DR Ron Pulliam - If you were to obtain a passport, which of your former duty stations would you like to re-visit?
DR Michael S - Thanks for the Marc Kudisch report. I was born in 1968, and had a lot of 45s, so... However, I'm guessing he was listening to his parents' 78s.On a related note, I just read the review for Michael Cerveris' "American Songbook" evening at Lincoln Center. He apparently sang Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915". Hmmm...
Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 24, 2012, 08:54:43 AMDR Michael S - Thanks for the Marc Kudisch report. I was born in 1968, and had a lot of 45s, so... However, I'm guessing he was listening to his parents' 78s.On a related note, I just read the review for Michael Cerveris' "American Songbook" evening at Lincoln Center. He apparently sang Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915". Hmmm...Hmmm..., indeed. I was born in 1962 and remember buying 45s into the early 1980s. I never bought many tapes, either cassettes or 8-tracks. As for the 78s, I seem to recall a lot of those from Walt Disney or from other children's music producers.
TOD: I've always thought I like to take one of those riverboat cruises up or down the Mississippi in autumn. Lazing on a boat and watching the world go by as the leaves turn, preferably with good friends, a few good books, quality food, and libations, sounds ideal.
Tuesday morning greetings! Richard and I went out last night and bought anniversary presents for each other - he bought me a washer and I bought him a dryer Isn't that romantic?
Quote from: Ginny on January 24, 2012, 07:56:02 AMTuesday morning greetings! Richard and I went out last night and bought anniversary presents for each other - he bought me a washer and I bought him a dryer Isn't that romantic?LOL. What did you get?
Saw Marc Kudisch at the Crest Theater in Delray Beach, FL last night. It is part of their cabaret series. These are two act version. It was an interesting collection of Broadway, Folk, Rockabilly and other styles. The show was called What Makes Me Tick.There is no doubt thay Mr. Kudisch has a great singing voice with a wife range, he has a great stage presence, but the show is a little disjointed, the patter doesn't seem to be scripted and he used the word "shit" s couple of times. (A little shocking since most of the audience seems to be in the 60 year and older age range.) I guess I am not used to hearing performers usung curse words in their act.His patter had a lot of misinformation in it. For example he said that Kander/Ebb's first show before "Cabaret" was Zorba. It was actually the second show after Cabaret and that Zorba influenced Stephen Sondheim. He also attributed Comden and Green as writers of Oklahoma! which we all know isn't correct. Also the time frame seemed to be off. He was born in 1966 (I looked it up) and yet talks about listening to 45's (Possible) and 78's (Unlikely as there were LPs and tapes). It also seemed as if he was alive in the 50's. He needed to hava more linear approach to his show. He seemed to be all over the place. These mistakes and other is the reason why I don't believe it was scripted and was more off the cuff otherwise these mistakes would have been caught.Despite being a veteran on the stage in scripted roles he seemed to be uncomfortable in this format. He stood center stage and played to the audience there. He ignored the people in the audience to the left and the right. As oustanding a singer he is the show itself did not click.Marc Kudisch worked with Bruce on the cast recording of Bells Are Ringing. I kept thinking what would Bruce Kimmel have done with the show to make bring out the best it has to offer.PS Does everyone get standing ovations these days?
Factoid: Marc Kudisch and Kristin Chenoweth were engaged at one time.
