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Title: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 13, 2025, 12:41:46 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a sense of the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the sense of the cows cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 13, 2025, 12:42:41 AM
And the word of the day is: MULTIFARIOUS!
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 12:49:28 AM
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 03:51:08 AM
Good morning
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 03:51:52 AM
I remember loving the set for the original production of LaCage Aux Folles
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 03:55:00 AM
There was a moment when it starts with Albon sitting in his dressing room at the back of the stage a small room way in the back and as he sings his song the room gradually moves forward and widens until the entire stage was his dressing room , they achieved a movie style closeup on stage and I still think about it, and I saw that in ’87
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 04:51:22 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 04:53:11 AM
Another double header here.

Band rehearsal for one show early afternoon, and a performance of another this evening.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 04:58:30 AM
Observations from last night's preview performance:

Apparently this isn't that place where they teach the kids that when your mic goes out mid-scene, you don't just keep talking - and then singing your solo - in your normal voice.

It also apparently isn't that place where they enforce no talking backstage while wearing mics, even if the feed isn't going out to the audience, so that the other crew and the orchestra monitor don't pick up your chatting about how it's okay to talk because it isn't being heard by the audience.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:07:42 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:09:59 AM
I could not get up this morning. The alarm rang at 5:15, and I went back to bed. When I decided to get up, it was 7:00, an d I'm ready to go back to bed. Of course, I blame the time change and the stress-anxiety provoked by the Fat Orange Felon in the White House.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:13:16 AM
Annabelee refused to eat this morning, preferring instead to lie on the teacart and flirt wth me. She left it for a moment, and Thatch decided to try it out. He seemed very happy lying next to me, and then Princess Annabelle returned to drive him off and reclaim her spot. As soon as she saw he was gone, she sneezed all over me and ab andoned the cart. What a bitch she can be.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:14:20 AM
I may go back to bed. We'll see how I feel after kitty cleanup.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:15:36 AM
DR John G, I wasn't aware of a new film of The Count of Monte Cristo, and now I want to see it.
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 05:34:39 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  Remember me?  I have no reason - good or bad - for being absent, other than being in a funk. 
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 05:36:37 AM
Catching up on the posts, I’m so sorry to hear that DR Iris’s treatment has not gone smoothly.  Sending my best vibes!
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 05:39:56 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 05:41:16 AM
I read Trixie Belden mysteries when everyone else was reading Nancy Drew.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 05:47:28 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

Wow. Half a century. And "...Forum". At dinner theeder!

And dinner for breakfast sounds just fine to the likes of moi.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 05:52:44 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 05:53:07 AM
We're supposed to get more rain this afternoon.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:55:36 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

1975? Really? Another life.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 05:57:06 AM
Half a century, DR Elmore.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 05:57:29 AM
I forgot to mention that two nights ago, I started watching on Amazon Prime The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. It's so good!
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 05:58:54 AM
I forgot to mention that two nights ago, I started watching on Amazon Prime The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. It's so good!

I had started watching it way back when, and I didn't stick with it. Not because I didn't like it, it just fell off my radar. Thank you for the reminder.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 06:05:50 AM
Half a century, DR Elmore.

Lot of water under that bridge.
Our Pseudolus in that production, Ritch Brinkley, ended up in a semi-regular role on Murphy Brown.
Our Hero, Andy Farrell, danced on Broadway in the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, went on to assist Agnes deMille, and then vbecame a novelist.
Jim Roman (Hysterium) now lives in Los Angeles; he's a Breoadway investor whose big hit was Come from Away.
Michael Hayward-Jones (Marcus Lycus) and I did several shows together, stayed frfiends until his tragic death from cancer two or three years ago; he was a dera friend.
I used to see Smitty (Senex) often in the Drama Book Shop.
I had been in Pirates of Penzance with our Gymnasia, who retired about ten years ago as an English teacher-high school director.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:22:56 AM
What fun, DR elmore3003!
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:23:14 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:23:21 AM
And others.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:23:52 AM
I was awake in the middle of the night after a bathroom break for about an hour and a half.     >:(
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:24:08 AM
What a lovely way to start PAGE TWO
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 06:33:48 AM
I didn’t know you taught at Shippensburg, Larry! I spent a week there one night.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 06:34:30 AM
What a successful cast!
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 06:35:32 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 06:40:47 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

Wow. Half a century. And "...Forum". At dinner theeder!

And dinner for breakfast sounds just fine to the likes of moi.

I think it’s quite miraculous that they’re still in business.  Richard went several times with school field trips when he was teaching, but I only remember one other visit.  In the early ‘80’s we went to see “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.”
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 06:41:33 AM
Actors Theatre of Louisville had an amazing set designer. So the productions I saw as a kid were always a joy and full of surprises. Morning’s at Seven looked like two homes and had touches such as running water in the kitchen sinks. The Play’s the Thing was an art deco scene of sleekness and minimalism. One year, A Christmas Carol was a storybook that opened with the characters appearing from off the pages. They really spoiled me because budgets snd imaginations don’t seem to be all that in regional productions anymore.
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 06:41:49 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

1975? Really? Another life.

