Topic: NOTES IN WALTZ TIME (Read 27638 times)

TCB · « **Reply #90 on:** September 13, 2009, 10:45:20 AM »

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TCB · « **Reply #91 on:** September 13, 2009, 10:47:55 AM »

Quote from: Jane on September 13, 2009, 10:28:00 AM

Quote from: TCB on September 13, 2009, 10:24:48 AM
Quote from: JRand59 on September 13, 2009, 06:52:22 AM

Throughout the run of the play, I am always approached by CHILDREN after the show who want to talk to Jonathan.....they seem to be fascinated by the scar and by the character. I chose to play him mean - although his actions are tempered with humor and he certainly gets his cumuppance in the end....taken away in handcuffs - ouch! I always shake their hands and thank them for coming and tell them it's just a play. I try to kneel down so I am on their level. It's most fascinating to watch them and interact with them. The brother and sister last night were "excited and scared" and it was fun to talk to them. Some wanted their picture taken with me as well.

I had that same type of experience when I played Captain Hook in PETER PAN. All of the children that stayed after the show were frightened but fascinated by Captain Hook. I would kneel down so that I woudl close to their level (another reason I couldn't do the role again) which seemed to make me a little more accessible to the children. They all wanted to see the hook, and they were relieved when they found out it was plastic.

The director told me not to bother to switch back to Hook for the curtain call (I had only about five minutes), but I refused to take the curtain call as Mr. Darling, and have all the children think that Hook had actually died.

I liked reading how you both interacted with the children following the play. Extra sweet of you DR TCB to make the very fast switch back to Hook.

Thanks, Jane, it just seemed weird to take the curtain call as Mr. Darling.

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:10:58 AM »

Holy moley on rye. The phone rang and I was awakened - my friend Nick is coming up in an hour. I got up, thinking it was nine and find it's almost eleven! Guess I needed to sleep, and a little Sunday silence does wonders.

bk · « **Reply #93 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:12:29 AM »

A four-week preview period for Birdie is what Broadway has become. This show has been read, staged, workshopped, for ages. They've had a five week rehearsal period. The show isn't broken. So, one can only look at the producers, the director, the creative team, and the actors - it wasn't always thus, you know.

Sam · « **Reply #94 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:15:13 AM »

Good morning.

Must read notes now and catch up.

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:44:30 AM »

Miss Gershon's comment about the Shriner's Ballet was that it seemed a little "gang rape-y". A ridiculous comment in just about every way, and so PC as to make you want to vomit on the ground. Perhaps she's never seen the original Champion staging, as posted here on a previous page - first off, the staging is genius. Second off, if anyone is the aggressor, it's Rose. The Onna White film choreography is something completely different - and if that's all Miss Gershon has seen, then shame on her for even making a comment when she doesn't even know whereof she speaks.

Sam · « **Reply #96 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:56:01 AM »

Dear td, thank you again for the 2nd picture. Beautiful color. I'd put both on my wall if they were available.

Sam · « **Reply #97 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:57:32 AM »

bk mentioned closed roads. Sunset is closed for a music festival for the weekend. Almost stopped last night at 11 PM to see the festivities but there was no parking.

Sam · « **Reply #98 on:** September 13, 2009, 11:58:08 AM »

Dear DAW, what does WSMA stand for?

Sam · « **Reply #99 on:** September 13, 2009, 12:00:32 PM »

Dear Jane, yes I saw the article MRSA about the beaches. Really sounds like it could be really true, they have been polluting the oceans since the beginning of time.

I stopped going in the sand in the 1980's here in LA, when it changed color permanently.

Sam · « **Reply #100 on:** September 13, 2009, 12:08:08 PM »

Dear Jose, you mentioned the Greek plays.

Last night I saw Aristophanes's Peace at the Getty Villa. Or Aristophanes meets Culture Clash. If anyone gets a chance to see this go. I laughed for 90 minutes (no intermission). The political satire is just the best. And the costumes, well the balloon items were protruding aplenty.

