Topic: SWEET CHARITY (Read 8931 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #60 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:30:38 AM »

Sunday afternoon greetings! We saw Lauren off about 9am and left for church shortly thereafter. Nancy and Jerry wanted to stop at their golf course to see the flooding on the way. I felt very at home in their United Methodist church and then took them out for a belated anniversary lunch. We went to Grand Blanc's Sunday farmers' market and are now home staying cool in the AC.

Druxy · « **Reply #61 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:59:40 AM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on July 31, 2011, 08:59:23 AM

I liked the DVD of The Corn Is Green......but I am disturbed by how much grain is in the picture.

Druxy · « **Reply #62 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:01:14 AM »

Quote from: JMK on July 31, 2011, 09:17:57 AM

I loved SWEET CHARITY so much I actually forced my mother to take me to downtown Seattle (something she was normally loathe to do) to drop me off to see THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS with George C. Scott and Diana Rigg, as the accompanying second feature (remember when THAT used to happen?) was SWEET CHARITY. I believe that time it was the edited general release version.

It was Joanne Woodward, not Diana Rigg.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #63 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:02:13 AM »

Greetings from Toyland! One full score is printed and bound. 2.5 to go.

I am putting together the orchestra books and keeping a list of what needs a reprint or, in some cases, a printing.

Druxy · « **Reply #64 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:03:28 AM »

I'm surprised that THE CORN IS GREEN w/Bette Davis has not been released onto DVD...not even in the Warner Archive Collection.

bk · « **Reply #65 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:10:06 AM »

It's drizzling a little so no jog at the moment - maybe in thirty minutes but no later than noon.

bk · « **Reply #66 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:17:30 AM »

Camera and sound guy did not work out - his crew is out of town that week, so back to square one.

TCB · « **Reply #67 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:30:30 AM »

Did I just read online that BK comapred Suzanne Charney to a dodo bird!!

TCB · « **Reply #68 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:47:18 AM »

Quote from: bk on July 31, 2011, 12:57:26 AM

If you go to our home page and then Column Archives you can now read yesterday's notes or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Please do - I mean, I talked at length about our rehearsal yesterday and all sorts of interesting things.

Of cabbages and kings!

TCB · « **Reply #69 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:52:58 AM »

Quote from: Michael S on July 31, 2011, 04:23:52 AM

Sweet Charity 2:

Was the "happy ending" version ever shown in the theaters?

There was a happy ending of SWEET CHARITY?

TCB · « **Reply #70 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:57:07 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 31, 2011, 06:31:14 AM

I forgot the best of all! Gavan Ring, an Irish baritone, who's fantastic!

Does he sing Irish beer songs?
Does he drink Irish beer?
Oh Hell, is he married?

TCB · « **Reply #71 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:03:37 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on July 31, 2011, 06:51:18 AM

DR TCB - Thank You for the Vibes yesterday.

*Next time, you may want to focus more of them on the second show of the day, in particular, the Dream Ballet. Apparently, a button on one of Dream Curly's sleeves caught on Dream Laurey's dress - the "quick release" one (it's "closed" with magnets). Everyone and everything eventually recovered, but the "pas de deux" ended up being a "pas de un" while Dream Laurey danced gracefully off-stage into the arms of a very alert dresser.

Well, if I remember correctly Jose, Dream Curly was your main focus in that number anyway.

TCB · « **Reply #72 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:05:16 PM »

Quote from: JMK on July 31, 2011, 07:15:23 AM

I love, love, love SWEET CHARITY. I saw the roadshow version in SLC when my family was down there for summer vacation in what I guess was 1969 (?). I didn't get the program that day and was mortified later that I hadn't, especially when a friend of mine in Seattle (where we lived) had a brother who had one and I got to leaf through it. Seattle actually had a Universal distributor office back in those days (I doubt it does anymore) and I called and asked if there was anyway I could get one and the guy said, "Sure, I have one right here--what's your address?" And a few days later, I had a program--although the guy had royally screwed up writing down our address, it still got to me. Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind.

Rather thin pressing.

TCB · « **Reply #73 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:12:37 PM »

I hadn't seen this flash mob before, so if it was previously posted, my apologies.
2.5 million hits in one month?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5lbNXNn3CI&feature=youtu.be

TCB · « **Reply #74 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:14:27 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on July 31, 2011, 07:33:40 AM

Hmmm... I wonder if DR MBarnum will show up at the retirement home this afternoon for the show?

He might already have a room............... and a roommate!

