I'm sure the praise is more than well-deserved. Only wish I could get there to see it.
Jose, rats on the second floor are more common in Califonria than you think. We have a breed here known as tree rats, that scamper on roofs and get into houses through various and sundry means. In our old house in Beachwood Canyon, we had them running inside the walls of our house, going "scrabble, scrabble, scrabble, eek, eek , eek." Charming.Ah, yes, the rats. We had them, too, because they loved the avocado tree in our back yard. They would occasionally get into the house, and we had to set up glue-traps to catch them. Marty also loved to catch them, and was a fairly good ratter.
DR Elmore:
Can you give me a little more infor about the dates for Jewish Thighs On Broadway? I might be able to fly up to NYC for a couple of days.
DRMichael Shayne, I don't know the dates! I'm waiting for DRPennyO or DRJose to supply them. I think the opening is sometime around March 17. HELP!!!
In my research last night, here's where I found the particulars:
www.jewishthighs.com (http://www.jewishthighs.com)
Glad to hear you're feeling better today, Elmore.
OSULA stands for Osaka Sangyo University, Los Angeles. We are located in the Los Angeles, California suburb of Studio City. OSULA was founded in 1989, on the grounds of the former Corvallis High School for girls. We remodelled, added computer labs and a 120-bed student dormitory.
(http://www.osula.com/images/housing.jpg)
OSULA is located in Studio City, in a sun-drenched corner of the vibrant San Fernando Valley, just northwest of the heart of Los Angeles. Our location is safe and convenient, and is within walking distance of excellent shopping areas, restaurants, and medical facilities.
Imelda Staunton might win the Oscar. You heard it here first. If she's nominated for a Golden Globe, she'll win that.
DRMichael Shayne, I don't know the dates! I'm waiting for DRPennyO or DRJose to supply them. I think the opening is sometime around March 17. HELP!!!
Exact dates for Thighs: Load In - March 14. Open March 16. Play through March 27. Rehearsals March 10-16.
I haven't seen POTO (the movie), but read that it includes a new song, "Learn to Be Lonely."
Interestingly, I dated someone named Lada. She was never in a cage, though.
The new song ALW wrote for POTO is sung (by Minnie Driver) over the closing credits. It is only a brief song. Seems Lord W may have written this in the hope of scoring and Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
I'm finding it fascinating to see a recent explosion of hits on my web article about Farmer, almost all of them coming from this online encyclopedia I mentioned the other day. Yesterday, for example I had over 60 hits, probably 2/3 of them coming from the encyclopedia. My statistics keep track of new, individual visitors (as well as returning visitors), so this is not a case of the same person accessing the article over and over again (unless he/she is deleting cookies each time, which seems pointless to me). I simply can't believe that many people are looking up an article about Frances on this particular encyclopedia, then using the link to my article, but I'm not complaining. ;)
I'm really curious to see what happens when NPR links my article in a month or two.
Well, the rain has started up again - another whopping half-hour respite.
Just like he attempted with "Can We Start Again, Please?" (am I remembering the title correctly?) in the film version of Superstar. And we know how well that one turned out.
But that song was/is on the original Broadway cast album which came out in 1971. The movie was released in 1973.
Just like he attempted with "Can We Start Again, Please?" (am I remembering the title correctly?) in the film version of Superstar. And we know how well that one turned out.
I've got food, drink and DVDs - got my striped tie, got my hopes high - all I need now is the... is the...
Just like he attempted with "Can We Start Again, Please?" (am I remembering the title correctly?) in the film version of Superstar. And we know how well that one turned out.
Unique and universally unequalled, the "U" is ubiquitous. A vacuum such as human understanding does not understand, and will understimate the unparalleled magnitutde of such an unrivalled character.
At last, a topic. Stage to film musicals. And vice versa.
Re Little Night Music film. I'm on the side that doesn't care for it all that much, but my reasons for that have to do with Mr. Harold Prince, who shows absolutely none of the affinity for magic that he does on the stage. It's lumpenly directed and edited, and was obviously shot on a low budget (as these things go). I do love the little girl's song, and Diana Rigg is very good. I didn't mind Taylor either.
A multi-grain scone. There is just so much wrong with those four words.
Just like he attempted with "Can We Start Again, Please?" (am I remembering the title correctly?) in the film version of Superstar. And we know how well that one turned out.
Mix? Where do you get mix? I don't know from mix.
Dear Reader Panni, that would become my favorite movie. Who should we get to play me?
Dear Reader Panni, that would become my favorite movie. Who should we get to play me?
Oh, if only I had a scone I'd throw it at the rain. That is so poetic, isn't it? Perhaps I'll write a song.
If only I had a scone
I'd throw it at the rain
I wish I had a video camera to record this downpour. It's really something. Apparently we've had more rain than Seattle.
According to ROCK OPERA: THE CREATION OF JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR FROM RECORD ALBUM TO BROADWAY SHOW AND MOTION PICTURE by Ellis Nassour, Hawthorn, 1973, "Could We Start Again, Please" was a suggested addition to the Second Act by original director Frank Corsaro, who was injured in a car crash during casting and replaced by Tom O'Horgan.
Incidentally, what is the Hungarian for "kudos?"
I will certainly attend any night of Penny's upcoming show. Looking forward to it. I'm available most nights of the run including the aforementioned March 16th, so put me down for attendance.
