Topic: GIRDING MY LOINS (Read 29396 times)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #120 on:** February 09, 2004, 05:22:30 PM »

Quote from: Jane on February 09, 2004, 01:44:10 PM

You mean you took the photo?

“Here is the view from SWW's new perch” sounds to me as if it is a view from your new home. But it looks like a view of the Grand Canyon.

Yes, I was the cameraperson. And it was taken at the Grand Canyon. (Delaware is flat as a pancake, geographically speaking.)

Der Brucer was referring to something else in the caption.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #121 on:** February 09, 2004, 05:29:31 PM »

Page Five Dance!

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bk · « **Reply #122 on:** February 09, 2004, 05:45:02 PM »

I'll soon be off to Disney Studios. Then I shall return to read the excellent postings.

Jay · « **Reply #123 on:** February 09, 2004, 05:45:51 PM »

I shall be heading to the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, California shortly, Dear Readers. There I shall catch the Musical Theatre Guild's one-night-only presentation of Little Mary Sunshine. I don't know a thing about it save that it is some kind of spoof of the Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy operetta genre that opened in 1959 and ran 1100 performances off-Broadway.

bk · « **Reply #124 on:** February 09, 2004, 05:58:20 PM »

Just saw that Jason Raize, the original Simba of B'way's The Lion King committed suicide at twenty-eight years of age. I worked with Mr. Raize only once, on The Paul Simon Album (he sang The Sounds of Silence) but he was a terrific person, easy and fun to work with, and a wonderful singer.

SwishySarah · « **Reply #125 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:08:06 PM »

Forgive me for my E+T behavior over the past few days, but there has been a bit of an overload on work and school and Camelot auditions and all that jazz. I'm really trying to get here, but I'm not making any promises. J'ai les priorities.

As far as Camelot goes, I am currently awaiting the email with the final cast list. Callbacks were fast and easy...I read for Morgan LeFaye and had a fabulous time doing it. She's such a fun character! So much to work with...and they laughed in all of the right places, making me feel good about what I was doing. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, though, because I don't want to get down if I don't end up where I'd like. I'm happy with anything...a show is a show!

Hmm...it should be coming sometime soon...

For those who are familiar with AVENUE Q, I have it on my iPod. In my English class today, we were watching Gullivers Travels, and nobody was really paying attention. My friend Ted decided to take the iPod and pick a song. I wasn't watching him, and a few minutes after he started something, he began howling with laughter. He had chosen "The Internet is for Porn." And, as you know, people speak a little louder than usual while wearing heaphones. All of the sudden, I hear "GRAB YOUR DICK AND DOUBLE CLICK!!! HAHAHA SARAH HAVE YOU HEARD THIS SONG?!!?"

My teacher promptly confinscated it, only to listen to it herself. I have an awesome English class.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #126 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:13:18 PM »

Quote from: Jay on February 09, 2004, 05:45:51 PM

I shall be heading to the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, California shortly, Dear Readers. There I shall catch the Musical Theatre Guild's one-night-only presentation of Little Mary Sunshine. I don't know a thing about it save that it is some kind of spoof of the Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy operetta genre that opened in 1959 and ran 1100 performances off-Broadway.

I don't remember much about Little Mary Sunshine, but I love the restoration that was done to the Alex. I worked there shortly after college when it was a film theater; it was in disasterous shape at the time, which was a shame because it was designed by the same man who designed the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd.

Have a good time!

td · « **Reply #127 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:46:29 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 09, 2004, 05:58:20 PM

Just saw that Jason Raize, the original Simba of B'way's The Lion King committed suicide at twenty-eight years of age. I worked with Mr. Raize only once, on The Paul Simon Album (he sang The Sounds of Silence) but he was a terrific person, easy and fun to work with, and a wonderful singer.

Now not only am I completely exhausted, having been awake at 4:30 this morning. . .but with this news, I am completely and totally depressed. . . .

Sad, sad news.

He has/had (?) a Saturday morning teevee show with animals which was quite charming.

Somewhere, I have his "Endless Night" from The Rosie O'Donnell Show on videotape. . .I might just seek it out.

Where has the starlight gone?
Dark is the day
How can I find my way home?

