Here I am, high in the sky, on my way home. Late boarding but we still took off right on time. I asked about upgrading to a Mint seat - on most airlines if there are unsold business or first-class seats they always offer an upgrade at a reasonable cost. Not JetBlue - to upgrade would have cost more than if I'd booked at the time of booking. There are five empty seats up there - you'd think they'd rather have some money than no money, but maybe I just got an idiot at the gate.
Travel vibes for BK, who I hope is fast asleep somewhere over the Midwest about now.
I loved Sarah's song from INSIDE OUT (was that the show's title?). I didn't know the songs from TIME AND AGAIN, so Dan could have sung anything and I wouldn't have known. I liked what I heard. I really liked the WHAT IF? performers and i kept wondering how much time you actually had with them.
And the word of the day is: PANIVOROUS!
:)
Pictures!
AND Sandy Bainum was in my mailbox today!
And now, I'm off to have lunch with our very own TCB! I hope the camera works well enough on my phone.
I'll be back. :)
Marni Nixon came---- how swell is that! what an icon ;D
I was so very happy to see all my lovely dear readers this weekend. It's been far too long - seeing elmore was wonderful and ChasSmith and Ginny and her ever-lovin' and Ben (missed Ant), and FJL and Skip and KevinH. I brought Richard Sherman right over to all of them and he enjoyed meeting them all very much. Hope I'm not forgetting anyone, but with one hour of sleep anything is possible.
Dan Callaway went up on a few lyrics at yesterday's first show in Skip's song. It happens in every show and he wasn't the only one. However, at the second show he hit it right out of the park. I'm hoping we got that performance on tape.
So nice to see Gene Castle's beautiful wife, Jane Actman. Liz Larsen was amazing - she's just so much fun and in the second show we even got to do a little comedy concerning her inability to understand how the mic stand went up and down - she kept trying to force it and I kept telling her to squeeze the thing on the stand, and she just couldn't do it, so I got up there and demonstrated and she STILL couldn't do it - hilarious.
In the first show last night, as I mentioned in the notes, many in the audience were of an age and clearly did not have a clew as to what we were about, although in the end I think they had a good time. But there was some kind of negative energy coming from somewhere in the room - everyone in the cast felt it, and that's why a couple of them went up on lyrics. That kind of thing is palpable. I felt it the instant I said my first line.
At one point I got irritated by it, but it resulted in the biggest laugh of that show - and it was completely spontaneous. After Sarah Uriarte Berry sang her song from Light in the Piazza, a completely tuneless thing that makes no musical sense to me on any level with no melody anywhere. She got a nice hand and then I got up and said, "That song would be great for Name That Tune. I can name that tune in 903 notes." Suddenly that quiet crowd was laughing big. I used the same joke in the second show, where it also got a nice laugh. I was very loose in the second show and that audience was loud and wonderful.
I loved Sarah's song from INSIDE OUT (was that the show's title?). I didn't know the songs from TIME AND AGAIN, so Dan could have sung anything and I wouldn't have known. I liked what I heard. I really liked the WHAT IF? performers and i kept wondering how much time you actually had with them.
The What If performers were found for me by choreographer Adam Cates. I sent them all the videos from the LA show and they all got together and learned all the moves and the music, so by the time I got in they already knew everything. At their rehearsal, I gave them some direction and pointers, just simple stuff - they were just great - got what I was saying, took it, ran with it, and voila. I really loved them and so easy to work with. My stuff was all about the little movement laughs within those numbers - just timing things.
DR VIXMOM's photos were wonderful. DR FJL - I thought that was you hiding behind DR KEVINH.
Everyone looked so nice.
The photo of DR VIXMOM and DR ELMORE was especially nice!!!
Leftover pot roast sounds great. Wish I had some right now.
Hope you feel better DR Cillaliz!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks. I've been reading different things on the web. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm having gall bladder issues. The sharp pain was on my right side sort of at the bottom of my rib cage.
vixmom - there are demos for Skip's Time and Again songs, here are some on YouTube:
Link to "Fairy Tale Life" sung by Rebecca Luker & ensemble of 1880's New Yorkers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQJomzIbPZA
Link to "Time and Time Again" - sung by David Carroll & Janie Smulyan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28LS2ztGQo
Link to "Who Would Have Thought It?" sung by Donna Murphy (live recording, from the album In Celebration of Life 1-5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPKgKWi8AM
Link to "Welcome To Our World" - sung by Maggi-Meg Reed and Maureen Silliman & Janie Smulyan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFBRO4uKlU
I was so very happy to see all my lovely dear readers this weekend. It's been far too long - seeing elmore was wonderful and ChasSmith and Ginny and her ever-lovin' and Ben (missed Ant), and FJL and Skip and KevinH. I brought Richard Sherman right over to all of them and he enjoyed meeting them all very much. Hope I'm not forgetting anyone, but with one hour of sleep anything is possible.
