Topic: BOUNDLESS LETHARGY (Read 19244 times)

MBarnum · « **Reply #30 on:** September 13, 2011, 07:44:44 AM »

TOD:

I have no favorite George C. Scott performances.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 13, 2011, 07:48:45 AM »

DR MBARNUM....as I was watching THE UNGUARDED MOMENT - I kept wondering what they did to make John Saxon look as tall as George Nader.....it was very effective.

FJL · « **Reply #32 on:** September 13, 2011, 07:54:42 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on September 13, 2011, 06:56:04 AM

Good morning, all! By the tme I had a bite to eat, secured the apartment, and turned out the lights, it was well past midnight, so I slept late this morning. Today iincludes some research online at the NYPL so I'll walk down there around 11:30 or so.

The cast recording list sent out all the FOLLIES reviews, so I've read them all. My impression, like my impression of Frank Rich's rave for Susan Shulman's second rate TEENY TODD at Circle in the Square, is that a lot of the good reviews for this production are coming from reviewers who missed the chance 40 years ago to rave about the piece. I'm still amazed that the director selected the set and lighting designers he did, since I feel it's those areas that prevent much of this piece from ever working as well as it should; the actors set the mood, but the set and lighting push the mystery and the magic as much as the haunting score, and it's all too real and mundane an atmosphere for a theatre of ghosts; the past scenes and the ghosts don't have the stage effects to convey that they're not a part of this time and place, and the set is far too solid and unimaginative. For example, why are there three walls to this set? Shouldn't the wings of the stage mysteriously move on forever rather than give the appearance that the audience is watching a solid room under construction?

Warren Carlyle is a lovely man, and I think that a lot of the nice comments the idiot director is getting in the press actually should go to Warren.

I also forgot how poor the sound design is; I was sitting in the second row, center, of the mezzanine and that 28-piece orchestra never sounded like a live orchestra to me to me. Instead of the sound of a live band floating out of the pit, it sounded tinny and came through loud speakers. Do any sound designers, except for Scott Lehrer who did SOUTH PACIFIC and FINIAN'S RAINBOW, know what a live band sounds like? Jonathan's work is amazing, and while everyone is raving about a full orchestra in that pit, it could all be coming from a phonograph.

So, there you have my take on FOLLIES, a great show let down once again by its creative staff.

I have no more news. I ned to dig around in my carton of 2011 receipts to find the US postal one for the carton I shipped to Dublin over a week ago. I don't believe it's shown up yet and I paid a lot in postahe. I want to know where it is. There's been no word from the Man In Philadelpha over my last email, and I was sure we'd be in discussions by now over my dissatisfaction with some aspects of this job.

So, more coffee, my meds, and a trip to the library.

Gee, I really liked it

Seven times I liked it. But the comparatively lower D.C. prices, alas, don't seem to be there in New York, and now they don't seem like they will be. So maybe one more time and that's it.

FJL · « **Reply #33 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:01:06 AM »

"The time I knew at last would come at last has come" department -

As predicted, Linkedin is now pushing a "Linkedin premium" service. I guess if it worked for imdb...

elmore3003 · « **Reply #34 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:02:10 AM »

I've found my USPS receipt for the package to Dublin, and I've sent an remail to the postal service with the customs form number asking them why it hasn't arrived. I'll have a bit to eat, locate my research envelope with yellow pad, pencils and print out of what I need to investigate, and head to the NYPL.

Druxy · « **Reply #35 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:04:42 AM »

TOD:

PATTON
THE HOSPITAL
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
DR. STRANGELOVE
HARDCORE
THE HANGING TREE

I was also lucky enough to see him on Broadway with John Cullum in THE BOYS OF SUMMER.