You can say that again! 
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 06:44:40 AM
On Broadway, Into the Woods had a playful set design that had pop-out doors, like an Advent calendar, for, say, the spirit of Cinderella’s mother.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 06:46:43 AM
The original Sunday in the Park with George had spectacular design.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:50:51 AM
Observations from last night's preview performance:

Apparently this isn't that place where they teach the kids that when your mic goes out mid-scene, you don't just keep talking - and then singing your solo - in your normal voice.

It also apparently isn't that place where they enforce no talking backstage while wearing mics, even if the feed isn't going out to the audience, so that the other crew and the orchestra monitor don't pick up your chatting about how it's okay to talk because it isn't being heard by the audience.


Yikes!

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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 06:52:13 AM
I forgot to mention that two nights ago, I started watching on Amazon Prime The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. It's so good!

I loved that series!
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:53:23 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  Remember me?  I have no reason - good or bad - for being absent, other than being in a funk. 


Sending you anti-funk vibes, Ginny!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 06:58:03 AM
Vibes for DR GINNY!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 06:58:14 AM
Nice page DR ELMORE!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 06:58:33 AM
I shall have to think about the TOD.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 06:59:21 AM
Today my cousin is bringing me all of the pictures that my late aunt had - including the ones that belonged to my grandmother that my aunt would not share with anyone.

Hopefully she won't stay TOO LONG.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 06:59:30 AM
LOL DR RODZINSKI.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 07:00:43 AM
DR CHAS SMITH - sometimes when I am wearing a headset that is heard by all of the crew.....I now and then say:  "Sir, this is a Wendy's."
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 07:00:57 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  Remember me?  I have no reason - good or bad - for being absent, other than being in a funk. 


Sending you anti-funk vibes, Ginny!

Thanks, DR Freddie!  Today should help…
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 07:02:03 AM
TOD:  A real favorite on a non-high-tech level - For BELLE OF AMHERST at Two River Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey, the set of Emily Dickinson's home looked so welcoming and comfortable, that (if there had been actual running water/plumbing) you could imagine wanting to move into it. 



 
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 07:03:43 AM
Vibes for DR GINNY!

Thanks, DR JRand!  I just think the past several years finally caught up with me.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 07:05:38 AM
Today my cousin is bringing me all of the pictures that my late aunt had - including the ones that belonged to my grandmother that my aunt would not share with anyone.

Hopefully she won't stay TOO LONG.


Any chance of there being something juicy or scandalous among the photos?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 07:19:26 AM
I didn’t know you taught at Shippensburg, Larry! I spent a week there one night.

That remains the most humiliating dabacle of my life. I never refer to it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 07:20:33 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

Wow. Half a century. And "...Forum". At dinner theeder!

And dinner for breakfast sounds just fine to the likes of moi.

I think it’s quite miraculous that they’re still in business.  Richard went several times with school field trips when he was teaching, but I only remember one other visit.  In the early ‘80’s we went to see “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.”

You didn't go with a group of us to see "Fiddler on the Roof"?
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 07:23:28 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

Wow. Half a century. And "...Forum". At dinner theeder!

And dinner for breakfast sounds just fine to the likes of moi.

I think it’s quite miraculous that they’re still in business.  Richard went several times with school field trips when he was teaching, but I only remember one other visit.  In the early ‘80’s we went to see “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.”

You didn't go with a group of us to see "Fiddler on the Roof"?

I don’t think so…
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 13, 2025, 07:29:04 AM
I didn’t know you taught at Shippensburg, Larry! I spent a week there one night.

LOL
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 07:30:19 AM
The original Sunday in the Park with George had spectacular design.

That show had a lovely imaginative and humorous set. Ones I've really liked:
Oliver Smith: Camelot, visually stunning; is the art of the painted drop a thing of the past?
Oliver Smith: Hello, Dolly!
Raoul Péne duBois: No No Nanette: three stunning 1950s settings
Boris Aronson: Follies; no one's gotten close to it since then
Boris Aronson: A Little Night Music
Tony Walton: Pippin, an amazing mix of commedia dell'arte, macrame, and Romanesque art
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 07:33:43 AM
Yup DR GINNY it can do that.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 07:34:07 AM
One table and the bookcase are left across the street.

No DR RODZINSKI the house has not sold.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 08:02:22 AM
UPDATE:

I do NOT have to schlep to almost-Yonkers to play Into the Woods. That was a last-minute substitution and their original person, who'd been dealing with an emergency, can do it.

It's actually a bit of a relief getting next week back, even though I now don't get to break my 3-Shows-in-March record. (March is the most likely month for setting musical theeder records.)
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 08:44:43 AM
Good news for your fingers, Chas!
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Post by: MichaelG on March 13, 2025, 09:01:49 AM
The original Sunday in the Park with George had spectacular design.

