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« Reply #60 on: September 23, 2009, 08:19:55 AM »
Apparently.  I am creeped out by how HAPPY he is.
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« Reply #61 on: September 23, 2009, 08:20:47 AM »
Quote from: DAW on September 23, 2009, 08:10:21 AM
Apparently lifting pots of gold develops strong thigh muscles.

So does living in the woods with no commode and subsisting on a low-fiber diet.

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« Reply #62 on: September 23, 2009, 08:23:25 AM »
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« Reply #63 on: September 23, 2009, 08:25:03 AM »
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That's just how my mind works, DR Kerry.

And all of us DRs are the beneficiaries!          :D
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« Reply #64 on: September 23, 2009, 08:26:24 AM »
Page Three Frances Farmer stocking tops dance.

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« Reply #65 on: September 23, 2009, 08:28:25 AM »
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 08:26:24 AM
Page Three Frances Farmer stocking tops dance.



You know in all the thousands of times I've seen that pic, I don't think I ever noticed before how relentlessly she's clutching her cigarette case in that right hand, LOL.
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« Reply #66 on: September 23, 2009, 08:28:47 AM »
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 08:26:24 AM
Page Three Frances Farmer stocking tops dance.



Quite the recalcitrant and rambunctious lass.

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« Reply #67 on: September 23, 2009, 08:29:58 AM »
"Please walk this way, Miss Farmer.  No one is going to embarass you.  Walk this way, please."
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« Reply #68 on: September 23, 2009, 08:36:56 AM »
Yes don't take the ciggies.  They have already removed her shoes.

And I think this happened momentarily after she was denied her right to make a phone call.....probably to Louella Parsons to give her the scoop.
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« Reply #69 on: September 23, 2009, 08:40:22 AM »
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And a good night's sleep was exactly what I needed.  I think the activity of the past couple of days - the two days in Philly, the unexpected trek out to Coney Island on Sunday and then the last-minute trip out to City Island on Monday night - just caught up with me. Rest is a good thing.
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« Reply #70 on: September 23, 2009, 08:42:24 AM »
DR Jane - Congrats to you and your family on your newest addition of 8 lbs., 5 oz.!!!
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« Reply #71 on: September 23, 2009, 08:44:23 AM »
Quote from: Jane on September 23, 2009, 07:35:46 AM
DR Jose, Ioana (ee-wa-na) is the best I can do.  As awkward as it is here, it is a rather common name in Romania.

What?  However...  I actually know two Ioana's here in NYC.
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« Reply #72 on: September 23, 2009, 08:45:05 AM »
DR JMK I always thought it was a clutch purse....but I think you are right.  In fact I think it's a pack of Lucky Strike Greens or Phillip Morris cigs with a book of matches.
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« Reply #73 on: September 23, 2009, 08:47:54 AM »
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Quote from: Jane on September 23, 2009, 07:35:46 AM
DR Jose, Ioana (ee-wa-na) is the best I can do.  As awkward as it is here, it is a rather common name in Romania.

What?  However...  I actually know two Ioana's here in NYC.

Oh... After scrolling back a bit, I think I get it now.  I think.

Moving on...
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« Reply #74 on: September 23, 2009, 08:54:41 AM »
Quote from: Michael S on September 23, 2009, 03:33:35 AM
ASK BK

What is your favorite musical score of a show that you have NEVER seen performed on a stage of any kind

Maybe Smile.
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« Reply #75 on: September 23, 2009, 08:57:39 AM »
I'm up, the sky is blue, and I am groggy but must soon joggy.
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« Reply #76 on: September 23, 2009, 08:58:30 AM »
As I said, I didn't mind the plot of Vantage Point, I just thought it was poorly done.  Liked the actors and the running time, which I also said.  I just must have missed the "entertainment" part :)
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« Reply #77 on: September 23, 2009, 08:59:23 AM »
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 07:25:40 AM
Scary page Two Finian's Rainbow Dance.  Not from DR ELMORE's show - but from the Harlem Repertory Theatre.


