Topic: DIAL 'S' FOR A SPLENDIDLY SPLENDID OPENING NIGHT (Read 6324 times)

TCB · « **Reply #120 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:10:59 PM »

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TCB · « **Reply #121 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:11:30 PM »

And perhaps some pork and beans.

TCB · « **Reply #122 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:11:52 PM »

Hello, 5 Guests!

TCB · « **Reply #123 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:13:03 PM »

Are you enjoying watching me flounder for over a page and a half?

TCB · « **Reply #124 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:14:44 PM »

Interesting news story.

TCB · « **Reply #125 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:15:39 PM »

Crooks are stealing identities by filling out a simple change of address to a P.O. Box.

TCB · « **Reply #126 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:16:12 PM »

Watch for missing bills.

TCB · « **Reply #127 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:17:10 PM »

I need to switch computers.

TCB · « **Reply #128 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:17:35 PM »

Not that anyone will notice I am gone.

TCB · « **Reply #129 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:18:09 PM »

Wow! All five guests left the board!

TCB · « **Reply #130 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:44:48 PM »

Listening to Mary Martin in HELLO, DOLLY!

TCB · « **Reply #131 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:45:26 PM »

I wish I could have seen her in that show.

TCB · « **Reply #132 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:46:48 PM »

The show came to Seattle. My mother saw the show. I did not!

TCB · « **Reply #133 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:50:39 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 01, 2017, 05:38:13 AM

DR TCB, Judi Dench was once cast as Regan in a production of King Lear. After the play opened, she asked to be replaced because she disliked the character so much. I can understand your not wanting to be in Misery.

Thank you. I am glad someone understands.

George · « **Reply #134 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:54:34 PM »

Quote from: George on July 01, 2017, 01:37:31 AM

Today, I need to print some more programs for tonight's final performance of 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, then I have to help my sister move (it's definitely a multi-day process so it won't all happen today), then I'm house managing (selling tickets and concessions, giving the curtain speech) for tonight's 5LEaQ. They're having a cast party afterward, so I'll probably go for a bit, then I'll come home and go to sleep.

And that was my day...mostly. I did print more programs, then went to Costco to get some water to sell at the show, then went to the house that my sister and niece are moving into and installed new toilet seats, then went home for a short nap, then went to the show and sold concessions and gave the curtain speech and watched the show. It was still funny, and we again had an almost sold out house. We added chairs but not all the extra chairs sold.

TCB · « **Reply #135 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:54:47 PM »

She probably went with my aunt and her "roommate."

George · « **Reply #136 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:55:42 PM »

After the show, I didn't go to the cast party, however. My friend Margo (who came to see the show) and I went to Red Robin for a late dinner (I bought RR gift cards at Costco for myself at a 20% discount!). Then I came home and am watching selected segments of late night talk shows that I recorded over the last several days.

Whew!

TCB · « **Reply #137 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:00:43 AM »

I am thirty posts away from a mini-milestone.

George · « **Reply #138 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:01:32 AM »

Quote from: Michael on July 01, 2017, 06:33:59 AM

I recently finished a new play and in talks right now for a production in Fort Lauderdale. Here is some info:

Heroes: Fighting in the AIDS Trenches is the umbrealla title for two one act plays. "Ruth: The Cemetery Angel" and "Vito: Standing On His Shoulders". The plays are monlogues about two extraodinary people who fought the AIDS Crisis during the 80's in the own unique ways.

"Ruth: The Cemetery Angel" tells the story of Ruth Coker Burks who gave a home and eventually a final resting place in her family's cemetery to dozens of young men who would have died alone when their families rejected them.

"Vito: Standing On His Shoulders" is about Vito Russo who was the author of the seminal book, "The Celluloid Closet" about how homosexuals were depicted in Hollywood movies. More importantly, however, he was a gay and AIDS activist and a founding member of GLAAD and ACT UP. His friends included Larry Kramer, Bette Midler, and Lily Tomlin. He was a featured participant in the Academy Award winning documentary: "Common Threads: Tales From the Quilt".

Sounds great, Michael! Good luck!

George · « **Reply #139 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:01:56 AM »

Quote from: TCB on July 02, 2017, 12:00:43 AM

I am thirty posts away from a mini-milestone.

PPUUSSHH!!!!

George · « **Reply #140 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:06:30 AM »

Quote from: Laura on July 01, 2017, 08:15:22 AM

My fitbit tells me I slept 5 hours and 11 minutes last night. A good night's sleep.

That's pretty much a good night for me too, anymore.

George · « **Reply #141 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:07:57 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on July 01, 2017, 08:29:06 AM

Saturday morning greetings! Fr. Richard is the substitute priest at Dayton's Christ Our Hope this weekend, so he has to do a 5pm service today and a morning service tomorrow. My plan is to go with him tomorrow, unless my stomach feels then like it did this morning

~~~Stay Well Vibes for Ginny!!~~~

TCB · « **Reply #142 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:10:33 AM »

THE ADDAMS FAMILY won Outstanding Production at Nationals, as well as about six other awards, including Best Ensemble.

TCB · « **Reply #143 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:11:27 AM »

Michael your new plays sound very exciting.

George · « **Reply #144 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:14:05 AM »

Quote from: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:32:15 PM

You know I've told my Robert Weede Most Happy Fella story many times here and elsewhere - you want to see why it was the greatest performance I've ever seen and remains so to this day? Watch. Love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFtTVaJsPk

This was great! I don't think that I had ever seen any video of him singing anything from the show.

George · « **Reply #145 on:** July 02, 2017, 12:18:26 AM »

Quote from: bk on July 01, 2017, 12:51:29 PM

Our first review is out: http://www.stagescenela.com/2017/07/dial-m-for-murder/

It's a WOW. I disagree with his only caveat, as I like that actor's performance - he's right about the age difference, though, but I had to use a company member and he was the only choice - but his performance is wonderful and, as the critic writes, weird, which is what I like about it. I really do think the caveat is the age, though, if I'm reading that part right.

Congrats BK, and to the cast!