That was one of the first to come to my mind too. I didn't see it on Broadway, just the video, but it still made a huge impression.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:22:13 AM
Observations from last night's preview performance:

Apparently this isn't that place where they teach the kids that when your mic goes out mid-scene, you don't just keep talking - and then singing your solo - in your normal voice.

It also apparently isn't that place where they enforce no talking backstage while wearing mics, even if the feed isn't going out to the audience, so that the other crew and the orchestra monitor don't pick up your chatting about how it's okay to talk because it isn't being heard by the audience.

 :o
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:23:26 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  Remember me?  I have no reason - good or bad - for being absent, other than being in a funk. 

I hope you are out of your funk now.  It is hard not to be in one these days.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:24:06 AM
On one of our early dates in 1975 Richard took me to the then-new La Comedia Dinner Theatre to see DR Elmore in “…Forum.”  They’re now celebrating their 50th anniversary and we’re going today to see “Jersey Boys.”  It’s a matinee, so we’ll be having dinner for breakfast.

Enjoy your day.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:25:05 AM
I read Trixie Belden mysteries when everyone else was reading Nancy Drew.

Maybe I would have liked those more if I had known about them.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:25:25 AM
We're supposed to get more rain this afternoon.

Fingers crossed.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:29:08 AM
I was awake in the middle of the night after a bathroom break for about an hour and a half.     >:(

I did that on Tuesday night though I was then awake from 2:00 until about 6:30 when I finally slept until 8:30.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 09:29:16 AM
The bookcase is gone.

One lonely table remains.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 09:29:34 AM
It's a nice table but I don't have any space for it.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:30:11 AM
Last night I woke up at 3:00 for a bathroom break.  Keith was already in there and while I waited for my turn I fell back asleep until 6:15 :)
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:36:38 AM
DR CHAS SMITH - sometimes when I am wearing a headset that is heard by all of the crew.....I now and then say:  "Sir, this is a Wendy's."

;D
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 09:37:57 AM
UPDATE:

I do NOT have to schlep to almost-Yonkers to play Into the Woods. That was a last-minute substitution and their original person, who'd been dealing with an emergency, can do it.

It's actually a bit of a relief getting next week back, even though I now don't get to break my 3-Shows-in-March record. (March is the most likely month for setting musical theeder records.)

Good news :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 11:08:52 AM
LOL DR JANE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 11:10:04 AM
My cousin didn't arrive.

I called her and asked "Did you forget to come today?

And she said: "Apparently."

She is coming next Thursday.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 11:10:42 AM
St Louis Billikins play in five minutes on USA network if anyone else wants to watch Robbie Avila work his magic.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 11:12:23 AM
My cousin didn't arrive.

I called her and asked "Did you forget to come today?

And she said: "Apparently."

She is coming next Thursday.


:)


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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 11:28:59 AM
Jack peacefully passed away this morning.
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Post by: MichaelG on March 13, 2025, 11:31:52 AM
So sorry for your loss, DR John G. May his memory be a blessing.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 11:32:29 AM
Sending condolences on your loss, John G.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:41:52 AM
I'm sorry, John. I'm so glad it was peaceful. It's what we all want.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:42:29 AM
Ginny, I posted a couple of days ago that I ran away from home because we had to have a home repair. I let my DH take care of it. I can't take the stress.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:42:57 AM
It's not like me to be so stressed. I guess it's the way it is now. So much going on.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:43:48 AM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:44:29 AM
I told him to just buy me a margarita at the airport bar. Maybe two.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:47:03 AM
I took my four-mile walk. Now I'm waiting for the wind storm they said we are going to get, and then the rain.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 11:52:06 AM
TOD: Besides Phantom of the Opera, I'd say I think the most beautiful set I've seen was My Fair Lady, which toured here with Elmore's friends -- Eliza's father and the conductor.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 12:02:01 PM
So sorry to hear DR JOHN G.

Condolences to you and his family.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:31:02 PM
My cousin didn't arrive.

I called her and asked "Did you forget to come today?

And she said: "Apparently."

She is coming next Thursday.


LOL, I love her response.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:32:02 PM
Jack peacefully passed away this morning.

I'm sorry.  Thankfully he had a peaceful passing.  My condolences to you and all who loved him.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:33:06 PM
FOUR!

(https://i.etsystatic.com/6584444/r/il/e80322/5791298284/il_570xN.5791298284_2bt9.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:34:41 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:35:16 PM
I told him to just buy me a margarita at the airport bar. Maybe two.

That works, or get an ativan for the flight.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:36:04 PM
I took my four-mile walk. Now I'm waiting for the wind storm they said we are going to get, and then the rain.

Walking at the airport while you wait for the flight also helps.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 12:36:17 PM
DR Laura how long is the flight?
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 12:38:50 PM
Liz Larsen is in a movie called The Baltimorons and earned a great mention in this review.

https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/sxsw-film-festival-2025-the-baltimorons-for-worse-magic-hour
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 12:39:22 PM
Must head to a doctor’s appointment.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 13, 2025, 12:41:46 PM
Jack peacefully passed away this morning.

