On my first album THE SONGS OF NEW YORK for Book-of-the-Month Club,
And don't worry about the dancing smilies. You'll get it! In the words of Richard Rodgers via Julie von Trapp, "I have confidence!"
DR ELMORE Attack of the Puppet People is not the chore you may think it is, but that is just my opinion, of course. But WHY would one HAVE to watch it?
BK - I agree with almost everything you said about Sondheim's post-Sweeney scores and shows. The only one I disagree on is MERRILY which, though not perfect, is an enjoyable score with a book that almost works. I find the way the book first shows you three unhappy, unlikable people and peels back layer after layer until you see them as three youths whose life is full of hope and promise is fascinating.
I have been meaning to mention the Daytime Emmies tonight. My friend and father of my goddaughter, Ron Raines, is up for a Supporting Actor Emmy tonight. Keep your fingers crossed!
RE: Bombay Dreams - As was mentioned in some of the reviews, they "Americanized" some of the songs - took out some of the more complex rhythms and harmonic patterns. A friend of mine who loved the London recording and production was a bit disappointed when he saw the show over here last week. He said it had more of an "authentic flavor" rather than being "authentic". After thinking about it, he put the "blame" on the expanded orchestration - in London they only used something like nine players - and LOTS of samples - which is very typical of Bollywood soundtracks. Since they're now using 17 players (? - sorry for the non-exact number counts, but I know I'm in the ballpark), some of the "sampling" is now being played, and, in some cases, in his opinion, some of it sounds "too big". Of course, since it's now a "Broadway Musical", that could have something to do with it.. Again, just his opinion... But I think he brought up some valid points.
And IF that point is valid. and that may be a big if . . . the dear readers might be interested in knowing why they're now using around 17 players...
The musician union forced them to. In London, there's no similar situation, of certain houses required to pay a minimum number of musicians. Assuming the IF, Bombay Dreams is a show meant to be heard with fewer instrumentalists and a lot of samplers. That can't happen here in New York, due to a union contract, and the show's less likely to make money.
Shakalaka Jose!
FYI: A new Dippin' Dots has just opened in New York City. It's on the corner of 54th & 9th Ave. Try the banana split flavor...it's fabulous!
MBarnum: I hadn't viewed the two Lansing videos when I wrote the notes, but I've seen them now and they're mind-blowing. Unbelievably mind-blowing. Especially her singing the title song from The Silencers by Elmer Bernstein.
Anyone going to see COMPANY with Judith Light, Sharon Lawrence, and Deborah Gibson at the Freud in Santa Monica?
Topic o' the day:
I have gradually been making my way through the complete set of Mahler's symphonies (conducted by Leonard Bernstein) that I recently purchased. Only Number 9 remains, and it is cued up and ready to go in my CD player.
DR PANNI the theatre sounded interesting, but Judith Light is just so bizarre that I cannot imagine her in COMPANY.....I will await your review!
Media Watch:
Plain matzah, with smooth peanut butter and strawberry preserves, which, DR Jane, is one of my favorite post-Passover treats!
Is Ms. Light playing Joanne or Sarah (I can't see her in any of the other roles)?
If that's true and you're not just funning with us, it's just another reason why the Emmys are meaningless.
Last week a huge presentation arrived for JOAN OF ARCADIA.
The singing box and tree is true -- but getting my vote because of it is not.
Mame has sold out but there are issues available through www.footlight.com and www.cdconnection.com...
Free promo here!!!
I've seen those DVD sets of ANNIE OAKLEY et al, but I was always afraid for that price they'd look horrible, so I've never bought them. Can someone who has give us a recommendation or review?
Dear Reader MBarnum,
I know you didn't ask but there are no Best Buy in Paris or France, matter of fact!
Okay, I was bad - my new high score is 220,920. Has anyone scored higher?
DR Noel - As for Ricky Ian Gordon, Jason Robert Brown, Michael John LaChiusa and Adam Guettel - or the "anointed" as you like to call them... None of them have had any real new work so far this century - well, maybe JRB's Last Five Years and AG's Light in the Piazza, and MJLaC's Marie Christine...
I was of course joking Panni but I will take your offer seriously. Sometimes we don't ever get some American shows. (I have enough saplings).
But what do you all do when those stupid burning tiles start multiplying like crazy?
I was of course joking Panni but I will take your offer seriously. Sometimes we don't ever get some American shows. (I have enough saplings).
I'm going to see DIVAN tonight. A feature-length documentary which sounds totally bizarre and fascinating.
"Divan is the quest for a turn of the century Hungarian couch upon which Hassidic rabbis slept."
Graftlings???
Will you stop using words that i don't know???
Graftlings???You will need to study your history of "Middle Earth" François. Lord of the Rings is of course about the Age of Trees.
