Haines His Way

Halfway through the lighting script, so I'll be able to finish that later today.  However, we had a bad e-mail this morning - Vicki Lewis has dropped out - two days before the show.  A TV gig, naturally.  She's not sure she'd be out in time and the TV people won't promise her anything - naturally.  And that is what makes doing these benefits so horrifying.  We're still trying to talk to her to see if there's any way it can still happen - she wouldn't go on until about eight-forty, and I'm not sure she knew that.  We shall see.  I've been trying maniacally to come up with a replacement who could learn a long song in two days, but have come up empty.  Easiest thing to do would be to just cut it and move another number to its slot (the opening of act two), and I already know how that would work, and while I'd hate to lose the song, it may well be what we have to do.

It's happened to dear reader Laura a couple of times, too.  I go through several versions of the acknowledgments, and in this case I updated it and they inadvertantly used the one before the update and I didn't catch it.

Good Afternoon!

Taking a little breather to regroup and process.... Lots(!) of choreography today.

oh, i'm sorry.  i hope it improves.

It's not a good day, but I was rude, Nursie, and I apologize. You know I love you.

As for the slow verse of "Meadowlark"...

The original version of the vocal selections for The Baker's Wife that came out in 1990 had the slow first verse, and I believe that those selections were based on the London production that was presented that year too.  However, I also recall seeing the slow verse in manuscript from a previous production - done in Chicago, I think - as well as in a copy of a the p/v score from MTI at the time - god knows, how many versions MTI has in their library.

*I also just noticed that there is a new version of the vocal selections that now contains "Chanson" "Gifts of Love", and "Proud Lady" - which I'm guessing were ported over from the Stephen Schwartz Collection/Songbook.

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Well... It's not that good.

DR elmore - Maybe you should walk down to Levain.  

Well... It's not that good.

it sounds better than it looks in the photo.

Yes DR Elmore, walks are good cures for the grumpies

Yes DR Elmore, walks are good cures for the grumpies

So are Levain cookies!

I now have a ticket to The Glorious Ones.

This week will be full of theatre. I'm going on Tuesday (Cymbeline), Wednesday (The Glorious Ones) and Thursday (Rock and Roll). I was hoping against hope that there would be $20 rear mezzanine tickets for the limited run of Cyrano with Kevin Kline but alas, there are none. I'm not sure I want to pay $80 and I'm not going to pay $120 so I don't think I'll be seeing Cyrano.

I also bought a Christmas gift for my nephew (who has recently discovered the joys of musical theatre), the souvenir booklet from Spamalot. So that his sister won't feel left out at Christmas I plan on buying her something when I go to see Little Mermaid on November 14th.

Gorgeous day outside, and I have spent the day inside. To take a little break from BERLIN A., I decided to watch an episode of THE CLOSER (Season 2). This was the one where the Japanese mother dna daughter were fished out of the harbor. The actor playing the husband was SO convincing. Marvelous acting job.

Next came episode 7 of BERLIN A. Same seesaw video quality, but I have to admit the story is interesting. The main character goes through so many ups and downs and so you never know if he's going to to be cheered or damned.

I can see that this would have kept Germans riveted to their TVs in 1980 just like we were for ROOTS or RICH MAN, POOR MAN.

No, it's a fuckin' lousy day.

But thanks for asking.

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And since we're so close...