The first Bway musical my parents ever saw was "I Do, I Do", though I cant' sesm to remember who was in it when they saw it. I know it wasn't Martin or Preston. Anyway, my mom always seems to melt when she hears "My Cup Runneth Over". Me, on the other hand, I find the black humor of "A Wonderful Way to Die" very entertaining and fun to perform (from The Bone Room).
Elmore - I cannot find my Where's Charley program ANYWHERE.... I will keep looking. Sorry...I have looked everywhere! Well, everywhere but where it is, obviously.
DRJRand, if you find it, that would be wonderful, but I beg you not to put yourself out. My memories of the production are quite vivid, designed by the Eckarts and choreographed by Agnes De Mille (I think), but I have next to no memory of the cast or costume designer!
MATTH it was a regional production with Noel Harrison...believe it or not...LOL!!!
Are you fellas talking about the original Ral Bolger/Broadway production of WHERE'S CHARLEY? I have a Playbill if that's any help. Let me know if I can look up something on it for you.
MATTH it was a regional production with Noel Harrison...believe it or not...LOL!!!
Actually, I do wish some of the 1960s Bollywood TARZAN films would get released on DVD! I would love to see them! TARZAN MEETS KING KONG, TARZAN VS. SAMSON, TARZAN IN FAIRYLAND...ect.
I am pretty sure no rights to the Tarzan name were procured! LOL!
Of course, I'm on Dial-Up AOL and Windows 98...
Can anyone top that?
Comment on the Equity strike. It seems to me that the people in the non-Equity tours know what they are getting involved with but they would rather play leading roles in a non-Equity production than ensemble or bits in an Equity show (or go back to their "fallback" job). Is Equity really worried about the amount of money these people are making or are they more concerned with having these non-union actors replaced with Equity members? And why strike Broadway if it's the road that is the main concern? Let the touring Equity productions strike instead. The main area of contention seems to be about them, not the actors on Broadway.
Is this some kind of a sign?
I'm looking for freelance work, and began making phone calls to former clients. I'm finding that there are many new people to deal with. My first call put me through to a manager by the name of - are you ready:
Charity Haines.
Does no one but me notice that their Poker Polka has the same melody as Pirelli's Miracle Elixer from Sweeney Todd? The Polka came first!The rhythmic structure is the same, but the melodies are different. S&J play to the major chords, Sondheim plays to the minor.
I think your comments are very true, very apt.
The real reason Equity won't handle this by having its tours strike is that, out in tour towns, when a show's not playing, people don't miss it.
Furthermore, there's Equity's biggest fear: that people aren't able to tell the difference between and Equity and a non-Equity tour. This is the only excuse for all the energy Equity puts in to bad-mouthing non-Eq tours out there.
Donny Most was also in the production and was very nice afterwards, asking where he could find a golf course! LOL.
Equity's fear is not that people can't tell the difference between an Equity show and a non-Equity show. It's that the non-Equity touring company is being mis-represented as being equivalent to the show that appeared on Broadway under an Equity contract...and of losing control of a venue that rightfully ought to be under their domain.Huh? Say what? "Under their domain?" Since when has Equity produced shows? Since when has Equity paid the property tax on a theater? Or the upkeep?
All right, Jay, culture barometer and knower-of-all-things-Pasadenan. BK & I were planning to break bread at Mario's next to the theatre tonight. It's closed. Any suggestions for something suitable close by? Walking distance from the theatre as opposed to having to get in a car and drive and park twice.
All right, Jay, culture barometer and knower-of-all-things-Pasadenan. BK & I were planning to break bread at Mario's next to the theatre tonight. It's closed. Any suggestions for something suitable close by? Walking distance from the theatre as opposed to having to get in a car and drive and park twice.
What am I? DR Jay's personal assistant now? ;)
The walk to Lake is a bit too long, I think. I'm sure there's something close on Colorado, within a couple of blocks, at least that's my memory.
