Topic: CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN (Read 20633 times)

Sandra · « **Reply #180 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:45:04 PM »

Jason, I was eating Hershey kisses. And I watched all my favorite cartoons: Arthur, George Shrinks, Cyberchase, and Sagwa.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #181 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:45:33 PM »

A wonderful Chistmasy sort of day. My mail today included (along with an Amex bill!), a most welcome and meaningful Christmas card from a dear friend, a "wild and beautiful" calendar from Florida and the Carly Simon Christmas CD. HHW provides much joy to many of DR Kerry.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #182 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:46:10 PM »

DR George - I had hoped to catch Gregory Hines live on stage one day myself. So sad that he was taken away from us this year. Let's hope that his brother, Maurice, will be hoofin' it up for years to come. -What a card!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #183 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:48:33 PM »

DR Jose. Jason is much too young for those "Fun" packages.
DR Sandra. Shouldn't you be doing something more constructive with your evening - like watching "Red Dwarf". You are it seems feeling better today.

td · « **Reply #184 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:52:49 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 29, 2003, 09:37:58 PM

DR Kerry: Fosca and Magnus respond quite well to "mush mush". Not enough love in the world - feel free to mush. It's not too early to wish you and MusicGuy "Happy New Year".

It's sorta odd,but,Minx Anastasia will start to trot on her leash whenever I say "mush mush." It must be in her Husky genes.

Oh, and if your date for New Year's Eve is Paul, then that leaves Hugh Jackman or Colin Farrell for me. . .maybe we'll have a triple date (one should have the same number of dates on New Year's Eve as EITHER the final digit of the year going out or the year coming in).

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #185 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:52:56 PM »

DR Jed - Oooh, A Light in the Piazza! I'm hoping that it will make it's way around here one day - the production, well at least most of the cast, seems to be on mini-tour - with lots of down time between cities. I believe it's going to opening again sometime, somewhere in early 2004. Celia Keenan-Bolger is truly one of my favorite people to work with/be around/to know! And also just get a kick out of saying her name, "Celia Keenan-Bolger!"

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #186 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:56:47 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 29, 2003, 09:48:33 PM

DR Jose. Jason is much too young for those "Fun" packages.

DR Tomovoz - Umm... You obviously haven't been in Jason's NYC apartment... nor slept on his couch...

-Whatever that means?!?!?

-It's getting late, and I need to get to bed. I got a slight headache which could be due to the fact that I've actually up for 15 hours today - and it's not even 3:00AM! ;-) Or it could be all the carbs leaving my body... Day two, so far, so good!

Jason · « **Reply #187 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:10:33 PM »

WHAT!?!?! If I hear one more disasparaging remark about my Gladiator ballet, you'll find this trumpet where the sun don't...

Yes, Jose, those spiffy pictures were taken with my spiffy new digital camera. I wasn't really paying much attention when I took them...they're not exactly the quality that I usually strive for. I'm still experimenting with the camera, and I hope to improve my photographic skills post haste.

Tonight I went to Barnes and Noble and spent the $50 gift card I got from my brother. With it I purchased the 2-DVD set of THE COLOR PURPLE (one of my very favorite movies) and the Beatles' Number One Hits CD. I'm a happy boy.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #188 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:16:15 PM »

Oh, and before I turn in, here's my Top Ten - or Top Whatever #. *I'll have to combine shows I've seen with show I've been in... My brain is about to shut down ;-)

In no particular order:

1) Take Me Out (Broadway)
2) Man of La Mancha (Revival-Broadway - was just worth it to hear Stokes sing "The Impossible Dream", and Marin Mazzie's "Aldonza"!)
3) South Pacific (Arena Stage) - In the pit for this one - yes, it opened in 2002, but closed in 2003.
4) Hair (VCU - my alma mater) - I was the MD. It was amazing, and unfortunate, how this piece became with the outbreak of war in the Middle East.
5) I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Wayside Theatre) - I was the MD. Yes, it's schlocky, but fun schlocky. We also had a wonderful cast. And "Shouldn't I Be Less In Love With You" has made my top ## list of theatre songs.
6) Camelot (Arena Stage) - Just one more week to go. :-(
7) 1776 (Ford's Theatre) - Again, in the pit. Who'd have thunk that this "chestnut" could still be fresh and inspirational.
8) Cirque du Soleil's Varekai (LA) - Yes, I know it's not technically a "show", but maybe it is. Sometimes the most moving images are the simplest.
9) Storm (Gold Coast, AUS) - What a piece of $!@!#@!#@!!! I'm just glad I didn't actually spend any of my casino money to see it! But even though I got comped in, I still felt like I deserved a refund!
10) -And since it was theatrically-related - at least the for me... The NYC (and NE) Blackout of 2003! We were in the middle of Camelot auditions. Thankfully, we just had to walk down 17 flights of stairs - and not up them! And, all in all, I had a very nice time in the blackout. It was amazing to see NYers really pull together to help each other out. Such a great vibe in the city that evening. And I also ate rather well too - still remember those warm Italian pastries the next morning from the bakery in the Village near where I was staying. And Amtrak was running on time southbound too!

Hmm.. That was a stretch... I guess the only two shows I saw were Take Me Out, and La Mancha. Oh, I did see Phantom again - but that was to see Hugh Panaro - and it was great catching up with him again after the show.

