I'll be interested in your review of WW.
Good night, George. Enjoy your movie.
Here's a free-for-all question that BK or DR Elmore might be able to answer. I'm also checking with DR Elmore's friend at Music Theatre International, who's a wonderful and helpful source, and I just thought I'd get a jump on it right here.
It appears MTI only licenses I Do! I Do! in a duo-piano version, and I'm going to be MD'ing and playing a small production of that this fall. I've been listening to BK's 1996 cast recording on Varese, and I really like the arrangement, so my hope is that that's exactly what they send out. Anyone know for sure?
I saw a very fine production of MORNING'S AT SEVEN this weekend. It's hard to believe this wonderful play had actually been a failure in it very first production.
Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonder_woman_2017) has it at 93%!
I saw a very fine production of MORNING'S AT SEVEN this weekend. It's hard to believe this wonderful play had actually been a failure in it very first production.
After laundry today, I will continue with the Guys & Dolls vocal score. I've already taken care of DR Charles Smith's comp ticket for the 2:00 show tomorrow, and I've begun pulling things to be packed for the trek.
Here's a free-for-all question that BK or DR Elmore might be able to answer. I'm also checking with DR Elmore's friend at Music Theatre International, who's a wonderful and helpful source, and I just thought I'd get a jump on it right here.
It appears MTI only licenses I Do! I Do! in a duo-piano version, and I'm going to be MD'ing and playing a small production of that this fall. I've been listening to BK's 1996 cast recording on Varese, and I really like the arrangement, so my hope is that that's exactly what they send out. Anyone know for sure?
DR ChasSmith, I honestly don't know for certain, but I would suspect that it is. This version didn't exist until after that revival that BK recorded. At one point, Tom and Harvey asked me about working on the Broadway orchestration to adapt it to go with the book revisions made for that revival. I said yes, but nothing's been mentioned since.
Spent another day dozing in the recliner
Spent another day dozing in the recliner
Good - hope you feel better soon, DR Vixmom!
Picking up on DR Elmore's lovely FANTASTICKS story: In early 1979, he directed a beautiful production of the show here in Middletown and gave me a role perfectly suited to my vocal ability - The Mute. The entire run of the show was a sublime experience and after the last curtain call I wept in El Gallo's arms because I didn't want it to end.
I hope it is not norovirus, Jane, because I'm afraid you will get sick, too.
Feel better vibes for Keith and not-getting-sick vibes for DR Jane!
Spent another day dozing in the recliner
Good - hope you feel better soon, DR Vixmom!
Healthy vibes to Keith and Jane!
Everyone's coming down with something!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Super dooper Mega-Health Vibes to all the DRs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dance wars, that is.
And believe me, they are bloody. My instructor is now not welcome back at the studio we danced under. So, we'll be going elsewhere. Enough drama to fill as the world turns. Might make for a fun libretto.
I told my DR brother Kevin to watch A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN tonight as he had never seen it. He is in for a real treat!!! I think it is such a endearing and heartfelt movie!!!
DR John, just curious.....would you be permitted to return to the studio with a different instructor?
I told my DR brother Kevin to watch A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN tonight as he had never seen it. He is in for a real treat!!! I think it is such a endearing and heartfelt movie!!!
This is one movie I mostly preferred to the novel.
When the Fantastiks opened again in NYC I received an email for discount tickets I hit the link right away and was able to grab 3cfront row seats . Little did I know they were essentially on stage. The Vixter was about 10 or 11 and the actors playing the dads kept interacting with her, singing to get. . Dumping mounds of confetti on her lap, during intermission we bumped into DR Elmore and a friend who were at the same performance. Elmore kindly introduced us to Mr Tom Jones who was playing the old actor.
I don't remember who y0u were with but we were with Former DR William F Orr for some reason Vixdad couldn't comeWhen the Fantastiks opened again in NYC I received an email for discount tickets I hit the link right away and was able to grab 3cfront row seats . Little did I know they were essentially on stage. The Vixter was about 10 or 11 and the actors playing the dads kept interacting with her, singing to get. . Dumping mounds of confetti on her lap, during intermission we bumped into DR Elmore and a friend who were at the same performance. Elmore kindly introduced us to Mr Tom Jones who was playing the old actor.
I remember that! Whom was I with? That I do not remember.
DR John, just curious.....would you be permitted to return to the studio with a different instructor?
Yes, but I won't. I will still work with the studio on other issues, but I'll dance elsewhere. They are still very good friends. And I understand their problems.
I told my DR brother Kevin to watch A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN tonight as he had never seen it. He is in for a real treat!!! I think it is such a endearing and heartfelt movie!!!
This is one movie I mostly preferred to the novel.
I agree. I think Betty Smith was a better storyteller than she was a writer.
Health vibes for Jane and Keith.
DRS, what was the first professional musical you saw?
DRS, What was the first book you read?
The first book I read was LITTLE WOMEN that my Mom recommended!!! I loved it!!! I also love the movie, (all the versions)!!!
