Topic: ROSH HASHANAH - HAPPY JEW YEAR! (Read 3837 times)

George · « **Reply #90 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:25:06 PM »

PAGE FOUR DANCE!!

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:25:07 PM »

We went to an iHop near the theater. I had a burger and a short stack as my side. The pancakes were exactly the way I remembered - terrible, but I ate about one and two-thirds of the two pancakes. The burger wasn't too bad. And we managed to kill almost ninety minutes there, so that was good.

George · « **Reply #92 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:25:17 PM »

Hi, Tom and BK.

bk · « **Reply #93 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:25:27 PM »

Then we picked up the tickets, then took a walk and looked at all the nearby stores.

George · « **Reply #94 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:26:00 PM »

Quote from: TCB on October 02, 2019, 11:18:52 PM

I have little of interest to talk about.

Neither do I. $:-\$

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:26:41 PM »

Then we saw the show, a really, REALLY horrid musical of Grumpy Old Men. This thing has been kicking around since 2009, maybe before. It's first production was in 2011. As far as I can tell, that was pretty much it, unless there were some community theater productions.

George · « **Reply #96 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:27:13 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 02, 2019, 11:23:46 PM

I, on the other hand, am back from a very long afternoon and evening. We left at three-thirty and the twenty-five minute drive to where we were going took ninety damn minutes. This city is so pathetic, traffic-wise, and one has to believe, after lo these many years, they simply don't care or don't WANT to fix it.

Yikes!

George · « **Reply #97 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:27:44 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 02, 2019, 11:26:41 PM

Then we saw the show, a really, REALLY horrid musical of Grumpy Old Men. This thing has been kicking around since 2009, maybe before. It's first production was in 2011. As far as I can tell, that was pretty much it, unless there were some community theater productions.

That's too bad.

bk · « **Reply #98 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:28:45 PM »

Then for some unknown reason, they did it last year at the Ogunquit Playhouse with Mark Jakoby, my friend Leslie Stevens (who was in Inside Out for me), Hal Linden, and Sally Struthers. I'm quite sure it did not raise the roof, review-wise. Then the La Mirada Theater had a show fall out. Someone called me about that and said I should get them Levi right away. I tried. No one could be bothered to return a call or answer an e-mail, which I found insufferably rude.

George · « **Reply #99 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:29:39 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 02, 2019, 11:28:45 PM

Then for some unknown reason, they did it last year at the Ogunquit Playhouse with Mark Jakoby, my friend Leslie Stevens (who was in Inside Out for me), Hal Linden, and Sally Struthers. I'm quite sure it did not raise the roof, review-wise. Then the La Mirada Theater had a show fall out. Someone called me about that and said I should get them Levi right away. I tried. No one could be bothered to return a call or answer an e-mail, which I found insufferably rude.

That is rude!

George · « **Reply #100 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:29:48 PM »

Gratuitous Post #100!!

TCB · « **Reply #101 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:31:24 PM »

George · « **Reply #102 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:32:11 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 02, 2019, 11:28:45 PM

Then for some unknown reason, they did it last year at the Ogunquit Playhouse with Mark Jakoby, my friend Leslie Stevens (who was in Inside Out for me), Hal Linden, and Sally Struthers. I'm quite sure it did not raise the roof, review-wise. Then the La Mirada Theater had a show fall out. Someone called me about that and said I should get them Levi right away. I tried. No one could be bothered to return a call or answer an e-mail, which I found insufferably rude.

Of course, BK, we could be on Page 87 by now if you put each sentence in its own paragraph.

TCB · « **Reply #103 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:32:19 PM »

Today was the old actors lunch.

bk · « **Reply #104 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:32:21 PM »

So, what do they do? They literally "buy" that production - the set, the director, the choreographer, Mr. Jakoby, Mr. Linden, and Ms. Stevens. Of course, given the folks who run the theater, Ms. Struthers' role was played by - Cathy Rigby. It's just a typical, by-the-numbers, "now" adaptation of a movie, without seeming to know what actually made the movie work, a lot of which was - Mr. Matthau and Mr. Lemmon. Here we get twenty-one boring musical numbers, terrible writing, jokes which mostly don't land, and a show with little plot and no one you really care about, because they're trying to do so many subplots and the grumpy old men take a back seat to those too much of the time.

George · « **Reply #105 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:32:27 PM »

bk · « **Reply #106 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:33:06 PM »

But the actors were all fine, although a couple were directed so poorly to play their roles as complete cartoons - sorry, can't take that seriously and it's just bad.

TCB · « **Reply #107 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:33:30 PM »

You know that group can be pretty insufferable when they are all doing shows except me!

bk · « **Reply #108 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:34:20 PM »

After, we saw Leslie, had a lovely chat with Hal, saw stage manager John (he stage managed Hit Song and the Richard Sherman birthday tribute for me), and Greg North, who played one of the grumpy old men. That was the best part of the evening.

bk · « **Reply #109 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:34:43 PM »

I shan't, of course, go into detail in the notes.

George · « **Reply #110 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:34:59 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 02, 2019, 11:34:20 PM

After, we saw Leslie, had a lovely chat with Hal, saw stage manager John (he stage managed Hit Song and the Richard Sherman birthday tribute for me), and Greg North, who played one of the grumpy old men. That was the best part of the evening.

That's great!

George · « **Reply #111 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:36:41 PM »

Gratuitous Post #111!!!

TCB · « **Reply #112 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:37:49 PM »

So, what did Hal Linden have to say?

George · « **Reply #113 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:40:32 PM »

Rami Malik is a guest tonight on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

George · « **Reply #114 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:45:15 PM »

Also Jill Soloway.

George · « **Reply #115 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:45:26 PM »

I don't know who she is.

George · « **Reply #116 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:46:22 PM »

I guess I'll find out soon enough.

TCB · « **Reply #117 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:49:11 PM »

We are getting closer.

TCB · « **Reply #118 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:49:58 PM »

TCB · « **Reply #119 on:** October 02, 2019, 11:50:12 PM »

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