(No, not you, dear Elmore, I wasn't shouting at you, just at the world in general. To you, I send hugs and kisses, and der B will just have to cope.)
I must attend at least a couple of performances of the play. Plus, I must write, write, write (that is three writes which, of course, don’t make a wrong).
I'm up, I'm up and have been since 7:30.
May you spend today with the ones you love and the ones who love you.
*Although, sometimes the two are not one in the same. ;)
OH!
And while walking through Times Square yesterday, I managed to get a ticket for tonight's "Letterman" taping. I haven't been to a taping in about a year, maybe two at this point. At least I'll already have my winter clothes on for the "cool" Ed Sullivan Theatre.
Oohh... And just checked tonight's guest line-up...
Julianne Moore, Randy Jackson and the O'Jays.
Cool Beans!
Is everyone out buying sweets for their sweetie?
I have not been watching the Olympics on NBC, but I think what you guys are describing would drive me nuts. I've been watching on the CBC, because they show everything live. But also for the Canadian focus. I'm assuming NBC probably only focuses on the US atheletes.
Do you suppose Ms. Shopp is still toodling around in her Nash?
A frog goes into a bank.....
DR TOMovOZ - I agree with you RE: Sir Dirk Bogarde. His Sydney Carton is still my favorite!His autobiographical writing is superb too.
I've read one of his books....hmmm....bought it in Ireland....will have to search for it to get the title....LADDERS AND.... Hmmm"Snakes and Ladders" It was the second.
Also got the Original Cast Recording of the 1983 production of ZORBA with Quinn and Kedrova....Or, as some of us like to think of it, with Quinn and Kedrova and Westenberg.
Finally won that WB Stars sing Christmas songs LP....when I get it I will have it transferred to CD for my listening enjoyment!and of course you have listening friends in OZ!
My favourite BK produced tracks are "With You"/"Gifts Of Love" by Marin Mazzie and "Lion Tamer" by Kristin Chenoweth.
By tracks are from the Stepen Schwartz Album which is by far the most played and loved of the many excellent albums produced by BK.
Favorite track? Rebecca Luker singing Anything Goes. Hands down.
And thank-you again to BK for suggesting I get the album. I was searching for a companion disc to send to my father for his birthday, having already decided to send him Christianne Noll's Ira Gershwin album. The reccomendation was spot-on; both discs are two of Dad's favorites, and mine as well.
Good morning, all! Well, today I go to Philadelphia and meet Peter Nero. I'll leave here around 10. and I still haven't decided on my train reading, perhaps the new MOZART'S WOMEN by Jane Glover. I just finished Anthony Rapp's memoir on RENT and his mother's death, WITHOUT YOU, which I admired more thsn I liked. I also have the new book MANHUNT, about the Lincoln assassination, so I have 2 hours to decide.
TOD: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Liz Callaway.
"Cowboy Waltz" by Guy Haines
My favorite BK produced track. Well, I've talked about this song so much I know I sound like a broken record, but I can't help it. I have always found the song hauntingly beautiful and the performance perfection:
Debbie Gravitte's "Water Under the Bridge."
Runners-up: From the SONDHEIM AT THE MOVIES CD, I also adore "The Glamorous Life" and "What Can You Lose?"
Some favourite BK-produced tracks:
Guy Haines singing I'm Glad To See You Got What You Want; Getting Nowhere Fast; Point Of No Return; Evenin' Star...
I Love all of No Way To Treat A Lady...
More anon...There are so many...
As for the Topic of the Day...
"New Words"
OH! And...
"Getting Married Today" - on "The Stephen Sondheim Album" ;D
TOD - Judy Kuhn's "Time After Time" and Shauna Hicks' "Take Me with You, Soldier Boy"
I remember Debbie and I had a really hard time with Water Under The Bridge. I'd heard Liza's version and hated every minute of it - I just didn't 'get' the song at all. All during rehearsals for Unsung Sondheim, Debbie and I kept plugging away at it, to no avail. Yes, we had the more pop-ish arrangement, but the lyric was just befuddling to us.
New Words was done "off the page" exactly as written by Mr. Yeston. What Mr. Yeston didn't write was elmore's gorgeous orchestration, which has never been bettered.
Or, as some of us like to think of it, with Quinn and Kedrova and Westenberg.
College classmate.
DH RICHARD can do my shopping anytime!
;D DRJRand! The funny thing is that the Hershey Store in Times Square didn't have all 3 varieties. Richard found them right here at our local Kroger.
BK - any comments on my choices?
