Topic: [title of notes] (Read 8581 times)

bk · « **on:** June 27, 2011, 11:57:05 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes had no real [titles] built in, and now it is time for you to post until the [titled] cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2011, 11:58:00 PM »

And the word of the day is: THRASONICAL!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2011, 12:17:33 AM »

A Very Happy Birthday to Mr. Mark Bakalor!

Ben · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2011, 02:00:53 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

Michael · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:45:56 AM »

good morning to all

elmore3003 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:50:14 AM »

Good morning, all! I slept rather well and I was out of bed at 5:30; it's another morning at th NYU Dental Clinic, then I will check on Toyland to see if it's still there, and then I will head up to Columbus Circle and meet my friend Rosemary Ashe.

Dear JRand60, I asked Trude Rittman why all the dance music in "The Lusty Month of May" kept changing rhythms and her replay was "Hanya Holm could never count."

I've had my coffee, and I need some breakfast.

Michael · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:51:10 AM »

tod

Starlight Express
Les Miz

John G. · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2011, 04:35:54 AM »

good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2011, 04:36:07 AM »

Happy, happy, Mr. Mark.

John G. · « **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2011, 04:39:40 AM »

TOD: Robin Wagner's sets for "On the 20th Century" remain far above most anything I can remember. The sets and lighting for "Sunday in the Park with George" were also stunning. I also remember liking the lighting for "Big Deal" a lot, too.

For non-musicals, there was a set for "Morning's at Seven" at Actor's Theater of Louisville that was superb, down to the running water in the off-stage kitchens and the just the right illusion that all's right in the wonderful world of those sisters.

John G. · « **Reply #10 on:** June 28, 2011, 04:39:56 AM »

Two papers down, four to go in the next two weeks.

John G. · « **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2011, 04:43:48 AM »

Laura, to offer an opinion on your question from yesterday, I agree that it would tough to revive Brigadoon on Broadway, but I think it would be a good TV production, if you had the right people. As much as I enjoyed the TV version, it wasn't as good as it should have been and neither was the Gene Kelly version.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2011, 05:58:35 AM »

TOD:

Musicals:
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
PIPPIN
CHICAGO
PACIFIC OVERTURES
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (I originally had CATS here but changed my mind.)

Plays:
NOISES OFF
FIFTH OF JULY
AMADEUS
DRACULA
AN INSPECTOR CALLS

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:12:20 AM »

! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR MARK BAKALOR ! ! ! ! !

FJL · « **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:13:25 AM »

Happy birthday to Mark Bakalor!!!

Druxy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:50:35 AM »

Happy Birthday to Mark Bakalor!

Laura · « **Reply #16 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:51:13 AM »

Good morning. I woke up with a bear of a headache.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:52:26 AM »

Hmmmm....for me Brigadoon is a pretty boring show with some crazy accents.....and one or two nice songs....a revival....on Broadway....I wouldn't invest in it....but someone might....

I would hate to think about a "rethinking" of the material.....it might be disastrous - but there is somebody out there with a "concept", I am sure.

Druxy · « **Reply #18 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:53:25 AM »

TOD:

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Laura · « **Reply #19 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:55:38 AM »

Hey, JRand, maybe if each one of the actors carried around and played a musical instrument....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:56:01 AM »

DR MBARNUM - I have Ms Rita Pavone's album from years ago....and saw her on The Ed Sullivan Show.....she sang a very strange version of "Remember Me" in English that was....very strange.....

I think she probably wanted to hit the director of the show with that hammer, and she messes up her lip synching toward the end....but fun! But she was plain looking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9blBLP2slRw

Jrand73 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:56:29 AM »

Quote from: Laura on June 28, 2011, 06:55:38 AM

Hey, JRand, maybe if each one of the actors carried around a played a musical instrument....

Maybe.......................

Kerry · « **Reply #22 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:13:21 AM »

Happy Birthday to Mr. Mark Bakalor!

Ginny · « **Reply #23 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:30:02 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings! I have a routine doctor visit this morning, followed by grocery shopping and some puttering around the house.

Ginny · « **Reply #24 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:30:26 AM »

Happiest of birthdays to Mr. Mark Bakalor!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #25 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:35:24 AM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on June 28, 2011, 06:52:26 AM

Hmmmm....for me Brigadoon is a pretty boring show with some crazy accents.....and one or two nice songs....a revival....on Broadway....I wouldn't invest in it....but someone might....

I would hate to think about a "rethinking" of the material.....it might be disastrous - but there is somebody out there with a "concept", I am sure.

It could be set in a post-apocalyptic future--2147! Brigadoon reappears after another hundred years absence. The Earth is now overrun with irradiated flesh-eating zombies. Only a few pockets of humanity survive. Two human eco-scientist/soldiers stumble upon Brigadoon and rediscover simple basic pleasures such as dancing and falling in love. They must decide whether to join the citizens of Brigadoon and remain with them forever or to harvest their body parts to guarantee the continuation of the human species.

JMK · « **Reply #26 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:37:49 AM »

Favorite CASTREC (or maybe RATM) post of all time: Combining two musicals' names and describing the result: BRIGADOONESBURY: once every 100 years, Elizabeth Swados writes a hit, and this is it!

Jennifer · « **Reply #27 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:50:56 AM »

Yeah there is mail today! It will probably take a few days for them to organize all the mail they've accumulated in the last 2 weeks. But I am very happy.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #28 on:** June 28, 2011, 08:00:02 AM »

Quote from: JMK on June 28, 2011, 07:37:49 AM

Favorite CASTREC (or maybe RATM) post of all time: Combining two musicals' names and describing the result: BRIGADOONESBURY: once every 100 years, Elizabeth Swados writes a hit, and this is it!

I think this game originated with an old New York Magazine competition. It was done on Twitter about a week ago. Some of mine were:

THE KING AND I LOVE MY WIFE -- The King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson affair told from the point of view of her husband.
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN OF THE YEAR -- A Brazilian prisoner is obsessed with T. V. Carpio.
AGNES OF GODSPELL -- A young novice claims she is carrying the unborn child of Don Scardino. (this was a cheat--play and a musical. Oh, well...)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 28, 2011, 08:00:38 AM »

Quote from: John G. on June 28, 2011, 04:43:48 AM

Laura, to offer an opinion on your question from yesterday, I agree that it would tough to revive Brigadoon on Broadway, but I think it would be a good TV production, if you had the right people. As much as I enjoyed the TV version, it wasn't as good as it should have been and neither was the Gene Kelly version.

After seeing SLEEPY HOLLOW with that beautiful scene where Ichabod finds Tina in that ruined house, I thought he would be a great director for a new film of BRIGADOON.

There was an attempt 2 or 3 years ago to do a "Riverdance" production with Rob Ashford(?) as choreographer and all new "Celtic" orchestrations instead ofg those great 1940s originals; it looked dreadful!

Toyland is in fine shape. Miss Ashe and I meet at noon.

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