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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on August 12, 2018, 12:21:24 AM

Title: LET'S GET METAPHYSICAL
Post by: bk on August 12, 2018, 12:21:24 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes got metaphysical, and now it is time for you to post until the metaphysical cows come home.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2018, 12:22:04 AM
And the word of the day is: LAPIDARY!
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 12:32:21 AM
First post after BK, and before Dino.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 12:40:22 AM
First post after Trivia Contest Winner, TCB!

;)
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 12:41:37 AM
~~~Vibes for Some Miracles Pretty Darn Quick for BK!!~~~
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 12:44:18 AM
First post after Trivia Contest Winner, TCB!

;)


Thank you, thank you very much, thanks.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 12:50:16 AM
~~~Vibes for Some Miracles Pretty Darn Quick for BK!!~~~


Ditto!
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 12:52:41 AM
Good night, George.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 01:04:53 AM
Good night, Tom.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 01:10:56 AM
Well, today is the first run-through with costumes AND my props!  The director said that I don't need to be there, but that I can come if I want.  The actors' call is for 9:00 a.m., and they'll start the run at 10. :o I'm not going to get there at 9, but I will aim for 10.  I will only watch.  The director and stage manager will probably have questions and notes for me, so I might as well get them sooner rather than later.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 01:11:18 AM
And now, I'm off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 02:03:04 AM
~~~Vibes for Some Miracles Pretty Darn Quick for BK!!~~~

Ditto!
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 04:10:09 AM
2:00 is too early to wake up.  Now my brain keeps thinking of everything I need to do in the morning.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 04:27:18 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: KevinH on August 12, 2018, 04:28:39 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 04:28:49 AM
Another work day.  I hope I can get through the opening ballet for I Married an Angel.
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Post by: KevinH on August 12, 2018, 04:29:07 AM
Congrats on winning the contest, TCB!
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Post by: KevinH on August 12, 2018, 04:29:55 AM
Hope you have a good day, DR elmore!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 04:33:07 AM
Yesterday, as I worked on How to Succeed . . ., Annabelle insisted on helping me.  She lay on the score paper, rolled around, climbed all over my work table, played with a large box of  paperclips, played with my red pencil, climbed all over me, and doubled my work time.  Then, when I left my chair, she would lie in it until I returned.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 04:33:30 AM
Hope you have a good day, DR elmore!

Thanks, DR KevinH!  You, too.
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Post by: Druxy on August 12, 2018, 05:15:06 AM
I have not seen REMEMBER, but I have seen several of Atom Egoyan’s films and, as I recall, they were all quite good.

Among them:

THE SWEET HEREAFTER
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
CHLOE
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 05:15:39 AM
I guess Martin Charnin was really known as an actor for having done WEST SIDE STORY for over two years. I guess he found Broadway a lot better on the other side of the audition table.

But he certainly had a lot of tsouris as a theater writer before finally hitting the mega-warbucks with ANNIE!
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 06:28:16 AM
Run through prop vibes for DR GEORGE.

I wonder how DR CHAS SMITH's ANNIE evening went?
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 06:28:37 AM
DR GEORGE nice set photos....I think I could do FORUM on that set.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 06:29:35 AM
Miracle vibes for MR BK.

Dealing with things vibes for DR VIXMOM.....it seems the conditions at your workplace are impossible....how can anyone be expected to work like that? 
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 06:30:10 AM
After listening to the West Side Story soundtrack a few times, I put on the WSS OBC.....there's more urgency to the singing there....it seems...
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 06:30:48 AM
And there are a LOT of songs on that LP!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 06:37:34 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 06:47:36 AM
Fascinating that WEST SIDE STORY had first been EAST SIDE STORY. Really!  Jews and Italians.  And that's how classics sometimes happen.

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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 06:48:25 AM
Yes, ANNIE was moved indoors, and the small “invited” audience (they can seat about 50 in this room) had a great time watching it up close and personal with no sets or lighting - just costumes, makeup, and probably most of the props - and hearing the band from the next room, all with no miking or amplification. We had fun playing it there, and frankly, it was just great to be indoors and having no concern whatsoever about the elements.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 06:49:46 AM
After listening to the West Side Story soundtrack a few times, I put on the WSS OBC.....there's more urgency to the singing there....it seems...

