Topic: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE? (Read 5684 times)

Freddie · « **Reply #60 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:42:15 AM »

But its so strange. How long did the producers know someone in the cast or crew had the symptoms yet they still let the show go on at least the one night before, maybe twice, didn't they? And some of that cast is less than six feet from the audience at times. The producers seem to be UK-based, though, where the terror was not as strong as in NY, though.

John G. · « **Reply #61 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:43:06 AM »

Three!

Freddie · « **Reply #62 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:44:00 AM »

I see Rebecca is starting to have symptoms, at the end of Danny's article.

Jane · « **Reply #63 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:44:43 AM »

Quote from: John G. on April 13, 2020, 11:12:15 AM

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/broadway-star-danny-burstein-his-harrowing-coronavirus-experience-strength-stillness-guest-column-1289839

Thanks for repeating the link as I didn't have time to read it earlier.

Jane · « **Reply #64 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:45:55 AM »

Quote from: Freddie on April 13, 2020, 11:44:00 AM

I see Rebecca is starting to have symptoms, at the end of Danny's article.

Yes, very scary. Vibes she will not be too sick with it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #65 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:46:16 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on April 13, 2020, 11:23:40 AM

Quote from: John G. on April 13, 2020, 11:12:15 AM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/broadway-star-danny-burstein-his-harrowing-coronavirus-experience-strength-stillness-guest-column-1289839

Thanks John it didn’t work as a link when i posted it

That's because you didn't leave a space between this and http:

elmore3003 · « **Reply #66 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:48:53 AM »

I just finished watching LA Then and Now and the Li'l Abner clips. I wish I knew more about LA to fully appreciate the revue, but I loved the songs and the band was fantastic. My least favorite section was the wrestling match but I really liked Robert Yacko's monologue at the end.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #67 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:49:15 AM »

Who did the orchestrations? They were really fine.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #68 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:50:06 AM »

I do love me some Li'l Abner! Those clips were fun.

John G. · « **Reply #69 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:53:08 AM »

Very harrowing read.

John G. · « **Reply #70 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:53:49 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 11:49:15 AM

Who did the orchestrations? They were really fine.

I agree and also thought the band was just wonderful.

Jane · « **Reply #71 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:56:06 AM »

Yesterday we smelled smoke, today you can see the haze and it is stronger. I haven't found yet where it is coming from.

vixmom · « **Reply #72 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:56:26 AM »

Quote from: Freddie on April 13, 2020, 11:42:15 AM

But its so strange. How long did the producers know someone in the cast or crew had the symptoms yet they still let the show go on at least the one night before, maybe twice, didn't they? And some of that cast is less than six feet from the audience at times. The producers seem to be UK-based, though, where the terror was not as strong as in NY, though.

I read that as the producers stopped the show as soon as they were aware of the illness

vixmom · « **Reply #73 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:57:12 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 11:46:16 AM

Quote from: vixmom on April 13, 2020, 11:23:40 AM
Quote from: John G. on April 13, 2020, 11:12:15 AM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/broadway-star-danny-burstein-his-harrowing-coronavirus-experience-strength-stillness-guest-column-1289839

Thanks John it didn’t work as a link when i posted it

That's because you didn't leave a space between this and http:

I figured it was something I did wrong 😉

Jane · « **Reply #74 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:58:16 AM »

I think the smoke is coming from Oregon.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #75 on:** April 13, 2020, 11:59:01 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 11:49:15 AM

Who did the orchestrations? They were really fine.

Lanny. And he was playing Keyboard 2.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #76 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:00:39 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on April 13, 2020, 11:59:01 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 11:49:15 AM
Who did the orchestrations? They were really fine.

Lanny. And he was playing Keyboard 2.

I didn't recognize him, but I'm blind as a bat, even with new glasses.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #77 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:08:52 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 11:48:53 AM

I just finished watching LA Then and Now and the Li'l Abner clips. I wish I knew more about LA to fully appreciate the revue, but I loved the songs and the band was fantastic. My least favorite section was the wrestling match but I really liked Robert Yacko's monologue at the end.

I would not have appreciated the wrestling match if, back when BK was first talking about putting the show together, I hadn’t gone to the web and read about Ricki Starr and watched videos. I found him fascinating. Other than that, I have absolutely no knowledge of wrestling or its participants. But I got enough of that tiny bit of its history in my blood to react so surprisingly (to me) to the re-creation in the show.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #78 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:12:52 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 12:00:39 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on April 13, 2020, 11:59:01 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 13, 2020, 11:49:15 AM
Who did the orchestrations? They were really fine.

Lanny. And he was playing Keyboard 2.

I didn't recognize him, but I'm blind as a bat, even with new glasses.

And I’m a complete idiot because there’s no second keyboard in this show!

