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Title: DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 12:07:48 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you know all there is to know, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're DVD has frozen and they don't have a clew as to what to do about it.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 12:08:22 AM
And the word of the day is: DECOLLETAGE!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 12:21:53 AM
Hmmm, my worst two experiences

1.  Mother Nature delivered a lovely tornado and we had to evacuate to a place of safety in the midddle of the play.

2. THe PA system went another time...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 12:22:53 AM
A good part of it is—most likely—nothing you could ever do in your role could screw up the show to the extent of what happened last night. So you can rest well with that knowledge.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 12:24:54 AM
During a show of MAME I saw in NW Indiana, someone placed a coffee table to close to the curtain and it stuck on the curtain somehow and was dragging across the stage, and one of the actors had to chase it down before it made the wings.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 12:27:55 AM
My sister Anne, was acting in THE FOREIGNER at Georgia Southern College, and as she was doing a scene she noticed a shadow on the table that had never been there before. It was the shadow from a prop chandelier hanging over the kitchen set. Hmm, she thought, that's odd. A few moments later she noticed the shadow had moved a bit. A few moments after that the chandelier crashed down onto the table.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 12:28:43 AM
The pellet with the poison is in the cottage with decolletage.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 12:32:45 AM
For a long time, I got the words "decolletage" and "decoupage" mixed up.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 12:34:55 AM
I haven't seen (or don't remember) too many stage mishaps (other than just really bad shows or performances ;)).  One mishap that sticks out in my mind, happened in a fabulous local production of "Dracula," where they performed the show on a giant turntable.  The choreography for the scene changes was fantastic.  Anyway, on one of the nights that I ushered, someone set a bench just a tiny bit too far forward off the edge of the turntable and when it turned, the bench hit the side of the false proscenium and broke it...the proscenium, not the bench!  They had to stop the turntable and the show while they fixed the set.  It only took about a minute but the mood that was created during the show was pretty intense and getting back into it took quite a while.  Fortunately (for me, at least), this wasn't the first, nor the last performance that I ushered for, so I got to see the whole thing without any other undue interruptions. :)


Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 12:38:44 AM
Well, it is approaching 4am here in the East, so adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 12:40:09 AM
Goodnight, Rodzinski.  I'm off, too.





Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 01:54:19 AM
Good Morning!

What?!?!?  No posts in over an hour?  Why one would think it was the middle of the night or something like that.

;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:04:18 AM
Well, in about 24 hours, I shall be making my to 160 W 47th Street - otherwise known as the stage door entrance for The Palace Theatre, for the first preview of Lestat.  The first Broadway preview.  My first Broadway preview.

:)

-I'm still pinching myself.

However, I'm also playing the usual "I can't do this" mind games with myself.  Our final dress rehearsal went very well, and I made it out of my seventh floor room unscathed, if a little worse for wear.  There is one sequence in the first act that goes on for about 12 minutes, and is made up of about six different charts/pieces of music.  Just getting my pages organized is quite a task.  ...And when we got through that sequence, all of us up in the auxiliary room breathed a very audible sigh of relief.

But, again, I was feeling a bit down on myself.  I really just want it to be perfect.  Now.  Right now!  I didn't have any major f*uck-ups tonight, but I had my share of "clams", as well as some "shaky finger" moments.  However, Andy, the assistant conductor, paid me a nice compliment after the run-thru, which made me feel much better, much more at ease.  But I still felt like heading out for a drink, so...

I called my friend, James, and we headed out for a drink and a bite to eat.  It was nice being able to wind down, decompress and de-stress for a while.  -And in the middle of our late night meal, I noticed that I had a message on my cell phone from my conductor, Brad.  Hmm.... I guess I did f*uck up... Well, here goes....

When I hit the Play Message button...

"Don't freak out."

:)

Exactly what I needed to hear.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:07:29 AM
So, after having a bite to eat and a drink, we walked up Broadway for a while... Then over to Amsterdam...  -Oh, look - Cafe Lalo!  -And since neither of us had had dessert...

:)

-And I didn't realize that Cafe Lalo was open so late.  -And they have also recently expanded their bar menu.  However, their selection of cakes, cookies, tortes, cheesecakes and other assorted goodies continues to satisy this DR's Sweet Tooth.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:09:25 AM
Thanks to everyone here for the Break A Leg Vibes!  Again, they're very much appreciated, and you guys and gals are also very much appreciated and adored.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:11:24 AM
And speaking of Lestat...

Broadway.com finally posted the footage of last week's orchestra rehearsal along with an interview with our conductor, Brad Haak.  I'm sort of hidden behind my music stand, as well as a french horn player, but I do make an "appearance" here and there.  -However, you do get a nice look at our very nice-looking conductor, Brad.

:)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:13:04 AM
BK - Glad to know your Opening Night went well.  Continued Broken Leg Vibes for this weekend and next.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:16:13 AM
As for stage mishaps.... Hmm...  I shall have to sleep on that.  Literally.

I'm guessing I'll get up sometime around Noon or 1:00... Then get some brunch...  Then head to the theatre around 4:00 just to get some practicing in - and to get some nerves out...  We have a "continuity rehearsal" at 6:30 for an hour... And then the curtain is at 8:00...

:D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:16:48 AM
DR Jane - Hope you're feeling better.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:17:10 AM
DR vixmom - My best to the vixter too.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:19:23 AM
DR Ron Pulliam - (Catching up from a few days ago..)  -Do you really have no interest in seeing "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"?  It really is a wonderful story, and the movie was/is very well done, imho.  If you liked "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", etc., I'm sure "Narnia" could win you over too.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 02:19:54 AM
OK.. eyelids are very heavy right now...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DearReaderLaura on March 25, 2006, 05:20:07 AM
What an awful thing to have happen to the dvd player! It's kind of important the the show!

Jose, I am SO EXCITED for you tonight!

Sending good vibes for both of our gentlemen tonight! Break legs!!
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Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2006, 05:39:10 AM
Good morning, al!  I'm stuck here today workng on the Men's Chorus charts.  Beyond that, no plans.  Nice, for a change.

Unlike DR MattH, I'm beginning to find CONVICTION a chronological mess:  court cases seem to take months to get to trial, and everything on this show flows quickly between personal lives and court.  I don't believe any of it.  Too fast, too pat.

I had a friend working on a production of WEST SIDE STORY in Cleveland in the late 1960s and Chino forgot his gun, so he had to strangle Tony.  In Maria's speech, she had to ask "how many fingers, Chino?  One for me?"

Oh, well.  Had to be there.  

DR Ginny and I were once in a Nadir Production of AUNTIE MAME in which the flaming Mame drinks set fire to the stage (oy!).

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2006, 05:40:40 AM
Dear Friend BK, about last night's DVD glitch.  I blame DR Jose for it.  Totally.  Without doubt.  

Absolutely.

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 05:46:06 AM
Technical foul ups....Oh my!

Sounds like everything ELSE went fine...so I am sending vibes for the DECEIT play cast and crew this evening!

ALSO VERY SPECIAL BROADWAY VIBES for DRJOSE on his Opening Night Preview performance!  

Will be checking the rest of the posts and Broadway.com later today!

Off to work!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2006, 06:25:27 AM
DR Ginny and I were once in a Nadir Production of AUNTIE MAME in which the flaming Mame drinks set fire to the stage (oy!).

LOL, DR Elmore, remember when the actor (may he RIP) playing Mr. Upson nonchalantly handed his out-of-control flaming drink to the maid and said, "Nora, would you take this, please?"