BK, I have had to swear off Diet Coke. The acid reflux just can't take it anymore. Onto milder things like root beer.
Scones - such a different thing in Oz and the UK. Can't imagine Jam and Cream being served on a US scone.
A devonshire tea has scones - with jam and clotted cream.
Now I want to go to a proper tea shop, have fresh tea, scones with jam and clotted cream and little sandwiches.
elmore do they have cucumber sandwiches?
I don't know. I've been waiting for someone wonderful with whom to have high tea!
...My statistics keep track of new, individual visitors (as well as returning visitors), so this is not a case of the same person accessing the article over and over again (unless he/she is deleting cookies each time, which seems pointless to me)....It could be a case of computerized anorexia.
Sandra and Panni, Kudos to the Kudos theme. Sandra, I didn?t know you were so talented. :)
Re Little Night Music film...I do love the little girl's song...It's one of the few times in the film that Prince showed any skill in using film, counterpointing the song's lyrical dreams with visuals of Desiree's "actual" life. Not to mention that it's a damned good song!
Well, I guess the pundits won't be complaining about the drought anymore - or threatening higher water prices. I believe that's why these occasional crazy rain things happen - because these peckerheads THREATEN us because of a non-existant drought. I'd say that this rainfall has removed that threat for the next five years.The drought ties in with the snow levels, not with how much rain Los Angeles/SoCal receives. The rain runs off fairly quickly, while snow sticks around for a while. It's the sustained run-off from the snow that provides the water during the summer, which is when the water is needed most.
When I was a senior in high school, we were studying one of Shakespeare's plays (I don't remember which one, and I didn't read it anyway) and for an assignment, we had to make food that people in Shakespeare's day ate and bring it to class. I looked up some Elizabethan English food, and it was all pretty gross (like this thing called "love-in-disguise." Blech!)...I don't even think the ingredients for that are legal to feed to people. ...Still catching up, but here's a recipe... (http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/europe/british/00/rec0002.html)
Well, I'll eat anything with cherries in it - I love cherries.Ah, a story: The Randy Vicar and the Lost Cherry Scone.
:D Will you wait until October?
Oh, I've stepped on DR Jane's line. Sorry! You may, of course save yourself for her, high tea-wise, DR Elmore.
Perhaps we can go looking for marzipan pigs?
Technology-wise, it's been a disappointing weekend for me. After working all day at the House of Mom putting away Christmas, I drove to Best Buy with the sole purpose of buying a DVD recorder with a 120 gig harddrive. However, as I was scanning the shelves for a pack of recordable DVDs, I realized that the Panasonic unit I picked up records and plays only DVD R-. Since my friends often lend me DVDs that they've made,I prefer to have a unit that is more versatileI prefer a DVD player/recorder that handles all the formats.
Dan, you may want to double check...it would be unusual for the machine not to play both DVD -R and DVD + R...although I could be wrong.
My DVD burner only records/burns DVD + R, but plays both +R and - R.
Ah, but don't forget the scene where Valerie Bertinelli/Teacher-With-A-Life-Threatining-Illness valiantly saves Kudohead from the thoughtless Janitor (played by Eddie Van Halen, in a scruffy disguise...or is it a disguise? Hmmmm.....).
Re gross chocolate: It is politically correct fair trade chocolate, given to us by my politically correct in-laws
DRLaura,
You really worry me sometimes. Next time (and soon I hope) we get together for coffee, you must explain this one to me.
Well, we had a few moments of blessed quiet, and then the rain just started pelting us again.If they're beaver pelts, you should be able to keep dry.
Good grief! Until this evening, I last was at this wondeful site on Friday afternoon and it has taken me hours--hours, I tell you--to slog through every post and column that has come up between then and now.
My response to what I've read requires me to channel Mr. Bark Makalor from the time when he would appear here with some frequency: You people are crazy!
In honor of the top box office movie for the last three weeks running, I staged my own little version of Meet the Parent (and brother) last night. All went well: my Dashing Bulgarian (see posts of December 4 for a picture, thanks to Dear Reader Panni) and The Dear Mother and The Dear Brother and I had a very nice time and those who were meeting for the first time enjoyed making the other's/others' aquaintance.
Let's Put on a Loser
By JESSE McKINLEY
Published: January 2, 2005
When "Dracula, the Musical" draws its last breath after Sunday's matinee, its bottom line will be blood red, with an estimated loss of some $7.5 million for its producers (led by Dodger Theatricals) after five months at the Belasco Theater. (Exact losses are hard to calculate because shows can continue to make money via tours and rights sales.) It will be far from the biggest money loser of the 2004 musical crop. ("Bombay Dreams," which closed Saturday, will lose the better part of $14 million.) Here are some of the other notable closings of 2004, with their estimated Broadway losses and quick looks at what went wrong.
There are three huge trucks with flashing lights outside my house, and men with big flashlights. I wonder if there's a problem with the power lines, although I have power and have had all day. I don't like this.
The men and trucks are now gone. Whew! However, the rain is now pouring down again and I'm now very concerned about these moist spots appearing on the rug in the bedroom. There is obviously flooding going on under the house and if this crap doesn't let up for a few hours I don't know what's going to happen.
It's obviously really wet out there, but I haven't seen any evidence of the pool overflowing (I think it's got some built-in safety thing, or the Jacuzzi.