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Re: I HEART NEIL SIMON
« Reply #90 on: June 09, 2013, 10:11:28 AM »

I should be taking a nap, but I think I'll make something fun for lunch instead
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« Reply #91 on: June 09, 2013, 10:11:39 AM »

TA DA page 4
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« Reply #92 on: June 09, 2013, 10:19:44 AM »

I had a turkey wrap for lunch.
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« Reply #93 on: June 09, 2013, 10:30:51 AM »

I'm up after another good night's sleep of over nine hours.  I suppose I'll jog in a little while.
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« Reply #94 on: June 09, 2013, 10:31:07 AM »

79 days, 3 hours and 40 minutes
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« Reply #95 on: June 09, 2013, 10:45:31 AM »

I hope I win a Tony Award tonight!


I wonder if interpreting Dream-o-matic so beautifully would qualify you for an Emmy though:

Best adaptation of material from another medium.

(I think there's a joke in there somewhere,  maybe we'll have a ssavenger hunt for it later.)


 :D :D  ROTF!   :D :D
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« Reply #96 on: June 09, 2013, 10:47:05 AM »

Don't roll on the floor too much, you'll hurt yourself!
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« Reply #97 on: June 09, 2013, 10:49:32 AM »

There's worse things than that down there.  [a Sweeney Todd reference.]
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« Reply #98 on: June 09, 2013, 10:50:45 AM »

The DH has resolved to teach me a new guitar chord each day.


I'll be a regular Segovia in no time.    :P
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« Reply #99 on: June 09, 2013, 11:08:56 AM »

Happy Cats is the title of my new musical revue.
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« Reply #100 on: June 09, 2013, 11:15:05 AM »

I've always wanted to give one a twirl.  As many of the winners have remarked over the years...   they really do spin!    :)


Yes, and the only one  I ever saw in person, I mistook for a GONG SHOW trophy
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« Reply #101 on: June 09, 2013, 11:23:58 AM »

The sound man on LEGENDS attended DePauw University and had many tales to tell about the tour.....most of which Kirkwood relates in his book, which is a very interesting and entertaining tome.

The costumer told me about all the very butch ladies  showing up at every stage door on the tour saying "We're here to see Mary!"

That's one of the legends Kirkwood couldn't tell while Martin was alive.
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« Reply #102 on: June 09, 2013, 11:28:33 AM »

Jrand - You can win anything you want with "Vip."

Interesting NY Times video on LOVER COME BACK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mTKugGvuc
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« Reply #103 on: June 09, 2013, 11:28:09 AM »

And I am home. 2-3 weeks ago, we had a street fair clogging one side of Broadway from 73rd Street to 86th, and today it's on the other side of Broadway peddling the same bullshit and screwing up traffic. Why can't they wait for six weeks or so tohit the other side of traffic?
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« Reply #104 on: June 09, 2013, 11:29:29 AM »

Thanks, TCB
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« Reply #105 on: June 09, 2013, 11:32:23 AM »

 
Don't roll on the floor too much, you'll hurt yourself!


Too late!   :-[
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« Reply #106 on: June 09, 2013, 12:18:35 PM »

Sunday afternoon greetings!  We are home from Lima in time for me to have a nap before the Tony broadcast.  And I really need it, because I've been awake since 4:45am, about 45 minutes earlier than I needed to be  :P
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« Reply #107 on: June 09, 2013, 12:20:44 PM »

I should mention for DR Ginny's reading pleasure that I fondly remember first seeing THE ODD COUPLE on a delightful evening out with my family at the Mariemont Theater.

 

Those, of course, were the days with packed theaters full of people of all ages loving and laughing their arses off at the latest Neil Simon film.  Some magical times were had.

Love the Mariemont Theater!  We don't go there often, though, because it's quite a trek from our home.
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« Reply #108 on: June 09, 2013, 12:21:52 PM »

DR GINNY what lovely photos of the BOOKSTALL, thanks for sharing them AND the story.

Thanks, DR JRand!
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« Reply #109 on: June 09, 2013, 12:23:06 PM »

Congratulations to DR Elmore's friend, the Buckeye, from this true blue Wolverine!
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« Reply #110 on: June 09, 2013, 12:23:41 PM »

Varmint vibes for DR Cillaliz!
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« Reply #111 on: June 09, 2013, 12:24:39 PM »

I've always wanted to be in a Neil Simon play.  What would be a good part for me?
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« Reply #112 on: June 09, 2013, 12:29:03 PM »

I've always wanted to be in a Neil Simon play.  What would be a good part for me?

Edna in THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE.
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« Reply #113 on: June 09, 2013, 12:29:33 PM »

Jrand - You can win anything you want with "Vip."

Interesting NY Times video on LOVER COME BACK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mTKugGvuc

It's true DR FJL....everything I have, I owe to VIP!
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Re: I HEART NEIL SIMON
« Reply #114 on: June 09, 2013, 12:36:06 PM »

Did a three-mile jog and must now get something to eat.
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« Reply #115 on: June 09, 2013, 12:49:11 PM »

I've always wanted to be in a Neil Simon play.  What would be a good part for me?

Edna in THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE.

Ah, I'll put it on my Netflix list!
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« Reply #116 on: June 09, 2013, 01:26:23 PM »

I've always wanted to be in a Neil Simon play.  What would be a good part for me?

Edna in THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE.


That is exactly the character I was going to say!
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« Reply #117 on: June 09, 2013, 01:35:04 PM »

From DR Ben:
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My attic got flooded and Dorian Gray went the way of all flesh.

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My attic flooded a few years ago.
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« Reply #118 on: June 09, 2013, 01:35:45 PM »

I'm reading Legends, the infamous play by James Kirkwood that starred Carol Channing and Mary Martin. It's from 1986. It played for a year all over the country and never opened on Broadway. As I'm reading it I can see why it never opened. IMHO, so far the play is DREADFUL!!! I will read his book about the whole brouhaha, called Diary of a Mad Playwright, when I've finished the play.

I know there were many reasons why the show never made it to Broadway but I really think that one of them was the play stinks and even two stars couldn't save it.

Hard to understand that it was even revived with Joan Collins and the blond with wings, whatsername from "Dynasty," Linda Evans?

It's kinda like the book from the author of Moose Murders who blames the show's failure on Eve Arden.
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« Reply #119 on: June 09, 2013, 01:39:07 PM »

I'm reading Legends, the infamous play by James Kirkwood that starred Carol Channing and Mary Martin. It's from 1986. It played for a year all over the country and never opened on Broadway. As I'm reading it I can see why it never opened. IMHO, so far the play is DREADFUL!!! I will read his book about the whole brouhaha, called Diary of a Mad Playwright, when I've finished the play.

I know there were many reasons why the show never made it to Broadway but I really think that one of them was the play stinks and even two stars couldn't save it.


From my recollection of reading this (lo, many years ago), it had some of the same problems that did in Moose Murders - a bad script to begin with, plus at least one star that could not learn their lines.    :P
Just saw this on Moose Murders. Ha!
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