Topic: COMMUNITY THEATER (Read 19298 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:45:13 AM »

REAL Community theatre....

Favorite plays I have been in:

The Sunshine Boys - playing Al Lewis
The Prisoner of Second Avenue - playing Mel
The Fantasticks - playing Mortimer (The One Who Dies)

The Music Man - playing Mayor Shinn
Dial M for Murder - playing Tony Wendice
The Crucible - playing Samuel Parris

Professional:

As Is - playing many roles, especially the brother of the lead
Execution of Justice - playing many roles, especially Harvey Milk's boyfriend
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - playing one of the recording executives
The Marriage of Bette & Boo - playing Paul

Directing and/or choreographing community theatre:

Pippin - C
On Borrowed Time - D
Man of La Mancha - C/D
The Curious Savage - D

Professional:

Dreamgirls - C
Loving Lucy - D
Holiday Survival Game Show - D
Hair - C

And many more in ALL of the categories.......

Jrand73 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:48:29 AM »

Page Two All About Me Dance. My current production....again....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #32 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:49:11 AM »

Thanks for ALL of the patented HHW vibes....the check arrived today!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:51:13 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on October 18, 2012, 06:33:01 AM

Got it ordered!

DR Elmore: about 2:30 pm, getting into Burbank about 5:30 pm.

Okay, off now for real. Will check in tonight. Don't know how much posting I'll get done because I'm still getting used to my first smartphone and my typing may not look so smart. Later!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

elmore3003 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:54:03 AM »

Quote from: Jrand62 on October 18, 2012, 07:49:11 AM

Thanks for ALL of the patented HHW vibes....the check arrived today!

Fantastic!

John G. · « **Reply #35 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:00:55 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 18, 2012, 07:54:03 AM

Quote from: Jrand62 on October 18, 2012, 07:49:11 AM
Thanks for ALL of the patented HHW vibes....the check arrived today!

Fantastic!

Yipee.

John G. · « **Reply #36 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:02:49 AM »

My, what a woman!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:08:54 AM »

Travel vibes for DR CHAS SMITH.

That is some obit DR JOHN G.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:09:17 AM »

The princess at our house got a new poof.

Laura · « **Reply #39 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:14:12 AM »

TOD: I have played the role of audience member in many productions.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:24:04 AM »

I do love my new stove, only the super and the repairman who attached the gasline did not level it, so the back of the stove sits higher than the front. I've just called my agent about fixing that.

I'm going to pay a few bills and then I will tackle the fridge. I've been avoiding it all morning.

MBarnum · « **Reply #41 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:26:06 AM »

Quote from: Jrand62 on October 18, 2012, 08:09:17 AM

The princess at our house got a new poof.

As well she should! What a sweetie!

MBarnum · « **Reply #42 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:27:02 AM »

A new fridge and a new stove...next time I visit, I won't recognize the place!

MBarnum · « **Reply #43 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:27:54 AM »

DR CharlesSmith, LIL ABNER was my very first play, also. I was one of the "before" husbands.

Matthew · « **Reply #44 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:29:39 AM »

Good Morning. I did finally get to sleep. Tonight should be no problem. Today, I plan to get away from the home environment until later in the evening when the DP is home. The DP, who is not a Christian, pulled a zinger on me last night and said "I thought you Christians were suppose to be welcoming and nice", and I said back, "Yeah, and you pagans aren't suppose to sit back tolerate such rude behavior". That was the last thing I said to him.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #45 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:39:18 AM »

TOD:

Semio-pro Community Theater (positive, all):

The Odd Couple
Stop the World! I Want to Get Off
Brigadoon
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Community Theater (in which I was involved -- all positive experiences, but only ONE horrible production)

