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Title: DIAL 'S' FOR A SPLENDIDLY SPLENDID OPENING NIGHT
Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:47:45 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes dialed 'S', and now it is time for you to post until the splendidly splendid cows come home.
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:48:27 AM
And the word of the day is: SERICEOUS!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 12:53:54 AM
First post after BK!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 01:11:48 AM
Last night was performance night at the national AACT convention in Minnesota.  It should have been us.
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Post by: George on July 01, 2017, 01:18:47 AM
Last night was performance night at the national AACT convention in Minnesota.  It should have been us.

You was robbed! >:(
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 01:19:57 AM
Last night was performance night at the national AACT convention in Minnesota.  It should have been us.

You was robbed! >:(


Thank you.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 01:31:35 AM
Good day, George.
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Post by: George on July 01, 2017, 01:34:47 AM
Good day, George.

And to you, Tom.
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Post by: George on July 01, 2017, 01:37:31 AM
Today, I need to print some more programs for tonight's final performance of 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, then I have to help my sister move (it's definitely a multi-day process so it won't all happen today), then I'm house managing (selling tickets and concessions, giving the curtain speech) for tonight's 5LEaQ.  They're having a cast party afterward, so I'll probably go for a bit, then I'll come home and go to sleep.
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Post by: George on July 01, 2017, 01:37:56 AM
But first...SLEEP! 8)

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 04:10:28 AM
First on the east coast?
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 04:10:39 AM
God day one and all
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 04:11:13 AM
I hope TCB is not a vampire now after his run in with Bela
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 04:11:50 AM
Glad to hear Daial M went so well but shocking news about the missing purse
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 01, 2017, 04:29:16 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 01, 2017, 04:30:42 AM
Glad to hear Daial M went so well but shocking news about the missing purse

EXACTLY. 

I would ask if that theater has a ghost, but theater ghosts don't swap or replace things, they just take them.
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 04:54:38 AM
I've only slept a about two-and-a-half hours - I laid off the Ny-Quil because I had to be up early, but I probably should have taken it.  I've also had so much sleep this week that maybe it was too much and this is the result.  I'll try to get another couple of hours and then I'll try to perhaps snooze during the day.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 05:33:38 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 05:34:38 AM
I dreamed I was working at Goodspeed and Betty Buckley was starring in the musical, Oy!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 05:38:13 AM
DR TCB, Judi Dench was once cast as Regan in a production of King Lear.  After the play opened, she asked to be replaced because she disliked the character so much.  I can understand your not wanting to be in Misery.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 05:39:35 AM
This Capture Data insanity is still running.  I am ready to close it down.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 05:40:47 AM
It's going to be a humid day.  I will run a few errands before the day gets wet.
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Post by: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:00:18 AM
Good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:02:53 AM
TOD

I attended the opening night performance of Sunday In The Park With George on Broadway with tickets supplied by its unknonwn, at the time, composer. :-)
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Post by: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:03:18 AM
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19424146_10203299315359399_6980031838394727192_n.jpg?oh=df621bf91d7307f2e0fecd2a4a175932&oe=59C39532)
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Post by: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:05:07 AM
Canada's journey to 150. Narrated by Mike Myers

https://youtu.be/6pbQbLYx2do (https://youtu.be/6pbQbLYx2do)
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Post by: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:06:27 AM
And one more: Canada 150 Song #We're Canadian🇨🇦

https://youtu.be/YMiFeu91Dms (https://youtu.be/YMiFeu91Dms)
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Post by: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:33:59 AM
I recently finished a new play and in talks right now for a production in Fort Lauderdale. Here is some info:

Heroes: Fighting in the AIDS Trenches is the umbrealla title for two one act plays. "Ruth: The Cemetery Angel" and "Vito: Standing On His Shoulders". The plays are monlogues about two extraodinary people who fought the AIDS Crisis during the 80's in the own unique ways.

"Ruth: The Cemetery Angel" tells the story of Ruth Coker Burks who gave a home and eventually a final resting place in her family's cemetery to dozens of young men who would have died alone when their families rejected them.

"Vito: Standing On His Shoulders" is about Vito Russo who was the author of the seminal book, "The Celluloid Closet" about how homosexuals were depicted in Hollywood movies. More importantly, however, he was a gay and AIDS activist and a founding member of GLAAD and ACT UP. His friends included Larry Kramer, Bette Midler, and Lily Tomlin. He was a featured participant in the Academy Award winning documentary: "Common Threads: Tales From the Quilt".
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 01, 2017, 07:00:54 AM
Much success for DR MICHAEL and his new play!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 01, 2017, 07:02:26 AM
Good news from MR BK on his successful opening night!