Of course, DR Elmore, was too kind to mention the time I fell off the stage in dress rehearsal for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2006, 06:33:54 AM
BK - I'm sorry your triumphant return to the stage was sabotaged by technology.  It sounds like you and the others handled the situation with wit and aplomb.  Vibes for tonight!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 07:46:28 AM
Good morning!

Beautiful but chilly March day here in NC. But I'm not complaining. At least it's going to warmer than yesterday and no rain in today's forecast.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 07:47:34 AM
My heartiest good wishes, crossed fingers, and broken legs to DR Jose on his Broadway debut tonight. Much, much good luck to you!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 07:50:51 AM
I have the ladies' short programs recorded last night to watch today and I'd also like to see another MURDER SHE WROTE or two.

Tonight, I'm planning on watching SUMMER MAGIC on DVD. Haven't seen it since its original release in the 1960s, and I'm really looking forward to it. Thrilled it's a widescreen, enhanced transfer.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 07:53:23 AM
Page Two EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE Dance!!

(another DIsney animated feature I think has been underpraised)


Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 07:55:48 AM
I read this morning what the four titles will be in FOx's upcoming Betty Grable Collection:

MY BLUE HEAVEN, THE DOLLY SISTERS, MOON OVER MIAMI, and DOWN ARGENTINE WAY.

These are certainly far more entertaining films than PIN-UP GIRL released earlier.

Also, her 1941 melodrama I WAKE UP SCREAMING is going to be released as part of Fox's film noir series, too.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Danise on March 25, 2006, 08:03:17 AM
Good morning all!

I was so sorry to read about the DVD mishap, BK!  Many vibes for a complete fix and that it will never happen again!  I know how disapointed you must have been.  

DR Jose, I hope everything goes well for you tonight.  Enjoy every moment of it and don't stress--Remember that no matter what happens, we're still here for you!

BIG PERFORMANCE VIBES to both BK and DR Jose!!!!!!!

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I think I have already told you all the story about how I was "blooded" during my first play so I won't repeat it.   :)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:12:22 AM
I remember one performance of the WEST SIDE STORY I was in where the actor playing Gladhand was to put the two gangs in circles during "The Dance at the Gym" and he just forgot what he was supposed to say. "Let's see. You need to form two circles. Oh, you've formed two circles already. Well, let's see. . . . "

We were all dying for him, and finally the actor playing Action just took it upon himself to move things along by saying what needed to be said to get the orchestra to start that prancing music.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:13:39 AM
Heading down now to take care of some minor chores and then start prepping lunch.

WBBL.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 08:23:59 AM
DRLaura, beautiful photo by DH.  
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Post by: PennyO on March 25, 2006, 08:49:09 AM
Bruce!!!! Congrats on big laughs after the show!!! And on your courage and pluck. Best wishes for tonight.

Jose!!!! Oh, baby!! You're THERE!!!! Because you deserve to be there. They could have hired anyone. They want the best they can get. They want a big success. They have bucks and clout. They can choose Anyone. And They chose you. First of MANY. Mazel tov, Honeyboy!!!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 08:53:58 AM
I’m still very tired and feeling very lazy on this rainy day.  I need to get moving and clear my brain that keeps begging me to go back to sleep.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 08:55:48 AM

I’ve enjoyed reading Bruce and Jose’s adventures and am confident you will both do well tonight.

Jose “don’t freak out”.  I love it.  Brad seems like a nice guy.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 08:56:24 AM
Penny how is your show going?  Is everything falling into place?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: PennyO on March 25, 2006, 08:58:33 AM
Okay, so about last night's "run-through..."

OY!!!

The lingua franca is Bulgarian. I speak some Russian, so I get the gist. The 'director' was stuck on the freeway long past "go-time". He stopped to clean up every entrance, discussing with the cast at great length the reason we all must keep our energy UP and smile and look happy.

The techie in the booth with me had no time to program the few simple light cues. The projection screen does not work, so my executive decision was - scrap it, and project the slides on the back wall - not a smooth surface... but with no set, it will at least vary the lighting... which, you will remember is nil.

Lighting has to be: Lights bump up full stage. Lights fade-up to full stage. Lights fade down to black. Blackout. We got no gels. We got no spots. AND the tech from last night will NOT be there today.

AND said director finally got through ACT I - mind you, no single dance or set of songs or music EVER was played through complete - at 8:40. At which time, he asked that everyone go to the dressing rooms to get ready for a full dress fun-through of ACT I.

Then the tech told him we only had the theater until 9. No, he said - we have it until 11 - I have it right here in the contract. He pulls out said contract, and finds that we have the theater until 9.

EVERYONE ONSTAGE!!! Okay, it looks pretty good. Go home and rest. NOW, since we only have 5 minutes to vacate the place. Then tomorrow at 3, we tech ACT II, and at 4:15 (I swear this is what he said) we'll do a full dress tech of the whole show.

Okay.

Meanwhile, at some point I have to have time to program ANY light cues... should be interesting!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:59:33 AM
Broken leg vibes to bk and DR Jose!!

DR Penny I hope all is well with your play...

DR's Jane, Danise, I Hope you are feeling better. I also hope Vixter is feeling better also and they are having fun at ICon..
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 09:01:28 AM
Penny, sending more than just good vibes, GOOD LUCK!.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 09:02:00 AM
DakotaCelt, thanks.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2006, 09:02:12 AM
Extra good vibes to DR JosePiano!!!

Extra good vibes to BK and the new DVD player!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: PennyO on March 25, 2006, 09:03:07 AM
There will be ONE tech in the booth with me - I'll be calling the show, running the slide projector, and cueing the manually-operated sound cues. At one point, there will be a blackout AND a sound cue, simultaneously - so in all my free time today, I have to ask the tech to show me how to run the light board - (I would do the sound cue - but the sound equipment is way at the back of the booth, with NO view of the stage... hahahahahahaaaaa!!!!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: PennyO on March 25, 2006, 09:05:14 AM
But I'm here at the cabin, and although rain was predicted for every day I'm here, the two mornings I've spent so far have been sunny and beautiful. Fed the blue jays both mornings. I went out on the deck with my metric ton o' peanuts, and whistled - Here they came!!!! Oh, it's so great!!! I do love it so!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 09:13:21 AM
I'm up, I'm up.  Slept right through until the doorbell rang and she of the Evil Eye arrived.  Must get out of here shortly.

Excellent vibes and xylophones to dear reader Jose for this evening.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 09:21:33 AM
Penny, it is beautiful & peaceful at your cabin.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2006, 09:30:59 AM
There will be ONE tech in the booth with me - I'll be calling the show, running the slide projector, and cueing the manually-operated sound cues. At one point, there will be a blackout AND a sound cue, simultaneously - so in all my free time today, I have to ask the tech to show me how to run the light board - (I would do the sound cue - but the sound equipment is way at the back of the booth, with NO view of the stage... hahahahahahaaaaa!!!!