The greatest example of uncommitted soundtracks? Compare Patti Lupone's intense performance to clueless actress Madonna's autocorrect bore of Evita.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 06:50:17 AM
Page 2 Dance!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 06:51:28 AM
Fascinating that WEST SIDE STORY had first been EAST SIDE STORY. Really!  Jews and Italians.  And that's how classics sometimes happen.



Look at Abie's Irish Rose!
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 06:53:21 AM
"When Jerome Robbins and Arthur Laurents set out to adapt Romeo and Juliet into a Broadway musical, their first thought was not about warring gangs. Initially, Robbins planned to write “East Side Story,” a musical about a clash between Catholics and Jews in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It wasn’t until 1955 that Laurents and Robbins got the
idea for West Side Story from a newspaper article about gang violence in New York."

at https://www.westonplayhouse.org/uploads/West%20Side%20Story%20Show%20Notes.pdf
under Concept History
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 06:53:38 AM
Big congrats to TCB! And I appreciated BK’s summary description of Shelley Berman. I hadn’t been all that familiar with him, myself, back then, but BK’s is indeed the impression I’ve always had. I do have a couple of the LPs, and will make it a point to enjoy myself a little Shelley Berman evening one of these nights.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 06:54:59 AM
After listening to the West Side Story soundtrack a few times, I put on the WSS OBC.....there's more urgency to the singing there....it seems...

The greatest example of uncommitted soundtracks? Compare Patti Lupone's intense performance to clueless actress Madonna's autocorrect bore of Evita.

OMG, yes. I’ve never known what anyone sees in that movie or its soundtrack.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 06:57:18 AM
Big vibes for vixmom in that job situation. I don’t understand this owner’s concept of the running of that office — at all.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 07:02:25 AM
Big congrats to TCB! And I appreciated BK’s summary description of Shelley Berman. I hadn’t been all that familiar with him, myself, back then, but BK’s is indeed the impression I’ve always had. I do have a couple of the LPs, and will make it a point to enjoy myself a little Shelley Berman evening one of these nights.

It's been fascinating to listen to his comedy.  He did so much acting that I was aware of over the years, and I'd thought he just used stand-up to get the acting career.  The way, for example, Richard Belzer was first a stand-up comedian but once TV acting started he never really went back. 
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 07:04:07 AM
Yesterday, as I worked on How to Succeed . . ., Annabelle insisted on helping me.  She lay on the score paper, rolled around, climbed all over my work table, played with a large box of  paperclips, played with my red pencil, climbed all over me, and doubled my work time.  Then, when I left my chair, she would lie in it until I returned.

One of the joys of a cat 💖
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 07:05:27 AM

Dealing with things vibes for DR VIXMOM.....it seems the conditions at your workplace are impossible....how can anyone be expected to work like that? 

Sadly many workplaces are like this or worse.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 07:06:17 AM
Today I’m going up to the Abbey to see their closing performance of SHE LOVES ME which will be fun. Sadly, it is of course the same horrid 1990s revival version I’ve played, but I’ll enjoy hearing how they execute it because they attract a pretty good band up there. And since it’s their closing, I stand a decent chance of seeing Mother Dolores Hart or a couple of the other supremely interesting and lovely sisters I know enough to chat with.
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 07:06:40 AM
Yes, ANNIE was moved indoors, and the small “invited” audience (they can seat about 50 in this room) had a great time watching it up close and personal with no sets or lighting - just costumes, makeup, and probably most of the props - and hearing the band from the next room, all with no miking or amplification. We had fun playing it there, and frankly, it was just great to be indoors and having no concern whatsoever about the elements.

It is a relief you had fun instead of stress due to the weather.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 07:07:10 AM
I never really noticed LL Cool J's top 40 work until he became an actor, then I started looking back at the earlier  music.  Tracey Ullman, too - I thought she was a singer in the quirky style of "They Don't Know" and then there she was the comedienne that the UK had always known before she hit the Top 40. 