It has been my experience, that missing items turn up just setting on a table or a box.....as mysteriously as they disappeared......
Title: Re: DIAL 'S' FOR A SPLENDIDLY SPLENDID OPENING NIGHT
Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 07:04:33 AM
Back from errands.  This morning I need to finish "Curse Those Pirates!" and proceed to another number.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 07:05:38 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Continued Mega-Health Vibes to our DR JRand66!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 07:23:48 AM
I hope TCB is not a vampire now after his run in with Bela
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 07:25:43 AM
Last night was performance night at the national AACT convention in Minnesota.  It should have been us.

You was robbed! >:(

It sounded like it.  >:(
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 07:33:25 AM
Much success for DR MICHAEL and his new play!


DITTO!
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 07:36:25 AM
Yesterday was also a lovely one for us.  I went for my first swim of the season.  I won't go over the long holiday weekend as I expect the pool will be busy.  Yesterday morning I had it to myself :)
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Post by: FJL on July 01, 2017, 07:44:46 AM
Wishing Michael the best of luck on the new play!
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Post by: FJL on July 01, 2017, 07:45:14 AM
BK - glad opening went so well.
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 08:11:31 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 08:12:58 AM
Sandra was telling me the retelling of the henweigh joke. I was laughing so hard. It is way funnier than the joke.
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 08:13:21 AM
Up again - I don't know, maybe four or a bit more hours of sleep.  I'll try to catch up when I get home.
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 08:13:57 AM
I have nothing planned today. So I am finishing up the cleaning and putting away of the crawdad stuff.
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 08:15:22 AM
My fitbit tells me I slept 5 hours and 11 minutes last night. A good night's sleep.
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Post by: Ginny on July 01, 2017, 08:29:06 AM
Saturday morning greetings!  Fr. Richard is the substitute priest at Dayton's Christ Our Hope this weekend, so he has to do a 5pm service today and a morning service tomorrow.  My plan is to go with him tomorrow, unless my stomach feels then like it did this morning  :P
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 08:51:46 AM
(http://dekhnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Happy-Canada-Day-Images-6.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 01, 2017, 09:11:10 AM
Thank you DR ELMORE.

DR JANE I am feeling good today.....no chemo/radiation until Monday.  Nice weather, too......
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 09:15:55 AM
I'll be back in about three hours.
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 09:27:40 AM
Good afternoon, all.
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 09:28:05 AM
Much success with the play, DR Michael.
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 09:33:49 AM
TOD:

I saw a production of Stepping Out at the Berkshire Theater Festival that Marge Champion directed. I had an extra ticket, which the box office gave to Ron Rifkin. Helen Hayes was there, as was Marge and a couple of others I met because I was sitting on the aisle next to Rifkin.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 09:36:41 AM
Thank you DR ELMORE.

DR JANE I am feeling good today.....no chemo/radiation until Monday.  Nice weather, too......

Wonderful.  Enjoy your weekend.
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Post by: Catherine on July 01, 2017, 10:48:16 AM
Good day all!!!

TOD

when I saw Glen Campbell at a local college university a few years ago!! He was still pretty good.  We had 2nd row seats!!!  Quite memorial night, very bittersweet!!!
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:31:15 PM
Back from poached eggs on toast and some fruit.  Did my banking (huge line), did some errands and whatnot, and I'm home until I leave for dinner.
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:32:15 PM
You know I've told my Robert Weede Most Happy Fella story many times here and elsewhere - you want to see why it was the greatest performance I've ever seen and remains so to this day?  Watch.  Love.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFtTVaJsPk
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:51:29 PM
Our first review is out: http://www.stagescenela.com/2017/07/dial-m-for-murder/

It's a WOW.  I disagree with his only caveat, as I like that actor's performance - he's right about the age difference, though, but I had to use a company member and he was the only choice - but his performance is wonderful and, as the critic writes, weird, which is what I like about it.  I really do think the caveat is the age, though, if I'm reading that part right.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 01, 2017, 12:53:20 PM
You know I've told my Robert Weede Most Happy Fella story many times here and elsewhere - you want to see why it was the greatest performance I've ever seen and remains so to this day?  Watch.  Love.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFtTVaJsPk

Oh my god.  Electrifying.
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 01:07:56 PM
Jane, a taste of paradise remembered:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eater.com/platform/amp/2017/7/1/15906010/recipe-portuguese-custard-tarts-pasteis-de-nata
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 01, 2017, 02:27:16 PM
Nice review!
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 03:58:20 PM
Back from errands.  This morning I need to finish "Curse Those Pirates!" and proceed to another number.

