Topic: THE TRUISM (Read 72568 times)

FJL · « **Reply #240 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:10:02 PM »

Cilla, are we still on for dinner Thursday night before CURTAINS? And any other NYC folk up for Thurs. dinner?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #241 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:11:16 PM »

Quote from: JRand56 on February 28, 2007, 02:07:42 PM

Is Top Design new tonight? My paper shows a rerun....grrrrrrrrrr

Oh.. I dunno.. It could be a rerun. I was just thinking that since it's "Wednesday", it's a heavy DVR night, that's all.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #242 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:12:32 PM »

Quote from: FJL on February 28, 2007, 02:10:02 PM

Cilla, are we still on for dinner Thursday night before CURTAINS? And any other NYC folk up for Thurs. dinner?

Sounds good, I won't be rushing from the airport now so that's even better. I know Elmore said he wanted to join us, but he isn't going to the show.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #243 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:13:54 PM »

Thanks for all the travel vibes. The ice that was supposed to hit hadn't hit yet, the snow is now going to happen there tomorrow and the bad weather in Texas didn't happen while I was there. I think the vibes helped a lot

Ginny · « **Reply #244 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:15:10 PM »

DR Cillaliz - glad your trip worked out. Have a great time and say HI to all those New York Hainsies and Kimlets for me!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #245 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:16:07 PM »

DR Cillaliz, welcome to NY! Glad you like the Edison. The coffee shop is a staple---many recording deals were signed there and it reeks of ambience.

DR Jose is right; I've stayed there many times and in a few instances have run into groups of noisy high school kids. But maybe you'll be OK since it's the middle of the week.

If you go out the south entrance, look to your left and you'll see a staircase that is probably roped off. It goes up to a very old recording studio that, when last I heard, was owned by Lenny Kravitz. I tried sneaking up there once but got busted. :-(

Edisaurus · « **Reply #246 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:22:15 PM »

I'm glad I didn't buy tickets for Curtains yet, since the Quads changed our date. I guess I will wait until mid-March to book my flight and hotel, and hope for the best.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #247 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:38:59 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on February 28, 2007, 01:47:17 PM

No. The lucky ones get to grow old. Growing old is my goal. I just didn't expect it quite so soon.

Beautifully said DearReader Laura.

Matt H. · « **Reply #248 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:51:52 PM »

I love staying at the Edison, and it's always the first place I check to stay when we're coming to NYC.

Matt H. · « **Reply #249 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:53:21 PM »

I went ahead and cleaned the den when I got back this morning from taking my friend to the ER, so when I head downstairs in a bit, I can fire up the home theater and finish THE GANG'S ALL HERE in plenty of time before prime time TV starts.

WBBL.

bk · « **Reply #250 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:59:00 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 28, 2007, 01:23:57 PM

For Ask bk day: Did you get your DVD's yet?

I got two other packages that were sent on Monday, but not yours. Hopefully tomorrow because I am chomping at the bit.

bk · « **Reply #251 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:00:18 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 28, 2007, 01:24:32 PM

Ask bk encore: What is the posting number we need to get to today to break all HHW records?

Actually, today isn't about number of posts at all, it's about "hits" - how many times people reload pages here at haineshisway.com. I'll go check and see how close we are.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #252 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:01:04 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 28, 2007, 02:59:00 PM

I got two other packages that were sent on Monday, but not yours. Hopefully tomorrow because I am chomping at the bit.

Back in the harness again?

bk · « **Reply #253 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:04:52 PM »

Follies - for me there's only one Follies, truncated or not, and that's the OBC. Period. The concert version has some of the most brittle and ugly sound I've ever heard, and I don't like the performances at all. The Papermill version is not well-recorded - it sounds tinny and bad - and I don't really care for those performances either. Nope, the OBC and only the OBC. For cut songs, I prefer the versions that I've recorded of That Old Piano Roll (or whatever it's called) which is much better on the Unsung Sondheim album than it is in its pathetic version on Papermill's album. Larry's chart is glorious. And the recording of It Wasn't Meant To Happen by Michele Pawk is, for me, definitive, and the orchestration by David Siegel is wonderful.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #254 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:05:30 PM »