I was thinking of having just watched LEVI, where he’s only barely visible.

Oy!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #79 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:14:30 PM »

I’m conflating too many shows and posting before I think. Sorry about that!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #80 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:20:14 PM »

Well D R CHAS SMITH your blooper was nowhere near my LEVI blooper from last week.....

Druxy · « **Reply #81 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:24:59 PM »

So, I went out and got the mail.

It's was 5 mile drive each way.

We get our mail at a UPS Store.

bk · « **Reply #82 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:26:34 PM »

Right, Lanny did both LA and Levi, but there's no keyboard two in LA - it's piano, bass, drums, guitar (that's Grant on guitar), reed (mostly flute and sax) and trumpet. Levi is piano, bass, drums, reed, second keyboard, and violin. I think that was it. Same problem in Levi - lousy violin player. Tried to fire her after week one but Richard Allen said it would be too problematic. On the CD, it's a different reed and violin player - thankfully we were able to replace them and on the CD of LA we replaced the reed because he wasn't available - the live recording's band sound was bad because all the mics were open, so we literally re-recorded all the reed/trumpet stuff, which is why it sounds so great on the CD.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #83 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:28:00 PM »

In the vast scheme of things it doesn't matter department.....last week former reader Mike Barnum informed me that the current edition of Classic Images had an article about Miss Allison Hayes....and told me my name was mentioned.

I sent a check a purchased and copy which arrived today.

Imagine my surprise that the article with about one hundred or so additional words is practically by Blog BIO of Allison.....

There are a lot of photos that are nice to see....and two or three new quotes from various sources. At the end of the article is the sentence:

"The author acknowledges Jack Randall Earles' Internet Biography of Allison Hayes as a source for much of the biographical information contained in this article. Many thanks to Tom Weaver for his invaluable input and suggestions."

A thanks to me and/or a link to my bio would have been appreciated - or maybe even an email to me at the blog to let me know that the article was being published would have been nice.

I am glad that Allison finally got an article in this publication - but I certainly would have modified and gussied it up myself, if they had only asked.

And the movie poster from her film DOUBLE JEOPARDY on the cover doesn't even include her image.....

Thanks "author" Steve Kronenberg for at least acknowledging my years of research and effort.....

bk · « **Reply #84 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:29:02 PM »

Regarding the wrestling scene, that was literally everyone's favorite thing in the show (including every review) and it stopped the show nightly and got huge laughs, which are easy to hear in the clip. But I figured there would be a few who wouldn't like it because not everyone can like everything. BTW, Eric Boardman was in the audience that night - he's the one who laughs loudly the minute the Dragnet theme plays at the top of the show.

bk · « **Reply #85 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:30:55 PM »

The LA Now and Then band kicked butt. The audience wouldn't leave the theater until the play out music was finished - you can see that in the video, too. And we really lucked out the night we taped with that brilliant dancing kid at the end. We always had folks up and dancing, but that kid was genius.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #86 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:33:12 PM »

I'm playing the Abner clips on the good monitors on my desk and they sound about a zillion times better than on the iPad. What I should have done was at least get the headphones for that last night. But it was late and I was lazy.

bk · « **Reply #87 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:34:48 PM »

LA was extremely hard to structure and get right. Act one was easier, in a way, but act two was REALLY difficult and I think I tried nine different ways before finding the right one. Part of it was that it was too long - there was another Doug monologue about LA neon that no actor could learn because it was too all over the place - we cut and we cut but could never get it shorter than eight minutes and I had three different actors try it and none of 'em could get it and much to Doug's chagrin I finally excised it in total. And there was another David Wechter sketch in act two - it was funny but took too long so that went away. Once I locked what was actually IN act two, it still took me four tries to get it right. Once it was right, of course you smack your head and say, "Of course - why couldn't I see that to begin with?"

ChasSmith · « **Reply #88 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:36:04 PM »

I was liking Lanny's orchestration for LEVI, and I never even picked up on the violin player being less good on the video.

bk · « **Reply #89 on:** April 13, 2020, 12:38:52 PM »

In the amazing department and you never know who's reading the notes, I got an e-mail from a super nice fellow today who named the theater where I saw Hotel in Cleveland and told me that all those movie palaces were closed up by 1970. Several became live venues, including the Hotel theater. But he included a newspaper attachment and that was fantastic and reminded me that I also saw The Sand Pebbles there and The Bible, both in 70mm. There was also an ad for Leo's Casino touting Dionne Warwick's appearance with new comic Flip Wilson. I had reservations for it but day of show came and she cancelled. I went to Columbus for a couple of days, found she was going to do the show, made reservations, and flew back just to see it. She cancelled again. I vowed never to see her live after that, and yet when I got back to LA after that trip, about six months later I did see her live at the Century Plaza.

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