Topic: ON THE BOARDS (Read 14279 times)

KevinH · « **Reply #60 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:25:45 PM »

Thanks, George!

KevinH · « **Reply #61 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:26:05 PM »

Page 3!

George · « **Reply #62 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:27:37 PM »

Quote from: FJL on April 23, 2013, 12:29:55 PM

Quote from: Jrand62 on April 23, 2013, 11:31:41 AM
Yes indeed DR FJL....it is....

Johnny was a great friend of Ben Chapman who was The Creature From the Black Lagoon i

In a peculiar coincidence, the Universal CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON video was filmed by (no kidding) the famous Encores video guy - Jonathan Frank!

See vimeo link http://vimeo.com/21752986

Now that could be something that TAO could sink its community theater teeth into!

Laura · « **Reply #63 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:29:37 PM »

Good afternoon. I spent the day with a scientist and photographer doing a study in the desert about winged insects. There were many bugs.

KevinH · « **Reply #64 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:30:18 PM »

The Lincoln Center Gala was really great. One of my Barbra friends and I waited outside before the ceremony and saw some of the celebrities come out of a tent (where they had been talking to media people). We saw Liza, Blythe Danner, Kris Kristofferson, who very nicely came over to sign a guy's LP, Catherine Deneuve and Pierce Brosnan. And most important of all---Barbra herself! I couldn't believe it--I had taken pictures of the others and then my camera died--apparently the battery ran down! At least my friend took a video on her iphone.

KevinH · « **Reply #65 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:35:54 PM »

Liza sang "Isn't This Better, " from Funny Lady (Barbra and Brent have nothing to worry about) and "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" Tony Bennett performed "Smile." Blythe Danner, Amy Irving, Ben Stiller, George Segal, Pierce Brosnan and Kris Kristofferson talked about working with Barbra. There were videos from Omar Sharif and Robert Redford. President Clinton presented the award to Barbra. She gave a nice speech, in which she said something like she had a reputation for being opinionated and bossy and that maybe that was because she was opionated and bossy.

It was a lot of fun!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #66 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:37:01 PM »

We finished printing the full scores around 4:00. The new printer has a very short term memory which made it impossible to print three full scores at a time. Peter had to print one, go through the whole print setup again to print the next, and then again for the third score. It took forever, and it's finished. While he printed those, I printed from my computer the vocal score.

As soon as we finished, Peter headed north to Penn Station,and I went east to Sixth Avenue and hopped on a bus that fortuitously stopped as I got to the stop. It's been a long day, but I am really tired and very happy to be home. Tomorrow morning, I shall bind the scores and finish this project.

I have to think about dinner early and I'll probably be in bed by 9:00. I'm suddenly very, very tired.

George · « **Reply #67 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:37:09 PM »

Quote from: KevinH on April 23, 2013, 02:30:18 PM

The Lincoln Center Gala was really great. One of my Barbra friends and I waited outside before the ceremony and saw some of the celebrities come out of a tent (where they had been talking to media people). We saw Liza, Blythe Danner, Kris Kristofferson, who very nicely came over to sign a guy's LP, Catherine Deneuve and Pierce Brosnan. And most important of all---Barbra herself! I couldn't believe it--I had taken pictures of the others and then my camera died--apparently the battery ran down! At least my friend took a video on her iphone.

You're battery died?? Oh, the horror!!

George · « **Reply #68 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:37:59 PM »

Playbill.com has an article HERE about the event...with pictures!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #69 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:38:16 PM »

DR KevinH, I'm happy you had a great time!

Kate · « **Reply #70 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:07:09 PM »

Hello Everyone,

DR KevinH I so glad you had a great time.

Too Bad about the camera. You should have called Barbra over and asked for her autograph.

Kate · « **Reply #71 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:09:48 PM »

In celebration of Shirley Temple's 85th B Day, I watch several of her movies when she was a teenager.

I dont understand why she didn't succeed when she aged. I still think she was adorable and was a good actress.

Kate · « **Reply #72 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:10:53 PM »

No one ever came close to her as a child actress. What an amazing talent.

bk · « **Reply #73 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:11:15 PM »

Apparently the usual suspects on the board I criticized don't like it when they're criticisms are criticized. They're doing exactly as I said they would in the notes - they've Googled me, they're deriding, and behaving like eight-year-olds only that would be offensive to real eight-year-olds.

Kate · « **Reply #74 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:12:16 PM »

Does anyone enjoy Shirley Temple's movies?