Sam · « **Reply #101 on:** September 13, 2009, 12:14:00 PM »

Great drive down Sunset Blvd. (from Laurel Canyon to Pacific Coast Hwy) one of my favorite drives. Listened to Chick Corea on the way there, and Santana on the way home.

Malibu has not changed much. Used to spend time at a friend's parent's house in Malibu Colony, I believe in those days her father had a lot to do with making Carole King popular.

Sam · « **Reply #102 on:** September 13, 2009, 12:16:18 PM »

Well, on to listen to Beck. Laundry is done.

TCB · « **Reply #103 on:** September 13, 2009, 12:58:58 PM »

Quote from: Sam on September 13, 2009, 11:58:08 AM

Dear DAW, what does WSMA stand for?

The World's Sexiest Man Alive, aka Brent Barrett.

Matt H. · « **Reply #104 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:24:10 PM »

I've always been very touched when children wait after a show to meet the actors. You can see that they're star-struck, and you get quickly reminded of the same feelings you had when you were their age and waiting to meet people you had just seen in a show and were enraptured by. I guess ONCE UPON A MATTRESS was the show I had the most people wanting to meet me after the show.

And FOREVER PLAID who quite often I found people thought we actually WERE those people (except that we weren't dead, of course). Many people wanted to know how long we had been singing together as a group!

Matt H. · « **Reply #105 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:28:37 PM »

I have watched many episodes of NCIS this afternoon. My favorite of the ones I watched had Tony working undercover chained to a guy the feds thought could lead them to some stolen art treasures if he and Tony could "break away" from prison guards. It was a very touching episode since the macho Tony actually bonded with the guy he was handcuffed to (the guy clearly had a crush on Tony). Of course, he WAS a serial killer as it turned out and Tony had to eventually kill him or be killed, but up until that moment, there were definite signs of a bond between the two of them.

Matt H. · « **Reply #106 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:31:01 PM »

I also watched another CASTLE episode while I ate lunch. I missed one of the CASTLE episodes during the regular season, and I'm thinking this was it since it didn't seem familiar. Had to do with an election in town for city council with one of the candidates killed who was actually losing in the polls. I didn't have any trouble figuring out the perps, but it was still a very entertaining episode nevertheless.

Matt H. · « **Reply #107 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:32:18 PM »

I finished my afternoon watching a biography of Freddie Mercury on LOGO. It was OK, lots of emphasis on his excesses before his early death.

Matt H. · « **Reply #108 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:32:53 PM »

When I go back down, I'll likely watch Friday's MONK episode and then put in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL on Blu-ray.

DAW · « **Reply #109 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:45:03 PM »

Thanks, DRs JRand59 and Jane!!! I am actually doing much better today, as it turns out!

Matt H. · « **Reply #110 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:59:21 PM »

Well, that was a very quick afternoon internet surf! Guess it's time to head down and do some bathroom cleaning, put away the laundry, and then get back to the home theater for more viewing.

WBBL.

bk · « **Reply #111 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:14:48 PM »

Nick has come and gone. We went and had a sandwich. I'm now just going to sit on my couch like so much fish and watch things.

George · « **Reply #112 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:25:10 PM »

Quote from: Jane on September 13, 2009, 09:26:52 AM

Quote from: George on September 13, 2009, 02:17:12 AM
Quote from: DERBRUCER on September 13, 2009, 02:12:51 AM
Quote from: George on September 13, 2009, 02:05:52 AM
We also had corn bread and corn-on-the-cob.

I hope you brought your own butter!

der Brucer

Actually, she has a vegan spread called Earth Balance that also very good. They've been using the regular (meaning non-vegan) version called Smart Balance for several years, and that's also very good. You can even bake with it. I recommend it.

When baking what do they use instead of eggs?

My sister has vegan cookbooks that are created without the use of eggs, so she doesn't have to convert regular recipes.