As for CDs... please refer to ever-growing pile of unopened CDs next to my stereo... Someday... Oh, but, like BK, I do adore the L'il Abner re-issue - OH!! And it looks like I may be doing a production of L'il Abner next season! We'll see...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #189 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:22:29 PM »

Quote from: Jason on December 29, 2003, 10:10:33 PM

WHAT!?!?! If I hear one more disasparaging remark about my Gladiator ballet, you'll find this trumpet where the sun don't...

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Tonight I went to Barnes and Noble and spent the $50 gift card I got from my brother. With it I purchased the 2-DVD set of THE COLOR PURPLE (one of my very favorite movies) and the Beatles' Number One Hits CD. I'm a happy boy.

Ooohh... A 2-DVD set of The Color Purple! I forgot this was out - I guess I just found the latest DVD to gather dust on my shelf! *It came on HBO the other day... and, yes, I watched it again... and, yes, I cried again.

And as for your Gladiator ballet... It wasn't the ballet I was complaining about, it was the trumpet!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #190 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:25:21 PM »

oooohh.. that was bad! Wasn't it? Wasn't it! Was it?

OK - I have rehearsal in 8 hours and 35 minutes....

Goodnight!

Jason · « **Reply #191 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:31:17 PM »

Jose C. Simbulan!! I can't believe you! Dear Readers, I assure you that my trumpet has remained safely and securely in it's trumpet case for many, many years...and I'm sure that it will remain there for many years to come.

bk · « **Reply #192 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:34:58 PM »

Had company to see a movie. Now I must get some food down my gaping maw and then I shall return to bring us over two hundred posts.

Jed · « **Reply #193 on:** December 29, 2003, 10:59:23 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 29, 2003, 10:34:58 PM

Had company to see a movie.

That was wonderfully vague! Let the rumors (or rumours for our Oz friend) fly!!!

Maybe BK has himself a New Year's date, as well. Happy to hear that you do, Jose, and hope that many more H/K's do. No date here, but will be with a wonderful group of theatre friends, so that's good.

George · « **Reply #194 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:08:43 PM »

Quote from: Jason on December 29, 2003, 08:53:24 PM

And a shot of the Broadway Junior office at MTI...

You have the (animated) female from "Sufferin' Till Suffrage!" That's my favorite School House Rock! song!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #195 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:08:48 PM »

Thank you Jed. In Oz we've only had about 220 years to wreck the English language (sorry modify) so we have yet to catch up to you guys. I shall persist with flavouring and colouring just as i cling to programme and other archaic spelling. We still even use the whole range of vowel sounds (but they do have a "Nasal" sound). With such trivia in mind, I used to teach Shorthand and always thought Pitman a touch pedandic when they distinguished between symbols for th as in "thistle" and th as in "there". Not only that but they have a symbol for "Wh" as in "wheel". I don't go quite that far!

Jed · « **Reply #196 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:18:46 PM »

Oh yes, in my "Diction for Singers" class, we most definitely distinguished between thistle and there. There was one word in particular that our prof insisted on a certain IPA spelling of that made no sense to any of us in the class. Can't remember what the word was, but I remember her finally just saying, "I'm from Brooklyn, that's how it's pronounced in this class."

bk · « **Reply #197 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:19:34 PM »

I stuff my hungry maw for forty minutes and come back to find three posts? I will be right here on New Year's Rockin' Eve. I don't do dates on New Years. All who are here will be my collective date.

Jed · « **Reply #198 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:27:50 PM »

Alright, no New Year's date for BK, but we shouldn't let that quell our rumo(u)rs of tonight's movie company. Oh no, no quelling here. Kvelling, sure, just no quelling.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #199 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:33:32 PM »

Heaven forbid that anyone think that I pronounce "This'll" the same as "thistle". It is just that I didn't think a shorthand system really needed to go that far! I don't know if the Greig system makes the distinction. Isn't this an educational site!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #200 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:34:42 PM »

Dear BK. I think many of your readers prefer Figs to Dates on New Year's Eve anyway!

George · « **Reply #201 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:46:58 PM »

On New Year's Eve (8:00 PM Eastern time and 5:00 PM Pacific time), there's supposed to be an Internet radio show that I'm going to try and record..."try" being the operative word. Actually, I have to try and find where I saved the link to the site before I can try and record it. Hopefully the program won't be more than two hours because at 7:30, I've been invited by my sister and her boyfriend and her daughter to join them at a fairly fancy restaurant for dinner (they're paying!!). I could stay home until about 7:15 since the restaurant's only down the hill from where I live...probably not more than three miles away. After that, I'm coming home and staying inside. In another other word: Dateless.

And yes, Tomovoz, this can be a good thing...I do prefer figs.

Jed · « **Reply #202 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:51:39 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 29, 2003, 11:33:32 PM

Isn't this an educational site!

Well, with all the teachers we have around here (you, MattH, William F. Orr, myself, and more I'm sure I'm forgetting), I should certainly hope so!

Jed · « **Reply #203 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:54:07 PM »

George, what's the radio show of which you speak? I'll be looking for some way to kill time until 7:30 or so Wednesday.

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