Haines His Way

No dance. It's just not in me.

Good vibes scenario for DR Panni:

"The female producer with manly hands loved all of the writer's ideas."

While Schwartz has done revisions to Children of Eden, the show he really can't put away is The Baker's Wife.  He's been futzing with that show since its Broadway closing and he's never stopped.

What Broadway closing?

If this is the U.S.'s men's figure skating future:

(I keep thinking, "During out days in the chorus, Arlenae could throw her legs higher...AND wider...than all of us." -- Maggie Smith about Diana Rigg in "Evil Under the Sun")

Wearing Tanya Harding's hand-me-downs!

That one is a bit less masculine than the one he wore in the short program (below)-- althought that gold border dipped down in back, giving the impression it was the outline of a skating "skirt".  He IS a superb skater and the costumes belie his very natural style.  I'm hoping someone grooms him for A-list appearances.

To Dear Reader Panni:

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Baker's Wife didn't make it in, even with Paul Sorvino?

So, to both esteemed Steve S's I say: less work on the old, more work on the new.
Sondheim's not had a new work on Broadway in 10 years.  Used to be, he was mighty prolific, with openings in:
1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1984 & 1987.
And what shows those were!

Schwartz, at long last, has given us Wicked.  In the 70's, he gave us three of the decade's longest runs:
Pippin, Godspell and The Magic Show, plus the never-quite-made-it-to-Broadway The Baker's Wife, and Working.
And what shows those were!

I had a lovely walk.  I looked at the statue of Kossuth, about whom Panni can tell us more.  It's not far from the statue of Tildin, a fellow who won the popular vote for President.  But the results were disputed, and votes from three southern states were authenticated by a panel consisting of mostly Republicans, thus giving the election to the Republican Rutherford Hayes.  Sound familiar?

I took a good look at some recently-constructed buildings.  There's something on a side street called Lenfest Hall which is well-proportioned, and uses two cheerful shades of brick.  The new School of Social Work (to open this year) strikes me as very successful.  There's overly-subtle brick work (the color: buff) which requires one to look closely to see the brick-layers' art.

OK, now I've given TCB enough set-up lines.

I did some writing in Riverside Park and a little more overlooking Morningside Park.  A very emotional scene and then an angry but comic one.  Songwriting is my natrual bent, so, when I set out to write a book scene, I find my characters launch into rhythm and rhyme.  So, at some time later, I face the delicate question of exactly what should be sung and what should be spoken.  A father is going to tell his son he can no longer play with his best friend.  I think that will be said without music, and hope the absence of music will maximize the impact.  At least that's the idea for today.

With the painting, stuff gets moved around: While I'm now missing Making Love Alone again, I did find this photo (and I'm utterly amazed I was able to figure out how to do this)...

Baker's Wife didn't make it in, even with Paul Sorvino?

As memory serves, the closest BAKER'S WIFE ever got to NYC was an off-Broadway version in the late 80's with -- heaven forfend -- Jack Weston.  As I recall.  Can't recall who played the LuPone role.....  

Might have been ELT before they went away.  Might have even been over at St. Peter's.

Ahhhh, the memory plays tricks....

Baker's Wife didn't make it in, even with Paul Sorvino?

Nope.  It didn't even make it to Philly, which was supposed to have been the last stop on the pre-B'way tour.

The BAKER'S WIFE refered to by Stuart above was a York P\Theatre mainstage production.  Until recently they had a whole wall of posters in the lobby from previous productions and that was one of them.  I don't recall the cast.  New Yorkers will get a chance to see BAKER'S WIFE  next season if they take a short train ride to Papermill in New Jersey next April.  They will also be doing four other musicals (OF THEE I SING, SHE LOVES ME, RAGTIME and a new musical version of HAROLD AND MAUDE) as well as a new play called THE DRAWER LEGACY with John Mahoney from the HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES revival.

With the painting, stuff gets moved around: While I'm now missing Making Love Alone again, I did find this photo (and I'm utterly amazed I was able to figure out how to do this)...

"My EYES!  My EYES!" -- Phoebe Buffay on seeing Chandler and Monica "doing it" from Ross's living room window (ugly naked guy's former apartment).

Seriously, if you worry that you will again somehow forget how to do "that," there's a show on Fox tonight called "Playing it Straight" in which a lot of that goes on -- One girl, 8 guys...all swapping spit with her and, consequentially, each other.  

(..or did you mean the actual posting of the photo is what you were amazed you remember how to do?   )

<Lyricist David Goldsmith wrote the lyrics for the touring musical Hot Shoe Shuffle as well as songs for such films as "Pepita," "Set It Off," "Thief of Always" and "A Christmas Carol." His play, Hotel Buzz, has been optioned by Rent producer Kevin McCollum.>

I know Mr. Goldsmith and he's a nice sort.  However, let's have a little REALITY CHECK here:  Pepita has never come close to being made as a film.  I do not know the other films on his list.  And, if memory serves, his play Hotel Buzz was optioned five years ago.

The difference between Diet Coke and Tab is that one tastes good and one tastes like sludge.

The difference between Sprite and 7UP are less severe, although I prefer 7UP.

Sprite is sickeningly sweet.