I'm so sorry, DR John G. He was lucky to have you as a friend.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 01:16:44 PM
Gratuitous post 99!
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 01:17:04 PM
Slap-happy post 100!
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 01:18:17 PM
I’m going to have to get back on Facebook and Instagram for the new book. Not terribly enthused by that.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 01:20:08 PM
I’m going to have to get back on Facebook and Instagram for the new book. Not terribly enthused by that.

What had made you leave Facebook?
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Post by: bk on March 13, 2025, 01:28:45 PM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep. And dealing with some disgusting texts. What else is new?
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 01:35:28 PM
I've been reading that if you were born before 1989 you need a measles booster, which is why I have been a bit concerned my boys only had one vaccination.  I just realized that our good pediatrician should have given them boosters.  Since I still have their records I double checked.  To my relief they did get the second doses, one in '89 and the other in '90.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 01:38:32 PM
Sorry to hear, John G.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 01:42:26 PM
Condolences, DR John G.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 13, 2025, 01:43:39 PM
I am home for about one blessed hour in between rehearsal and show. Feels nice.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 01:51:59 PM
I’m going to have to get back on Facebook and Instagram for the new book. Not terribly enthused by that.

What had made you leave Facebook?

The lack of respect for the truth and the lack of desire on Facebook’s part to keep lies from being widespread.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 02:10:59 PM
It was hailing here  :o
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 02:11:11 PM
I'm glad we weren't walking in it.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 02:18:57 PM
I’m going to have to get back on Facebook and Instagram for the new book. Not terribly enthused by that.

What had made you leave Facebook?

The lack of respect for the truth and the lack of desire on Facebook’s part to keep lies from being widespread.

That sounds like a logical reason.
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 02:22:26 PM
DR John G, I’m so sorry about your friend.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 02:49:22 PM
Thank you, all. It wasn’t unexpected, but it’s still hard.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 02:50:21 PM
The doctor’s appointment went well. Don’t need to see him for a year.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 02:52:01 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 

I'm not crazy about flying, but I'm ok with it.

It's just .... recently.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 02:55:40 PM
DR Laura how long is the flight?


To Chicago -- then a puddle jumper.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 02:57:49 PM
The doctor’s appointment went well. Don’t need to see him for a year.

That's good news.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 02:59:03 PM
Since Page 5 is so close

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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 02:59:14 PM
Might as well just get there
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 02:59:31 PM
Page Five!
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 03:12:00 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 

I'm not crazy about flying, but I'm ok with it.

It's just .... recently.

We’ve reached the “if we can’t drive there we’re not going” stage.
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 03:19:14 PM
We had a nice time today, but it’s still not my favorite way to experience dinner OR theatre.  And musicals performed to recorded music lack a certain snap.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 03:26:03 PM
Stopped at a Lebanese restaurant I have wanted to try for a long time. Having a chicken shawarma wrap. Really good.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 03:31:55 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 

I'm not crazy about flying, but I'm ok with it.

It's just .... recently.

We’ve reached the “if we can’t drive there we’re not going” stage.

I know. I feel that way. But it's my husband's brother's daughter. The first one in the family (except for his parents) to pass. My daughter's age.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 03:32:31 PM
It's a long drive from Arizona to Indiana.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 04:06:44 PM
The doctor’s appointment went well. Don’t need to see him for a year.

Excellent :)
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Post by: Ginny on March 13, 2025, 04:08:41 PM
Oh, DR Laura, I’m so sorry to hear that. 
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 04:17:10 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 

I'm not crazy about flying, but I'm ok with it.

It's just .... recently.

We’ve reached the “if we can’t drive there we’re not going” stage.

I know. I feel that way. But it's my husband's brother's daughter. The first one in the family (except for his parents) to pass. My daughter's age.