DR PennyO, it sounds just like an Airplane movie!  Break a leg.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: William F. Orr on March 25, 2006, 09:33:01 AM
In Honor of Jose's Broadway Premiere Tonight
Quote
Another Op'nin', Another Show
PAUL & ENSEMBLE:

Another op'nin', another show
In Philly, Boston or Baltimo',
A chance for stage folks to say hello,
Another op'nin' of another show.
Another job that you hope, at last,
Will make your future forget your past,
Another pain where the ulcers grow,
Another op'nin' of another show.
Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,
Three weeks and it couldn't be worse,
One week, will it ever be right?
Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!
The overture is about to start,
You cross your fingers and hold your heart,
It's curtain time and away we go!
Another op'nin',
Just another op'nin' of another show.
Another op'nin', another show
In Philly, Boston or Baltimo',
A chance for stage folks to say hello,
Another op'nin' of another show.
Another job that you hope, at last,
Will make your future forget your past,
Another pain where the ulcers grow,
Another op'nin' of another show.
Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,
Three weeks and it couldn't be worse,
One week, will it ever be right?
Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!
The overture is about to start,
You cross your fingers and hold your heart,
It's curtain time and away we go!
Another op'nin',
Just another op'nin' of another show.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 09:33:06 AM
I shall now be on my way to do this and that and also that and this, and will be heading over to the theater to meet Dale, to set up the new DVD player and do some extensive tests with it.  
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: divarobbie on March 25, 2006, 09:34:53 AM
I've been "divarobbie" for like ten years or so.  It started as a theatre-fan thing where I just loved diva belters (Betty Buckley, Lillias White, etc).  At the time, I had a website called Diva Dish.  It all just fit.  Now, it stuck, and because so many of my friends and associates are the self-same divas, it stays.

I do remember you, and listen to Time & Again often!  I'm seeing Laura this week, I'll pass along hellos if you wish.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 09:41:09 AM
Good running vibes on sorting out the DVD player troubles!!
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2006, 09:47:54 AM
Quick lunch break for me - the library is busy, busy, busy today!

DR Jose - what I said in my email...

I've been over to Broadway.com to see the video interview with the conductor.  It's very informative and contains some nice glimpses of DR Jose, especially during the pan of the orchestra toward the end of the clip.  What I heard of the music, I liked.

Another interesting Lestat-related tidbit:  Last week, when working at the used book sale, I looked for Anne Rice novels and we appeared to have none.  Guess her fans don't want to give away their copies of her books.
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2006, 09:51:08 AM
DR Jane - I'm sorry you've been sick - hope you're feeling better.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2006, 09:57:38 AM
I shall now be on my way to do this and that and also that and this, and will be heading over to the theater to meet Dale, to set up the new DVD player and do some extensive tests with it.  

Break a leg tonight, Dear Friend BK!
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 10:23:39 AM
We just had a few little peeks of Jose rehearsing. :)

I’m going to exercise now and see if that wakes me up.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 10:24:10 AM
Thanks Ginny.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 10:25:38 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~Continued Vibes for BK!!~~~[/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~Preview Opening Night Vibes for DR Jose!!~~~[/move]

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~Vibes All Around for DR PennyO!!~~~[/move]
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 10:26:06 AM
Consider that (above) the Page Three Dance!!

;D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 10:27:29 AM
Vibes for show doctor PENNYO!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 10:29:12 AM
We once saw the Houston Ballet do SWAN LAKE and the main ballerina started across the stage and tripped and fell.  Later in the scene, a gallant gentleman in the company started across the stage, stopped at the exact spot, bent down and picked up something off the floor and put it in his tunic....  as if to say...."you see....it wasn't HER fault!"
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 10:29:25 AM
Off to Broadway.com
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Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 10:29:51 AM
And now, I must go to work, after which I'll be ushering for a local semi-professional production of "The Game of Love & Chance! (http://www.harlequinproductions.org/seasonpages/06game.html)" by Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth.  It should be quite good.

Until later. :)
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2006, 10:31:45 AM
The mail just came a little while ago.

I now own just everything I know of that is B5 related on DVD. Just got Crusade the complete series and The Legend of the Rangers.  Yay!

I'm so lazy, I haven't even gotten dressed but the room is a bit cold and my robe is so nice and warm.

Vibes for DR PennyO!!!!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Danise on March 25, 2006, 10:33:38 AM
Off to Broadway.com

I just came back from there.  I was disapointed that I didn't see more of DR Jose.  I did pick him out from time to time but it wasn't nearly enough.
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2006, 10:36:00 AM
Oh and DR Jose:   [size=0]Don't FREAK out! [/size] ;) :D
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 10:41:21 AM
DRJOSe is an internet Broadway Star!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2006, 10:58:32 AM
What a great afternoon!  I had a lovely sparkling conversation with DR Jose, and the postman just delivered Cookies!  Tons of cookies from DRvxmom!  This is so exciting.  

I also got the second volume of the gigantic Berlioz biography by David Cairns, but I can't begin it until the first volume shows up.  Thank God that Lincoln assassination is taking forever.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:02:45 PM
Good Afternoon!

I'm up.  I'm up.

-I actually found myself waking up a couple of hours ago feeling pretty rested, but when I looked at the clock it was only 9:30... Hmm... Since I did not get to bed until around 5:30...  Hmm...  So, I pulled the covers back over my head and slept until Noon.

When I got up that time, I heard some voices in the living room.  It turned out to be the family of one of my roommates.  She's currently in the ensemble of the Musicals Tonight! presentation of Mademoiselle Modiste, and her parents and aunt had come on from Pennsylvania to see their darling daughter in the show today.

And they brought food!  And lots of it!  Bagels, croissants, homemade egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad (with grapes and walnuts), ham salad(!), cantaloupe, pineapple, biscotti, sugar cookies... Oh, and Birthday Cake to celebrate Megan and her father's birthdays.  -Oh, the cake: chocolate with vanilla icing.

Needless to say, it was nice to wake up and not have to cook up anything.  ;)

And it was also very nice meeting Megan's family.  Truly sweet and genuine people.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:04:35 PM
And now I've been doing what I usually do on a opening night... Cleaning.  I've always found it nice to do something that takes some effort, but doesn't really require any brain strain.  So, while I've been cleaning my room, I've also been cleaning out my mind.

;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:05:56 PM
And, again, I really do appreciate all the well wishes and Broken Leg Vibes.  They mean more to me than you could ever imagine.

I am not freaking out.

:)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:07:44 PM
DR PennyO - Broken Leg Vibes to you too!

*Although, with the situation you've described, it's probably safe and better to wish you Good Luck.  They might take "Break A Leg" literally.

;D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:08:41 PM
Well... I have Ella Fitzgerald's "Harold Arlen Songbook" coming from my CD player, and I still have a bit of laundry to fold, so...

Laters...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:12:34 PM
OH!

As for stage mishaps...

I was watching a very good production of Grease that was being presented by one of the community theatre groups in the DC area - which is a very competitive market, so a lot of groups have some pretty sizable budgets for their productions.  Well...

I can't remember the exact scene it was, but a brick wall flat had been rolled on from the wings...  The guy playing Danny put out his left hand to lean on the wall... And then he and the wall proceeded to lean together... Apparently, no one set the supports for the wall after it was set in place.  Oops!  No one was hurt, and everyone on stage and in the theatre got a good laugh out of the situation.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:15:16 PM
OH!...

During the pre-Broadway run for Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center, the turntable was known for breaking down.  However, it also had a tendency to work "too well" at times.  It worked so well one night that it started spinning fast enough to cause some of the set pieces and actors to fly off of it.

*And that's when they started putting nets over the pit area.  Sometimes those empty chairs and empty tables would land on top of the woodwind section.  Sometimes some actors too.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:17:24 PM
OH!

*They're all coming back to me now....

During a performance of Mamma Mia!, the actress playing Rosie somehow lost her footing and fell off the stage and onto the netting above the orchestra pit.  Face down.  And she tried and tried to get up, but she was laughing so hard she couldn't keep herself still enough before falling back into the net again.  Needless to say, everyone on stage just started turning upstage...