First professional musical: either The Sound of Music or Camelot, national tour, Shubert Theatre, Cincinnati, 1962.
First book: can't remember; I was between 3 and 4.
DRS, what was the first professional musical you saw?
The Music Man.
DRS, what was the first professional musical you saw?
The Music Man.
That was mine, too, DR Jane! At Detroit's Riviera Theatre with Forrest Tucker as Harold Hill.
Health vibes for DR JANE & KEITH!
I also remember reading Romeo and Juliet in the second grade.
I also remember reading Romeo and Juliet in the second grade.
:o
Which of the brothers is this?
Has he recovered from his injuries?
I feared this was the rest of the story. How long will he be gone and will you be able to visit him?
I feared this was the rest of the story. How long will he be gone and will you be able to visit him?
The prosecutor is asking for five to eight years.
Has he recovered from his injuries?
No, not completely. His foot is still messed up.
Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonder_woman_2017) has it at 93%!
I am looking forward to seeing this, not today though.
"The Fantasticks" closes today.
In August 1964, I was about to enter my freshman year of college. I was seventeen, working my first summer job, and wondering if I had made the right choice of major. Well, I hadn’t, but that's another tale. I saw in The Cincinnati Enquirer that “The Threepenny Opera” was in production at the Playhouse in the Park. I had been obsessed with the piece since reading an interview with Lotte Lenya in Theatre Arts magazine and playing to death the Bobby Darin recording of “Mack the Knife.” By 1963, I was playing both the 1954 Off-Broadway recording and the complete Columbia recording with Lenya. I had to see it.
I had made friends with several librarians in the children’s dept. of the Middletown Public Library. We had all made one Cincinnati trip of thirty miles to see the original reserved seat showing of the “West Side Story” film, and we made a date for “The Threepenny Opera.” The production was directed by Word Baker, and an announcement in the program stated that in the following week there would be an unscheduled run of “The Fantasticks.” Word Baker, the Playhouse producer, had directed the original production of the Schmidt-Jones musical, and everyone in the Playhouse cast had appeared in the Off-Broadway run of performances. I knew nothing of the piece, but the enthusiastic review in the Enquirer prompted another trip to Cincinnati.
The Fantasticks was a mind-altering experience, and I so fell in love with the score that at intermission I purchased the cast recording. When I got home around midnight, I rushed to the basement, where I maintained my personal space, played the album, and wept profusely over the show’s wisdom, humor, imagination, and beauty. Today, whenever I see a production or listen to a recording, I am seventeen again, waiting for something wonderful.
Feel better vibes for Keith and not-getting-sick vibes for DR Jane!
Back from a strong and fun run-through, our last in the rehearsal space. The first thing I did was fix the problem scene - we cut everything that wasn't working, and then I wrote about four new lines - really simple and very much in the character's vernacular and the writers' style - we ran it and it worked so perfectly that I almost couldn't believe it. We put it in for the run-through and everyone did exactly what they should have always been doing - teared up. Everything else, even if not perfect, tells the story clearly and concisely. And I'm jiggy with that.
Has he recovered from his injuries?
No, not completely. His foot is still messed up.
DRS, what was the first professional musical you saw?
I feared this was the rest of the story. How long will he be gone and will you be able to visit him?
The prosecutor is asking for five to eight years.
:( Is time off for good behavior an option?
DRS, What was the first book you read?
How interesting DR Jr that you ended up getting that role. It must be fun being an actor. I often thought I could be s actor, but alas I never pursued it!!!
One of our Kritzerland singers, a new to us gal and one Doug's been pushing, has just been too hard to communicate with and I sensed a bit of attitude from her e-mails - she just informed me she's not available for one rehearsal day and the stumble-through day - I informed her she was out. Trying to replace her now.
I feared this was the rest of the story. How long will he be gone and will you be able to visit him?
The prosecutor is asking for five to eight years.
:( Is time off for good behavior an option?
I feared this was the rest of the story. How long will he be gone and will you be able to visit him?
The prosecutor is asking for five to eight years.
Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonder_woman_2017) has it at 93%!
I am looking forward to seeing this, not today though.
It was really good. Some twists and surprises. I was not expecting the ending...or the beginning!
Feel better vibes for Keith and not-getting-sick vibes for DR Jane!
~~~SUPER DOUBLE DITTO!!~~~
How interesting DR Jr that you ended up getting that role. It must be fun being an actor. I often thought I could be s actor, but alas I never pursued it!!!
It's never too late, Catherine! Community theater productions need actors of ALL ages!
I feared this was the rest of the story. How long will he be gone and will you be able to visit him?
The prosecutor is asking for five to eight years.
At the time of sentencing is when he will go to prison? Good vibes it is less time.
George, I watched DAMN YANKEES this morning. It is wonderful.
George, I watched DAMN YANKEES this morning. It is wonderful.
Thanks. I guess I need to get it. ;D
George, I watched DAMN YANKEES this morning. It is wonderful.
Thanks. I guess I need to get it. ;D
I can make you a copy.
Would you like a copy?
Would you like a copy?
I would love a copy!