Condolences to you and your family, Laura.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 04:23:12 PM
Sorry about your news, DR John G.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 04:23:34 PM
Thank you.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 04:23:41 PM
~~~CONDOLENCES TO DR LAURA & Family~~~
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 04:23:55 PM
Our storm is hitting. Big wind. I hope we get some good rain out of it.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 04:24:05 PM
Speaking of that sheer body stocking...
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Post by: MichaelG on March 13, 2025, 04:46:20 PM
So sorry for the loss of your niece, DR Laura. May her memory be a blessing.
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Post by: Laura on March 13, 2025, 05:00:50 PM
Thanks, everyone.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 05:01:04 PM
Speaking of that sheer body stocking...

LOL!
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 05:15:23 PM
DR Laura how long is the flight?


To Chicago -- then a puddle jumper.


Puddler jumpers aren't fun but at least they are short.  My issue is that I am more likely to get air sick.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 05:17:12 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 

I'm not crazy about flying, but I'm ok with it.

It's just .... recently.

We’ve reached the “if we can’t drive there we’re not going” stage.

I know. I feel that way. But it's my husband's brother's daughter. The first one in the family (except for his parents) to pass. My daughter's age.

Yes, you need to go to this one.  It will be hard.  Are your children going with you?
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 05:18:07 PM
DR Freddie we enjoyed The Tracker last night and I agree with your comments regarding the kidnapper & the victim.
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 05:34:34 PM
 :)
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 05:37:30 PM
I was going to say, toodle-loo, cockatoo. But someone hopped in instead.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 05:40:02 PM
Starting a bowling movie called The Gutter. How can you resist a movie with the tagline, “America’s 15th most popular pastime just got dangerous “?
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 05:44:24 PM
 :)
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 05:45:59 PM
I was going to say, toodle-loo, cockatoo. But someone hopped in instead.

;D
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 05:53:01 PM
DR Freddie we enjoyed The Tracker last night and I agree with your comments regarding the kidnapper & the victim.

That series sometimes surprises me with how its stories work themselves out. 

And I know it will of course never happen, but I'd love to see a spinoff with that character (and the actress playing her) who was a therapist ten years ago but decided to abandon it.


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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 05:53:13 PM
Now waiting for the new episode of THE PITT to start streaming, which will be later this evening.  It's pretty rare that I'm so interested in a streaming show's cliffhanger that I'm so looking forward to the new episode to "drop," where the writers are going with the plot development.  THE PITT had a plot turn near the end of last week's episode that was really intriguing.


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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 05:54:58 PM
:)


Well, that's a lot of fun!
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 05:55:34 PM
I was going to say, toodle-loo, cockatoo. But someone hopped in instead.

LOL!
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:01:20 PM
Has anyone seen page six?


(What is this, the New York Post all of a sudden?)
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:01:35 PM
Page Six!
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:06:54 PM
DR Freddie, does that make you the Liz Smith of HHW?       :)
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:07:55 PM
A simple explanation.     [click to embiggen]
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 06:09:20 PM
DR Freddie we enjoyed The Tracker last night and I agree with your comments regarding the kidnapper & the victim.

That might be interesting.  I like that the show is individual episodes.  I am tired of all the shows that take an entire season.

That series sometimes surprises me with how its stories work themselves out. 

And I know it will of course never happen, but I'd love to see a spinoff with that character (and the actress playing her) who was a therapist ten years ago but decided to abandon it.



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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:09:46 PM
I called my two Democratic senators tonight to ask them to vote "no" on the House's continuing budget resolution. I left a voicemail for one; the other's voicemail box was full.
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Post by: Jane on March 13, 2025, 06:10:54 PM
Keith got Wordle in two today :)
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:15:02 PM
DR Freddie, does that make you the Liz Smith of HHW?       :)


LOL! 


But I'd bet Liz Smith would have been able to get any episode of THE PITT she wanted to see in advance.  :)

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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 06:15:38 PM
The Gutter is really fun. Stupid, stupid fun.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:23:21 PM
DR Freddie we enjoyed The Tracker last night and I agree with your comments regarding the kidnapper & the victim.


That series sometimes surprises me with how its stories work themselves out. 

And I know it will of course never happen, but I'd love to see a spinoff with that character (and the actress playing her) who was a therapist ten years ago but decided to abandon it.






That might be interesting.  I like that the show is individual episodes.  I am tired of all the shows that take an entire season.


I'm enjoying that aspect of seeing the back seasons of CASTLE.  While there's an ongoing general story, each episode seems to still be enjoyable on its own.


I like that in ELSBETH, too.


When MATLOCK picked up again, on the other hand, I had to go back and remind myself where they were before their two-month hiatus!
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 06:30:15 PM
Google tells me that the new episode of THE PITT should be available  as of 9 pm Eastern (6 pm Pacific), but I'm confused by the various screens. 

I'll probably have to wait for Skip to show me how to find it
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Post by: singdaw on March 13, 2025, 06:34:49 PM
Thanks, DR Freddie. Didn't realize that Matlock had returned.
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Post by: KevinH on March 13, 2025, 07:15:17 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: KevinH on March 13, 2025, 07:15:30 PM
Condolences to DR JohnG
