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TOAST OF THE TOWN
« on: May 25, 2005, 10:55:19 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, you've toasted the notes, you've jammed the notes, you've buttered the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home and if they don't come home soon, frankly they'll be toast.
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2005, 10:56:31 PM »

And the word of the day is: HABITUE!
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2005, 11:15:41 PM »

I would love to see a musical made from the movie "Groundhog Day," written by Stephen Sondheim. ;D

I'd read some time ago (a couple of years ago?) that he bought the musical stage rights, so it might (and also might not) happen.
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2005, 11:20:01 PM »

Actually, how about "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" by Lynne Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty?  I really like this movie and I LOVE A&H's songs.  Once On This Island is one of my absolute favorite musicals (I've seen three different productions of it) and Ragtime is one my absolute favorite muscal scores (I've never seen the show).  I think that they would do a fabulous job with it.  Just my humble opinion. :D
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2005, 11:38:35 PM »

Well, I must be off.  I have a very busy day tomorrow and it starts tonight.  I have to make some spaghetti tonight for a retirement lunch that my Relay For Life team is hosting tomorrow.  I'm partially cooking it tonight so that all we have to do is heat it up in the late morning.  It works quite well. :)

In the morning, my niece (who doesn't drive yet) has a yoga class at her college that starts at 7:00 a.m.  Her mom (my sister) can't drive her so I have to get my butt out of bed to drive her.  I also have to wait until her class is over to drive her home.  Then I have to go to work and help set up and serve for the retirement lunch.  After work, I'm going to see a local (semi-professional) production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.  I got a certificate for two free tickets from a local radio station!  A friend from work (okay, he's a very attractive friend...but straight :'( ;)) will be going with me.  My sister can't go and my niece doesn't want to go, so my friend Rick said that he would go.

Anyway, that'll be my very long day. ;D
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2005, 02:34:20 AM »


Another my favorite, a mini rambler rose named Blush Noisette.
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 02:36:17 AM »


White Mediland with a Japanese garden lanten - you put a candle in it for lighting up the garden but it’s hardly used these days, though I like its quaint light- in my tiny garden.
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2005, 02:38:07 AM »


I enjoyed lovely NY photos.
Thank you, dear BK.
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2005, 04:17:50 AM »

Such beautiful roses, Hisaka! Thanks for the photos.
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2005, 04:23:09 AM »

Today I learn how to install a drip irrigation system.
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2005, 04:26:56 AM »

Good morning, all!  I was in bed by around 9:15 last night, but I was up at 11:45,  3:30 and 6:30 with physical ailments.  I feel rested but quesy, so I think I'll stay home today, perhaps listen to music, perhaps do some laundry, and perhaps work on THE GOLDEN APPLE.

I'm thnking about the TOD, but nothing's grabbing my attention.  Perhaps later.
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2005, 04:49:12 AM »

For DR George:

The French Woman was right about the voices wanting the child, but was wrong about which one.
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2005, 04:55:39 AM »

I would like to see The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (The Circus of Dr. Lao) made into a musical with a score by Jerry Herman.  I thought Pat Morita would be goog for the role.

Here is the actual dialogue

Mike, let me tell you something. The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it. The way the sun goes down when you're tired, comes up when you want to be on the move. That's real magic. The way a leaf grows. The song of the birds. The way the desert looks at night, with the moon embracing it. Oh, my boy, that's... that's circus enough for anyone. Every time you watch a rainbow and feel wonder in your heart. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, you're part of the Circus of Dr. Lao.


And a reprise of the song at the end of act two (curtain going down)

Mike, the whole world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand, every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, Mike, you are part of the Circus of Dr. Lao.

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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2005, 04:56:44 AM »

I am off to Montreal for the long holiday weekend. Promises to take pictures of the city. I hope that is a Sunny weekend.
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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2005, 05:18:09 AM »

Stephen Sondheim  at the helm of Jean Anouih's wonderful play THIEVES CARNIVAL. The play reads like a book to a Musical.
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« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2005, 06:04:15 AM »

Today's question is quite good- one I must give some thought to.

In the meantime, Bruce, go get a massage.  You'll feel much better.
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« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2005, 06:05:28 AM »

Laura,
After you install your drip irrigation system, you can come over and install one in my yard, too.  OK?
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« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2005, 06:05:31 AM »

Two vehicles that I always thought might make fun musicals:  I Love Lucy and The Trouble With Angels.  The perfect creative team for Lucy would have been Comden and Green with a Cy Coleman score (though some of the standards from the show would have to be incorporated, such as "The Lady in Red", "Babalu" and, of course, the title song.)  Angels--Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse, I think.
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« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2005, 06:11:01 AM »

Nice pictures from BK's trip.

Not sure yet about the TOD. I'll have to think further.

