Topic: GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY (Read 12596 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #90 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:02:17 PM »

Eye vibes for Keith.

John G. · « **Reply #91 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:02:27 PM »

Four!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #92 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:02:39 PM »

And now I am off to a Thoroughly Modern Millie/See How They Run rehearsal.

John G. · « **Reply #93 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:02:46 PM »

Quote from: Jrand61 on July 30, 2012, 02:02:17 PM

Eye vibes for Keith.

Ditto.

Jane · « **Reply #94 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:16:26 PM »

Quote from: Jrand61 on July 30, 2012, 02:02:17 PM

Eye vibes for Keith.

Thank you.

George · « **Reply #95 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:20:43 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 30, 2012, 07:58:41 AM

Had a wonderful e-mail from Ted Chapin who wrote the Everything Was Possible book on Follies. He's loving the CD hugely.

That's great! Has Sondheim heard it yet??

Jane · « **Reply #96 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:25:32 PM »

Quote from: John G. on July 30, 2012, 02:00:42 PM

Quote from: Jane on July 30, 2012, 12:03:28 PM
From DR elmore:
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My warmest memories, sadly, are of my Aunt Jenny coming over to wash all my accumulated laundry and to iron my shirts and trousers so I could go back to school.

Her death tears my heart out that I now can never tell her how much I appreciated and loved her for doing that.

This is so very sweet, touching & sad. I'm sure your aunt knew how much you appreciated her. She obviously loved you very much.
I know you can be hard on your mom, Elmore (I can be the same about mine at times). But perhaps your aunt knew her in ways that you couldn't, which is why she helped you as she could. Again, my condolences.

You may have a good point, however, considering DR elmore was certainly old enough to do this for himself I suspect Aunt Jenny did it out of love and support for her dear nephew.

Jane · « **Reply #97 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:28:21 PM »

Quote from: John G. on July 30, 2012, 02:02:46 PM

Quote from: Jrand61 on July 30, 2012, 02:02:17 PM
Eye vibes for Keith.
Ditto.

Thank you. I was just listening to Keith go on & on about how colors have returned to his vision. He is very excited

This has been going on for awhile but he had to wait for it to reach a certain level, to where he was on the verge of not driving anymore, before it could be fixed. He will need his left eye done down the road. It won't be so bad coping with the vision in his right eye being so good.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #98 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:30:51 PM »

Quote from: Jrand61 on July 30, 2012, 02:02:39 PM

And now I am off to a Thoroughly Modern Millie/See How They Run rehearsal.

Something tells me you will have a busy evening!

Michael · « **Reply #99 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:31:36 PM »

My copies of FOLLIES arrived this PM.

I thought they were supposed to be autographed by the main cast! :-)

Michael · « **Reply #100 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:32:41 PM »

Started with One More Kiss to hear the ending and then selected my favorite songs and then listen to the whole thing. It's amazing how the ending of One More Kiss was fixed.

George · « **Reply #101 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:33:50 PM »

Quote from: Mike on July 30, 2012, 02:31:36 PM

My copies of FOLLIES arrived this PM.

I thought they were supposed to be autographed by the main cast! :-)

I was hoping for at least Sondheim's autograph.

My copies (I bought two) just arrived about an hour ago!! I love the booklet and the photographs! It's all so wonderful!

George · « **Reply #102 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:35:33 PM »

Quote from: Jrand61 on July 30, 2012, 10:17:48 AM

Well somebody broke into my sister's store this morning, stole the weekend receipts (3 days worth) and all of the jewelry.

