Topic: ME FOR THE SEESAW (Read 22081 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #120 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:21:44 AM »

I'm through the first 2-hour round of introductory libretto notes and I need an editor! I feel like I'm arranging TITANIC deck chairs.

DAW · « **Reply #121 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:31:42 AM »

Jrand73 · « **Reply #122 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:32:16 AM »

I always enjoyed Fanny Get Your Gun and of course Lady Windemere's Fanny.

DAW · « **Reply #123 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:32:18 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 06, 2009, 10:20:08 AM

Is that a euphemism?

*smiling enigmatically*

Jrand73 · « **Reply #124 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:32:31 AM »

LOL DR DAW.....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #125 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:32:58 AM »

I guess nobody else knows that lyric either......speak clearly, Orson....posterity is confused!

DAW · « **Reply #126 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:33:21 AM »

And, of course, The Fanny-tom of the Opera...

DAW · « **Reply #127 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:34:03 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 06, 2009, 10:32:58 AM

I guess nobody else knows that lyric either......speak clearly, Orson....posterity is confused!

I did a diligent search on the Inner-nets, but to no avail.

Jennifer · « **Reply #128 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:35:21 AM »

Did anybody else watch CELEBRITY APPRENTICE last night?

What the heck?

DAW · « **Reply #129 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:42:31 AM »

The new revival cast album of West Side Story is being recorded this very day.

DAW · « **Reply #130 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:46:39 AM »

Also, the documentary about the casting and creation of the recently closed [but touring] revival of A Chorus Line opens in theatres 17-April.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #131 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:47:49 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 06, 2009, 09:40:09 AM

Yes. ILLYA DARLING is my new favorite KRITZERLAND release of the year!

And as MR BK says, hearing the songs in "show order" makes the album a completely different kind of listen. My favorite songs are all there....and the addition of PO PO PO and THE BIRTHDAY SONG are great....particularly PO PO PO with it's dialog and exposition.

The music is glorious...remember this is my first time hearing in in S T E R E O!!

Congrats to KRITZERLAND and MR BK on this wonderful release. Hopefully the score - if not the show - will be rediscovered. The arrangements are lovely to hear. And since that cock-eyed Greek prostitute is the whole show - hearing her "vocals" in stereo is also very nice!!

Hurray!

But I still can't make out the lyric in GOLDEN LAND that follows the line:

"....seek the Achilles heel........far away"

"...and kick that poor schlemiel..."

(I'm guessing here...)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #132 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:48:19 AM »

I am more interested in one than the other.....that's for sure.

DR DAW.....the inner web is little help when it comes to ILLYA DARLING.....that is for sure!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #133 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:49:26 AM »

No DR DtM - that can't be correct - MR BK says they didn't use ANY of Sondheim's lyrics.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #134 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:50:18 AM »

Quote from: DAW on April 06, 2009, 10:42:31 AM

The new revival cast album of West Side Story is being recorded this very day.

That reminds me of how amused I was while watching the Jerome Robbins DVD: Evil Arthur certainly has lots of good things to say about the man he trashes in his new book on directing.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #135 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:53:19 AM »

DR JRand, maybe someday Patti Lupone will record the song--then all will be clear.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #136 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:55:39 AM »

Patti Lupone IS Illya!

Kerry · « **Reply #137 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:57:06 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 06, 2009, 09:59:01 AM

Quote from: td on April 06, 2009, 09:55:35 AM
I have a corned beef brisket slowly boiling on the back burner.

Some days the smallest things irritate me, too, DR td.

LOL!

bk · « **Reply #138 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:57:09 AM »

Glad the Illyas are arriving! Back from the long jog, and now I shall jump in the shower after which I shall skip to my lou.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #139 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:00:37 AM »

ON THIS DAY IN THEATRE HISTORY:

The very first Tony Awards was held in 1947 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It reportedly had one of the lowest television audience for an awards show ever.

DAW · « **Reply #140 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:03:52 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 06, 2009, 11:00:37 AM

ON THIS DAY IN THEATRE HISTORY:

The very first Tony Awards was held in 1947 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It reportedly had one of the lowest television audience for an awards show ever.

...and some things really never do change! $:-\$

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #141 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:04:21 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 06, 2009, 10:55:39 AM

Patti Lupone IS Illya!

WHO do YOU think YOU ARE?!?!

Ya’Sou!

Kerry · « **Reply #142 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:04:28 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 06, 2009, 10:53:19 AM

DR JRand, maybe someday Patti Lupone will record the song--then all will be clear.

Thank God Cole Porter's reputation of writing witty lyrics did not depend on Ms. Lupone's recording of "Anything Goes"!!!

DAW · « **Reply #143 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:05:33 AM »

So how ARE things in Glocca Morra?

Kerry · « **Reply #144 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:05:54 AM »

Quote from: DAW on April 06, 2009, 10:46:39 AM

Also, the documentary about the casting and creation of the recently closed [but touring] revival of A Chorus Line opens in theatres 17-April.

Is this something that we need? A documentary following the creation and casting of the original seems far more interesting.

DAW · « **Reply #145 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:10:41 AM »

Quote from: Kerry on April 06, 2009, 11:05:54 AM

Is this something that we need? A documentary following the creation and casting of the original seems far more interesting.

Apparently the filmmakers do interview and show clips of some of the original participants, including excerpts from the legendary original audiotapes of the "sessions" that led to the creation of the show.

DAW · « **Reply #146 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:18:18 AM »

At least in the NYC metro area, PBS is showing an American Masters documentary about composer Philip Glass on Wednesday evening this week.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #147 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:27:26 AM »

Of course in 1947 there were only 256 televisions in the U.S. Three of them tuned in to the Tony Awards....the others were watching the test pattern.

DAW · « **Reply #148 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:31:37 AM »

JMK · « **Reply #149 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:36:42 AM »

Lo and behold, and also behold and lo, the mailwoman picked up Betty B. for DAW and dropped off Melina for me!

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