Not the greatest play, but they were terrific.

td · « **Reply #36 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:06:56 AM »

TOD:
THE HUSTLER
MOVIE, MOVIE
PATTON

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #37 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:27:39 AM »

TOD:

"Dr. Strangelove"
"Patton"
"The Hindenburg"
"Islands in the Stream"
"The Changeling"
The Yellow Rolls-Royce"

Druxy · « **Reply #38 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:53:59 AM »

TOD

I forgot all about THE CHANGELING, one of the best haunted house movies ever.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #39 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:56:03 AM »

Nice new avatar DR DRUXY

Jrand74 · « **Reply #40 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:10:43 AM »

Nice news about the Cindy Williams Show!!!

td · « **Reply #41 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:42:15 AM »

I forgot all about THE YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #42 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:44:47 AM »

Quote from: td on September 13, 2011, 09:42:15 AM

I forgot all about THE YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE!

I suppose you "Forget Domani", too?

bk · « **Reply #43 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:21:00 AM »

Finally I got nine hours of sleep. How nice. I'm up and awaiting the arrival of the editor.

George · « **Reply #44 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:44:32 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on September 13, 2011, 06:16:12 AM

Tuesday morning greetings! Paramedic Rob has just started his first day of training as an employee of EMT, Inc.

~~~Successfull First Day Vibes for DS Paramedic Rob!!~~~

George · « **Reply #45 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:44:43 AM »

~~~Additional Travel Vibes for DR Jose!!~~~

George · « **Reply #46 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:52:21 AM »

Topic of the Day (in alphabetical order):

Anatomy of a Murder
Dr. Strangelove
Movie/Movie
Scrooge (TV)
They Might Be Giants

Jrand74 · « **Reply #47 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:35:38 AM »

Well....I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed the book THE HAMMERSTEINS.....the pictures are fun and the text is lively with some few revelations...

It puts a lot of early New York/Broadway history in perspective and gives us a good view of the lawless frontier that show business was in the early 20th century.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #48 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:35:57 AM »

Quiet day at HHW.

Ginny · « **Reply #49 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:38:38 AM »

Quote from: George on September 13, 2011, 10:44:32 AM

Quote from: Ginny on September 13, 2011, 06:16:12 AM
Tuesday morning greetings! Paramedic Rob has just started his first day of training as an employee of EMT, Inc.

~~~Successfull First Day Vibes for DS Paramedic Rob!!~~~

Thank you, DR George!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #50 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:45:21 AM »

It was a frustrating day at the NYPL, because the Pro-quest search engine for Historic Newspapers Online kept crashing. I gave up after trying several different terminals, looked at the vocal score for The Princess 'Pat", a 1915 Herbert show, and came home. I'll try the computers at NYPL on Thursday. Hopefully, they will be rebooted by then.

Ginny · « **Reply #51 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:46:41 AM »

Ah, yes, DR Elmore, technology is wonderful - when it works...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #52 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:50:01 AM »

Good Afternoon!

Greetings from Centreville, Virginia!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #53 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:51:28 AM »

My luggage has been unpacked.
Clean clothes put away.
Laundry put into the hamper.
Papers sorted.
Some groceries bought.
And the dog walked.

Alas, due to some weirdness with the DVR, some programs are not able to watched right now. Ah, well. Life goes on.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #54 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:51:37 AM »

PAGE TWO?!?!?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #55 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:56:47 AM »

The remainder of my flight back into DCA was uneventful, and thanks to the handy-dandy "Parking Spot Reminder" feature of the Delta Airlines iPhone app, I was able to find/remember where my car was without too much aimless wandering in the garage.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #56 on:** September 13, 2011, 12:16:57 PM »

And now I need to take a brief nap.

Laters...

Ginny · « **Reply #57 on:** September 13, 2011, 12:32:00 PM »

Off to the grocery - bye for now!

MBarnum · « **Reply #58 on:** September 13, 2011, 12:37:27 PM »

Was George Nader pretty tall, Jrand? I am not sure if I ever noticed. John Saxon, in real life, didin't seem to be short or anything, at least not to my recollection.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #59 on:** September 13, 2011, 12:40:12 PM »

The highlights of my NYPL day were looking at the original Aronson set model for FOLLIES with my librarian friend Bob Kosovsky and running into my old friend Bert Michaels of the film cast of WEST SIDE STORY and several Gower Champion shows. I hadn't seen Bert in a couple of years. Here's a shot of him in WEST SIDE STORY:

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