I hope the mall's parking lot security cameras were working.

~~~VIBES OF ALL KINDS!!~~~

John G. · « **Reply #103 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:36:05 PM »

Quote from: Mike on July 30, 2012, 02:31:36 PM

My copies of FOLLIES arrived this PM.

I thought they were supposed to be autographed by the main cast! :-)

ROTFLMAO

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #104 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:50:12 PM »

Good Afternoon!

A good rehearsal. A good lunch. And I picked up my tickets for tonight's performance of Into the Woods.

So far, so good for a Monday.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #105 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:50:41 PM »

...And when I stopped by The Delacorte, I could hear the cast rehearsing the Act 1 Finale.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #106 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:51:29 PM »

Quote from: George on July 30, 2012, 02:33:50 PM

Quote from: Mike on July 30, 2012, 02:31:36 PM
My copies of FOLLIES arrived this PM.

I thought they were supposed to be autographed by the main cast! :-)

I was hoping for at least Sondheim's autograph.

My copies (I bought two) just arrived about an hour ago!! I love the booklet and the photographs! It's all so wonderful!

DR George - Shall I head on down to East 46th Street for you?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #107 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:55:43 PM »

Quote from: Matthew on July 30, 2012, 10:24:48 AM

I sit here with my head in my hands and wonder WHY?

Of course we know why... $$$

I just thought it was nice gesture to families with young children - and to parents who can't afford to wait in line for eight to sixteen hours for tickets.

But I guess if they're trying to garner intere$t for a Broadway transfer, well...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #108 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:56:04 PM »

Quote from: TCB on July 30, 2012, 10:37:22 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 30, 2012, 05:06:34 AM
T forgot the TOD:
The Student Prince
The General
Phantom of the Opera

DR George, the recording of BABS IN TOYLAND was almost released around 2006, but negotiations fell apart. I don't know if it will ever see a commercial release. It's no longer something I have to deal with.

And I thought I had all of Streisand's recordings!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #109 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:56:43 PM »

And now I need to head into Central Park to meet up with some friends for some pre-Into The Woods activities.

Laters...

elmore3003 · « **Reply #110 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:57:46 PM »

DR JohnG, much as I know my feelngs about my mother are complicated, she was an insane, narcissistic conditional-love-only, manipulative bitch who nearly destroyed her youngest son's life by her passive-aggressve, but mainly remote, approach to rearing him, preferring shopping and soap operas to dealing with his school problems and enforcing discipline as he matured.

I believe her decisions to make those weekend trips on my last weekends home from college were deliberate attempts to avoid housework; when the house became too filthy, she'd become ill, go to bed, and let her sisters come in, get my brothers and me to school, feed us, and clean the house. Once it looked good, she was well, out of bed, and off to shop. Her sisters and sisters-in-law had no illusions about her problems. Families "overlooked" those things.

I don't make this up. She was a mess: unhappy, dreaming of a romantic happy ending that she had never worked for; the two pieces of literature that best describe her are Sally in FOLLIES and the leading lady in the tragic song "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan." I don't romanticize her madness and failures as a mother, and some days I find her eccentricities a source of humor. Some days I miss her and mourn whatever shaped her behavior. Those days I miss her, but there are more days when I want to dig her up just to kick her ass.

bk · « **Reply #111 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:06:25 PM »

Apparently a lot of folks got their Follies CDs today - what always amuses me is when they get them after wanting them so badly, they let it sit, much like our own elmore. I could never do that if I was salivating for something. The biggest complainer on the Cast Recordings Facebook page got his today and hasn't listened yet.

bk · « **Reply #112 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:07:14 PM »

Sondheim's package arrived on Saturday, but he wasn't there and they left a slip. I wrote him to just make sure he got the slip and is having someone pick it up or telling them to deliver again.

Jane · « **Reply #113 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:08:25 PM »

You had wonderful aunts DR elmore & were lucky they could be there for you.

Doug R · « **Reply #114 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:15:43 PM »

TOD:

Sunrise
White Hell of Pitz Palu
M
The General

Matthew · « **Reply #115 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:22:19 PM »

My Follies CD has arrived. It's out of the package, the shrink wrapped removed and the booklet read. I will listen to it in the car on the car CD player BEFORE uploading it into iTunes.

Matthew · « **Reply #116 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:22:43 PM »

BTW - I loved the booklet and what it contained, especially bk's notes.

Ben · « **Reply #117 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:24:15 PM »

No Follies in Chelsea. I guess it's tomorrow.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #118 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:26:31 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 30, 2012, 03:06:25 PM

Apparently a lot of folks got their Follies CDs today - what always amuses me is when they get them after wanting them so badly, they let it sit, much like our own elmore. I could never do that if I was salivating for something. The biggest complainer on the Cast Recordings Facebook page got his today and hasn't listened yet.

Why are you dragging me into this? You know I love you, and you're getting more than enough love from perfect strangers this week.

I listened to it yesterday and it sounds great. You deserve the praise you're getting and I think Capitol should pay you big bucks to remix all their cast recordings, expecially the two Bock and Harnicks.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #119 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:28:35 PM »

Quote from: Matthew on July 30, 2012, 03:22:43 PM

BTW - I loved the booklet and what it contained, especially bk's notes.

I thought I had reported on that yesterday, too! It's very good at pushing how completely overwhelming the original was and how no revival comes close to matching it.

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