:)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:18:36 PM
OH!

...And there was also the time when Nell Carter fell into the pit of National Theatre in DC...  What's that law of physics? -Something about a body in motion staying in motion?

;D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 12:20:18 PM
OK...  Well...

I really do need to finish up my putting away of things, and start getting ready to head into the theatre.

Once again, Thank You.

Laters...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2006, 12:23:13 PM
It's already tomorrow here Jose.. you were brilliant.

Continuing wonderful vibes frrom Magnus, Fosca, Colin and myself.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 12:24:18 PM
She of the Evil Eye is gone, and now I can relax and watch a DVD or three - I've run my lines a couple of times, and don't want to anymore until late this afternoon.  Our stage manager is buying the new DVD player and when he's on his way to the theater, I'll go on over there to make sure it's all working correctly.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 01:37:31 PM
Good Afternoon!

Well...

:)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 01:38:20 PM
BK - Good Technology Vibes To You and Your New DVD Player!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2006, 01:39:15 PM
I'm heading into to The Palace now...  I'll be bringing my camera, and, hopefully, I'll remember to snap a few shots here and there to document tonight's festivities.

Laters...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: William F. Orr on March 25, 2006, 02:10:51 PM
Attention all musical theatre lovers!

I have just found the most maaahvelous web-site.  It purports to have "librettos" of dozens of shows.  Actually, some are just lyrics, others libretti.  

But where is it?  In Russia, of course.  Just like that great First Nudie Musical site.

You can get to the main page here. (http://libretto.musicals.ru/letter.php?language=2)

The site is primarily in Russian, but the libretti are in English, as well as a few other languages.

Happy browsing!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 02:17:34 PM
After JUDY we now get JOSE AT THE PALACE!

That bloody Broadway.com clip takes FOREVER to download and then I get frame by frame pics of Mr Brad Haak.... which can be hillarious; I think he has shades of M. Kudisch! He talks as much with his mouth as with his whole head!

The "problem" is that Jose does not play flute, drums or guitar... because we'd get to see him SO MUCH MORE!

Vibes, tympani and triangle to Jose tonight!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Sandra on March 25, 2006, 02:17:53 PM
Broken leg vibes for Dear Reader Jose and BK!

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Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 02:19:20 PM
Attention all musical theatre lovers!

I have just found the most maaahvelous web-site.  It purports to have "librettos" of dozens of shows.  Actually, some are just lyrics, others libretti.  

But where is it?  In Russia, of course.  Just like that great First Nudie Musical site.

You can get to the main page here. (http://libretto.musicals.ru/letter.php?language=2)

The site is primarily in Russian, but the libretti are in English, as well as a few other languages.

Happy browsing!

Thank you very much, Mr Orr!

This is terrific!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 02:20:07 PM
It's already tomorrow here Jose.. you were brilliant.

Continuing wonderful vibes frrom Magnus, Fosca, Colin and myself.

You forgot the SPOILER warning!!! ;D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 02:20:57 PM

Spoiler Warning Dance!

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 02:21:28 PM

DECEIT DVD PLAYER DANCE!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 02:40:35 PM
Good DVD player vibes!!

Vibes to DR Jose and Bk!!!

Knock 'em dead!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Maria on March 25, 2006, 02:48:11 PM
Hello, all! I've come back under a new name as there was a problem accessing the site with my old moniker. I'd like to visit on occasion, as I've missed being part of the discussion. And I've certainly missed my HHW friends, although I've kept in touch with many of you. Sometimes when I'm sitting at my desk, struggling over a phrase, it's nice to know that some very nice folks are just a keystroke away. Mine is a very lonely profession. Cue the violins.
Okay - here's what I'd like to request:  Please no parades, balloons, chocolate cakes (unless sent directly to my house!), etc.. Let's just act like I haven't been gone for two years or however long it's been and pick up from where we left off... Although I'm not going to post as frequently as I used to. It's just nice to be able to do so when the spirit moves me. Hallelujah! Hope everyone's fine and dandy. Weirdly enough, considering that in ye olden days I posted a LOT, I can't quite remember how everything works. I'm sure it will come back. Like posting a bicycle, or something of that sort.
Maria, by the way, is my middle name. It's not an homage to West Side Story.
Now let's see if I recall how to post..
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2006, 02:53:13 PM
Hello Maria!  You are an asset to the Abbey.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 02:55:06 PM
The DVD player has been replaced and all is well.  We tested all the DVDs (each video sequence - there are three), then we ran the final video DVD several times, and it's all working perfectly.

I second what Maria said - Please, no balloons, parades, welcome-wagons - just proceed with business as usual.  Thank you all!

I've run my lines a few times, but have just been relaxing, watching DVDs, and a bit later I'll run the lines again.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 02:55:29 PM
How can it be three o'clock already?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Maria on March 25, 2006, 02:56:28 PM
Okay. I did it. Seems to have worked. Wow! Nice to be able to say hello and not just lurk.
Excellent Vibes to all who are on stage and in the pit tonight. More specifically - bk and DR Jose.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2006, 02:58:48 PM
Anna Maria Allbepanni.  Wasn't she in "Carnival"?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 03:16:58 PM

I've just met a girl named Maria!

... and i'm taking her to Lestat tonight and Deceit tomorrow night!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 03:17:53 PM
Anna Maria Allbepanni.  Wasn't she in "Carnival"?
In Eastern Europe yes; not on Broadway! ;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 03:18:57 PM
Hello Maria!  You are an asset to the Abbey.

Which Abbey? Abbey C D? ;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 03:21:51 PM
Okay. I did it. Seems to have worked. Wow! Nice to be able to say hello and not just lurk.



No balloons, I just wanted you to know
 that I have missed you, Maria.







Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: William F. Orr on March 25, 2006, 03:28:44 PM
Welcome back, Maria or Panni or whatever.

Hoping to join you for brunch next month in NYC.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 03:41:03 PM
Anna Maria Allbepanni.  Wasn't she in "Carnival"?

Can you imagine that?!
Can you imagine that?!

Ev'ry kimlet knows her name! ;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 03:42:33 PM
Anna Maria Allbepanni.  Wasn't she in "Carnival"?

Carnival In Flanders.... maybe!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 03:43:06 PM
Good afternoon/ evening.

I've had a nice afternoon filled with TV shows, movies, and telephone conversations. Life is good.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 03:45:03 PM
How lovely to see a familiar face. That's all I'll say.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 03:48:25 PM
I began the afternoon with a couple of MURDER SHE WROTE episodes.

One featured David Hemmings, Robert Walker (Jr.), Gene Nelson, Mary Jo Catlett on a mystery on a jet flying to London. One of the trickiest of the season's episodes and one of my all-time favorites.

The other featured Hope Lange, Fritz Weaver, Barry Williams, Thom Bray, and Charles Siebert in a story loosely based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." I remember this episode specifically because it was the first episode of MURDER SHE WROTE that finished #1 in the ratings the week it premiered.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 03:51:57 PM
Then I put in Disney's SUMMER MAGIC. I remembered liking the film from seeing it in the 1960s but hadn't seen it since. Great to see Eddie Hodges as a teen (that red hair is striking in Technicolor), and of course Hayley Mills at the peak of her stardom at Disney.

The transfer is not quite as striking as THE PARENT TRAP or POLLYANNA, looks sharp enough but not razor sharp.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 03:53:35 PM
After I finsh SUMMER MAGIC tonight, I may put in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a movie I haven't watched on my larger screen TV since I got it. Should be fun to see it again after awhile away from it.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 04:00:52 PM
There is a game they are playing a soap chat board and I had to share since today's word is
Decolletage....

