Topic: THE BORING NOTES (Read 13873 times)

bk · « **on:** April 18, 2009, 02:45:32 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were slightly boring and won't be again, and now it is time for you to post until the boring cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2009, 02:46:33 AM »

And the word of the day is: STERNUTATORY!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2009, 02:49:51 AM »

So, there I was, 11:58 and ready to post the notes at the stroke of midnight. I went and brushed my teeth and when I came back the Internet and Time Warner were down. I called Time Warner and there was already a pre-recorded message saying there was an outage in my area - which means it was deliberate and they were doing whatever sort of work they occasionally do without letting anyone know. I waited for an hour, nothing changed, so I went to sleep. I just woke up, and voila, back to normal. Go know.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:00:18 AM »

First post huzzah!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:02:03 AM »

TOD:

South Pacific is my favorite R/H show, although I like them all. Of course the music is why it is my favorite, and I do like the love story and the setting....

BUT my favorite R/H song - and it's hard to choose a favorite - after thinking long, it is "Love Look Away."

Druxy · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:04:36 AM »

My favorite R&H musical?

CAROUSEL

The songs are magnificent, and Billy's final line ("I loved you, Julie. Know that I loved you.") always brings a tear.

Druxy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:06:39 AM »

We are supposed to get our area rugs today.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:07:22 AM »

From the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSpRW8c-E0&feature=related

Michael · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:09:36 AM »

TOD

My favorite show is The King and I.

My favorite score to listen to is South Pacific

My favorite songs is You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel

Sometimes when I listen to an R & H score I like to "mix & match" Take cuts from various recordings and make my own cast album.

ie: South Pacific: I like Ezio Pinza the best as Emile so I would use his solos. For his duets with Nellie I use the soundtrack.

I spread by Bloody Mary recordings out amoung Juatina Hall, Pat Suziki & Muriel Smith.

I like Sean McDermott for Cable

and for the fun of it I like Alec Baldwin for Billis

and Julie Andrews as Liat

Michael · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:13:30 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 18, 2009, 05:07:22 AM

From the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSpRW8c-E0&feature=related

Did the original Broadway version have the dream ballet or was this invented for the film?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:29:46 AM »

I think it ended Act One, sort of like Curly's dream ballet, but it was different in the revised stage version.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:30:02 AM »

DR JOSE is suddenly younger than springtime.

Michael · « **Reply #12 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:32:39 AM »

You never know what you will find searching the web. Looking whatever happened to the stars of Flower Drum Song

Anyone ever heard of a film called Supercock

It was directed by Gus Trikonis (West Side Story) and Nancy Kwan (Flower Drum Song) and Ross Hagan

It was also called

A Fistful of Feathers (probably a play on A Fistful of Dynamite aka Duck You Sucker)
Fowl Play
Superchicken

Michael · « **Reply #13 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:33:58 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 18, 2009, 05:07:22 AM

From the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSpRW8c-E0&feature=related

Reiko Sato was dubbed by Marilyn Horne and passed away at the age of 50

Matthew · « **Reply #14 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:53:15 AM »

At the moment, my favorite R&H score is The King and I, although I do have a soft spot for The Sound of Music.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 18, 2009, 05:55:37 AM »

And I am off to work. DR DRUXY will soon have carpet, so hopefully we will have photos.

Ginny · « **Reply #16 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:03:49 AM »

Saturday morning greetings! It's another beautiful day in SW Ohio - perfect for going to Oxford for dinner and a Miami University Men's Glee Club concert this evening.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #17 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:26:31 AM »

Good morning! It's raining, yeah! It's been very dry here and we really need the rain.

Off to Lowe's to play with power tools....laters

elmore3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:36:19 AM »

Good morning, all! I have a day at the NYPL and an evening with our DR Ben to watch the wonderful Helen Mirren as Margery Pinchwife, the eponymous character of Wycherly's bawdy comedy The Country Wife. On my walk to NYPL today, I will stop by the pharmacy for more drugs, and at Lincoln Center, I'll begin my last foray through the 1903-1905 Townsend Walsh scrapbooks for BABES IN TOYLAND. I need to get my footnotes all in line and I pray to God the missing scrapbook, mislaid since their move back to Lincoln Center in 2002, has been located and is back to its corrrect shelf space.

TOD: OKLAHOMA!, which I think is still as fresh as it was in 1943, is my favorite score and my favorite show is probably CAROUSEL. The great revival of SOUTH PACIFIC last year proved the show was much greater than I had lately thought it to be. I don't have a favorite song: I loved Richard Rodgers' music. Period.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:41:10 AM »

Amazon.fr sent me yesteday the most wonderful recording Folies dansantes chez Offenbach, which is a new recording of the stock dance arrangements from Offenbach's shows - polkas, quadrilles, waltzes, etc. - published between 1850-and 1880. On the PHI editions of BABES IN TOYLAND and THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER, we had planned to include the stock dance arrangements for those shows, so I'm happy that the new Offenbach Edition is setting a precedence for this.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #20 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:52:47 AM »

Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And I think I can safely advise my fellow DRs that Absinthe is most definitely a once-in-a-long-while libation.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #21 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:58:55 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

The King & I is my favorite.

I do like the score to/for Carousel, but whenever I've seen the show live (on stage), it's always seemed just a bit too long or something else to me. -And I'm still not sure if it's the piece or the productions I saw.

And, yes, of course, Flower Drum Song/i] will always hold a special place in my heart.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:00:50 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on April 18, 2009, 05:30:02 AM

DR JOSE is suddenly younger than springtime.

-Because of the absinthe?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #23 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:03:14 AM »

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #24 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:04:52 AM »

Well, I need to get some coffee and some breakfast - and most definitely in that order - and then I'm heading to the downtown farmers market for a bit of wandering and wondering. -And then I have a feeling I'll be spending a few hours back here at the apartment before I head in for tonight's show (no matinee today).

Laters...

Ben · « **Reply #25 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:05:37 AM »

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I don't have any plans until this evening when I will spend a sparkling night with DR Elmore gossiping and laughing and watching The Country Wife.

I will now go outside and take advantage of the beautiful weather.

Anthony has 4 more shows (two today and two tomorrow) and then he will begin the journey back to New York

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #26 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:27:26 AM »

Quote from: bk on April 18, 2009, 02:46:33 AM

And the word of the day is: STERNUTATORY!

And The Song Of The Day Is; ADELAIDE'S LAMENT

Matt H. · « **Reply #27 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:52:54 AM »

Good morning!

A beautiful spring morning in North Carolina! Once again, not a cloud in the sky. A bit too cool to have the windows and doors open, but otherwise, it's just glorious. Rain tomorrow.

Matt H. · « **Reply #28 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:54:49 AM »

My favorite R&H show is CAROUSEL. I love every song in the score, and the show moves me to tears in a way the other shows don't.

As for my favorite song, like DR JRand it's "Love, Look Away" which is just achingly beautiful.

Matt H. · « **Reply #29 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:56:48 AM »

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