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Post by: KevinH on March 13, 2025, 07:15:41 PM
Condolences to DR Laura and family
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Post by: KevinH on March 13, 2025, 07:16:02 PM
Keith got Wordle in two today :)




Me too!
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:30:35 PM
TOD

An Inspector Calls
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:30:56 PM
Condolences to John on the loss of your friend.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:31:14 PM
Condolences to Laura and family.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:32:01 PM
Hopkins was not able to give me an accurate diagnosis for my severe rash.

I decided to see a dermatologist who is not affiliated with Hopkins.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:33:23 PM
She took several biopsies, and called me today with the diagnosis.

Grover’s Disease.

I had not heard of it, but it’s shameful that the oncology team at Hopkins never considered it, and were very condescending when I complained.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:34:59 PM
It is difficult to treat, and affects one’s quality of life.

The diagnosis also mentions that it will significantly mess up sleep.

I have not slept for 72 hours because of the severe itching and pain.

My oncologist didn’t believe me.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:36:05 PM
Not sure where to go from here, but am stopping the radiation therapy.

Will leave everything up to fate now, as I have hit my breaking point.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:37:54 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:44:15 PM
It is astonishing that not one doctor on my cancer team considered it, as this is the first thing I found when I looked it up.


Chemotherapy and Grover's disease:

While the cause of Grover's disease is not fully understood, it's increasingly reported in association with chemotherapy, especially with cytotoxic drugs.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 07:52:18 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.

You got 'em.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 07:53:35 PM
Here's a pick-me-up: Audra, Danny and a lovely Joy Woods in Together Wherever We Go.

https://youtu.be/_5vz12wr_Z0?si=g0yoCIy7RtbfiULV
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 07:55:51 PM
Watching Bluebeard's Eighth Wife. Ernest Lubitsch directs a Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett script. Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, Edward Everett Horton and David Niven. It's not great great, but I love it.
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 07:57:41 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.


:( Sending you more vibes and prayers.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:57:49 PM
This eclipse would be fun to watch.

A total lunar eclipse will occur overnight tonight (March 13) into the early hours of March 14, creating a striking red "Blood Moon" for observers across North America.

The lunar eclipse will reach its maximum phase, whereby the moon is fully obscured by Earth's deepest darkest shadow, the umbra, at 2:59 a.m. EDT (6:59 GMT) on March 14.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:59:16 PM
I might be awake.

Totality phase timings across North America by time zone

2:26 to 3:31 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
1:26 to 2:31 a.m. CDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
12:26 to 1:31 a.m. MDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
11:26 p.m. PDT on Thursday, March 13, 2025, to 12:31 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 07:59:42 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.


:( Sending you more vibes and prayers.

Thank you, Freddie.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 08:00:13 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.

You got 'em.

Thanks, John G.
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Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 08:00:24 PM
Hello, Rupert!
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Post by: Freddie on March 13, 2025, 08:06:49 PM
Happy Purim to those who celebrate!
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 08:14:43 PM
Ugh. Sweet Iris, I’m hurting in your behalf. Can a gabapentin type drug help out with the pain/itching? Sorry your oncology team dropped the ball.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 08:15:45 PM
Sorry to hear, DR Laura. Sad news.
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 08:27:47 PM
John G my condolences on the loss of your friend
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 08:28:24 PM
Sending prayers and vibes to Laura, I am sorry about your niece
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 08:28:57 PM
Iris I am so sorry, is Grover’s disease some that will pass or can be treated?
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:31:30 PM
Vibes and prayers for DR IRIS.

Thanks for the eclipse info as well!
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Post by: vixmom on March 13, 2025, 08:31:35 PM
As is typical when an extraordinary celestial even is announced there is a low cloud cover here, making it impossible to see anything
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:31:50 PM
DR JOHN G thanks for that clip.....I am not sure how I feel about it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:32:13 PM
It is dark....but I think the table is gone.

I'll look again in the morning light.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:32:33 PM
I fell asleep and missed my Thursday shows.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:32:50 PM
ONDemand is my friend.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:33:07 PM
DR LAURA you will LOVE Indiana.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:34:07 PM
Of course I have to because I live here....but it's a nice place to visit.

Thunderstorms predicted for the weekend.....but otherwise....welcome to the basketball State.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:34:39 PM
The pair of keets were most upset about not being covered until AFTER dark.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:35:15 PM
Sorry about that Elvis and Priscilla.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:35:33 PM
Let's get to 200.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:35:43 PM
THERE we are.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:37:07 PM
DR CHAS SMITH is not going INTO THE WOODS but he is still going to the Harmonia
Gardens!

You go your way and I'll go mine!

Hopefully Dolly Levi will remain perpendicular this evening.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 13, 2025, 08:38:12 PM
I adore early English perpendicular.

Does anyone remember what movie THAT is from?
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 09:31:27 PM
I don't remember.
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Post by: John G. on March 13, 2025, 09:31:36 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:08:23 PM