DR MATTH I also enjoy that recording of SHOWBOAT. It has some of the dance music that isn't included on some of the others, and I used it when I was choreographing a production in 1990.
And Anita Darien is also on it.....lovely singing voice. She of course was the "high" part on the famous recording of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight.'
Does Donny Most sing well?
The rhythmic structure is the same, but the melodies are different. S&J play to the major chords, Sondheim plays to the minor.
Anyone know about Spyware programs for Macs? I just had a long session with Adelphia. They zipped and zapped my system. But the technician said I probably need to get rid of the Spyware in my computer system. I Googled spyware and there is TOO MUCH info. I need the voice of HHW experience. My feeling is that it's not as much of a problem on Macs, but what do I know.
There are very few non-union actors who can make a living, let alone a life-long career at their profession.
The abuses before Unions were legendaryWell, there's a reason for that: The pre-union abuses were SO many years ago, no one alive can remember them, and so they're the stuff of legend.
Do you really think that Michael Eisner, one individual, should make more in salary and options in one year than the entire WGA pension fund for all its 8,000 members made the same year. It happened one year.
Actress Isabel Sanford passed away Friday. I just adored her!
AND for the entertainment of all Hainsies and Kimlets:
http://jibjab.com/thisland.html
Hilarious proof that we need all political debates to be sung through... :D
I just won a sealed copy of RETURN OF THE KING WS 2-disk edition for 9.55 + 3.00 shpg. Now I will have all three movies. I can have a RINGS night!
Hilarious proof that we need all political debates to be sung through... :D
"It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right. . . . Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife."
-- Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), advocating a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in a speech Thursday to the Heritage Foundation.
From Senator John Cornyn's press secretary: "For what it's worth, Sen. Cornyn did not, in his speech to the Heritage Foundation, use the 'box turtles' quote. The Post was given a copy of remarks 'as prepared,' but Sen. Cornyn did not like that passage, and did not use it. The Post, which did not attend the speech, reported the quote nonetheless. Sen. Cornyn said that he did not think that statement appropriate, that's why he didn't use it. I've advised the Post of this fact."
AND for the entertainment of all Hainsies and Kimlets:
http://jibjab.com/thisland.html
Woody, I expect anti-union rhetoric from a Republican.And I expect union rhetoric from a union employee.
Sure, it's a frustrating situation for Equity, this free enterprise system we live under. I'm not sympathetic, however, to their taking out their frustrations on New York theatregoers by striking Broadway.On this, I am entirely in agreement with Noel.
Last night I watched Minx go through a petit mal seizure. When she was out of it the seizure she was only slightly disoriented and prone to walking in large circles. Even on her leash, she was directionless in the yard. She wouldn't accept a teaspoon of whiskey, one vet's suggestion for a previous dog with epilepsy, but I did manage to get some Rescue Remedy into her, which did allow her to relax, finally lie down and sleep.
I stayed home from work today to keep close tabs on her. Minx was her normal self this morning, no signs whatsoever of the trauma of last night. She woke up, greeted me at the table, walked to the door in anticipation of her morning walk, drank a few sips of water then lay at my feet til i finished my cup of coffee. No wandering on her walk, straight to business. Once inside, she went straight for the steps as she does any other morning. She ate her two treats, then laid down in her normal spot on the sofa. Once I put a cd (Joe Nichols' REVELATION) into the player, she hopped down and got comfortable in front of the speakers. She contentedly slept through the dvd of COLD MOUNTAIN later this afternoon. She is pretty fine, right now, no sign of after-effects, she's been bouncy and energetic at her "usual" times; that old biological clock is running accurately.
So, tomorrow morning, Mom has her 13th surgery (may we asy "Lucky Number Thirteen?" This surgery, scheduled for 8:30am, will place a metal rod the whole way down her leg from the hip to the ankle. Her hospital stay shouldn't be much longer than a week.