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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 07:07:30 AM
And of course, the amazing career of BK; younger people who know him as a (Grammy-nommed) producer of theater music, and also writer.  But they don't know there was a time (in the days Dinah Shore roamed the earth) that TV fans knew him for acting. 
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 07:07:52 AM
I have loads to do before we leave.
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 07:08:10 AM
Good Vibes to all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 07:12:48 AM
Big vibes for vixmom in that job situation. I don’t understand this owner’s concept of the running of that office — at all.

Bingo!
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 07:14:29 AM
Good Vibes to all!

Vibes to you, too!

Anything further on coming too NYC to see WAITRESS?
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 07:15:47 AM
Then I have to get back for this evening’s start of another set of (wait for it) auditions for that show concerning a couple of amphibians. I do like the music and am leaning toward saying yes to MD’ing it. The beauty of it is that this time I don’t have to play the damned auditions.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 07:16:07 AM
I've been working on an Annabelle & Thatch story.  My neighbors Mark and Judy thought it was real, and they rang my bell this morning to ask me if I'd found my lost kittens and if they could help.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 07:17:38 AM
... I don’t understand this owner’s concept of the running of that office — at all.

Bingo!


It's so confusing.  Unless I missed something, is this the second time when someone at an experienced level has left, his strategy was to replace the person with a relative newbie? 
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 07:21:08 AM
Not that I don’t enjoy playing auditions. I do, now and then, and it’s inspiring to hear people like former DR Jose who is obviously highly skilled at it talk about it on, you know, that other site.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 12, 2018, 07:22:37 AM
I've been working on an Annabelle & Thatch story.  My neighbors Mark and Judy thought it was real, and they rang my bell this morning to ask me if I'd found my lost kittens and if they could help.

Your writing is amazingly convincing, DR Elmore. I get how a few people were actually alarmed.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 07:31:18 AM
I've been working on an Annabelle & Thatch story.  My neighbors Mark and Judy thought it was real, and they rang my bell this morning to ask me if I'd found my lost kittens and if they could help.

Your writing is amazingly convincing, DR Elmore. I get how a few people were actually alarmed.

Thanks!
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 08:15:10 AM
Good Vibes to all!

Vibes to you, too!

Anything further on coming too NYC to see WAITRESS?


Nothing.  I am wondering if it will happen.  We never expected to plan a trip until after we return from our Iceland/Arctic trip.
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 08:15:39 AM
I've been working on an Annabelle & Thatch story.  My neighbors Mark and Judy thought it was real, and they rang my bell this morning to ask me if I'd found my lost kittens and if they could help.


Funny but sweet.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 08:18:53 AM
Larry, is there a link to the story (or did I miss the link?)
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 08:56:17 AM
Larry, is there a link to the story (or did I miss the link?)

I didn't post a link. The first two parts are on Facebook.  I'll polish the story up when I finish it on Facebook, then put it on my blog.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2018, 09:08:05 AM
Larry, is there a link to the story (or did I miss the link?)

I didn't post a link. The first two parts are on Facebook.  I'll polish the story up when I finish it on Facebook, then put it on my blog.


Is your blog private?  I tried google but can't find it.  If it's not private, could you post the link to it?
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2018, 09:25:15 AM
Larry, is there a link to the story (or did I miss the link?)

I didn't post a link. The first two parts are on Facebook.  I'll polish the story up when I finish it on Facebook, then put it on my blog.


Is your blog private?  I tried google but can't find it.  If it's not private, could you post the link to it?


Check your email.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 09:52:53 AM
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:22:20 AM
Thanks to Jrand & Dear Lurker Iris for last night's congratulations.  I saw them, but I wasn't able to post.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:23:11 AM
Congrats on winning the contest, TCB!


Thank you, Kevin.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:24:58 AM
DR GEORGE nice set photos....I think I could do FORUM on that set.


Ditto!
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:28:35 AM
After listening to the West Side Story soundtrack a few times, I put on the WSS OBC.....there's more urgency to the singing there....it seems...