Observations from last night's preview performance:

Apparently this isn't that place where they teach the kids that when your mic goes out mid-scene, you don't just keep talking - and then singing your solo - in your normal voice.

It also apparently isn't that place where they enforce no talking backstage while wearing mics, even if the feed isn't going out to the audience, so that the other crew and the orchestra monitor don't pick up your chatting about how it's okay to talk because it isn't being heard by the audience.

I hate it when that happens...or actually, doesn't happen! ::)
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:28:10 PM
Thursday morning greetings!  Remember me?  I have no reason - good or bad - for being absent, other than being in a funk. 

No need to explain!  Welcome back, Ginny! :)
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:31:05 PM
Half a century, DR Elmore.

Lot of water under that bridge.
Our Pseudolus in that production, Ritch Brinkley, ended up in a semi-regular role on Murphy Brown.
Our Hero, Andy Farrell, danced on Broadway in the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, went on to assist Agnes deMille, and then vbecame a novelist.
Jim Roman (Hysterium) now lives in Los Angeles; he's a Breoadway investor whose big hit was Come from Away.
Michael Hayward-Jones (Marcus Lycus) and I did several shows together, stayed frfiends until his tragic death from cancer two or three years ago; he was a dera friend.
I used to see Smitty (Senex) often in the Drama Book Shop.
I had been in Pirates of Penzance with our Gymnasia, who retired about ten years ago as an English teacher-high school director.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7900.0;attach=25656)

That's really cool, Larry.
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:32:20 PM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:32:43 PM
That was my second (and last) stage kiss! ;)
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:33:36 PM
PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:33:53 PM
I was awake in the middle of the night after a bathroom break for about an hour and a half.     >:(

:o
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:34:10 PM
Hope everything came out all right!
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:34:19 PM
;D
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:35:29 PM
The original Sunday in the Park with George had spectacular design.

Agreed!
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:41:01 PM
I saw the national tour of Sunday... at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre, and they used the sets from the 2008 Broadway production.  It was all quite beautiful!
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Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:44:05 PM
I saw Sunset Blvd. on Broadway and that set was amazing!  I've seen so many incredible sets over the years (even from local shows) that I can't remember which were better than others. ::)
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:44:52 PM
DR CHAS SMITH - sometimes when I am wearing a headset that is heard by all of the crew.....I now and then say:  "Sir, this is a Wendy's."

:))
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:46:53 PM
UPDATE:

I do NOT have to schlep to almost-Yonkers to play Into the Woods. That was a last-minute substitution and their original person, who'd been dealing with an emergency, can do it.

It's actually a bit of a relief getting next week back, even though I now don't get to break my 3-Shows-in-March record. (March is the most likely month for setting musical theeder records.)

Good news, ChasSmith!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:47:07 PM
Good news for your fingers, Chas!

Ditto!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:49:02 PM
Jack peacefully passed away this morning.

I'm so sorry, John. :( At least, he had a peaceful passing.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:49:51 PM
Ginny, I posted a couple of days ago that I ran away from home because we had to have a home repair. I let my DH take care of it. I can't take the stress.

You do whatcha gotta do!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 10:50:45 PM
FOUR!

(https://i.etsystatic.com/6584444/r/il/e80322/5791298284/il_570xN.5791298284_2bt9.jpg)

Very nice image, Jane.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:01:38 PM
I've been reading that if you were born before 1989 you need a measles booster, which is why I have been a bit concerned my boys only had one vaccination.  I just realized that our good pediatrician should have given them boosters.  Since I still have their records I double checked.  To my relief they did get the second doses, one in '89 and the other in '90.

What??  I was born before 1989 but I don't remember if I ever got a measles booster. :-\
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:02:45 PM
The doctor’s appointment went well. Don’t need to see him for a year.

That's great, John.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:03:53 PM
We have to fly soon for a memorial service. I don't want to fly.  My DH is so sweet, though. He said if I can't get on the plane to get back, he'll come back and get the car and drive me home.

That is very sweet.  I didn't realize flying is hard for you. 

I'm not crazy about flying, but I'm ok with it.

It's just .... recently.

We’ve reached the “if we can’t drive there we’re not going” stage.

I know. I feel that way. But it's my husband's brother's daughter. The first one in the family (except for his parents) to pass. My daughter's age.

Oh, no!  I'm so sorry, Laura.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:05:11 PM
Speaking of that sheer body stocking...
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7900.0;attach=25658)

;D
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:08:12 PM
:)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7900.0;attach=25660)

That's great! 
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:08:36 PM
For the second line, though, I learned it as "In a while, crocodile."
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:10:15 PM
I never liked, "After a while."  It has an extra syllable that doesn't work...but that's just me.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:11:07 PM
:)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7900.0;attach=25662)

:D
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:11:40 PM
And, of course, the same can be said for pants and glasses, at least!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:13:06 PM
A simple explanation.     [click to embiggen]
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7900.0;attach=25664)

Good to know!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:13:35 PM
Keith got Wordle in two today :)

Congrats to Keith!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:14:22 PM
Keith got Wordle in two today :)




Me too!

Congrats, Kevin!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:15:29 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.