It sounds like a good tap dance number.
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 03:59:24 PM
I'm so glad you are feeling well, JRand. I hope you stay this way through the whole course of treatment.
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Post by: Laura on July 01, 2017, 04:01:44 PM
Very nice review, BK.
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 05:20:42 PM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 05:20:59 PM
Page three? Really?
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 05:21:30 PM
Mom is baking cookies.
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Post by: bk on July 01, 2017, 05:44:18 PM
I shall now be on my way to sup, then to see our show.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 01, 2017, 06:46:53 PM
Thank you DR LAURA.....that is the plan.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 07:11:55 PM
Jane, a taste of paradise remembered:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eater.com/platform/amp/2017/7/1/15906010/recipe-portuguese-custard-tarts-pasteis-de-nata

Oh my.  Let me know if you make them.
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 07:21:05 PM
Continued feeling well vibes for JRand
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 07:22:11 PM
Very nice review BK, especially the praise for direction
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 07:23:53 PM
Day spent in chores with a little pampering aroun 3:30 when I treated myself to a mani/pedi
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Post by: vixmom on July 01, 2017, 07:27:14 PM
Totally lo cal dinner of ribs and chili
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 07:59:53 PM
Just watched Meet Me in St. Louis on the local PBS. No fundraising breaks, no breaks at all. Gorgeous.
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Post by: John G. on July 01, 2017, 08:00:11 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 09:06:16 PM
We had a fun busy day with friends.  I especially enjoyed our hike.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:13:55 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:14:29 PM
Page three?  Are you serious?
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:15:53 PM
Where is everyone?
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:16:22 PM
You would think it was a four-day holiday weekend.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:17:03 PM
😄
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:18:00 PM
I haven't read today and need to do so.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:18:00 PM
I have only a boring day to discuss.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:18:29 PM
Sorry your day was boring.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:18:49 PM
I spent the first part of the day writing e-mails to distant friends.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:18:51 PM
Have a fun one tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:19:19 PM
Well, maybe out of touch is a better term than distant.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:20:03 PM
Emails are good.  I only managed to get one written today.  I have responses to people to write tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:20:19 PM
Then it was time to go grocery shopping.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:20:59 PM
Mostly it was shopping for Nicky.  Cat food for his dinner.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:21:27 PM
Oh, and more importantly (to him) his cat cookies.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:21:54 PM
God forbid I should run out of those.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:22:38 PM
Page four
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:23:09 PM
Page four?  Seriously?
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:24:30 PM
And I did buy some M & M's for myself.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:25:05 PM
Then since I bought nothing for dinner, I went in search of food.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:26:11 PM
God forbid ;D
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:26:42 PM
I stopped at Ben Dew's.  It is a great dining spot (coffee shop) for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:27:30 PM
I went for the chili and cheese and onion omelet.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:27:49 PM
It was very good and very filling.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:29:33 PM
I probably won't need to order another one for a year or so.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:31:14 PM
When I got home, I wasn't really in the mood for a movie, so I watched videos on You Tube.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:32:24 PM
I watched several of my usual standards..... Collabro, THE BOY FROM OZ, Liza singing NY,NY.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:35:42 PM
Then I went on a "Judy" kick watching a lot of great numbers, a lot of them from THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:37:44 PM
I saw one clip with a young Judy and Fanny Brice, as Baby Snooks doing a number called "Why, Because."


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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:38:03 PM
It was cute.  Once.
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Post by: Jane on July 01, 2017, 10:45:38 PM
;D
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:46:22 PM
I watched, "By Myself" which was cut from THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW because it was deemed too dark.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:47:27 PM
It is hard to imagine that she was only 47 years old when she died.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:48:55 PM
I, also, didn't know that her body had been moved from New York to Los Angeles.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:53:48 PM
She is now interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 10:59:20 PM
It took Liza 48 years to decide to move her mother's remains?
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:00:30 PM
It is a beautiful crypt.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:01:03 PM
I watched a You Tube video tour of that.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:01:27 PM
Then it was time for a nap.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:03:38 PM
Continued health vibes to DR Jrand!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:07:02 PM
Tomorrow morning it is back to the book.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:07:18 PM
And then a nap.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:08:41 PM
Actually, that is the plan for Monday, as well.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:09:45 PM
I also need to go in search of some good potato salad.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:10:27 PM
Maybe I will pick up some hot dogs and buns.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:10:40 PM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:10:59 PM
Page 5
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:11:30 PM
And perhaps some pork and beans.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:11:52 PM
Hello, 5 Guests!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:13:03 PM
Are you enjoying watching me flounder for over a page and a half?
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:14:44 PM
Interesting news story.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:15:39 PM
Crooks are stealing identities by filling out a simple change of address to a P.O. Box.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:16:12 PM
Watch for missing bills.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:17:10 PM
I need to switch computers.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:17:35 PM
Not that anyone will notice I am gone.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:18:09 PM
Wow!  All five guests left the board!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:44:48 PM
Listening to Mary Martin in HELLO, DOLLY!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:45:26 PM
I wish I could have seen her in that show.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:46:48 PM
The show came to Seattle.  My mother saw the show.  I did not!
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:50:39 PM
DR TCB, Judi Dench was once cast as Regan in a production of King Lear.  After the play opened, she asked to be replaced because she disliked the character so much.  I can understand your not wanting to be in Misery.


