leaders?
I think the key is 1) if someone makes a serious mistake take them in.
But I think the real key is TO TAKE YOUR FRIEND IN WITH YOU.
Most people leave their friend out. What you need to do is bring your friend into the boardroom and both of you blame the third person.
DR Bevan, your post came in at 5 am or so? Are you partying too hard in the Midwest? Is it spring break? I'm back to a normal schedule, which means up between 6:30 and 7:30, thank God!
I'm not sure it's fair to dismiss Steak Tartare simply as "seasoned hamburger."
They then to into their recipe, which specifically calls for top sirloin, not just any ground beef. (Fat ratios are different from cut to cut; top sirloin is quite lean - think of it as tofu that tastes good!)
Whoops! What I meant was in the forming of the new teams, who will Troy and Kwame draft from the other side to equalize the numbers. Going by the preview, it doesn't look like it will be either Amy or Katrina, since we hear A. dissing K. about using the sex angle again. I think if Troy and Kwame pick Nick, it will be to break up whatever alliance Nick might have going with Amy and to have a scapegoat to pull up to the boardroom. On the other hand, if they pull over Bill, the other team will be somewhat frictioned by having Katrina feeling even more excluded because of Nick and Amy. It should be interesting, in any case...
I would love to see Gwen and Chita in the original Chicago. Or Gwen in... well, anything ;D
I'd go back to April 19, 1961 and see Judy at Carnegie Hall. It's not quite Broadway show but it was supposed to be one of the the most magical nights on any stage ever.
In no particular order, these are just a few of the performers that I'd love to have seen live:
Both Topol and Paul Sorvino and Patti LuPone in The Baker's Wife
Elaine Stritch in Company (her career-defining role) and At Liberty
Danise it sounds as if you can safely order the steak tartare.
Speaking of food, I'm hungry for my tofu, but first must feed the pets.
Speaking of food, I'm hungry for my tofu, but first must feed the pets.
Some of us too old to even remember falling apart. Did that happen at 40? I have no idea.
.perhaps DINNER AT 8...believe it or not I have never seen that movie! I think I will watch it right now! ;D
I would have loved to see Stritch in GOLDILOCKS because I love the score;
Speaking of food, I'm hungry for my tofu, but first must feed the pets.
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Robin - Thank you for posting about the situation in Dayton the other day. My English teacher had told us about it, but after I searched the web and couldn't find any information about it, I assumed that she had made it up in order to get a reaction out of us. Of course, this is one of those stories that I hoped wasn't true, but I'm glad to have gotten some sort of clarification.
(Like the rumors that even those walking OUTSIDE of City Center when Tallulah was playing Blanche duBois were struck gay, I think the same can be said for many at the St. James when Ethel was in DOLLY.)
I saw GOLDILOCKS at its Philly try-out. I was naive at the time and didn't know that sophisticated theatre goers never laugh out loud during previews; so I had grand time throughout ACT I chortling away. As we got up to leave for intermission the lovely lady, seated behind us, in a gorgeous jade green formal, said to me: I'm so glad you're enjoying the show. Then Jean Kerr went to the lobby and chatted with the well wishers.
Hi everyone! *waves*
Oh, I was accepted to the College of William and Mary today! I'm excited, but now I have decide between schools. (I only applied to La Salle and W&M, and now I have to decide which one is the best for me.) Just thought I'd share the news!
One note for all readers regarding diet soda[/b]: Last night, my parents saw someone on tv talking about how diet soda is worse for a person than regular soda is. I don't drink diet, so I don't remember what was said about it, but my brother does (and he drinks a lot of it). From now on, my parents are making him limit his intake of it. I just wanted to suggest that you diet drinkers look into this claim.
Is anyone planning on watching the new HBO western series DEADWOOD tomorrow night after THE SOPRANOS.
I am. Sounds interesting. And David Milch is a good writer.
Hello fellow dear readers.
DR Sandra and I just returned from a trip to California to see the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. Unfortunately, we didn't see them. They didn't arrive on Friday, as tradition dictates. Today we couldn't get within two miles of the place, so we came on home. Swedish Chef Hat had a great time, though. Tomorrow I'll post a couple of pictures.
Love seeing all those pictures from Dorothy Hart's "Thou Swell, Thou Witty: The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart." One picture that was especially haunting--but which we couldn't include--was a photo of the Hippodrome during the run of JUMBO. Due to a double-exposure, it looked like ghosts were sauntering through the circus set. And this was taken before FOLLIES. Also, there were some wonderful, surrealistic photos from PEGGY-ANN.
There's one aspect I regret about the book: there were a lot of lyric typos, made in the galleys. I wish I'd had a chance to proof the pages before the book went to print.
Signed, Michael Colby (researcher for "Thou Swell, Thou Witty")
This is PennyO, not DR Panni - and, no, I wouldn't exactly say my plumbing is quite up to 20th Century...
Well, I'm sure glad I quoted my sources :)Huh? Dorothy FIELDS, dear der Brucer, Dorothy FIELDS!
For the benefit of all, the Acknowledgements at the begining of "Thou Swell Thou Witty" conclude with:
"And lastly, very special thanks to Michael Colby, whose enthusiasm and dedication to the theatre are so reminiscent of the young Larry Hart's."
Splendid praise, indeed.
der Brucer (who acquired the book whilst gathering data for a potential show on Dorothy Hart SWW is dreaming of writing )
...Thankfully, the "learning curve" period I had expected was on schedule so to speak - it always just takes some time getting used to a particular set-up. And once I realized and remedied the major obstacle, the programming progressed nicely. Unfortunately, by its very nature, programming is not a "fast art". But I'm moving as fast as I can...DR Jose, from past experience watching der Brucer handle programming tasks, much as you may think it should get easier, it doesn't. For every new task, someone will want something "different," which at first will look simple. It never is.
DerBrucer, thanks for the info! I had never heard that diet soda was bad for people, but I just wanted to pass along the "warning." I guess my parents were able to use it as an excuse (even though they really believed it) to get my brother to stop drinking so much soda. He drinks entirely too much--silly boy. :)And who, exactly, is purchasing all this soda?
The lovely wife and I were sitting on the balcony, sipping some excellent wine (Me, an Argentinian Malbec; her, a California Reisling), watching the sunset, listening to BOYS FROM SYRACUSE. As I was chortling to Mr. Hart's clever, risque lyric, "...All night they bring rich men to grief, till they have no cash left, Cops can't afford the good roast beef, but still we have the hash left", I commented to my lovely wife that if Stephen Sondheim had one flaw, it was his seeming diminishment and dismissal of Mr. Hart in comparison to his spiritual father and mentor, Mr. Hammerstein. Now over the years I've become a lot fonder of Mr. Hammerstein (there are few lyrics more perfect than "the sun is swimming on the rim of a hill"), but I've always preferred Mr. Hart. I can certainly understand Mr. Sondheim's loyalty and preference to Mr. Hammerstein over Mr. Hart. But what I find somewhat amusing and ironic about Mr. Sondheim's apparent disdain for Mr. Hart is that I find his style, sensibility, and intricateness much closer to Hart than Hammerstein.
I know we have lots of Sondheim mavens on this board. Any thoughts or comments about this?
If I could go back in time, I would probably see the original production of "Merrily We Roll Along". "Merrily" is my favorite musical, and I think that the story of its creation is incredibly moving. Seeing the original production would have made last year's reunion so much more powerful.
DR George, I believe - and I could be wrong here - that Topol and Carole Demas were replaced at the same time; I don't know if Lupone ever did the show with Topol.