It's amazing how quickly this day has passed, especially considering that I've felt quite a bit "out of sorts" for most of it.

bk · « **Reply #255 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:11:59 PM »

Back from the Music Center function, which was basically a press conference for the New Musicals venture happening in LA in 2008. It was the usual back-clapping affair, with lots of speeches and bragging. There were some musical performances by Stephen Schwartz, Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, Michael Arden, and Jason Alexander - in other words - the LA clique of which I've never been a part. They all sang songs of their own concocting. The Arden song from his proposed musical version of - wait for it - Ripley (not based on the Ripley of Believe It Or Not, which would at least be interesting - but The Talented Mr. Ripley, maybe the stupidest idea for a musical I've ever heard) was the worst - no shape, no line, and its repeated use of one character name - Dickie - does not work in a lyric - it is amusing, not its intended effect. The JRB song (from a musical version of Honeymoon In Vegas - when will this madness stop???) took a long time to find its joke, but was okay - he really had to "sell" the song, like an actor, instead of just letting the song speak for itself. Georgia's song was cute, Stephen's song was not one of his best, and Jason A's song was - well, we like Jason A. as an actor, and I don't think songwriting is necessarily going to be his strong suit.

I saw lots of people I know and like - Karen Morrow, the Bergmans, Michael Kerker, David Zippel, and several people who seemed to know me and were very sweet. I hadn't spoken to Miss Stitt since we worked together on After The Fair - she, of course, is now Mrs. JRB.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #256 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:12:07 PM »

I wonder what wonderful thing Lakisha Jones will treat us to tonight?

bk · « **Reply #257 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:12:20 PM »

I came home to 0 David Shire orders - most dispiriting.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #258 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:12:26 PM »

Will Melinda Dolittle pull out the stops and stun us?

bk · « **Reply #259 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:12:49 PM »

I must now buckle down Winsocki and write.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #260 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:13:10 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 28, 2007, 03:12:20 PM

I came home to 0 David Shire orders - most dispiriting.

Did you post the link to the site over at Film Score Monthly Messageboard?

bk · « **Reply #261 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:16:38 PM »

It's going to be too close to call right now, in terms of shattering our previous "hits" record. We're currently at 123,000 hits, and we have to get to 126,000. We're doing great today, posting-wise, but we simply need more "hits" and I'm never sure how that works. Still, there's plenty of day left, but so far today we've had only about 2900 hits, so we'd have to keep pace to beat the old record. Can we? I think it will be so close that we may have to go right up until midnight.

bk · « **Reply #262 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:17:44 PM »

Yes, the link has been posted and everyone there knows and they simply can't be bothered. Sort of nauseating. I think Varese will find the same thing about Zodiac - they're just not going to sell very many. It's sad - Mr. Shire is a national treasure.

George · « **Reply #263 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:52:43 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on February 28, 2007, 03:13:10 PM

Did you post the link to the site over at Film Score Monthly Messageboard?

What about Playbill.com or Broadway.com?

Sandra · « **Reply #264 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:19:45 PM »

Toni buried Quan's feet in sand on the playground. He liked it.

Brandon won't eat his vegetables, so I haven't been able to eat my plate. He's ruining things for the others and they are very upset. Four-year-olds from the other classes like to come in and eat with us because they like to see me eat my plate (I'm not sure what their teachers think is going on), but Brandon has been ruining it for them too.

bk · « **Reply #265 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:32:01 PM »

I haven't done a press release on those two sites because it's not really a theater album. I have posted on All That Chat and the broadwayworld message board.

bk · « **Reply #266 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:32:28 PM »

I still haven't written one bloody word because I had to proof and approve the Shire CD.

bk · « **Reply #267 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:32:36 PM »

Which I have.

bk · « **Reply #268 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:32:49 PM »

Will we never get to page ten?

bk · « **Reply #269 on:** February 28, 2007, 04:33:09 PM »

If we continue at the pace we're going, there will be no breaking of any further records.

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