Hmmm... Now I'm trying to figure out if the HRT production of Finian's Rainbow is somehow "related" to the soon-to-open Broadway production.  -And/or the Encore's presentation and/or of the Irish Repertory productions (the two-piano one).
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« Reply #78 on: September 23, 2009, 08:59:25 AM »
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 07:28:20 AM
Is this YOU DR ELMORE?



Yes, DR JRand59, it is. I agree with you about the glorious score, but unlike you, I find the story a wonderful mix of whimsy, blarney, politics, and social criticism. I appreciate your wish for my Tony nomination, but I've only scored about 70 bars of music and the rest of the orchestrations are by two men I feel quite inferior to, Russell Bennett and Don Walker.

I see my favorite recording of the show is now out of print, but the Amazon Marketplace has several copies "used-like new" for a good price. I'm hoping we get a recording.
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« Reply #79 on: September 23, 2009, 09:00:35 AM »
You'll absolutely get a new recording IF the producers pay for it.  That's the way it works these days, so if they've put the money in the budget, then either Ghostlight or PS Classics will have it.
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« Reply #80 on: September 23, 2009, 09:01:00 AM »
Now about those lyrics....

As I said my opinion is NOT based on the stage show - just the IDEA of the show and the movie.
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« Reply #81 on: September 23, 2009, 09:01:37 AM »
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 07:34:55 AM
So I will ask DR ELMORE - since I can't figure out one of the lines of lyrics in THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

Help....

Magnolias are sentimental
Persimmons are queer.
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This time of the year.

What the hell are they singing in the third line?

"Snapdragons won't pay no rental
This time of the year"

Our company manager had forgotten yesterday she had the press event at noon so I'm going downtown around 1:30. I just put in the new plywood shelf and all is good.
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« Reply #82 on: September 23, 2009, 09:02:02 AM »
HRT has a big Yarburg connection, that may be it, DR JOSE.
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« Reply #83 on: September 23, 2009, 09:02:32 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on September 23, 2009, 09:01:37 AM
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 07:34:55 AM
So I will ask DR ELMORE - since I can't figure out one of the lines of lyrics in THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

Help....

Magnolias are sentimental
Persimmons are queer.
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This time of the year.

What the hell are they singing in the third line?

"Snapdragons won't pay no rental
This time of the year"

Our company manager had forgotten yesterday she had the press event at noon so I'm going downtown around 1:30. I just put in the new plywood shelf and all is good.

Thank you.  Now I can sing the WHOLE sing along with the soundtrack CD!
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« Reply #84 on: September 23, 2009, 09:03:17 AM »
But maybe it was a different group....of lyrics....
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« Reply #85 on: September 23, 2009, 09:05:03 AM »
And after checking out the website of Harlem Repertory Theatre, it appears they presented The Wiz this past summer too.  -Although, I don't recall seeing any press or posters for said production, and I live just a couple of blocks from their theatre.

They also have an upcoming Yip Harburg Festival listed on their season schedule, as well as a production of Flahooley!
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« Reply #86 on: September 23, 2009, 09:07:11 AM »
Quote from: JRand59 on September 23, 2009, 09:02:02 AM
HRT has a big Yarburg connection, that may be it, DR JOSE.

I believe you are correct, DR JRand.
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« Reply #87 on: September 23, 2009, 09:07:51 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on September 23, 2009, 08:59:25 AM
Yes, DR JRand59, it is. I agree with you about the glorious score, but unlike you, I find the story a wonderful mix of whimsy, blarney, politics, and social criticism. I appreciate your wish for my Tony nomination, but I've only scored about 70 bars of music and the rest of the orchestrations are by two men I feel quite inferior to, Russell Bennett and Don Walker.

I should add that another orchestrator in the business who does a lot of revivals gets those jobs by putting down the original orchestrators to the producers and powers-that-be as "generic 40s" or "generic 50s" hack work. I think it's great they give him a chance to do "generic millenium" new ones.
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« Reply #88 on: September 23, 2009, 09:08:52 AM »
DR DERBRUCER - I looked for "the forgotton" on my TV schedule, but could only find "The Forgotten".  I'm guessing that's the same thing. ;)
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« Reply #89 on: September 23, 2009, 09:13:57 AM »
Harburg's family lives in Portland now.  They did a big article on them when some high school did Wizard of Oz a couple of years ago.
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