I saw Thrill Me last night. It's a musical chamber piece based on the Leopold and Loeb murder. The production is very well done (it's at York Theatre) but it's such a gruesome story (not that gruesome can't work in theatre) and I don't see any reason why Nathan Leopold is obsessed with Richard Loeb. He (Loeb) is such a hateful and mean cretin with (IMHO) no redeemable qualities that I can't connect with the idea that Leopold would do anything, including helping to murder a 12-year just to be with Loeb. Love does funny things (isn't that a song lyric) but those funny things don't add up to a plausible musical here. The show opens officially tonight so I will be interested in seeing what the critics say.

That's the news from here. I'll be back.
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« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2005, 06:35:43 AM »

Lovely photos DR HISAKA.

Drip drip drip, DRLAURA.  I have never heard of such a thing, but I am sure it is lovely, as well.

DRGEORGE - It seemed to be snowing in the middle of the ocean on LOST as well.  Strange - just like the WHOLE series.  But not without interest.

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« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2005, 06:43:20 AM »

Hmmm....that is too bad about ESCORT WEST, I was hoping it would be a fun movie...particularly since I bought it the other week! LOL! I had never seen the film before but I have been toying with the idea of interviewing Elaine Stewart, who is in the movie, so decided to pick it up.
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« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2005, 06:45:47 AM »

Good Morning!  Good Morning!

I'm up!  I'm up!

What to do?!?  What to do!?!?

-Since I have about two "extra hours" to do stuff today than I normally do.

;)

*Best of all, the sun is out, and the blue sky is a stunner this morning!
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« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2005, 06:48:15 AM »

One thing I'm pretty sure I'm going to do - or rather not going to do - is not going to see Big River today at Noon at Ford's.  I shall see it next week.  I would like to see it with a bunch of the Mamma Mia! crew, but there is actually a bunch of stuff I need to take care of today - and tomorrow - since Monday is Memorial Day, a holiday, and places like the bank and the post office will be closed.  So...

At least that's one thing I've "done" today so far!
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« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2005, 06:50:39 AM »

Well TOD:

If they can make a musical of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and TITANIC, I say why not a musical of ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN....why not?  And since we have a title heroine, I say let music and lyrics be by Mr Tim Rice and Mr Elton John.  ;D

Other than that - to be completely off the wall and why has no one thought of it (although I am sure someone has) - I think the life of Vera Ralston would make a good musical - add some ice skating, a last minute escape from the Nazis, marriage to the owner of a movie studio, Roy Rogers, and that blue sequin outfit from JUBILEE TRAIL.  And of course it would have to be composed by Jerry Herman....and be called simply HRUBA!  ;D
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« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2005, 06:53:34 AM »

As to the title of today's notes.

Mr Steve Allen said something on his syndicated television talk show that has amused me for decades (as has MANY things Mr Allen said).  He was introducing a singer, I think it was Miss Petula Clark......reading from his teleprompter he said:

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, here she is.....the toast of two continents [aside] and the jelly bread of three...Miss Petula Clark!"
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« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2005, 06:56:43 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

I would still like to see an adaptation of Jack Finney's story, "Marion's Wall".  It was made into the movie, "Maxie", which starred Glenn Close and Mandy Patinkin, but there were a bunch of things changed from the original story.

"Marion's Wall" appears in a collection entitled, "Three By Finney", and one of the other stories in there, "The Woodrow Wilson Dime" which deals with time travel and how certain actions can change the "outcomes" in the future.  A very neat story.

As for composers...  I think Stephen Sondheim could handle both, but...  With the flapper-girl aspect of "Marion's Wall", I'm thinking Kander & Ebb.  For "Woodrow Wilson's Dime".... Hmmm...  Bock & Harnick.. or, then again, it would be neat to see what Mr. Sondheim would do with the material.
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« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2005, 07:00:10 AM »

Hisaka, thanks for the roses.

No roses here, but to start the day off right, here is a shot of The New College Horse which stands proudly outside my building.
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« Reply #27 on: May 26, 2005, 07:03:50 AM »

I'd also like to see a totally satisfactory adaptation of St. Exupery's "The Little Prince".  I know there are a bunch out there already - I worked on the Cummins & Scoullar version ("44 Sunsets" appears on the BK-produced "Broadway Bound"), and I believe Art Perlman and Jeffrey Lunden also have a highly praised version out there.   -And I have yet to see nor hear the new operatic treatment by Rachel Portman....   In any case...

If I could attach a "big name" composer to it... Other than than Lerner - was it Lerner who scored the movie version? - it would have been interesting to see how  Leonard Bernstein would have treated the material.
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« Reply #28 on: May 26, 2005, 07:05:22 AM »

OK - I need to get some breakfast, and then start going through my mail from the past two weeks... and beyond... ugh...

Laters...
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« Reply #29 on: May 26, 2005, 07:08:45 AM »

I like your idea about Vera Ralston, Jrand54!

And speaking of Vera, keep a look out in your mailbox today!!
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