Kate · « **Reply #75 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:13:59 PM »

Hi BK,
I was wondering who is your favorite actor and what is your all time favorite movie?

bk · « **Reply #76 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:22:32 PM »

I have several favorites - Joel McCrea, Cary Grant, James Stewart - and my favorite movie changes often, but include titles like The Court Jester, North by Northwest, The White Sheik (Fellini), Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Double Indemnity, etc.

bk · « **Reply #77 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:25:19 PM »

I just got a completely random Facebook message from some gal wanting the rights to the video I directed called Rappin' and Rhymin' for Hanna-Barbera back in the late 1980s. She is literally the first person I've ever heard from who's seen it. Hanna-Barbera were going belly up when we made it, and they just shoved it out on VHS as they were closing shop. I told her to try and find whoever owns that catalogue, but since it's a school thing, I also told her if she couldn't find it she could probably just do it and be safe. She wants to put it on stage - she credits the video with her wanting to be a dancer (my pal Gene Castle did the great choreography) and go into the business - that part made me feel good.

Kate · « **Reply #78 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:26:32 PM »

Cary Grant and James Stewart are among my favorites also. Also I loved North by Northwest and Double Indemnity. My favorite James Stewart Comedy is Mr Hobb's Goes on Vacation.

FJL · « **Reply #79 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:35:57 PM »

Quote from: bk on April 23, 2013, 03:25:19 PM

I just got a completely random Facebook message from some gal wanting the rights to the video I directed called Rappin' and Rhymin' for Hanna-Barbera back in the late 1980s. She is literally the first person I've ever heard from who's seen it. Hanna-Barbera were going belly up when we made it, and they just shoved it out on VHS as they were closing shop. I told her to try and find whoever owns that catalogue, but since it's a school thing, I also told her if she couldn't find it she could probably just do it and be safe. She wants to put it on stage - she credits the video with her wanting to be a dancer (my pal Gene Castle did the great choreography) and go into the business - that part made me feel good.

Feeling good is always a good thing!

Kate · « **Reply #80 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:38:01 PM »

Hey BK,
I just viewed Rappin' and Rhymin' on the internet. I watch about 3 minutes. It was very good.

FJL · « **Reply #81 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:38:11 PM »

KevinH, loved reading your Barbra adventure! The New York Times has a really nice piece on the event, too!

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/barbra-streisand-at-a-gala-and-in-memory/

FJL · « **Reply #82 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:43:00 PM »

Speaking of Barbra - Kevin, have you seen BUYER AND CELLAR, the off-Bway play that's ABOUT Barbra Streisand starring Michael Urie.

The Times has a scene from it on video here:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/in-performance-michael-urie-of-buyer-cellar/

FJL · « **Reply #83 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:43:33 PM »

And that's it about Barbra in the Times today. But that's a lot!

Kate · « **Reply #84 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:49:42 PM »

Signing off for now.

bk · « **Reply #85 on:** April 23, 2013, 04:01:54 PM »

Rappin' and Rhymin' is on You Tube in its entirety. Haven't seen it for about fifteen years. And you know what? It's really well done, I think - who knew a Jew could do a good job directing rap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INlnESVnCQ

bk · « **Reply #86 on:** April 23, 2013, 04:27:14 PM »

Just nosing around the Internet about our Rappin' and Rhymin' cast - it's been over twenty-one years since we did it. Our female lead, Micki Duran, is still in the business and working - she danced in Showgirls (!) and several other film musicals, has done guest shots, and is a yoga instructor and exercise video person and lives in - the City of Studio. I just wrote her on Facebook. Eddie Mikrut, one of our young dancers (he looks like he's fifteen or thereabouts in the show) is now a well-known ballet dancer and a principal with the Nashville Ballet. Our male lead Damon danced in the film of Newsies and several other things like that - can't find any trace of him.

George · « **Reply #87 on:** April 23, 2013, 04:35:32 PM »

Quote from: bk on April 23, 2013, 04:01:54 PM

Rappin' and Rhymin' is on You Tube in its entirety. Haven't seen it for about fifteen years. And you know what? It's really well done, I think - who knew a Jew could do a good job directing rap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INlnESVnCQ

Here's a screen shot!

bk · « **Reply #88 on:** April 23, 2013, 04:47:35 PM »

Page three? Three pages? Don't make me start rapping.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #89 on:** April 23, 2013, 05:44:09 PM »

I've spent the last hour cutting about 200 words from one essay for the recording. I have two grisly ones that need to lose 50% of their material. It will take me days to accomplish it.

I think I am going to head for bed.

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