TCB · « **Reply #75 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:15:26 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on July 31, 2011, 08:24:12 AM

I've never seen SWEET CHARITY on the stage, just the movie several times, which I really like.

Question:

The DVD has an alternate ending that is much more upbeat (i.e. McMartin character changes his mind and comes back to her) than the one in the theatrical release of the movie.

How does the play end?

He dumps her.

TCB · « **Reply #76 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:16:58 PM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on July 31, 2011, 08:59:23 AM

I liked the DVD of The Corn Is Green......but I am disturbed by how much grain is in the picture.

ROTFLMAO!

TCB · « **Reply #77 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:18:36 PM »

Quote from: JMK on July 31, 2011, 09:06:26 AM

GOSFORD PARK is *much* better the second (or third, or fourth) time around, after you have the gist of what's going on and can start actually paying attention.

I always use the close-captioning on that film. And THE FULL MONTY.

TCB · « **Reply #78 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:25:24 PM »

Quote from: FJL on July 31, 2011, 09:27:45 AM

So on the movie grosses front, COWBOYS & ALIENS is running very close to the SMURFS movie in box office receipts. Hollywood wags are said to be very surprised by this. Was SMURFS expected not to do so well?

I guess not. The original movIe was supposed to be COWOBYS & SMURFS.

TCB · « **Reply #79 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:28:16 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on July 31, 2011, 10:28:40 AM

And now it's time to get read for the matinee.

Laters...

You are getting read for the matinee? Who is attending? Helen Keller?

TCB · « **Reply #80 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:29:25 PM »

Quote from: JMK on July 31, 2011, 09:10:01 AM

What I hate is aliasing and shimmer.

Aren't they a law firm in Portland?

George · « **Reply #81 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:31:55 PM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on July 31, 2011, 06:31:28 AM

Performance vibes for Melody Hollis today.

~~~Ditto!!~~~

TCB · « **Reply #82 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:32:32 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 31, 2011, 11:10:06 AM

It's drizzling a little so no jog at the moment - maybe in thirty minutes but no later than noon.

If I had to postpone my jog every time in drizzled in Tacoma; I would be fat and in a wheelchair!

Wait!

TCB · « **Reply #83 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:36:14 PM »

Break a leg vibes, to our verry own Melody. And BK, of course.

George · « **Reply #84 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:36:24 PM »

I have now caught up with all the posts and must be going. The visiting cousins want to walk around the Nisqually Valley Wildlife Refuge, then we're all going to my parents' house for a barbecue. After that, we'll probably play Scrabble until we all leave for the evening.

Have a good day, all!

TCB · « **Reply #85 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:37:50 PM »

Quote from: George on July 31, 2011, 12:36:24 PM

I have now caught up with all the posts and must be going. The visiting cousins want to walk around the Nisqually Valley Wildlife Refuge, then we're all going to my parents' house for a barbecue. After that, we'll probably play Scrabble until we all leave for the evening.

Have a good day, all!

What happened to the Space Needle lunch?

TCB · « **Reply #86 on:** July 31, 2011, 12:57:05 PM »

Quote from: TCB on July 31, 2011, 12:37:50 PM

Quote from: George on July 31, 2011, 12:36:24 PM
I have now caught up with all the posts and must be going. The visiting cousins want to walk around the Nisqually Valley Wildlife Refuge, then we're all going to my parents' house for a barbecue. After that, we'll probably play Scrabble until we all leave for the evening.

Have a good day, all!

What happened to the Space Needle lunch?

It is amazing that during the majority of the almost 50 years that the Space Needle has been in Seattle, the restaurant was basically crap. Over priced, and sadly lacking in every area. I suppose that the owners always figured that the main customer base was going to be tourists rather than locals - so who cares?

In the last ten years or so, the quality of the restaurant (at least the revolving one at the top) has greatly improved. The prices are still high, but the food is wonderful

TCB · « **Reply #87 on:** July 31, 2011, 01:05:53 PM »

I guess I might as well finish off this page, since it is 90% me already.

TCB · « **Reply #88 on:** July 31, 2011, 01:09:14 PM »

My dear friend Betzy came over and spent most of the afternoon yesterday, an will be coming back today to help me clean my up my apartment and to keep m from being featured on THE HOARDERS.. Before this wheelchair episode came up, my apartment was clean, but cluttered. Today it looks 200% better than it did.

TCB · « **Reply #89 on:** July 31, 2011, 01:10:31 PM »

One more post.

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