Rob Berman's take on The New Yorkers:
http://www.playbill.com/article/how-the-encores-music-director-pieced-the-new-yorkers-back-together
Rob Berman's take on The New Yorkers:
http://www.playbill.com/article/how-the-encores-music-director-pieced-the-new-yorkers-back-together
Rob Berman's take on The New Yorkers:
http://www.playbill.com/article/how-the-encores-music-director-pieced-the-new-yorkers-back-together
You just keep whetting my appetite for this show! Counting the days!
Travel vibes to HHW-ers who are about to travel!
My choices for Vocal Director are somewhere who is very good, but who cannot be there a lot OR someone who is good and can be there - but who I don't like much.......
My problem with someone who can't be there, is that I get in the middle of blocking a song or choreography - and some dumb ass can't remember what he is supposed to sing or TWO people think two different things about what is supposed to be sung......I am not savvy enough about music to know who might be right....and if the Vocal Director isn't there....the train grounds to a stop.....
Oh, man, my head is about to explode. I picked up a package, a little flat 9x12 envelope containing two little theater programs from that theater in San Diego where I saw The Most Happy Fella - it had been "opened for inspection" by the USPS. So, I wanted to find out in what universe they thought it was okay to open a privately mailed package mailed IN CA TO CA. I spent twenty minutes with their automated system and I was ready to just go down to the post office and start screaming. You literally could not even get an option to speak to someone - customer service, agent, nothing worked. I finally started screaming into the phone and something I said finally got the connection to customer service after which I was told it would be an hour on hold. I hung up, called the local branch and got a person on the phone right away. She said if it's media mail they have the right to inspect and they do it because these eBay jerks and others abuse it all the time, or try. I said I wasn't sure what could be in a completely flat large padded envelope that could be abuse - certainly not an explosive device - she said something about letters - how can you have a media mail package with 2.83 postage that contain letters - how is that abusing and how would the sender save money doing it? I looked up what you can send and while it's limited it does cover a lot of stuff. I was furious but just got off the phone. Add to that all these cretins doing all this home building work, including now my next door neighbor who has clearly been doing something in his house - these idiots are literally taking every parking space within two blocks and I have HAD it, and that's my next call because certainly people who LIVE in these locations must have some rights.
Yesterday I went to my younger niece's swim meet. She just joined the swim team this year (like her big sis). She did so well. She is only 7 but has to swim with/against 8 year olds (which is a big difference at that age). She came in 4th in all 3 of her races. She was such a champ. Her expertise is the backstroke. She took 6 seconds off her 50m time. And she even did the flip turn perfectly. It was so exciting to see her succeed. The semi finals are the end of April. Looking forward to it.
I'm havign balance issues. I lost it and fell down the stairs from the stage to auditorium, so I was cautiously taking my riume at the end of rehearsal to get back up them. I scared our leading man Tam Mutu, and he ran up to offer me his hand, which was really kind of him. Joshie also saw the situation and came to my rescue as well. Tomorrow I qwill be more careful.
Yesterday I went to my younger niece's swim meet. She just joined the swim team this year (like her big sis). She did so well. She is only 7 but has to swim with/against 8 year olds (which is a big difference at that age). She came in 4th in all 3 of her races. She was such a champ. Her expertise is the backstroke. She took 6 seconds off her 50m time. And she even did the flip turn perfectly. It was so exciting to see her succeed. The semi finals are the end of April. Looking forward to it.
I think a lot of people are going to like the absurdity and silliness of this show, but there will be some who foolishly will find it old-fashioned, stupid, and not what they think a serious musical should be. As I said to John Rando the director today, there was a time when the genre was musical comedy.
DR elmore thank goodness you did not break anything!
One of my favorite films of Buster Keaton's I saw as a child was a short film he made for The National Film Board of Canada called THE RAILRODDER. A 24 minute film as he rides across Canada on a mini train (best i can call it)
https://youtu.be/xYmcN12M97o (https://youtu.be/xYmcN12M97o)
I am home from podiatrist and City Center. The tech rehearsal went very well, and Joshie and I are happy with the several cues from Saturday's work session. At the end of rehearsal we heard the Bows and Exit Music as well.
The sound still needs more adjustment but it was sounding rather good today, and I hear it's even better in the balcony.
I'm havign balance issues. I lost it and fell down the stairs from the stage to auditorium, so I was cautiously taking my riume at the end of rehearsal to get back up them. I scared our leading man Tam Mutu, and he ran up to offer me his hand, which was really kind of him. Joshie also saw the situation and came to my rescue as well. Tomorrow I qwill be more careful.
Yesterday I went to my younger niece's swim meet. She just joined the swim team this year (like her big sis). She did so well. She is only 7 but has to swim with/against 8 year olds (which is a big difference at that age). She came in 4th in all 3 of her races. She was such a champ. Her expertise is the backstroke. She took 6 seconds off her 50m time. And she even did the flip turn perfectly. It was so exciting to see her succeed. The semi finals are the end of April. Looking forward to it.
Congrats to your younger niece, Jennifer!
Yesterday I went to my younger niece's swim meet. She just joined the swim team this year (like her big sis). She did so well. She is only 7 but has to swim with/against 8 year olds (which is a big difference at that age). She came in 4th in all 3 of her races. She was such a champ. Her expertise is the backstroke. She took 6 seconds off her 50m time. And she even did the flip turn perfectly. It was so exciting to see her succeed. The semi finals are the end of April. Looking forward to it.
Another swimmer in the family, congratulations.
John G - Had you possibly gotten an email from City Center which contained all the info?
I can't find my ticket for Saturday. I have the confirmation number. I hope the box office accepts that.
I can't find my ticket for Saturday. I have the confirmation number. I hope the box office accepts that.
I wonder how George's first rehearsal is going.
Would that be Jim Patrick?
Would that be Jim Patrick?
That would be! Do you know him?
I'm havign balance issues. I lost it and fell down the stairs from the stage to auditorium, so I was cautiously taking my riume at the end of rehearsal to get back up them. I scared our leading man Tam Mutu, and he ran up to offer me his hand, which was really kind of him. Joshie also saw the situation and came to my rescue as well. Tomorrow I qwill be more careful.