THe object of the game is to guess the scene adn when it aired....


Quote
Jack: When it comes to fashion, I’m on very shaky ground, I warn you.

Jennifer: All right, but I need you here to hold me up. Because if you weren’t here, I couldn’t do this. I just couldn’t. I’d probably quit.

Jack: Okay, if I promise to stand by your side, will you a demonstration of some of these…some of these words, like…umm…dee-co-le-tage.

Jenn: Decolletage. JACK!!!


The definition of the word follows... I just found it rather interesting that the mod of the game and bk were on the same wave length....

Quote
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dé·colle·tage (noun)
1. A low neckline on a woman's garment, especially a dress.
2. A dress with a low neckline in front.
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And the question what was Jack doing and how did Jennifer react? [/size]

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 04:04:57 PM

What "decolletage" means in English is "décolleté" in French!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 04:09:26 PM
I suppose I'll start getting ready for tonight's show.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM
And please do observe the wishes of both Maria and I, which several have already not done.  Thank you in advance. :-)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 04:18:26 PM
I just saw the results of the world figure skating ladies championships.

Congratulations to the new world champion!!! May her reign be a long and happy one!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 04:19:11 PM
Off now to view some skating and other DVDs.

WBBL.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 25, 2006, 04:21:13 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]@ @ @ @ @  BROKEN LEGS AND MERDE  ON DR JOSE's BROADWAY DEBUTE  @ @ @ @ @[/move]
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 25, 2006, 04:34:23 PM
Who's the chick in the sunglasses?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 25, 2006, 04:35:01 PM
I bet I can get us to Page Five...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 25, 2006, 04:35:19 PM
Ha!  I told you so!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Dan (the Man) on March 25, 2006, 04:37:19 PM
Page Five Dance

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/popeye-folder-dance.gif)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 04:53:34 PM
Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?  I just ran my lines, which I seemed to know.  Hoping I'll be less tense tonight, and can just settle in and have some fun.  Have shaved, and will shower soon.

I've been checking out the new region 2 DVDs of South Pacific, The King And I, and Carousel.  These will be coming out here in the US, but no date has been set, and I couldn't wait, oh, no, I could not wait.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2006, 04:57:33 PM
Who's the chick in the sunglasses?
Canadian Corey Hart in drag?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 05:01:06 PM
Broken leg vibes for the night for both bk and Jose!!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 05:02:37 PM
Canadian Corey Hart in drag?

You've got to have Hart!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 05:04:00 PM

This place is saturated with vibes and broken legs!
Looks like a Stadium after a Rolling Stones Concert!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 05:06:16 PM
Canadian Corey Hart in drag?

That IS true! The spitt.... err.... the same! Yes! the same!

http://www.interq.or.jp/www1/onj1/corey/sunglasses.jpg
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 05:19:37 PM
We once saw the Houston Ballet do SWAN LAKE and the main ballerina started across the stage and tripped and fell.  Later in the scene, a gallant gentleman in the company started across the stage, stopped at the exact spot, bent down and picked up something off the floor and put it in his tunic....  as if to say...."you see....it wasn't HER fault!"

That is so sweet.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 05:30:52 PM
Jose I loved your stage stories.

I hope all is going well at various theaters tonight. :D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 05:35:10 PM

What a wonderful cast!!

 François, Sandra, Jane, Tomovoz

Guess the play?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 05:36:18 PM
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 05:49:00 PM
Hmmm...I logged in and immediately got kicked out.   But things seem to be working now.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 05:49:18 PM
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

THat is an interesting movie with many different layers...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 05:49:28 PM
Bruce I thought you had left for the theater.  It seems so much later than it is.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 05:50:54 PM
Jose I loved your stage stories.

I hope all is going well at various theaters tonight. :D


Jane, organizing my data... Rather impressed with the break through...
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 05:53:41 PM
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Right'o! ;)

I've said it before but i'll say it again... when they first did the play here in Paris, the first two main actors could NOT stand each other and were acting like in the play!
Incidently, the man (Raymond Gérôme) was the French voice for Rex Harrison in the film version of My Fair Lady!

The following is an excerpt of an obituary in The Independent (London)

 "But Madeleine Robinson is also remembered for superb performances on stage, where she was a veritable bete de scene and a monstre sacre. Her hard early life had given her an embattled temperament, and if she disagreed with a fellow actor or the director she would argue her case with bitter determination and picturesque invective. She was a perfectionist. This indomitable purpose in pursuit of the very highest standards in acting was recognised, and often dreaded, by all she worked with. But in 1965 it won her the prize of Best Actress of the Year for her performance as an implacable Martha in Edward Albee's Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), which really brought out the wild animal in her.

Her outspoken and often wounding criticisms of fellow actors and incompetent directors made her the terror of rehearsals, when she would rip to pieces some young actor's carefully conceived image of his role. Without a moment's warning, she would walk out of rehearsals and of the play itself. She had no hesitation in coming to blows with a partner on stage. She laid into Raymond Gerome, who played the browbeaten husband to such effect that he took her to court - and she lost the case."

She would have been a terrific Mama Rose!

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 05:55:25 PM
Had a frustrating day at the office today.  I was hoping to get many count them many returns done, but got snagged when a broker statement gave a $450,000 loss to someone on a transaction, and it was just - well, not possible.  With the client being Orthodox Jewish (and it being Saturday) and the broker being closed on the weekend obviously, we lost hours having to research it ourselves and I think I got three returns done where I should have gotten many done - Saturdays are usually my most productive day.

That felt good to rant.  I feel much better.  Forget I said anything.  :)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 05:59:13 PM
THat is an interesting movie with many different layers...

JUST LIKE A NAPOLEON CAKE! ;D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:00:19 PM
Had a frustrating day at the office today.  I was hoping to get many count them many returns done, but got snagged when a broker statement gave a $450,000 loss to someone on a transaction, and it was just - well, not possible.  With the client being Orthodox Jewish (and it being Saturday) and the broker being closed on the weekend obviously, we lost hours having to research it ourselves and I think I got three returns done where I should have gotten many done - Saturdays are usually my most productive day.

That felt good to rant.  I feel much better.  Forget I said anything.  :)

What was it?

Have you said something, Fred? :-X :-\
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:07:44 PM
Robbie - Yes, Skip sends his love to Laura, as do I, although she probably won't remember me that well.

I have a favorite Laura Benanti story.  She came by our apartment to pick up some music from Skip, and that was the day after we got our first dog, Toby.  Toby was terrorizing me with his puppy-stage mouthing, and when Laura heard about that, she took the time to show me how to deal with the puppy's mouthing by putting my hand a certain way at the puppy's teeth, and even risked getting nipped herself in the process of making sure I was getting it right (although luckily she didn't get hurt by any of Toby's mouthing).   I was a lot less scared of Toby once she showed me how to deal with it.   It sounds like a little but it really helped me bond with Toby much sooner than I would have without Laura's help.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:09:55 PM
Francois - Thanks.  I knew if anyone would understand, you would.  :)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:13:06 PM
Francois - Thanks.  I knew if anyone would understand, you would.  :)

Bosom buddies, Mame!

Bosom buddies! ;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 06:13:19 PM
I'm all shaved and showered, lines run as much as I can run them (if Matt's there early enough, I may do a line-through with him), and I shall shortly be on my way to the theater.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 06:13:50 PM
And keep the home fries burning until my returning.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:14:26 PM
Off to a friend's graduation party way downtown.    Got her what we hope are appropriate gifts for someone getting a Master's degree - we shall see how they go over.