Home is an empty dream
Lost to the night
Father, I feel so alone

You promised you'd be there
Whenever I needed you
Whenever I call your name
You're not anywhere

I'm trying to hold on
Just waiting to hear your voice
One word, just a word will do
To end this nightmare

When will the dawning break
Oh endless night
Sleepless I dream of the day

When you were by my side
Guiding my path
Father, I can't find the way

You promised you'd be there
Whenever I needed you
Whenever I call your name
You're not anywhere

I'm trying to hold on
Just waiting to hear your voice
One word, just a word will do
To end this nightmare

I know that the night must end
And that the sun will rise
And that the sun will rise

I know that the clouds must clear
And that the sun will shine
And that the sun will shine

I know that the night must end
And that the sun will rise
And that the sun will rise
I know that the clouds must clear
And that the sun will shine
And that the sun will shine

George · « **Reply #128 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:48:57 PM »

I just got home from work (by way of food). There was some kind of an accident at about 3:45 this afternoon, fairly close to where I work. We knew something happened when the power to the entire building just went off and didn't come back on. About a half hour later we found out that it was indeed an accident (I didn't hear if there were any injured/fatalities), but we were told that the power wouldn't be back on until after 7:00 p.m., so we all got to leave early. YEA!

To celebrate, I went to IHOP for the all-you-can-eat pancakes. Ugh.

I ate too too (that's two toos) much. I have this annoying habit that if it's an all-you-can-eat special (for a limited time) then I must eat all that I can. I MUST STOP THE INSANITY! Anyway, I'm home and totally full.

Wasn't that exciting? Wasn't that just too too (as well as too too much)?

Panni · « **Reply #129 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:49:34 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 09, 2004, 05:58:20 PM

Just saw that Jason Raize, the original Simba of B'way's The Lion King committed suicide at twenty-eight years

How very very sad.

td · « **Reply #130 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:58:11 PM »

February 10, 2004
Jason Raize, 28, Simba in 'The Lion King', Dies

ason Raize Rothenberg, an actor and singer who was one of the original stars of the Broadway musical "The Lion King," died on Feb. 3 in Yass, Australia, southwest of Sydney. He was 28.

The cause was suicide, said Chris Boneau, a spokesman for the Disney Company, producer of "The Lion King."

Mr. Rothenberg, who used the stage name Jason Raize, had been out of contact with his family, and it was not known whether he was living in Australia or traveling there.

He appeared as Pontius Pilate in the touring company of "Jesus Christ Superstar" before landing the role of Simba, the lion cub prince who flees his pride in disgrace but returns as an adult to avenge the death of his kingly father. He played the adult Simba for almost three years, beginning in 1997.

Last year he provided the voice of Denahi, an Ice Age boy who does battle with a bear who turns out to be his younger brother, in the Disney animated film "Brother Bear."

Mr. Rothenberg grew up in Oneonta, N.Y. He is survived by his father, Robert Rothenberg, and stepmother, Monet Rothenberg, both of Oneonta; his mother, Sarah MacArthur of Wrentham, Mass.; and a sister, Lisa Williams of Poughquag, N.Y.

Jane · « **Reply #131 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:13:27 PM »

TD the words to “Endless Night” are especially moving at this moment. I feel for his family and friends. So sad.

George · « **Reply #132 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:17:02 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 09, 2004, 05:58:20 PM

Just saw that Jason Raize, the original Simba of B'way's The Lion King committed suicide at twenty-eight years of age. I worked with Mr. Raize only once, on The Paul Simon Album (he sang The Sounds of Silence) but he was a terrific person, easy and fun to work with, and a wonderful singer.

28 is too damn young for anyone to die...especially by suicide. I really enjoyed his voice.

George · « **Reply #133 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:23:11 PM »

Quote from: Noel on February 09, 2004, 01:49:03 PM

Part of my work today was rewriting a Sondheim lyric. A cabaret I'm doing on the 23rd is to begin with Invocation and Instructions to the audience. Since there's no point in referring to Aristophanes when the song is done out of the context of the original show, I changed it to

Please don't cough,
And turn the goddamn cellphones off.
You mustn't add to our cacophonies
So please, don't cough.

...which I know, is an identity rather than a rhyme (cacoph... and cough). Embarrassed as I am, I know I'm the only one who'd notice it.

Noel (and anyone else), what exactly is an "identity" as opposed to a "rhyme?" Sondheim has used that term and I can't find a specific definition in regards to writing...and just so that it'll help me remember, what might be some other examples?

Quote from: Jane on February 09, 2004, 03:19:49 PM

http://www.goenglish.com/ThePotCallingTheKettleBlack.asp
The Pot Calling The Kettle Black ( to say something about someone else which is actually true of you yourself ... )

Jane, thanks for the info...and the link. That's a pretty cool site. I bookmarked it, too.

td · « **Reply #134 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:24:47 PM »

Quote from: Jane on February 09, 2004, 07:13:27 PM

TD the words to “Endless Night” are especially moving at this moment. I feel for his family and friends. So sad.

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
-- John Donne

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #135 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:42:33 PM »

Good evening!