The LA Broadway World popularity contest awards are posted - we're up for two - Sandy Bainum for the act we did - Simply. And the Kritzerland concerts. So, could you all go play this game and vote for us - and tell all your friends to vote for us, and their friends. Here's the direct links to our category - all anyone has to do is click on "To vote click here".
http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/liveupdate2014region.cfm?btype=2042®ion=Los%20Angeles#sthash.Go8D7Jeh.dpbs
and the other link
http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/liveupdate2014region.cfm?btype=2052®ion=Los%20Angeles#sthash.qOLvlzA6.dpbs
:)
Pictures!
AND Sandy Bainum was in my mailbox today!
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Kritzerland/Triad-02.jpg)
Let's have a few pictures, shall we?
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Kritzerland/Triad-01.jpg)
Let's have a few pictures, shall we?
"It says ' Bruce Kimmel will be substituting for Guy Haines in this performance'"
Let's have a few pictures, shall we?
"It says ' Bruce Kimmel will be substituting for Guy Haines in this performance'"
Did it really?? That's really funny! (If it didn't, it's still really funny.)
Well, I didn't get a picture of TCB and myself at our lunch together today, but here's Tom as he dropped me off at my work:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/TCBinTumwater_zps3a01949d.jpg)
Glad that all our various DR travelers are home safe and sound.
Glad that all our various DR travelers are home safe and sound.
And for those who were concerned, i made it back to 43rd Street.
In the first show last night, as I mentioned in the notes, many in the audience were of an age and clearly did not have a clew as to what we were about, although in the end I think they had a good time. But there was some kind of negative energy coming from somewhere in the room - everyone in the cast felt it, and that's why a couple of them went up on lyrics. That kind of thing is palpable. I felt it the instant I said my first line.
At one point I got irritated by it, but it resulted in the biggest laugh of that show - and it was completely spontaneous. After Sarah Uriarte Berry sang her song from Light in the Piazza, a completely tuneless thing that makes no musical sense to me on any level with no melody anywhere. She got a nice hand and then I got up and said, "That song would be great for Name That Tune. I can name that tune in 903 notes." Suddenly that quiet crowd was laughing big. I used the same joke in the second show, where it also got a nice laugh. I was very loose in the second show and that audience was loud and wonderful.
Early day at work. I'd rather be home and curled up in the arms of Morpheus.
Glad that all our various DR travelers are home safe and sound.
Hope you feel better DR Cillaliz!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks. I've been reading different things on the web. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm having gall bladder issues. The sharp pain was on my right side sort of at the bottom of my rib cage.
Well, I didn't get a picture of TCB and myself at our lunch together today, but here's Tom as he dropped me off at my work:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/TCBinTumwater_zps3a01949d.jpg)
Travel vibes for BK, who I hope is fast asleep somewhere over the Midwest about now.
Indeed! And VIBES for a great rest-of-the-flight!
(How does anyone get one hour of sleep in the middle of the night -- and not only survive it, but still function and be coherent?)
(My hat is off. And I can say that in all honesty, because I wore a hat last night.)
DR VIXMOM's photos were wonderful. DR FJL - I thought that was you hiding behind DR KEVINH.
Everyone looked so nice.
The photo of DR VIXMOM and DR ELMORE was especially nice!!!
Sorry That I've Been Errant and Truant . I Was Without A Modem For Several Days !
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Kritzerland/Triad-02.jpg)
Richard and I were having a lot more fun than it looks in that photo!
Sami Staitman
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Kritzerland/Triad-09.jpg)
Curtain calls!
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Kritzerland/Triad-19.jpg)
DR VIXMOM's photos were wonderful. DR FJL - I thought that was you hiding behind DR KEVINH.
Everyone looked so nice.
The photo of DR VIXMOM and DR ELMORE was especially nice!!!
I thought that was Elmore and Marni Nixon.
Did anyone else get their CD?
Curtain calls!
is that Lil Abner in the suit?
Early day at work. I'd rather be home and curled up in the arms of Morpheus.
Your bird has arms?
(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Kritzerland/Triad-02.jpg)
What a stunning photo!