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Sandra on March 25, 2006, 06:14:38 PM
I'm going now. I've already missed the beginning of The Lawrence Welk Show. DVD vibes for BK.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:14:50 PM
Robbie - Yes, Skip sends his love to Laura, as do I, although she probably won't remember me that well.


Is that from an episode of FRIENDS?! :-X
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:15:51 PM
Vibes to Bk as always.

Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:16:04 PM
I'm all shaved and showered, lines run as much as I can run them (if Matt's there early enough, I may do a line-through with him), and I shall shortly be on my way to the theater.

MERDE!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:16:30 PM

Let's do the Caca Dance! (Ooooh!)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:17:20 PM
I'm going now. I've already missed the beginning of The Lawrence Welk Show. DVD vibes for BK.

I hope you'll tell us how the show ends! :D
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:17:25 PM
And one for Scholar  (my friend who's graduating, that is.)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:18:00 PM
Off to a friend's graduation party way downtown.    Got her what we hope are appropriate gifts for someone getting a Master's degree - we shall see how they go over.



I'm sure she'll like the thongs! ;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:19:49 PM
I thought about getting her a copy of THONG AND DANCE, but passed on that.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: FJL on March 25, 2006, 06:20:23 PM
As Jose would say...

Laters.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:21:13 PM
Skäl to Scholar!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:22:23 PM
I thought about getting her a copy of THONG AND DANCE, but passed on that.

Thong & Pants go together like....

King Thong! :o
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:24:26 PM
I thought about getting her a copy of THONG AND DANCE, but passed on that.

Oh... you'd pass on anything! ;)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:25:51 PM

Thong and Trance??! (but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?
Undubitubly!)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 06:29:24 PM
François interesting story.

DakotaCelt :)
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 06:44:31 PM
François interesting story.



Thank you, me dear!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 07:03:23 PM
No, thank you.

^..^)~
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jane on March 25, 2006, 07:13:15 PM
Wish I could wait for Jose's report but I must leave for the night.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:23:43 PM
Well DRJOSE promised pictures, etc....but I don't expect them for a few hours.

LESTAT in preview is still somewhere in Act Two is my guess!!

And MR BK is in the green room, going over his lines ... it's nearly the half hour call for the cast of DECEIT.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:24:04 PM
DR MARIA have you seen Debbie Reynolds lately?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:24:55 PM
I may be going to see a show called The Marijuana Logues tomorrow.  Not that I want to see a show called The Marijuana Logues...but sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:25:30 PM
Watching THE HAPPY BREED on TCM right now.

Did you get your Comcast DVR installed, DRMBARNUM?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:25:47 PM
And how was that date with the South Beach guy?
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:26:42 PM
So many unanswered questions.

And we need pictures from DECEIT....before & after the show....cast and crew and audience....  Well, I guess I should say WANT rather than NEED.
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2006, 07:27:54 PM
Nine months till Christmas!
Title: Re:DVD HELL
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 07:57:53 PM
Nine months till Christmas!

That's enough time for a new baby!! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 07:58:34 PM

Maybe we should tell DR Maria about that!?!?
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 07:59:07 PM

Can't talk to ... Jose right now! He's busy!! LOL!
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2006, 08:05:36 PM
I tried to post a couple of times and lkeep getting thrown out
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2006, 08:06:16 PM
Well that worked... I cannot wait to hear all Jose and Bk;s news from tonight
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2006, 08:08:28 PM
The Vixter met George Takei and Cassandra Peterson and had her picture taken with them... I have to figure out how to resize it so I can post it here, I keep getting told its too big and then poof off the site I am thrown as punishment.


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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2006, 08:08:48 PM
I'm tired and I have to go to bed
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2006, 08:09:11 PM
I'll catch up sometime......
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:20:21 PM
The Vixter met George Takei and Cassandra Peterson and had her picture taken with them... I have to figure out how to resize it so I can post it here, I keep getting told its too big and then poof off the site I am thrown as punishment.




Neat... I am glad Vixter was feeling well enough to go and I am glad she got to go...

I am glad she is feeling better...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:20:39 PM
Page 7 dance!
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 08:26:10 PM
Maria, any upcoming projects that you can talk about?
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Post by: Maria on March 25, 2006, 08:31:22 PM
DR MARIA have you seen Debbie Reynolds lately?

Only at the movies, JRand.

I did see Miss LIza Minnelli on Friday night. The TV Academy screened the incredible and now restored and remastered "Liza With a Z"... It's going to be aired on Showtime early in April. I think it's during one of their free weeks - so perhaps even those who don't subscribe to Showtime can cathch it. Do try! What a wonderful concert! Actually the first filmed concert of its type. Fosse's idea. It was surreal to hear the real audience applaud just as the audience from 1972 was applauding.
After the screening Miss Minnelli spoke and then sang. Her voice ain't what it used to be, of course. But boy, she can hold an audience. Also in attendance were Miss Florence Henderson - who looks great; Miss Julie Newmar, who looks... like Julie Newmar; Miss Lorna Luft; Miss Anne Jeffries; and others whom I can't recall. John Stamos interviewed Miss Minnelli and let's just say he wasn't exactly a class act.
Back to work. i just spent the last hour trying to get my wireless printer to print. Plugged and unplugged everything and nothing helped. Then I did it once more -- and suddenly it worked. Go figure.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:32:09 PM
When I turned on the TV and cable box, what should be starting but the ladies' final free skate perforamances at the world championships, so I settled in to watch for the next two hours. Some interesting skating, some heartbreaking mistakes, and some truly inspired programs, too.




spoiler - - - - -














And let me just say that Kimmie Meissner, who is the new world champion, a 16 year old from the US, skated the best performance of her life. She is still a couple of years away from an optimum program. She lacks some grace and style which can only come with experience and as she grows to maturity and gets comfortable in her new adult body, that will come. She certainly has the jumps landing two triple-triple combinations with ease. No one else in the free skate even landed one triple-triple combination.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:34:05 PM
LIZA WITH A 'Z' airs on Showtime on April 1. The DVD special edition of the program with documentaries and other special features goes on sale April 4th.
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Post by: Maria on March 25, 2006, 08:38:44 PM
Maria, any upcoming projects that you can talk about?

I'm juggling a number of things, TCB. Thanks for asking. Just finished an animated feature which is something totally different for me. Excited at the prospect, but we shall see.
Also working on a Western feature which is great fun - and again something quite different.
And a couple of TV-movies. One has just changed Networks - am waiting to hear the outcome of where it's landed. I've been busy, thank goodness. ...And I'm in the midst of changing agents - which is scary. I've been with the same agent for MANY years. He left the agency business, and it's just not the same without him. So I'm looking around for a new "home." It's like losing daddy and shopping around for a new one.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:40:09 PM
Next I finished SUMMER MAGIC.

First, let me clarify my feelings about the transfer. It is a beautiful job. What threw me earlier is that Dorothy McGuire's medium shots and close-ups were filmed with a slight soft focus, and watching the first thirty minutes today with some light coming into my den from outside, I guess I misread the look of the transfer as not being at its best. Seeing the remainder of it tonight in a totally darkened room, I saw that it was a first rate transfer. Thoroughly enjoyable.

And how heartbreaking to see James Stacy looking so youthful and healthy (before his tragic motorcycle accident a few years later). Peter Brown was jaw-droppingly gorgeous, too.

