Topic: THIRTEEN (Read 8033 times)

bk · « **on:** February 15, 2014, 12:17:47 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of thirteen (Jason Robert Brown will probably Google himself and think I was talking about his show), and now it is time for you to post until the thirteen cows come home - and I have to tell you, if an thirteen-year-old cow were having sexual relations it would be an outcowst.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2014, 12:18:33 AM »

And the word of the day is: CREPITATE!

Matthew · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2014, 12:46:23 AM »

The play was great.

Good night

Michael · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2014, 04:43:33 AM »

Good morning to all

ChasSmith · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2014, 05:21:40 AM »

Good morning, all.

The cold has me in its grip, now, and I can only hope that today's storm is kind and gentle in terms of snowfall.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2014, 05:23:15 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 15, 2014, 12:18:33 AM

And the word of the day is: CREPITATE!

Oh! Will there be a contest?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2014, 05:23:55 AM »

More snow.....and now COMODO Dragon is my new browser.

Kerry · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2014, 05:24:17 AM »

My oldest nephew's wedding is today. Luckily the weather is nice, and it should be about 80 degrees (which is good since the wedding is outdoors).

Jrand74 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2014, 06:03:45 AM »

I love weddings DR KERRY! I don't have one on my calendar until October....so I have a long wait.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2014, 06:13:40 AM »

TOD:

Will There Really Be A Morning? "The shocking autobiography by/of [different versions use different words] Frances Farmer

Speaking of THE FRONT and the subject of blacklisting, I highly recommend a book by Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle titled TENDER COMRADES.....it is a collection of interviews with blacklisted writers, directors, and performers....one of the best books I have ever read on the subject.

Druxy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2014, 06:15:14 AM »

TOD:

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE (William Goldman)
SCARLETT O'HARA'S YOUNGER SISTER (Evelyn Keyes)
MY WICKED, WICKED WAYS (Errol Flynn)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2014, 07:31:53 AM »

Good morning, all! I slept late and this morning I had a lot of emails concerning the ROBERTA recording sessions to deal with. I took a vocal score to Encores! last week for our rehearsal pianist, who wasn't there, and this morning - the day before our first rehearsal - he asked about his score and what we're rehearsing tomorrow. Oy!

DR TCB, I like your new avatar, and I don't want you retiring from acting. There. I've said it. I cannot force you, cajole you, or bribe you, nor do I wish to. I simply think it would be a loss to you and the community. You're too young to retire.

The best biography i've read lately is Paul Kildea's Benjamin Britten: A Life In The Twentieth Century. I like biography, autobiographies not so much, particularly the me-me-me self-serving ones. Some of the other ones that I liked very much:
Charmed Circle: Gertrude stein & Company (Mellow)
Jane Austen: A Life (Tomalin)
Act One (Hart)
George Gershwin: His Life and Work (Pollack)
Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton (Kavanaugh)
Marie Antoinette:The Journey (Fraser)

KevinH · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2014, 07:33:17 AM »

Good morning!

Laura · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2014, 07:34:38 AM »

Good morning.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:06:17 AM »

TOD: GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE about John Barrymore by Gene Fowler; GOOD TIMES GREAT TIMES about Maurice Barrymore by James Kotsilibas-Davis; JOHN OSBORNE (about playwright John Osborne) by John Heilpern; RICH about Richard Burton by Melvyn Bragg; SEARCHING FOR JOHN FORD by Joseph McBride; ALMOST A GENTLEMAN by John Osborne. RICHARD III by Paul Murray Kendall.

I also like memoirs, diaries, or letters that are not necessarily bios but detail specific biographic periods in various individual's lives: PETER HALL'S DIARIES about the transition period of the National Theatre from him taking over from Olivier; NATIONAL SERVICE, Richard Eyre's diaries about the National when he was Artistic Director; GIELGUD'S LETTERS covering the entire span of his career; THE RICHARD BURTON DIARIES; LETTERS FROM AN ACTOR by William Redfield, detailing working in the Burton/Gielgud Hamlet; DROPPED NAMES by Frank Langella about his encounters with the famous and those in his profession; MY LIFE IN PIECES by Simon Callow.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:10:15 AM »

Prick Up Your Ears - John Lahr's biography of Joe Orton. DR CP's list reminded me of it.

Ginny · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:27:25 AM »

Saturday morning greetings! We had 4-5" of new snow yesterday, which Richard and a neighbor and his son have now cleared from our driveway. In about 45 minutes I'll head over to the local coffee shop for lunch with my newly-appointed AAUW nominating committee.

Ginny · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:33:14 AM »

TOD -

Biographies: Robert Massie's CATHERINE THE GREAT, David McCullough's JOHN ADAMS, Betty Boyd Carolli's THE ROOSEVELT WOMEN (collective biography)

Autobiography: Katherine Graham's PERSONAL HISTORY

elmore3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:38:27 AM »

I expected snow last night, and we got none. It will probably happen tonight and screw up getting to Toyland for tomorrow's rehearsal.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:38:40 AM »

We got about the same DR GINNY. I finished shoveling a path for Precious on the deck....and nice big space in the backyard for her.

And the driveway is being cleared right now.....by the neighbor boy with this snow blower.....just the way I like it.

Temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday are supposed to be in the 40's, so we may get rid of the rest of this.

Ginny · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:01:12 AM »

Off to Java Johnny's - bye for now!

John G. · « **Reply #21 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:04:45 AM »

Good morning, all.

Roses are trimmed back and I have few scratches on my arm. Next week, I have to get the chainsaw and go after some ugly weeds that have grown into trees.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #22 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:08:10 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 15, 2014, 12:18:33 AM

And the word of the day is: CREPITATE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: THE RESTLESS WIND

John G. · « **Reply #23 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:15:09 AM »

TOD:

When I was younger, I loved Frank Capra's "The Name Above the Title" and the series of memoirs from Maya Angelou that started with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

In recent years, I enjoyed Zora Neale Hurston's "Dust Tracks on the Road," "Before the Parade Passes By: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical" by John Anthony Gilvey, Larry McMurtry's three volumes of memoirs ("Books," "Literary Life," "Hollywood"), Elmer Kelton's "Sandhills Boy," and "An Autobiography" by Anthony Trollope.

I'm enjoying the new Fosse bio right now.

Matthew · « **Reply #24 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:38:25 AM »

Good morning

Matthew · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:39:47 AM »

Two coachings this afternoon and a dinner party with my brother and his fiance (and myself and the DD of course). Big day.

Now to the market.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2014, 09:44:55 AM »

Great hockey game between US and RUSSIA today.....probably will be on the network tonight.....

ryacko · « **Reply #27 on:** February 15, 2014, 10:01:03 AM »

Happy Saturday, all!

A busy one for me. My last double show day, as the snow begins to fall, AGAIN. Then one matinee tomorrow and packing to come home on Monday, after which you'll hear no more whining about winter from moi.

TOD:
My Wicked, Wicked Ways - Errol Flynn
Me - Katherine Hepburn
It Would Be So Nice if You Weren't Here - Charles Grodin
There's Mel, There's Woody and There's You - Guy Haines?

Jane · « **Reply #28 on:** February 15, 2014, 10:14:36 AM »

Quote from: Kerry on February 15, 2014, 05:24:17 AM

My oldest nephew's wedding is today. Luckily the weather is nice, and it should be about 80 degrees (which is good since the wedding is outdoors).

It must be a local wedding. Congratulations to your nephew!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 15, 2014, 10:16:22 AM »

DUh.....how could I have forgotten MR BK's two books?

I am properly chastised and they move to the top of the list.

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