Topic: THE DAY BEFORE THE FINAL DAY OF 2006 (Read 36690 times)

FJL · « **Reply #60 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:27:51 AM »

And one for Milla

FJL · « **Reply #61 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:28:47 AM »

(who claims to have been shocked by the large crowd at her show last night)

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #62 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:32:32 AM »

Favourite female stage performance of the year would be Emma Fielding in Tom Stoppard's ROCK 'N' ROLL.

Favourite male stage performances of the year are:

Frank Langella in FROST/NIXON
Rhys Ifans in Patrick Marber's DON JUAN IN SOHO (a modernizaton of Moliere's Don Juan in Hell)
William Gaunt in Frank McGuinness' GATES OF GOLD
and...

Me in Steve Martin's adaptation of Carl Sternheim's THE UNDERPANTS...only because it marked my return to the stage after 25 years...a year-end review said: "Charles Edward Pogue, whose resume is so long you could place ads in it, was a pleasure to watch -- a true master of his art."

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #63 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:33:04 AM »

Good Morning! Good Afternoon!

So much to do, So much to do...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #64 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:33:33 AM »

And now that that is out of my system...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #65 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:34:14 AM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR DakotaCelt!

May your Natal Anniversary be filled with much Joy... And Cake!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #66 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:35:36 AM »

DRs DearReaderLaura and Sandra - Those pics brought a great big smile to my face this morning. Thank You! *Well, maybe not the one of the traffic, but still...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #67 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:37:41 AM »

Well, just four more performances to go and this run of She Loves Me will be done. It just sucks that we're closing on New Year's Eve. Just seems to add a bit more "finality" to the whole proceeding. Ah, well... What can you do? Well.. I know what I have to do... PACK! $:-\$

elmore3003 · « **Reply #68 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:40:30 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 30, 2006, 09:17:07 AM

elmore, I did get it - I'm presuming it's to ask someone we know to contact them on my behalf - but the images or text that was supposed to be in the e-mail wouldn't load (even in gmail) so I don't know what was there.

We'll talk! Here's the Dallas Lyric Stage link; their producer Steven Jones is a good friend of Harvey and Tom's.

http://www.lyricstage.org/

elmore3003 · « **Reply #69 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:42:21 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 30, 2006, 09:37:41 AM

Well, just four more performances to go and this run of She Loves Me will be done. It just sucks that we're closing on New Year's Eve. Just seems to add a bit more "finality" to the whole proceeding. Ah, well... What can you do? Well.. I know what I have to do... PACK! $:-\$

DR Jose, one door closes, another one opens! Get your butt back to Manhattan and network!

MusicGuy · « **Reply #70 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:44:40 AM »

Good morning dear Esteemed, rested, and buffed-out BK --

I was interested in your comments on Howard Hanson, and also a few other composers yesterday. Yes, I'm familiar with a number of the Hanson pieces, and I think that his big soaring melody from the slow movement of the "Romantic Symphony" is one of the most touching things I've ever heard. I even play a little shortened transcription of it on organ.

I wonder sometimes how many people that listen to some of the really rich big orchestral film scores of the wonderful guys like Goldsmith, John Williams, Ernest Gold, Waxman, Korngold, etc., realize how much influence and derivation comes from composers like Hanson, Benjamin Britten, Elgar, Coates, etc.

If you aren't familiar with Britten's "Sea Symphony" (I don't remember the #) try it sometime. It is wonderful.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #71 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:45:57 AM »

Good morning elmore, and Jose !

MusicGuy · « **Reply #72 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:47:16 AM »

And, a "one-day-belated" WELCOME to the one and only ...

MISS KAREN !!

I wasn't sure we would actually see you her. And I agree with you about dear elmore's Christmas CD....it brought me a lot of joy!!

MusicGuy · « **Reply #73 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:48:00 AM »

....and for today ........

Happiest of birthdays to DAKOTA CELT !

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #74 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:48:22 AM »

In any case...

Topic of the Day:

Basically the whole cast of The History Boy. To think that that troupe of actors had been doing the play for almost three years straight, and had managed to keep the material and the performances so fresh and revealing! I think it was my favorite night in the theatre this past year. Period.

Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens
Tyler Hanes - A Chorus Line My tongue is sort of planted firmly in cheek with this listing.

But still... <drool> *Alas, I'd have to rank almost the rest of the current revival among my disappointing theatrical experiences this past year. Well, disappointing is not exactly the right word - it just seemed that too many things just came "this close" to being what it should be, should have been. It never quite hit the mark. But I'll be seeing it again in a few weeks, so... I'll have an update.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #75 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:49:40 AM »

I'm off to do a little work now......Whew, the post numbers have been staggering the last few days! I can hardly keep caught up.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #76 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:50:27 AM »

Ah.. The Hanson "Romantic" Symphony... One of my favorite CDs couples that piece with the Barber Violin Concerto. Great listening and music from the first note to the last.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #77 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:50:56 AM »

And Good Morning to you too, DR MusicGuy!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #78 on:** December 30, 2006, 09:51:32 AM »

OK - I need to get ready for the matinee.... I'm running a bit late already, so...

Laters...

FJL · « **Reply #79 on:** December 30, 2006, 10:09:16 AM »

Did I miss the hoopla for Jose passing post #14,000?

FJL · « **Reply #80 on:** December 30, 2006, 10:14:47 AM »

BK said in the notes: "So, just before Brain rehearsals began, I was whisked off to New York, New York for a week of rehearsals and performances for The Last Starfighter. I really had a wonderful time – FJL and Skip couldn’t have treated me better, and I liked the director and my fellow cast members. It was fascinating to appear in a musical again – the last one I’d done was in 1982!"

Bk, one never would have known it had been that long. We really appreciated your doing the NYMF readings, and loved your performance! Thanks for helping to make that one of the highlights of Skip and my 2006.