Well, it's my final night in Memphis, and it was the final day of auditions. Not a bad day. And we were done by 4:30!! And, again, I had no callbacks tonight, so... A friend of mine - with a rental car - decided to head out to do some shopping and get some dinner. We stopped at this cool, little, funky store and cafe called Otherlands. A little bit everything - incense, fridge magnets, postcards, handmade jewelry, etc. However, I did not sample any of the delicious looking goodies in the cafe. BUT... We headed over to Dinstuhl's Candies, which is a Memphis institution. I picked up a few boxes of their Cashew Crunch (cashew brittle that's coated in coconut!) and some chocolate bars for friends back home. OH, and I also got a box of their yummilicious chocolate-covered grapes! Michael and I shared the box on the car ride over to the our dinner destination. We headed over to McAllister's which is a sandwich chain. My first time there. I ended up getting one of their "stuffed spuds" with roast beef, cheddar and gravy. Very good. -Oh, and I got a cup of vegetable soup. Also very good.

So... Now I'm back in my hotel room just checking on the e-mail, reading HHW, etc...

Sondheim songs: As everyone else has stated, there's not much I don't like, and my list could change from minute to minute, but for now...

Favorite Ballad: "Lesson #8" and/or "Finishing the Hat".

Favorite Comedy Song: "A Little Priest" - oh, and even though it's not really a true comedy song, I also like "Franklin Shepherd, Inc."

Favorite Lyric: Without a doubt - "The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. Move On." -Truly a life changing line for me. So profound.

Well, I'm going to head down to the bar for some fellowship, schmoozing, commiserating,networking, relaxing, chilling, socializing... oh and some drinking. Big Boy Drink(s) too!

I'll try to check back in before turning in tonight, but I have to be up early to get to the airport - at least it's not a too early flight - so...

Be back later... which may be later tonight, tomorrow morning, or tomorrow afternoon...

OH - DR Danise - I start tomorrow... Let the games begin!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #136 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:45:12 PM »

OH, OH, OH - that's three "OHs"...

My friend Michael was talking with one of his fellow auditionees last night, and she happened to mention that she "knows" me from this here website! From HHW!!! So...

Stacy - Come out, come out wherever you are! -And post!

*Hope you had a good time in Memphis too.

td · « **Reply #137 on:** February 09, 2004, 07:49:20 PM »

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040206-9999_1b6tower.html

Tower Records also goes away. . .

S. Woody White · « **Reply #138 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:04:32 PM »

Interesting about Tower. Der Brucer and I stopped by a couple of the Tower/Good Guys merged stores, called "WOW", before leaving California. (One was in Glendale CA, the other in Long Beach.) The Tower halves of the stores seemed to be doing well, if overpriced, but the Good Guys halves were obviously closing down.

SwishySarah · « **Reply #139 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:15:10 PM »

I am officially Morgan LeFaye. I saw the email and started to cry

. I've never actually HAD a role before, so to go from the chorus to a lead is amazing...I'm completely shocked.

I feel the urge to SCREAM but everyone's asleep...oh, well.

This is perfect

!

Matt H. · « **Reply #140 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:16:13 PM »

One thing folks tend to forget about SUNSET BLVD. It has never been a commercial success. The movie did not do particularly well in 1950. Neither the London nor the Broadway versions earned anywhere near their capitalizations back.

The story is dark, weird, unforgettably sad and not a feel-good experience. Those kinds of stories tend not to be popular successes. I don't see a movie version of the musical doing anything differently and making the story somehow now something that the general populace is going to want to see.

Now, don't get me wrong. I LOVE the origianl film. Think it's a masterpiece, but it works because Gloria Swanson WAS a silent movie legend, and people could believe completely that she understood what she was acting. For all they knew, Gloria and Norma were the same person plus you had all those people Gloria had worked with: Von Stroheim, DeMille, Hopper, H.B. Warner, Keaton. No new film, especially one done no doubt in color, is going to be able to capture that period and those people. It's going to look fake, fake, fake. I predict a tremendous box-office bomb if it gets done at all.

td · « **Reply #141 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:18:57 PM »

Quote from: SwishySarah on February 09, 2004, 08:15:10 PM

I am officially Morgan LeFaye. I saw the email and started to cry . I've never actually HAD a role before, so to go from the chorus to a lead is amazing...I'm completely shocked.

I feel the urge to SCREAM but everyone's asleep...oh, well.

This is perfect !

Scream if you want to! It's wonderful news and a wonderful role (IMHO).

George · « **Reply #142 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:22:14 PM »

Quote from: SwishySarah on February 09, 2004, 08:15:10 PM

I am officially Morgan LeFaye. I saw the email and started to cry . I've never actually HAD a role before, so to go from the chorus to a lead is amazing...I'm completely shocked.

I feel the urge to SCREAM but everyone's asleep...oh, well.

This is perfect !

Contratulations!!

td · « **Reply #143 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:22:25 PM »

Hey! I just looked at the time: where in tarnation is Tomovoz?

