Jay, I've just sent you a PM. (No, he's not assisting the spawn of the big D.)
Even though it's not Wednesday, Noel and Elmore, I wonder, do you have the same kind of creative control issues (or even different creative control issues) as Charles and Panni mentioned yesterday (in relation to my question about why playwrights have more control over their work than screenwriters).
Elmore---
Was that the JUBILEE with Bea Arthur, Michael Jeter, Damien Woetzel etc.? I remember enjoying it a lot, but what stays in my memory is that they decided to do it without the ubiquitous black books and Sandy Duncan kept messing up the lyrics to familar Porter songs while everyone else remembered every word of the lesser known gems.
Jennifer - I posted both the Queen Latifah and the Antonio Banderas stories yesterday. Latifah was strictly a rumor and her agents have denied it; apparently there was some kernal of truth to the Banderas story which was in Michael Reidel's column, not Liz Smith's.
I love the BOMC "Songs of New York". I have to transfer my cassette copy to CD. Did you do all the arrangements and/or orchestrations, or only some? There is probably enough material available for a second set. Do you have any idea how well it sold?
Jennifer - I just discovered I was wrong about BOMBAY DREAMS. Some of the music IS pre-recorded and not even with the current Broadway cast, but with the London Cast recorded two years ago! Why do people complain with a pre-recorded or synthasized orchestra but not a pre-recorded actor?
TCB - I found your remarks about your (our) HHW addiction very moving. What a nice place this is!
Howdy, gang!
21st Century musicals, songs from? I'll still pick Quando M'En Vo' from Puccini's Boheme, thanks.
I will remind, but when you log on to the discussion board it's right there and will always have a new "topic" each day a new post happens.
I just read Juliana's Journal. I actually wasn't planning to see Millie, but now I feel sort of disloyal to HHW if I don't! Plus Juliana's excitement at being here is contagious. Very sweet. Maybe I'll just see it on the spur of the moment.
Tarnation?
Without it, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.
I finally caught up with the DVD of Camp last night. Having heard so much about it (mostly good, some bad) over the past year, I was rather interested to see it. My reaction... blecch. A few nice little moments, sure, but all in all, I found it to be a rather uninspired movie that I have no desire to see again. I normally don't buy movies unless I've already seen them, but this was on a bargain rack so I took a shot... learned my lesson there. Oh well, my sister will probably enjoy it, so I think I inadvertantly bought her birthday present a couple weeks in advance! :D
Why son, you mean lust is not considered an addiction?
Do you know where your posters are?
Yes, DR Panni, I do know where they are: hanging on my walls!
I am a chocoholic, and find most days I must have my fix...Thankfully, it doesn't take much to satisfy me, but I end up having a little something chocolate just about every day.I suppose the "Chololat" section of the American in Paris ballet wouldn't be substantial enough. And after a while you'd crave variety.
And one for Mahler. And may I just say that my Sky High Corned Beef sandwich was appalling? Jerry's Deli, ladies and germs, on their way to oblivion. The sky high is corned beef on rye with Russian dressing and cole slaw on the sandwich. I kid you not when I tell you that a) the rye bread was cut so thin it fell apart, b) that there was one STRAND of cole slaw (literally) on each half of the sandwich, and such a small amount of Russian dressing you couldn't even see it. The waiter, rather than taking it back, simply brought me some cole slaw and Russian dressing so I could make the sandwich myself. If I'd wished to do that I would have bought the ingrediants to go. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
My thanks to all for the congrats. It's going to be a challenge, since it will be my first time working in retail. Responding to DR TCB, I'll certainly keep up on my posts when I'm not on the job or doing other essential things.Congratulations, SWW!
I hope that you won’t let work interfere with your posting!
I suppose the "Chololat" section of the American in Paris ballet wouldn't be substantial enough. And after a while you'd crave variety.
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Here's a switch, in a story at Playbill On-Line. (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86294.html) PS Classics will be releasing the Broadways Cast Recording of Assassins. Which opens a question: Why didn't this go to Nonesuch, as ITW, The Frogs, Saturday Night, and Bounce have gone?
SWW - I have to comment on your brutally honest story -- but I really can't think of anything to say which wouldn't sound facile and trendy ("Thanks for sharing"...). So I'll simply acknowledge it and thank you for having the courage - and trust in us - to post it. But I do want to say that the one overwhelming fact which comes through loud and clear in your tale is that having a partner in your life who accepts and loves you, warts and all (and you him), is a true and great blessing.Thank you.
Like Ben, I also have an addiction to compact discs. I re-organized my collection last week. It took nearly two and half hours to get through the showtunes alone. I have so many that I've created a database in my computer to keep track of them. According to my files, I have close to 400 cast recordings. Of those 400, SIX of them are various versions of LES MISERABLES. It's a sickness...truly.
I must confess to one other addiction. It is fairly new, extremely powerful, and like acting, no attempt has been made to control it or to recover from its power over me. I will freely admit to being addicted to HHW and to all of the wonderful members who post here. I can’t imagine a day going by without thinking, worrying, caring and sharing with all of you. If they ever come up with a Twelve-Step program for this website, I will avoid it at all costs. I can’t think of a more positive or enriching addiction to my life than HHW.