I can see that it would have seemed hopelessly old fashioned and corny when it was released in the 1960s with the Beatles making such a splash all over the world (and it was indeed a major box-office disappointment for Disney). But it was a very pleasant way to spend this evening tonight for me.
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:41:18 PM

Back to work. i just spent the last hour trying to get my wireless printer to print. Plugged and unplugged everything and nothing helped. Then I did it once more -- and suddenly it worked. Go figure.

Ummm.... sounds you had a problem similar to the one BK got last night onstage!

Bloody machines! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:42:08 PM

It's raining chats et chiens in Paris right now!
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Post by: Maria on March 25, 2006, 08:42:33 PM
LIZA WITH A 'Z' airs on Showtime on April 1. The DVD special edition of the program with documentaries and other special features goes on sale April 4th.

Thanks, Matt. There are hours of extras on the DVD. Should be good.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:43:29 PM
And I ended my evening of media entertainment with another MURDER SHE WROTE mystery, this one a variation of SORRY WRONG NUMBER which involved a bed-ridden Jessica overhearing on the telephone a murder of a man in town being planned and being helpless to stop it. Of course, she knows too much and has to be eliminated, and she's helpless in bed with no one at home to help her. . . .
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:44:37 PM
It's like losing daddy and shopping around for a new one.

Ain't what Marylin M. used to sing about? :)
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:44:46 PM
Thanks, Matt. There are hours of extras on the DVD. Should be good.

I could burn a DVD of the high definition broadcast from Showtime-HD and have quality as good as the commercial DVD, but I'd miss out on the extras. So, I guess I'll bite the bullet and spring for the DVD.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:44:48 PM
Good luck Maria on finding a new agent!!

Nice to meet you...
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 08:45:58 PM
LIZA WITH A 'Z' airs on Showtime on April 1. The DVD special edition of the program with documentaries and other special features goes on sale April 4th.

The QUEER AS FOLK online fan letter started pre-selling the 'LIZA WITH A Z' DVD earlier this week.  Now, it is beyond me what gay people and Liza Minnelli could possibly have in common, other than husbands.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:46:10 PM
I'm juggling a number of things, TCB. Thanks for asking. Just finished an animated feature which is something totally different for me. Excited at the prospect, but we shall see.
Also working on a Western feature which is great fun - and again something quite different.
And a couple of TV-movies. One has just changed Networks - am waiting to hear the outcome of where it's landed. I've been busy, thank goodness. ...And I'm in the midst of changing agents - which is scary. I've been with the same agent for MANY years. He left the agency business, and it's just not the same without him. So I'm looking around for a new "home." It's like losing daddy and shopping around for a new one.

Good luck!
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:46:40 PM
Next I finished SUMMER MAGIC.

First, let me clarify my feelings about the transfer. It is a beautiful job. What threw me earlier is that Dorothy McGuire's medium shots and close-ups were filmed with a slight soft focus, and watching the first thirty minutes today with some light coming into my den from outside, I guess I misread the look of the transfer as not being at its best. Seeing the remainder of it tonight in a totally darkened room, I saw that it was a first rate transfer. Thoroughly enjoyable.

And how heartbreaking to see James Stacy looking so youthful and healthy (before his tragic motorcycle accident a few years later). Peter Brown was jaw-droppingly gorgeous, too.

I can see that it would have seemed hopelessly old fashioned and corny when it was released in the 1960s with the Beatles making such a splash all over the world (and it was indeed a major box-office disappointment for Disney). But it was a very pleasant way to spend this evening tonight for me.

Three Cricky Wooden Stairs.....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:47:03 PM
TCB, I have a question.....

ARe you familiar with the nordic museum in Seattle?
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 08:47:26 PM
Hi all. I decided to shop for paint colors for my home office and well.  I was just going to put a little on the wall to see what it looks like....I now have 3 walls painted "rejuvenate" aka light green. I have a bunch of adhesive to clean off the last wall from the former owner's mirrored wall - pretty out there for a lawyer turned baptist minister.... anyway love the new paint. I'll finish tomorrow
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 08:47:54 PM
So I'm looking around for a new "home." It's like losing daddy and shopping around for a new one.

Oh, I know that feeling!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 08:48:08 PM
I'm a little too late to wish vibage to Jose and BK...but I've been thinking it.
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:48:11 PM
The QUEER AS FOLK online fan letter started pre-selling the 'LIZA WITH A Z' DVD earlier this week.  Now, it is beyond me what gay people and Liza Minnelli could possibly have in common, other than husbands.

I don't think she has any right now!

I'm available! ;D... but not rich! :-\ ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:48:54 PM
Oh, I know that feeling!

You could NOT miss that one, could you!?!? :D :D ;D
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:49:25 PM
TCB, I have a question.....

ARe you familiar with the nordic museum in Seattle?

Beware of the answer!!!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 08:50:08 PM
TOD - I was in a community theatre production of The Music Man in a small town where I used to live.   Whoever was doing set decided that the easiest way to do the lamp post was to take a rubberball, paint it white and fasten it to the top of a post.  It didn't look too bad, actually, but they forgot to fasten the ball, so in the middle of the barbershop scene, someone touched the post and the "light" fell off and bounced across the stage.  
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:51:00 PM
Hi all. I decided to shop for paint colors for my home office and well.  I was just going to put a little on the wall to see what it looks like....I now have 3 walls painted "rejuvenate" aka light green. I have a bunch of adhesive to clean off the last wall from the former owner's mirrored wall - pretty out there for a lawyer turned baptist minister.... anyway love the new paint. I'll finish tomorrow

Who's Got The Paint?!   Oh... a .... Forget it!! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:51:47 PM
I'm a little too late to wish vibage to Jose and BK...but I've been thinking it.

Too Late Now To....
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2006, 08:52:21 PM
Oh, I know that feeling!
Funniest line of the day. :) :) :) :) :) ::) ::) :) :) :) :)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:53:23 PM
TOD - I was in a community theatre production of The Music Man in a small town where I used to live.   Whoever was doing set decided that the easiest way to do the lamp post was to take a rubberball, paint it white and fasten it to the top of a post.  It didn't look too bad, actually, but they forgot to fasten the ball, so in the middle of the barbershop scene, someone touched the post and the "light" fell off and bounced across the stage.  


;D :D

Follow the bouncing ball Barbershop Sing Along?
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:54:02 PM
Funniest line of the day. :) :) :) :) :) ::) ::) :) :) :) :)

You are SO BIASED!! :-\ :P :(
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:54:42 PM
Funniest line of the day. :) :) :) :) :) ::) ::) :) :) :) :)

Aaaahhhh ... from TCB!! Ok! :D
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 08:55:12 PM


;D :D

Follow the bouncing ball Barbershop Sing Along?

Bouncing back stage and down a stairway....it was quite humorous
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 08:55:21 PM
TCB, I have a question.....

ARe you familiar with the nordic museum in Seattle?

Do you mean the Nordic Heritage Museum?  I know where it is, and I have seen it; but I have never been inside.  Hell, my paternal grandmother was Nordic Heritage, we didn't need a museum.
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 08:55:56 PM
Funniest line of the day. :) :) :) :) :) ::) ::) :) :) :) :)

Maybe you mean that Chorus Line of smileys of yours!!! ;)
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2006, 08:56:10 PM
Think I'll head down now and get some sleep.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the day.