~~~SUPER VIBES OF ALL KINDS FOR IRIS!!~~~
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:16:50 PM
Not sure where to go from here, but am stopping the radiation therapy.

Will leave everything up to fate now, as I have hit my breaking point.

But at least now you know!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:39:53 PM
Here's a pick-me-up: Audra, Danny and a lovely Joy Woods in Together Wherever We Go.

https://youtu.be/_5vz12wr_Z0?si=g0yoCIy7RtbfiULV

Great clip!  I'm surprised that they used a filmed clip for a daytime talk show, though.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:40:30 PM
Of course, that may be normal now.  I haven't watched a daytime talkshow in YEARS!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 11:41:07 PM
Vibes and prayers very much appreciated.

~~~SUPER VIBES OF ALL KINDS FOR IRIS!!~~~
Thanks, George!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:41:23 PM
I might be awake.

Totality phase timings across North America by time zone

2:26 to 3:31 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
1:26 to 2:31 a.m. CDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
12:26 to 1:31 a.m. MDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
11:26 p.m. PDT on Thursday, March 13, 2025, to 12:31 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025

It's happening NOW!!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:41:51 PM
I guess I should go outside and see if it's even clear.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 11:42:32 PM
Not sure where to go from here, but am stopping the radiation therapy.

Will leave everything up to fate now, as I have hit my breaking point.

But at least now you know!
True.
But I also learned that it is not curable.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 11:44:05 PM
Think I will get out my binoculars and search for the eclipse.

Good night, all.
Sweet dreams.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:44:48 PM
Oh, look!  It's Page Nine!!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:45:07 PM
Nope...too many clouds around here. :P
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:45:38 PM
Not sure where to go from here, but am stopping the radiation therapy.

Will leave everything up to fate now, as I have hit my breaking point.

But at least now you know!
True.
But I also learned that it is not curable.

:'(
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: DR Iris on March 13, 2025, 11:47:08 PM
Ugh. Sweet Iris, I’m hurting in your behalf. Can a gabapentin type drug help out with the pain/itching? Sorry your oncology team dropped the ball.

Thank you, Prince Rodzinski.
It will require strong drugs that are compatible with my chemotherapy injections.
Will soon find out.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 11:49:22 PM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 

I played a Protean 25 years ago in Brooklyn.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 11:54:19 PM
Ugh. Sweet Iris, I’m hurting in your behalf. Can a gabapentin type drug help out with the pain/itching? Sorry your oncology team dropped the ball.

Thank you, Prince Rodzinski.
It will require strong drugs that are compatible with my chemotherapy injections.
Will soon find out.

Keep up the fight. Easy for me to say, I know. But my little online research suggests while not curable, it goes away on its own eventually. Hope sooner than later.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: Rodzinski on March 13, 2025, 11:56:16 PM
I liked the set of Proof. The play about math proofs. I saw it with Jennifer Jason Leigh. Well, I saw I
it with my mom, but JJL was in it. The set was just a very realistic house.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:58:40 PM
Ugh. Sweet Iris, I’m hurting in your behalf. Can a gabapentin type drug help out with the pain/itching? Sorry your oncology team dropped the ball.

Thank you, Prince Rodzinski.
It will require strong drugs that are compatible with my chemotherapy injections.
Will soon find out.

So, at least, there's some hope?
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 13, 2025, 11:58:53 PM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 

I played a Protean 25 years ago in Brooklyn.

Cool!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: Rodzinski on March 14, 2025, 12:00:04 AM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 

I played a Protean 25 years ago in Brooklyn.

Cool!

No kisses for me.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 14, 2025, 12:01:29 AM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 

I played a Protean 25 years ago in Brooklyn.

Cool!

No kisses for me.

Even though you're married (and to a woman), I'd kiss ya, Rodzinski. ;)
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: Rodzinski on March 14, 2025, 12:01:30 AM
I did accidentally conk a fellow Protean in the head with a wooden mallet, however. Not my finest stage moment.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: Rodzinski on March 14, 2025, 12:04:19 AM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 

I played a Protean 25 years ago in Brooklyn.

Cool!

No kisses for me.

Even though you're married (and to a woman), I'd kiss ya, Rodzinski. ;)

My Protean heart thanks you. AND I was called a prince by Iris. What a great page this has been for me!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 14, 2025, 12:07:50 AM
And speaking of Forum, I played Hero about 30 or so years ago! 

I played a Protean 25 years ago in Brooklyn.

Cool!

No kisses for me.

Even though you're married (and to a woman), I'd kiss ya, Rodzinski. ;)

My Protean heart thanks you. AND I was called a prince by Iris. What a great page this has been for me!

You deserve it!
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:11:33 AM
Had a pretty good run-through - getting smoother, but still stuff to work out.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:11:48 AM
New notes are written.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:11:58 AM
And they'll be posted.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:12:10 AM
And I don't care who knows it.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:12:28 AM
I know it and that will suffice, suffice it to say.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:12:44 AM
One Grecian Urn.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:12:55 AM
Two Grecian Urns.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:13:11 AM
Where's Hermione Gingold when you need her?
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:13:45 AM
So fortunate to have seen her on the stage in Oh Dad, Poor Dad.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:13:52 AM
One of a kind.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:14:22 AM
Sorry to hear about JohnG's friend.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:14:38 AM
Is page ten lurking somewhere?
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:14:46 AM
In the wings, perhaps?
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: bk on March 14, 2025, 12:14:55 AM
Enter page ten.
Title: Re: A SENSE OF THE SHOW
Post by: George on March 14, 2025, 12:15:04 AM
Is page ten lurking somewhere?

Why, yes!  It is!