It is hard to tell about the urgency of the soundtrack, since most of the actors were dubbed!  ;-)
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:30:31 AM
After listening to the West Side Story soundtrack a few times, I put on the WSS OBC.....there's more urgency to the singing there....it seems...

The greatest example of uncommitted soundtracks? Compare Patti Lupone's intense performance to clueless actress Madonna's autocorrect bore of Evita.


But that would mean I would have to listen to Madonna's version.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:34:05 AM
Big congrats to TCB! And I appreciated BK’s summary description of Shelley Berman. I hadn’t been all that familiar with him, myself, back then, but BK’s is indeed the impression I’ve always had. I do have a couple of the LPs, and will make it a point to enjoy myself a little Shelley Berman evening one of these nights.


Thank you, Chas.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:35:06 AM
I have loads to do before we leave.


When do you leave, Jane?
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:36:25 AM
Then I have to get back for this evening’s start of another set of (wait for it) auditions for that show concerning a couple of amphibians. I do like the music and am leaning toward saying yes to MD’ing it. The beauty of it is that this time I don’t have to play the damned auditions.


??
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:46:03 AM
Last night's T.O.D.

I love oysters, but not raw.  I prefer pan fried, or the way my mother baked them quickly at 500 degrees
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:46:29 AM
I love lobster tail, I have never had a whole lobster, and it sounds like a lot of extra work.

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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:47:10 AM
Scallops
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:47:26 AM
Shrimp
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:47:37 AM
Halibut
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:47:47 AM
Cod
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:47:58 AM
Sole
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:48:20 AM
Orange Roughy
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:48:40 AM
But never - Salmon
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 10:49:53 AM
Oh, gee, I don't know why I didn't make all those one post!!
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 11:18:12 AM
I have loads to do before we leave.

We head to the airport at 1:00.


When do you leave, Jane?
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2018, 11:20:54 AM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2018, 11:22:00 AM
Trying to find an audition pianist in this town is bordering on stupid.
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 12:32:40 PM
Good vibes your luck changes.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 12:44:44 PM
I have the EVITA soundtrack and video.....I don't think I've ever heard it or watched it all the way through....
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2018, 12:45:06 PM
Doris Day Day on TCM....with some lively WB musicals.....
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 02:14:58 PM
Made through security which wasn't too bad today.
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Post by: Jane on August 12, 2018, 03:27:59 PM
We have boarded the plane and should be taking off soon.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 03:30:54 PM
Good afternoon, all.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 03:31:13 PM
I’m home fromWest Texas.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 03:32:10 PM
It rained off and on the whole weekend,leaving temperatures in the 70s.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 03:32:29 PM
Travel vibes for Jane.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 03:32:37 PM
Four!
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 03:32:54 PM
I’m ready for a nap.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2018, 04:24:21 PM
I've spent the entire day choosing songs, but happily I'm just two songs away from finalizing that.
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Post by: Laura on August 12, 2018, 04:49:50 PM
Good afternoon.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 05:22:15 PM
Watching The Devil and Father Amorth, William Friedkin's documentary of an actual exorcism. Creepy. Fascinating.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 05:23:29 PM
One thing I learned from the beginning that will interest Vixmom. The story of the boy who inspired the original novel, The Exorcist, was Lutheran.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 05:38:10 PM
Another thunderstorm is rolling in.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 06:16:46 PM
And now on to thunderstorms of another variety: Long Day's Journey Into Night. I don't know that I've ever seen the full movie before.
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Post by: Laura on August 12, 2018, 07:12:44 PM
We just had a big rainstorm. I got .5 inches in my rain gauge.

This is the fourth big storm in five days.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 07:28:29 PM
We just had a big rainstorm. I got .5 inches in my rain gauge.

This is the fourth big storm in five days.

We had thunderstorms and rain in West Texas throughout the weekend. I don't know how much we had here in San Antonio, but the plants survived. Big yay! The cucumbers are growing. The tomatillos have survived. In the next week or two, it's time to start fall planting.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 07:29:31 PM
Hepburn is a wonderful Mary Tyrone. This scene where she's drinking with the maid is great.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 08:36:30 PM
Supposedly four minutes was cut from this Long Day's Journey Into Night, from the original print to what's called the TCM print. Anybody know what's in those four minutes?