The Music Man (train conductor and townsperson; danced in Marian, The Librarian and Shipoopi)
Twelfth Night (Antonio)
The Fantasticks (Matt)
The Subject Was Roses (costumes)
Tea and Sympathy (roommate of Tom)
See How They Run (Rev. Toop)
Mame (grown-up Patrick -- dreadful production)
Come Blow Your Horn (Buddy...toured Italy, Greece and Turkey U.S. military sites)
Ten Little Indians (Tony Marston)
Bye Bye, Birdie (Albert Peterson)
(also did publicity for all the following):
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (Thoreau's brother)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Mortimer)
See How They Run (produced as President of the Naples Little Theater)
1776 (director, produced)
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (produced)
That Championship Season (produced)
Ten Little Indians (Philip Lombard, produced)

The last performance was in the fall of 1972. I continued trying to be involved in other community theaters, but they all had community support problems that kept the shows from going forward beyond the first rehearsals. I directed a dinner theater of some comedy in the fall of 1987 in Naples, Italy, but all further efforts to revive theater there were met with indifference from the community. This last part was a geographic problem After a huge earthquake in Naples, Italy, in the late 70s, many apartment buildings were damaged or demolished. As a result, there were fewer close-in accommodations for the transient U.S. military community, so they moved "outward" and many were 20-plus miles from the installations in the late 1980s -early 1990s. That did not bode well for folks who would have to commute just to be in a play (and gasoline was very expensive).

As an audience member, I have enjoyed:

La Boheme (Baz Luhrmann, pre-Broadway)
Wicked (world premiere)
Annie (national tour)
South Pacific (national tour)
White Christmas

John G. · « **Reply #46 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:01:38 AM »

Matthew, you need to remind your DP that the houseguest came to visit him, not you.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #47 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:14:44 AM »

What do houseguests have in common with fish?

After three days, they stink and need to be thrown out.

Matthew · « **Reply #48 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:16:12 AM »

Quote from: John G. on October 18, 2012, 09:01:38 AM

Matthew, you need to remind your DP that the houseguest came to visit him, not you.

DR John, Oh yes... I have, many times. But the DP "has to work" you know. That's another story, nevermind.....

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #49 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:34:31 AM »

Quote from: bk on October 17, 2012, 10:41:41 PM

And the word of the day is: FULGURANT!

And The Song Of The Day Is: FIREWORKS

Jrand73 · « **Reply #50 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:35:53 AM »

Well....DR RLP.....I guess I really should have included Lionel Toop in my list of characters.....he was fun......

elmore3003 · « **Reply #51 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:46:24 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on October 18, 2012, 08:27:02 AM

A new fridge and a new stove...next time I visit, I won't recognize the place!

The next time you visit, I hopefully will be living elsewhere, and you can surprise the schmoe then living at this address.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #52 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:47:59 AM »

DR Matthew, since I'm coming to the conclusion that the DP is a moron who deserves this stupid guest, I suggest you ask them both to move out.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #53 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:49:09 AM »

And the fridge is partially defrosted. Let the cleanup begin!

MBarnum · « **Reply #54 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:02:35 AM »

Where is DR JosePiano?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:04:11 AM »

That sounds like a video game DR MBARNUM?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #56 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:04:33 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 18, 2012, 09:49:09 AM

And the fridge is partially defrosted. Let the cleanup begin!

Good news! Did you find anything in there that you had lost?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #57 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:07:44 AM »

Quote from: Jrand62 on October 18, 2012, 09:35:53 AM

Well....DR RLP.....I guess I really should have included Lionel Toop in my list of characters.....he was fun......

LOL! Jack, I fully realize that your list is a drop in the bucket of all your experiences in theater. My list is 90% of my theatrical experience. Virtually all of it was fun for me. Of all your parts, is Lionel Toop even in the Top 20?

Matthew · « **Reply #58 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:11:34 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 18, 2012, 09:47:59 AM

DR Matthew, since I'm coming to the conclusion that the DP is a moron who deserves this stupid guest, I suggest you ask them both to move out.

Sadly, Elmore, it's close to coming down to that. And that's another story for another day.

bk · « **Reply #59 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:15:57 AM »

Perhaps Jose is on another tiresome sabbatical.

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