George · « **Reply #113 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:26:55 PM »

Quote from: Julie on September 13, 2009, 04:01:55 AM

Quote from: George on September 13, 2009, 01:59:08 AM
Anyway, I phoned the work number of the woman who's phone I found last night and left a kind-of long rambling message. It turns out that she works at the hospital where my mom used to work! She eventually called me back just as I got to my sister's house after working concessions downtown, so I had to leave right a way to meet her to give her her phone. She was on-call and really couldn't wait until I got back to Tumwater to give her her phone. So we met at the Capitol Mall cinemas, which was about half-way between Tumwater and the east side of Olympia, where my sister lives.

That was a very good deed, DR George.

Quote from: Matt H. on September 13, 2009, 06:35:16 AM

Yes, indeed. Kudos to DR George who went above and beyond the call of duty to be a Good Samaritan to the woman with the lost cell phone. The world could do with more of this type of kindness and generosity.

Thanks, Julie and Matt. And I didn't even ask for a reward.

George · « **Reply #114 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:27:16 PM »

Quote from: Jane on September 13, 2009, 09:29:41 AM

Quote from: Matt H. on September 13, 2009, 06:35:16 AM
Yes, indeed. Kudos to DR George who went above and beyond the call of duty to be a Good Samaritan to the woman with the lost cell phone. The world could do with more of this type of kindness and generosity.

DITTO!

I did not read words of her eternal gratitude

She did thank me several times.

bk · « **Reply #115 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:45:11 PM »

So, who here loves Mad Men - I'm really sure I read glowing things here. But here's what I did not know until just now - this isn't a network show - this isn't even a Showtime or HBO show, it's an AMC show, so I cannot imagine that this is a big success - maybe a cult success, but I found that fascinating, since my perception of this show, based on what I read, was that it was a bigger show than it is. I must say, I'm finding it very talky, not all that dramatic and/or funny, with many unlikeable characters. I do like my pal Bryan Batt and find his character very amusing so far. And I know it's a period piece, but I find the incessant and endless smoking really off-putting.

Jane · « **Reply #116 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:47:28 PM »

Quote from: Sam on September 13, 2009, 12:00:32 PM

Dear Jane, yes I saw the article MRSA about the beaches. Really sounds like it could be really true, they have been polluting the oceans since the beginning of time.

I stopped going in the sand in the 1980's here in LA, when it changed color permanently.

I didn't notice the change in color, maybe because I only returned once a year to visit.

Jane · « **Reply #117 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:48:37 PM »

Quote from: Sam on September 13, 2009, 12:08:08 PM

Dear Jose, you mentioned the Greek plays.

Last night I saw Aristophanes's Peace at the Getty Villa. Or Aristophanes meets Culture Clash. If anyone gets a chance to see this go. I laughed for 90 minutes (no intermission). The political satire is just the best. And the costumes, well the balloon items were protruding aplenty.

I think Keith's cousin was there last night. Does it help to be from L.A. or N.Y. to get the jokes?

Jane · « **Reply #118 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:49:31 PM »

Quote from: DAW on September 13, 2009, 01:45:03 PM

Thanks, DRs JRand59 and Jane!!! I am actually doing much better today, as it turns out!

Stay that way!

Jane · « **Reply #119 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:50:34 PM »

Quote from: George on September 13, 2009, 02:27:16 PM

Quote from: Jane on September 13, 2009, 09:29:41 AM
Quote from: Matt H. on September 13, 2009, 06:35:16 AM
Yes, indeed. Kudos to DR George who went above and beyond the call of duty to be a Good Samaritan to the woman with the lost cell phone. The world could do with more of this type of kindness and generosity.

DITTO!

I did not read words of her eternal gratitude

She did thank me several times.

I would think so.

I've been on both ends of lost items, the grateful recipient of lost valuables & the kind returnee. Either end, it is a very good feeling.

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