Thank you.  I am glad someone understands.
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Post by: George on July 01, 2017, 11:54:34 PM
Today, I need to print some more programs for tonight's final performance of 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, then I have to help my sister move (it's definitely a multi-day process so it won't all happen today), then I'm house managing (selling tickets and concessions, giving the curtain speech) for tonight's 5LEaQ.  They're having a cast party afterward, so I'll probably go for a bit, then I'll come home and go to sleep.

And that was my day...mostly.  I did print more programs, then went to Costco to get some water to sell at the show, then went to the house that my sister and niece are moving into and installed new toilet seats, then went home for a short nap, then went to the show and sold concessions and gave the curtain speech and watched the show.  It was still funny, and we again had an almost sold out house.  We added chairs but not all the extra chairs sold.
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Post by: TCB on July 01, 2017, 11:54:47 PM
She probably went with my aunt and her "roommate."
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Post by: George on July 01, 2017, 11:55:42 PM
After the show, I didn't go to the cast party, however.  My friend Margo (who came to see the show) and I went to Red Robin for a late dinner (I bought RR gift cards at Costco for myself at a 20% discount!).  Then I came home and am watching selected segments of late night talk shows that I recorded over the last several days.

Whew!
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Post by: TCB on July 02, 2017, 12:00:43 AM
I am thirty posts away from a mini-milestone.
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:01:32 AM
I recently finished a new play and in talks right now for a production in Fort Lauderdale. Here is some info:

Heroes: Fighting in the AIDS Trenches is the umbrealla title for two one act plays. "Ruth: The Cemetery Angel" and "Vito: Standing On His Shoulders". The plays are monlogues about two extraodinary people who fought the AIDS Crisis during the 80's in the own unique ways.

"Ruth: The Cemetery Angel" tells the story of Ruth Coker Burks who gave a home and eventually a final resting place in her family's cemetery to dozens of young men who would have died alone when their families rejected them.

"Vito: Standing On His Shoulders" is about Vito Russo who was the author of the seminal book, "The Celluloid Closet" about how homosexuals were depicted in Hollywood movies. More importantly, however, he was a gay and AIDS activist and a founding member of GLAAD and ACT UP. His friends included Larry Kramer, Bette Midler, and Lily Tomlin. He was a featured participant in the Academy Award winning documentary: "Common Threads: Tales From the Quilt".

Sounds great, Michael!  Good luck!
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:01:56 AM
I am thirty posts away from a mini-milestone.

PPUUSSHH!!!!
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:06:30 AM
My fitbit tells me I slept 5 hours and 11 minutes last night. A good night's sleep.

That's pretty much a good night for me too, anymore.

:P
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:07:57 AM
Saturday morning greetings!  Fr. Richard is the substitute priest at Dayton's Christ Our Hope this weekend, so he has to do a 5pm service today and a morning service tomorrow.  My plan is to go with him tomorrow, unless my stomach feels then like it did this morning  :P

~~~Stay Well Vibes for Ginny!!~~~
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Post by: TCB on July 02, 2017, 12:10:33 AM
THE ADDAMS FAMILY won Outstanding Production at Nationals, as well as about six other awards, including Best Ensemble.
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Post by: TCB on July 02, 2017, 12:11:27 AM
Michael your new plays sound very exciting.
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:14:05 AM
You know I've told my Robert Weede Most Happy Fella story many times here and elsewhere - you want to see why it was the greatest performance I've ever seen and remains so to this day?  Watch.  Love.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFtTVaJsPk

This was great!  I don't think that I had ever seen any video of him singing anything from the show.
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:18:26 AM
Our first review is out: http://www.stagescenela.com/2017/07/dial-m-for-murder/

It's a WOW.  I disagree with his only caveat, as I like that actor's performance - he's right about the age difference, though, but I had to use a company member and he was the only choice - but his performance is wonderful and, as the critic writes, weird, which is what I like about it.  I really do think the caveat is the age, though, if I'm reading that part right.

Congrats BK, and to the cast!
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:22:45 AM
I stopped at Ben Dew's.  It is a great dining spot (coffee shop) for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Never heard of it...not surprising, though.

;)
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:23:14 AM
I went for the chili and cheese and onion omelet.

That sounds good!
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:24:07 AM
It is hard to imagine that she was only 47 years old when she died.

I know. :-\
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Post by: George on July 02, 2017, 12:24:32 AM
I, also, didn't know that her body had been moved from New York to Los Angeles.

I had heard about that.  It was quite recent.