FJL, the song is too nice to use for someone as crazy-eyed as Michelle Bachmann. I look into those eyes and I see, "Holy c---! Does she really think she should be the leader of the free world? And if she thinks that, what other horrors is she dreaming up?"
much of the comped, TKTS, and rushed audience
Quote from: bk on August 14, 2011, 06:02:01 PMBack from various and sundried things. It has been pouring rain all day (most annoying - no jog), so I took a walk to Times Square and ended up getting a third row center seat for Catch Me If You Can about thirty minutes before curtain. Always fun to see my pal Linda Hart on stage, although she probably isn't onstage for more than ten minutes in the entire show. The show is the usual slick Jack O'Brien/Jerry Mitchell machine - it's what they do. It worked for Hairspray (although I wasn't over the moon), less so for The Full Monty. This one is strictly by the numbers, features a not very interesting score, and a framing device which renders everything pointless. Despite the American Idol-like shenanigans of much of the comped, TKTS, and rushed audience, there's simply no there there and it's totally understandable why it's closing at a complete loss. They're saying it will tour - so now they'll get to lose even more money (and they will). If Billy Elliot was a disaster on the road (it was and it closed), and that show is a HIT, then what chance does Catch Me If You Can have? If they think that title is a brand of some sort, they sincerely need to have their sanity checked.BK, why did you spend the money to go and see CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, knowing that you weren't going to like it?
Back from various and sundried things. It has been pouring rain all day (most annoying - no jog), so I took a walk to Times Square and ended up getting a third row center seat for Catch Me If You Can about thirty minutes before curtain. Always fun to see my pal Linda Hart on stage, although she probably isn't onstage for more than ten minutes in the entire show. The show is the usual slick Jack O'Brien/Jerry Mitchell machine - it's what they do. It worked for Hairspray (although I wasn't over the moon), less so for The Full Monty. This one is strictly by the numbers, features a not very interesting score, and a framing device which renders everything pointless. Despite the American Idol-like shenanigans of much of the comped, TKTS, and rushed audience, there's simply no there there and it's totally understandable why it's closing at a complete loss. They're saying it will tour - so now they'll get to lose even more money (and they will). If Billy Elliot was a disaster on the road (it was and it closed), and that show is a HIT, then what chance does Catch Me If You Can have? If they think that title is a brand of some sort, they sincerely need to have their sanity checked.
Then David and I joined Barry and his cousin at a nice Chinese place called Ollie's.
Quote from: bk on August 14, 2011, 06:03:07 PMThen David and I joined Barry and his cousin at a nice Chinese place called Ollie's. Ollie's-YUM!
Yesterday's barbecue was a group of theater friends that I have worked with on and off over the years. One guy was telling the story from when we did INHERIT THE WIND together. He said that one of the joys of having a small part in the show was that it gave him a great chance every night to watch Clark (Drummond) and me (Brady) create our magic together.I was stunned that he said it. And he was sober.
Nice pics. I like how the table seating was done. Where was the wedding?
Botanical Gardens, no wonder it is so pretty.The cakes looks scrumptious!!!
Back from a very long, unnecessarily long, church meeting. The penny-pinchers who don't want to spend a dime on anything were complaining about how the property is being neglected but they refuse to spend any money to clean it up.
Quote from: TCB on August 14, 2011, 06:26:12 PMYesterday's barbecue was a group of theater friends that I have worked with on and off over the years. One guy was telling the story from when we did INHERIT THE WIND together. He said that one of the joys of having a small part in the show was that it gave him a great chance every night to watch Clark (Drummond) and me (Brady) create our magic together.I was stunned that he said it. And he was sober.That's a wonderful comment. And I think I'm sober.
DR Jose - I'm enjoying the wedding photos you've shared on Facebook. Everyone looks beautiful!
From what I understand, Billy Elliot was such a disaster in San Francisco that the tour shut down and cancelled its other engagements - widely reported on ATC and elsewhere, unless they were incorrect.It was the Ollie's on 42nd St.
