VERY occasional. Too busy posting political diatribes on Facebook :)
Happy Birthday to occasional DR lechienfou!
DR GINNY I watched a bit of the Michigan vs Ohio State football game on Saturday.....there was a LOT of poor sportsmanship on display....
Here is some info for elmore. That production of Strike Up the Band was done in 1988 at the Pasadena Civic (also played the Music Center and in Orange County) and directed by the ASS known as Gary Davis and the ubiquitous Randy Skinner was choreopraher. It had Bosley, Avery Schreiber, Fay De Witt, Donny Most (as Donald), the Wards, Roxan Parker and Michael Magnusen as the romantics, Bobby Herbeck, with musical direction by the then ubiquitous Steven Smith.
Has anybody heard the score for Waitress? I know KevinH saw the show.
I got the OBC recording from the library recently and gave it three tries before giving up on it. Aural wallpaper but without that much character.
Am I missing something? Other than melody, that is.
Finished with the Villa-Lobos symphonies - so enjoyable. Now listening to Stokowski conducting Debussy's Iberia. While I admire Debussy, for me he's no Ravel.
My sister sent over a recent photo of Mom and Dad.
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We had a recording of Rhapsody in Blue.....it was on RCA, but I do not remember who recorded it. I enjoyed playing it very much.
I also liked "Shall We Dance" a lot - watched it 10 times in one week when I was about 10 years old.....the songs were magic....and about the 4th time I noticed the Gershwin name and connected the dots.....
My two favorite songs will always be:
"They Can't Take that Away From Me" and "They All Laughed".
Although my ALL TIME favorite Astaire/Rogers song and dance will always be "Pic Yourself Up" by Kern & Fields.....
My eyes are a mess. I am now a mild glaucoma patient, which pisses me off, and i am on another medication.
Traffic around Trump Tower was nil, and i was there 30 minutes early, but I'm happier early than late.
Has anybody heard the score for Waitress? I know KevinH saw the show.
I got the OBC recording from the library recently and gave it three tries before giving up on it. Aural wallpaper but without that much character.
Am I missing something? Other than melody, that is.
Had a dream about preparation for a show that I was only superficially involved with; a Dali-ish drooping laptop or iPad that wasn't functioning properly and was also in need of a good cleaning; the laying out of food or snack items; and a female music director friend who had put on about a hundred pounds and shaved her head, but kept putting on an ill-fitting wig. This was all in one dream.
It's good to be awake.
This morning I arrived at the doctor's office 15 minutes early, armed with volume 4 of Proust and the inevitable 90-minute wait. Perhaps because it was a CAT scan, and not a visit to an actual doctor, I didn't even get a chance to sit down. They had me in and out in under 15 minutes.
Fay DeWitt of the Shoestring Revues?
DR Elmore, Wednesday's out for me, but if tomorrow afternoon or Thursday afternoon would work for you, I'd be happy to buy two tickets instead of one.
DR Elmore, Wednesday's out for me, but if tomorrow afternoon or Thursday afternoon would work for you, I'd be happy to buy two tickets instead of one.
I changed my post. Charlotte and I are on for Wednesday at 6:30.
DR Elmore, Wednesday's out for me, but if tomorrow afternoon or Thursday afternoon would work for you, I'd be happy to buy two tickets instead of one.
I changed my post. Charlotte and I are on for Wednesday at 6:30.
Okay, I'll probably still make it tomorrow, so I promise not to give away the ending. :)
DR George, I read that it will go into wider release after NY and LA, but no idea how wide or how soon.
DR Elmore, Wednesday's out for me, but if tomorrow afternoon or Thursday afternoon would work for you, I'd be happy to buy two tickets instead of one.
I changed my post. Charlotte and I are on for Wednesday at 6:30.
Has anybody heard the score for Waitress? I know KevinH saw the show.
I got the OBC recording from the library recently and gave it three tries before giving up on it. Aural wallpaper but without that much character.
Am I missing something? Other than melody, that is.
I enjoyed the recording, but then, my standards aren't too high.
;)
Greetings from Houston's Hobby Airport !
Fay is alive and well and I see her every now and then.
Fay is alive and well and I see her every now and then.
And my long-standing predictions about the new production of Merrily at the Annenberg are already proving true - the Sondheim freaks are posting that it's the BEST, it's BRILLIANT, it WORKS, they WEPT - I want to vomit on the ground from these people. And they of course are saying "this needs to be on B'way! And of course someone like Ken Davenport will probably bring it, as he did with this director's Spring Awakening - and we know how that worked out, not that he cares - not his dough. I especially liked the comment about the BRILLIANT lighting, with lights swinging to and fro and back and forth, and around and around - I am so tired of moving lights that are actually USED as moving lights. I think lighting today, as with sound today, and sets today, is just pathetic compared to the true artists of old. And wait till the LA critics (and I'm guessing the lead critic of the Times) wet themselves to say this is the production that makes the show work. I will be hugely surprised if it doesn't garner across the board raves.
My nephew Trent has suffered from Cystic Fibrosis since childhood. He was not expected to live to age 20.
He is now 30, and today he is scheduled for his double lung transplant - he has been on the list for many years. The surgery was scheduled for 8 a.m., but the lungs didn't make it to the plane.....then 4 p.m......rescheduled again now for 8 p.m. Not sure what is going on.
Not sure how it will turn out....but we shall see.
My nephew Trent has suffered from Cystic Fibrosis since childhood. He was not expected to live to age 20.
He is now 30, and today he is scheduled for his double lung transplant - he has been on the list for many years. The surgery was scheduled for 8 a.m., but the lungs didn't make it to the plane.....then 4 p.m......rescheduled again now for 8 p.m. Not sure what is going on.
Not sure how it will turn out....but we shall see.
My nephew Trent has suffered from Cystic Fibrosis since childhood. He was not expected to live to age 20.
He is now 30, and today he is scheduled for his double lung transplant - he has been on the list for many years. The surgery was scheduled for 8 a.m., but the lungs didn't make it to the plane.....then 4 p.m......rescheduled again now for 8 p.m. Not sure what is going on.
Not sure how it will turn out....but we shall see.
Okay, I'm seeing the 4:30 showing tomorrow, and -- hopefully -- at long last -- I will have made it to the Battery (which is down) and back and have my Senior Metrocard either in hand or in the works.
My nephew Trent has suffered from Cystic Fibrosis since childhood. He was not expected to live to age 20.
He is now 30, and today he is scheduled for his double lung transplant - he has been on the list for many years. The surgery was scheduled for 8 a.m., but the lungs didn't make it to the plane.....then 4 p.m......rescheduled again now for 8 p.m. Not sure what is going on.
Not sure how it will turn out....but we shall see.
My nephew Trent has suffered from Cystic Fibrosis since childhood. He was not expected to live to age 20.
He is now 30, and today he is scheduled for his double lung transplant - he has been on the list for many years. The surgery was scheduled for 8 a.m., but the lungs didn't make it to the plane.....then 4 p.m......rescheduled again now for 8 p.m. Not sure what is going on.
Not sure how it will turn out....but we shall see.
Many vibes for Trent!!!!
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
Five!
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!Five!
Great minds think alike. ;)
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!Five!
Great minds think alike. ;)
And our minds, too. ;)
I'm home and fed and watching TV. :)
I'm home and fed and watching TV. :)
Did you cook the food yourself, George?
Yummy. Sounds good.