Good night!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:56:38 PM
Hi all. I decided to shop for paint colors for my home office and well.  I was just going to put a little on the wall to see what it looks like....I now have 3 walls painted "rejuvenate" aka light green. I have a bunch of adhesive to clean off the last wall from the former owner's mirrored wall - pretty out there for a lawyer turned baptist minister.... anyway love the new paint. I'll finish tomorrow

Goo be gone might help in removing the adhesive. Good luck on the rest of the paint job.
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Post by: divarobbie on March 25, 2006, 08:57:17 PM
FLJ, consider it done :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 08:58:54 PM
Beware of the answer!!!!

LOL
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 08:59:06 PM
Where in the Hell can that boy, Jose, be?  It is almost midnight in New York.  Doesn't he know how we worry???






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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 09:00:29 PM
Do you mean the Nordic Heritage Museum?  I know where it is, andI have seen it, but I have never been inside.  Hell, my paternal grandmother was Nordic Heritage, we didn't need a museum.

Yes... .I know you are Norsk...
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 09:00:47 PM
divarobbie, it is nice to see you back posting again.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 09:01:23 PM
Where in the Hell can that boy, Jose, be?  it is almost midnight in New York.  Doesn't he know we worry???

Maybe he was so tuckered out after his performance, he went to bed.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 09:04:04 PM
Well, while we're waiting we could play "How many times do you see Jose in the Broadway.com video"
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2006, 09:04:06 PM
You are SO BIAISED!! :-\ :P :(
But totally impartial in my bias.
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 09:04:30 PM
Maybe he was so tuckered out after his performance, he went to bed.



Alone?
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 09:06:20 PM
Well, while we're waiting we could play "How many times do you see Jose in the Broadway.com video"


I counted four times; but I didn't wear my glasses, so I might have been looking at the snare drums.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 09:08:47 PM
I counted 7 or 8, but I'm counting the long shots  near the beginning when you can see him briefly if you know where to look
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Post by: Sandra on March 25, 2006, 09:09:17 PM
I hope you'll tell us how the show ends! :D

They all sang "Applause."

I'm hungry.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 09:11:47 PM
HI Sandra, good to see you
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 09:12:21 PM
Now that you mention it, I'm hungry, too. I didn't eat dinner, I was on a painting frenzy
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 09:13:50 PM
Alone?

No... with Allan Jones! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 09:15:49 PM
I counted 7 or 8, but I'm counting the long shots  near the beginning when you can see him briefly if you know where to look

I don't know! I only had eyes for Mr Haak! :D
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 09:16:31 PM
They all sang "Applause."

I'm hungry.

What did you cook, Chef?!
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2006, 09:21:56 PM
I don't know! I only had eyes for Mr Haak! :D

You got that right.  I wasn't even sure I wanted to see the show until I saw that interview.
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2006, 09:25:18 PM
Now that you mention it, I'm hungry, too. I didn't eat dinner, I was on a painting frenzy

After painting you're panting for food!

Bon appétit! :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 09:28:51 PM
Woosh! After leaving the room and getting some toast and peanutbutter, I came in and wow are there paint fumes!   I had the window open earlier, but now it's pretty bad. Think I'll head into the other room
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 09:40:18 PM
Well, while we're waiting we could play "How many times do you see Jose in the Broadway.com video"

I have to go see it yet...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 09:41:30 PM
Woosh! After leaving the room and getting some toast and peanutbutter, I came in and wow are there paint fumes!   I had the window open earlier, but now it's pretty bad. Think I'll head into the other room

Cant say I blame ya... I am off to go see the rehearsal clip of Lestat.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2006, 09:48:57 PM


Did you get your Comcast DVR installed, DRMBARNUM?

I did, and it is quite nice! I have many shows set to record each time they are on...Surfside 6, What's My Line, 77 Sunset Strip, TAR, etc....and went through this months movies on TCM and set to record several! Now maybe I won't miss so much stuff...of course I still have to have time to watch it all!
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2006, 09:49:38 PM
And how was that date with the South Beach guy?

We had a very nice dinner and visit.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 10:02:31 PM
Did he wear South Beach Chic
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 10:02:46 PM
Wasn't that the term FJL?
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 25, 2006, 10:03:59 PM
Man the place is getting crowded! Hope Jose and BK arrive soon
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 10:28:01 PM
Still waiting for the broadway.com clip to load... You know there are days I really hate dail up....
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 11:02:37 PM
Hiya Gang!
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Post by: Sandra on March 25, 2006, 11:10:01 PM
Hi Rodzinski!

I'm tired so I'm going to go to futon now.

Bye Rodzinski!
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2006, 11:17:11 PM
Back from a post show supper with Tammy's friend Lauren and her husband and friend.  Tammy, of course, went off to be a "bad" girl at some party.  That's what she does these days.  Not a day goes by that she isn't at some party being a bad girl.  It's a phase, I suppose.

Tonight's show was better - nice crowd, vocal, and I was much more at ease.  I only fumfered on one line (one I've never had a problem with before), and I mis-timed a couple of laughs, but then again, I got several nice laughs in unexpected places.  Best of all, the video worked fine.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 11:17:31 PM
Happy futon-ing!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on March 25, 2006, 11:28:02 PM
Back from a post show supper with Tammy's friend Lauren and her husband and friend.  Tammy, of course, went off to be a "bad" girl at some party.  That's what she does these days.  Not a day goes by that she isn't at some party being a bad girl.  It's a phase, I suppose.

Tonight's show was better - nice crowd, vocal, and I was much more at ease.  I only fumfered on one line (one I've never had a problem with before), and I mis-timed a couple of laughs, but then again, I got several nice laughs in unexpected places.  Best of all, the video worked fine.

I am glad to hear that things went well tonight!
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Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 11:31:23 PM
And now, I must go to work, after which I'll be ushering for a local semi-professional production of "The Game of Love & Chance! (http://www.harlequinproductions.org/seasonpages/06game.html)" by Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth.  It should be quite good.

Until later. :)

It's now later and I'm home.  "The Game of Love & Chance" was very good and had incredible costumes and a wonderful set.  I'd highly recommend it, but tonight was the last performance.  Oh, well.  Anyway, let me just say, "There are a lot[/i] of words in this play!"  The actors also spoke quite quickly, but enunciated and projected so well that nothing was lost or misunderstood.  I can't imagine being in this kind of a play...all those words!  I don't know if I could do it.  I'd certainly love to try, but only if I had an understudy who had done the part already, so that if I couldn't, he could. ;)

It's going to take me a while to catch up on all the posts...I just logged in and I only got to the top of page 3. :)

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Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 11:32:04 PM
Good news, BK!  It can only get better!!
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 11:37:53 PM
Glad to hear it, BK.

TPunk and I went to see a movie today. V FOR VENDETTA. I'll give it credit for being ambiguous, which counts as an achievement in today's cinema. And it was entertaining as well as insightful.  But it also suffered from delusions of grandeur. And a rationale that would really have pleased  Timothy McVeigh.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2006, 11:44:09 PM
Here's a clichéd set-up from modern movies I can do without: It happens in any movie that is trying to convey some hero/anti-hero's effect on the general public.

You get 3-4 different locations where groups are watching events unfold on TV. The locations are always: A tavern where everyone in the place is watching the TV (looking up over the bar), an old-folks home, a random family at their house....
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Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 11:54:37 PM
Hello, all! I've come back under a new name as there was a problem accessing the site with my old moniker....

Welcome back. :)



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Post by: George on March 25, 2006, 11:56:19 PM
Is that low key enough? ;)
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Post by: George on March 26, 2006, 12:12:15 AM
I've finally caught up.  That is all. ;D