Wrote four pages of musical. Here is the current conundrum - I was, unfortunately, very public about doing this musical when David and I started writing it back in 2001. It was, in fact, based on a film script of mine that I'd written in 1992. David sort of solved its problems and we began work. Now, there is a musical that's been kicking around for the past three years that is suspiciously like ours - called It Came From Beyond. Our costume designer did its costumes and she told me a bit about it - it sounded to me like the plot devices they used were not very good, but the ideas are basically the same - a spoof of low-budget 50s sci-fi movies. It Came From Beyond has been playing for a month or so - got okay but not great reviews (not that THAT matters here in LA) and I know some "people" have been to see it (re other productions) - so the question is to mush on or not mush on. My instinct is we should because what we're doing is, I'm sure, much funnier than what they do (that's the big complaint about their show - not funny enough), and I'm sure our musical score is quite different from theirs. But the idea is the same and I wish I'd kept my big trap shut back then.
Here's what my DH Richard gave me for Valentine's Day - one is Pure Extra Dark Chocolate; one is Extra Dark with cranberries, blueberries and almonds; and one is Extra Dark with macadamia nuts and cranberries. YUM!
DR elmore - I thought you were staying for the concert... In any case, Welcome Back.
:)
*And I will call you tomorrow.
I say you mush on and provide a history of how it all got written, that it started back in 2001 and that it was, in fact, based on a film script that YOU had written in 1992...and, as JRand said, let the public decide.
DR Jose, I forgot that tomorrow night I'm having dinner with my friend Val!
Have I not seen DR Michael Shayne arond lately?
Perhaps I'll go get something to nibble on in lieu of someONE to nibble on.
Syntax? Who's needs syntax?!?
;)
HA!
"American Idol" just featured a featurette called, "Brokenote Mountain".
:)
Again about IDOL, wish we had time to hear more than snippets from a few singers. Still, I didn't notice anyone slip through that really sounded desperately bad. However, we'll have to hear the full songs next week before I can say for sure that we don't have any tone deaf people. A couple of them even got through to the finals last year.
Btw did we even see one of their favorites (the blonde with the long hair with the country voice who is 19 and with the grandpa). They featured her a ton on the audition shows, but i don't recall seeing her tonight. But you just know she will make it through.
Valentine's LP cover of the night from the Rodzinski files. Richard Hayman's SERENADE FOR LOVE.
(Although the picture doesn't look all that loving!)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/Maclord/Hayman.jpg)
Watched another film from the Dark Crimes set...I am loving this set of movies...can you tell! LOL!
The one tonight was called HALF A SINNER and it was part crime drama and part comedy. Starred Heather Angel and featured a wonderful character actress named Constance Cummings! A Universal film from 1940.
I think this set has been my best buy of this or last year! And at 45 cents a movie...how can you go wrong.
Since she's from NC, I was looking for her (her last name is Pickler), but I didn't see her either, and I looked hard. Well, we'll know tomorrow.
Constance Cummings was one of the great stage stars. She won a Tony for WINGS in a tie with Carole Shelley for THE ELEPHANT MAN some years ago.
According to production notes, "It Came From Beyond is set in the 1950s and tells the story of a group of high school kids who go mad for a new comic book called 'It Came From Beyond.' But is it just a comic book? Are secrets hidden inside this comic that can change the laws of science? When math wizard Harold sets out to crack the code, he finds himself in the fantasy world of Commie spies and creatures from outer space who threaten the American way of life. Joining Harold in this fight for freedom is the girl he has always longed for, the beautiful Becky. But she has fallen into the clutches of the high school bully Steve. Can Harold overcome his fear and discover the secret in time to save Becky and the world? Just when all appears to be lost, Harold realizes that he must be the hero!"
I'm attemping to make a nice dinner for DB Jed in honor of Valentine's Day. I was hoping to do something involving steak, but I'm so inexperienced at cooking them...so I chickened out and ended up with...well...chicken :)
Also saw that SUPERNATURAL is not being rebroadcast by the WB on Sunday night, so I'll have to catch tonight's show in a rerun (unless the local station shows it on Saturday night. I guess it's possible, but my on-screen cable guide won't get to Saturday's listings until tomorrow. I guess I could go to TV GUIDE.com and look at the guide there, but it's SO slow to load.
DP Colin is watching/listening to Babs in concert.. "Yentl" was eventually issues here on DVD last week - NOT in the full price range! Babs in the bargain basement.
Matt, have you ever gone to Exite.com's TV listings? Click HERE (http://www.excite.com/tv/data.jsp?f=1) and just enter your zip code, pick your cable option and you're in. It's only text, so it loads very quickly. The only problem is that you can't search the listings, but you can see listing up to two weeks in advance. My computer at work loads much, much, much (that's three muches) more slowly than my computer at home, so I go there, instead. :)
Our work is done.