Surprisingly for a 170-minute movie, it moves like lightning.
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Post by: John G. on August 12, 2018, 08:42:00 PM
I think J.B. is tired of Jason Robards' screaming, though.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:46:02 PM
Run through prop vibes for DR GEORGE.

I wonder how DR CHAS SMITH's ANNIE evening went?

Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:47:26 PM
I got to the theater at about five minutes to 10 a.m.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:50:23 PM
They started the run at about 10:15.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:54:02 PM
It went pretty well.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:54:39 PM
Not all the actors were there, so a couple of scenes were skipped.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:56:42 PM
Most of the costumes were there, but after the show, the director sent notes that she wanted some changed.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 10:59:37 PM
Evidently, there were too many bright white shirts and too many people were washed out, so she asked if people could bring different shirts.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:03:03 PM
As to the props, not everyone used theirs, but they didn't really get a chance to get comfortable with them yet.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:10:32 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:11:14 PM
Hi, George.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:12:46 PM
Hi, Tom.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:14:56 PM
They also didn't get through the whole show today. 
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:16:00 PM
There were a lot of stops and starts. 
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:16:14 PM
They were, of course, necessary. 
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:16:25 PM
Tomorrow, they'll start where they left off and go to the end. 
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:16:40 PM
I don't know if they'll start over again or not.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:20:17 PM
PAGE FIVE LEGALLY BLONDE DANCE!!

(https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc2cbb_3a9c422fb3754c5bb28efc0a5cf18122~mv2_d_1527_1752_s_2.png/v1/fill/w_400,h_398,al_c,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/bc2cbb_3a9c422fb3754c5bb28efc0a5cf18122~mv2_d_1527_1752_s_2.png)
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:22:20 PM
Damn it!  My WIFI is screwing up again.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:23:04 PM
It was working fine a few minutes ago.
Title: Re: LET'S GET METAPHYSICAL
Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:23:23 PM
Damn it!  My WIFI is screwing up again.

What??  Do you have any idea what's going on? :-\
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:23:43 PM
So, it is going to be on and off.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:25:52 PM
DR GEORGE nice set photos....I think I could do FORUM on that set.

Thanks again, Jrand!
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:26:05 PM
After listening to the West Side Story soundtrack a few times, I put on the WSS OBC.....there's more urgency to the singing there....it seems...

The greatest example of uncommitted soundtracks? Compare Patti Lupone's intense performance to clueless actress Madonna's autocorrect bore of Evita.

Totally agree!
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:30:23 PM
DR GEORGE nice set photos....I think I could do FORUM on that set.


Ditto!

Thanks, Tom! 
Title: Re: LET'S GET METAPHYSICAL
Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:30:30 PM
Or was your "Ditto" in reference to being able to do FORUM on that set?

;)
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:35:16 PM
Or was your "Ditto" in reference to being able to do FORUM on that set?

;)


I have never had the chance to do FORUM.  Ditto on the photos.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:47:45 PM
Our temperatures are going to soar again, starting tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:48:37 PM
Probably up to 90 degrees tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:49:05 PM
At least, for George.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:50:09 PM
Is BLONDE being done where HAIRSPRAY was done?
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2018, 11:53:03 PM
George, did you ever look up my photo in the TLT brochure?
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:54:32 PM
Is BLONDE being done where HAIRSPRAY was done?

Yes.  It's at the Capitol Theater.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:55:12 PM
George, did you ever look up my photo in the TLT brochure?

I couldn't find it!  I don't know what happened to it. :(
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Post by: George on August 12, 2018, 11:57:56 PM
I don't think I threw it out, but with all this prop stuff, I think it just got mixed up with the mess.
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Post by: TCB on August 13, 2018, 12:05:18 AM
:(
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Post by: TCB on August 13, 2018, 12:09:44 AM
Good night, George.
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Post by: George on August 13, 2018, 12:13:00 AM
Good night, Tom.  I'll look again (and more thoroughly) for the brochure!