Jennifer · « **Reply #144 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:31:27 PM »

That is so sad about Jason. I loved him in The Lion King.

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=33877&CT=38

Congrats Danise!

And congrats Swishy!

George · « **Reply #145 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:33:03 PM »

Quote from: Jed on February 09, 2004, 04:22:59 PM

TCB said:Now you've just got us all curious! As for myself, I don't care for Passion. I've tried, but simply can't get into it.

I would really like to see this done as a chamber opera in a small opera house sung by people with operatic voices being watched by an audience expecting an opera...just because. I like opera and I like Passion. There isn't any Sondheim show that I don't like...not that I've seen them all, but I have recordings of all his shows...and then some.

As for the topic of the day...here we go:

Favorite Sondheim (F. S.) ballads: "What Can You Lose," "Beautiful," "I Wish I Could Forget You," "No One Is Alone," "Not a Day Goes By," "Send in the Clowns," "So Many People," "Water Under the Bridge," "With So Little to Be Sure Of"

F. S. comedy songs: "Bring Me My Bride," "Can That Boy Foxtrot!" "Free," "Getting Married Today," "I Never Do Anything Twice," "A Little Priest," "A Parade in Town," "Pretty Little Picture," "That Dirty Old Man," "There's Always a Woman," "We're Gonna Be All Right," "You Gotta Get a Gimmick"

F. S. uptempo: "Opening Doors," Someone In a Tree," "The Miller's Son," "Tonight (Quintet)," "A Weekend In the Country"

all-time F. S. lyrics: "Move On," "No One Is Alone"

all-time F. S. rhyme:
From the depths of her interior
Were fears she was inferior
And something even eerier
But no one dared to query 'er
Superior
Exterior

absolute, all-time F. S. songs: "Someone In a Tree," "Move On," "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through," "A Little Priest," "Please Hello," "Poems," "Pretty Lady," "The Road You Didn't Take," "Tonight (Quintet)," "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "A Weekend In the Country"

Most intriguing song title that's never been recorded: "The Lay of a Gay Young Man"

from the abandoned 1953 Climb High

Laura II · « **Reply #146 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:36:29 PM »

Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, my lil sis!!!!! I'm so immensely proud of you!

Please forward the cast list to me.

Sondheim lyric (as of this second): "You think what do you want? You think: make a decision."

Sondheim songs (as of this second): "You," "On the Steps of the Palace," "No One is Alone," "Some People," "Tonight," "If Momma Was Married"

Panni · « **Reply #147 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:39:10 PM »

Can't stop thinking about poor Jason Raize. Why would someone so young and talented do something like that? And if one thing had been different at that moment, would he still be alive? A kind word from a stranger, a phone call from a friend...
I only ever came close once to doing something like that. I was a young actress, on tour in some strange city. Alone late at night in my hotel room, bad show that evening, big fight with my boyfriend, feeling untalented, unloved, really depressed. So much had gone wrong that particular night, and every bad thing that had ever happened to me just washed over me... everything seemed hopeless. I went to the medicine cabinet and all I could find was... a bottle of anti-diarrhea medicine! It's funny now - but back then, if I'd found a bottle of Tylenol (which I usually had) or something like it, I would've taken it. So I went to bed, crying but still very much alive and within a few hours things turned around. Boyfriend apologized, had a great show the next night, got a radio commercial in that city while still on tour, etc.
This is a very personal story - and I have never told it before "in public"... The only reason I'm doing it now is that there are so many younger people on this site who are under a great deal of pressure from school, jobs, relationships, whatever. I just want to use this as an example of how things do get better, how they can really get great, if you just ride it out. I've had such a terrific life. A wonderful child, a fulfilling career, so many friends, and I've made a difference in the world through my work and my relationships. But if I'd found something other than the silly anti-diarrhea stuff -- none of that would've happened.
That's my sermon for tonight, kids. In memory of young Jason Raize.

Panni · « **Reply #148 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:42:00 PM »

Congratulations on the role, Swishy!

Kerry · « **Reply #149 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:54:51 PM »

Congratulations to Sarah. We all share in your delight.

td-- glad to hear the good news. Hope the news keeps getting better.

Favorite Sondheim--

Without dividing it into categories, I guess mine would be:

"The Road You Didn't Take"
"Would I Leave You?"
"Anyone can Whistle"
"Everybody Says Don't"
"Losing My Mind"
"Gotta have a Gimmick"
"Some People"
"Children Will Listen"
"No One is Alone"
"Buddy's Blues"
"The Little Things You Do Together"
and "Sorry/Grateful"

Tooo many more......

Thanks Tomovoz, Mbarnum and MattH and Dr Laura and DR Sandra. MY HHW family is truly special.

I think Jose should come out here for a visit. All of you should !!!!!!

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