Will you stop using words that i don't know???
Jason I have never heard of Dippin’ Dots and am not sure I want to try them, at least not enough to purchase an entire container. I am curious now if they are sold in Ashland.
Dear Reader td,
Is Kristen Bjorn into .... grafting too? ;D
Because of the super-low temperature, Dippin' Dots aren't sold in containers, but only in single servings. I first encountered them at a county fair, and that's the only place I saw them for a couple years. I don't know about Ashland, but here in Wenatchee they're actually available at McDonald's now. I like them, and would say they're definitely worth at least trying.
Kristen Bjorn would be proud to know that I've become "full member" tonight!
TCB maybe at "Rehearsal". He needs to gets his lines correct for HHW contributions.
TCB pays people to stand on line for his performances? ? ? ? ?What else?
What else?
td,
funny how you corrected the quote BUT Dear Reader Tomovoz remains credited!!!
en rirant? No.... irregular verb (darn!)
en riant!
SWW – Maybe I missed the announcement, but where are you going to be working? When is your first day? Will you be working days or evenings? Enquiring minds want to know….I start on Monday. Most days I'll be working afternoons and evenings. The important days are the weekends, of course, since Rehoboth is a resort town and that's when most people drive in. Somehow, I've got Friday off, which is nice.
Anyone going to see COMPANY with Judith Light, Sharon Lawrence, and Deborah Gibson at the Freud in Santa Monica?Which one is playing Bobby?
BTW, I just tried BOOKWORM. at 49, 500 my library burned down. :(
I'll go back, but, I'm still addicted to Pile Up and Freecell.
Quote;
Now my oven light is flashing on and off.
Now; that sounds obscene!!
More on Bounce:...The credits are also curious - a) Ariel Tepper helped fund the recording, b) there are two producers listed, and then a strange credit below that says "Sessions produced by". Don't think I understand that one at all.Psychotherapy sessions.
...(Guettel's middle name is YouHaveToLikeMeBecauseI'mRichardRodgers'Grandson)...Interesting, the message this sends...
Hey what was our Bookworm high score? 'Cause I just got 365,760.
Oh yeah! ;D
quote author=JoseSPiano link=board=4;threadid=279;start=msg44927#msg44927 date=1085158871]I'm puzzled. All four three-named composers (Guettel's middle name is YouHaveToLikeMeBecauseI'mRichardRodgers'Grandson) have plenty of work done here in the 21st Century.
Gordon had My Life With Albertine, and I think The Tibetian Book of the Dead. Probably another one I'm forgetting. Michael John LaChiusa wrote The Wild Party as well as an off-Broadway musical, was it called Little Fish? and I heard a wonderful song he wrote in response to 9/11. Brown's always writing: There was The Last Five Years and some uncountable number of songs for Urban Cowboy. And Guettel, as you mentioned, did The Light in the Piazza.
I'm going to see DIVAN tonight. A feature-length documentary which sounds totally bizarre and fascinating.
"Divan is the quest for a turn of the century Hungarian couch upon which Hassidic rabbis slept."
Any Caterina Valente's "afficionados" around here? :)
Thanks Jed. I don’t go to McDonalds unless to make a pit stop when traveling. Too bad I didn’t know about these before our trip to LA. I just called the Ashland McDonald’s and they don’t have them. In fact they thought they were just a California thing.
When I saw the review of this film today, Dear Reader Panni, I figured you'd be amongst the first to see it. Glad you enjoyed!
Dippin' Dots is a brand of ice cream here in the States. It's literally little pellets of ice cream, frozen solid with dry ice, and mixed with other flavored pellets to make your favorite flavor combination. For example, today I had banana split, which consisted of banana (yellow) pellets, chocolate (brown) pellets, strawberry (pink) pellets and vanilla (white) pellets. You allow the pellets to melt in your mouth and all of a sudden you have this great flavor combination. They're extremely cold--they steam from the cup--and they feel really weird in your mouth while they're melting. I love them...I think I'm in the minority, though. Great fun!
Of course I think DR Panni could ship the entire collection to a retirement home in Upper Beaconsfield Ayustralia. Only two human residents but there are also two appreciative dogs. Don't worry about the sapling - it would not get past quarantine; even with the help of its friend the singing box.
Just trying to be helpful.
I think you'd like it, Jay. Did you see "Trembling Before G-d"? - A fascinating docu about being gay and Orthodox -- not a desirable combo, to say the least. If you haven't seen it, you should rent it.
I thought Caterina would be more widely known - she was one of "The Entertainers" variety show with Carol Burnette and Dom Deloise. "The Beeze and I" was a major hit here in 1956. I remember it well (a Dan the Man reference!).As I recall, The Entertainers ran for just one summer. Could be wrong.