Haines His Way

Now, whatever shall I eat, I wonder?  I'm ready to eat something - perhaps I'll make some posta or even pasta, or perhaps I'll go out and bring something back with me, like some food, for example.

...And now I'm watching "The Ring" on Cinemax... Good Morning!

The entire Ring?  Must be at least 17 hours of opera-watching.  If I were you, I'd get out and get some exercise instead.

The entire Ring?  Must be at least 17 hours of opera-watching.  If I were you, I'd get out and get some exercise instead.

Or drunk.

Hmm, that is an interesting coincidence, MattH.  I think my restless night was a result of my upcoming holiday show.  When does your show open?

NUNCRACKERS opens December 2nd. I don't think the show was my problem. We are actually in very good shape, quite the opposite from the production of SOMETHING'S AFOOT which was a shambles from the word "go" until two days before we opened when, all of a sudden, people actually started knowing their lines and lyrics.

Actually, I've been trying to catch some sort of little illness that my body has been fighting with some difficulty. I've mostly stayed in yesterday and today trying to ward off whatever this is that's trying to get me down.

The "Twelve Days of Christmas" is nonsense from the Roundabout revival, which is the show MTI is sending out these days.  I don't know if the original Don Walker orchestration is still available for rent now.

When I did She Loves Me about five or six years ago, we were one of the first companies to do the show after the Roundabout revival.  When they sent the perusal materials, MTI sent a copy of the original p/c score, but a copy of a partially(?) revised script.  So, we go into pre-production, planning, etc... And then a few months later when the actual materials arrive at the theatre, lo and behold, the Roundabout revival logo is plastered all over the parts, and the parts are indeed revised to reflect the revival changes and  revisions.  What happened to "Tango Tragique?"  Why is "Days Gone By?" altered?  Needless to say, we had to go back through some of our pre-production preparations and start re-shuffling things.

Well... We contacted MTI to see if we could get a hold of the original materials.  No luck.  Ah, well...

I don't mind the new version, but I do wish the original was still available.  I'm just surprised all the various re-use rights for the orchestrations and arrangements were able to be worked out.

Regarding BROADWAY:  THE GOLDEN AGE - did anyone at all feel a bit squeamish at seeing Michelle Lee and Lainie Kazan getting along so well at the premieres? ? ?  Two Gittels for the Seesaw, says I.  

Well, the movie made clear that the two women were dear, close friends, so it didn't bother me. I've certainly had friends here in town who got roles that I wanted (my best friend got Linus in CHARLIE BROWN just a few months ago).

OK, "The Ring" just ended... What was all the fuss about?  -I probably should have pulled out my Wagner CDs instead... Ah, well... Some suspenseful moments, but the whole movie could have been edited down boy another 10-15 minutes...  I may have to rent the Japanese original now just for comparison's sake.  Or not.

OK, "The Ring" just ended... What was all the fuss about?  -I probably should have pulled out my Wagner CDs instead... Ah, well... Some suspenseful moments, but the whole movie could have been edited down boy another 10-15 minutes...  I may have to rent the Japanese original now just for comparison's sake.  Or not.

DRJose, rent SCARY MOVIE 3.  It made more sense to me than THE RING ever did.  I still don't know what hapened, but I wish that ugly longhaired mess had stayed in the well and out of the picture.

BK, I just ordered the book!  Am I the fourth??

I turned off from Barbie dolls because I couldn’t (ok, now this is going to sound really silly) forgive myself for giving my old Barbie doll up.  They had some kind of promo that you would get one of the new Barbie’s with the bendable legs, etc, but you had to turn in  your old doll.  I cried for weeks afterwards and wouldn’t have anything to do with the new doll.

The real lesson they were trying to give you girls with the promo had something to do with white slavery, I suspect.  

My sister didn't trade in her old Barbie.  She did, however, wash the doll's hair once...and all the hair fell out.  Poor thing looked like Susan Powter, only this was way before Susan Powter.

What are your favorite rock and roll movies?

Bye Bye Birdie is up there, even if it is faux rock.  But it is sincere.

First international order!

Just had something strange happen: I got booted off HHW!  The message I was given was "too many connections."

The gremlins are having fun again, I guess.  

I just ordered "Writer's Block" (I was the fourth!) but now I must leave my house.  I'm hungry and want to go to Blimpie's.  On Sundays only, they have a "buy one, get one free" deal!  So, I shall purchase a sub sandwich for lunch (I'll eat it there so that I can refill the drink before I leave) and get a free sandwich for dinner!  Isn't that exciting?  Isn't that just too too?

I also realized not too long ago that if I leave off tomatoes and pickles and mayo and mustard from the to-be-saved-for-dinner sandwich, the bread doesn't get soggy by the time I eat it in the evening...which is a good thing.  Anyway, be back soon (an Oliver! reference).

OK, I'm running out of reasons why I can't work on my term papers. Any suggestions? So far I've used up:

1. I'll do it when M*A*S*H is over. (It's not on today because it was bumped by some football game. I hate when they do that.)

2. I'll do it when I'm done with this take-home test. (I wasn't fooling anyone with that one.)

3. My thumb hurts too much. (It doesn't any more.)

4. I can't do it without a copy of _(fill-in-the-blank)_. (I checked out or my mom bought me all the books and stuff I need.)

5. I'm too hungry. (I've eaten a nice array of food, junk and otherwise.)