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[singdaw]

FOUR!!!!

[George]

I thought bk's FB post was wonderful.

Agreed!

[Jane]

I thought bk's FB post was wonderful.

I did too.

[bk]

I shall shortly be on my way to the theater for an opening night and after party - won't stay long there as I suspect the notes for tomorrow will be very long.

[Jane]

Have fun.

[Jane]

'night

[singdaw]

Good night, friends.

[John G.]

My sister texted me the news just as I was starting to usher.

[John G.]

So, I had to put on a happy face for a few hours while the 27 floats in the parade went past and came back around again.

[John G.]

I doubt I will work this event again. It was not well organized.

[John G.]

But the parade floats were beautiful.

[John G.]

Those were beautiful words, indeed, BK. Thank you for sharing them.

[George]

I was always dreading this day.

[John G.]

I was always dreading this day.

Yup. Me, too.

[John G.]

I can't remember what the first Sondheim song I ever heard was. It was probably something from West Side Story, or maybe Ethel singing "Ev'rything's Coming Up Roses" on a Lucy Show rerun. I grew up loving Comedy Tonight because of A Funny Thing ... and because King's Island amusement park used it as their jingle.

Yet when I first heard A Weekend in the Country and the rest of A Little Night Music, something changed. It wasn't like anything else I'd ever heard. Fantastic waltzes, hilarious or poignant lyrics. I suddenly wanted to read The Red and the Black, hear the Bartered Bride, learn more about tiny Titians, all to get a better feeling of the time period. I think I was 12 years old at the time, the same age that BK mentioned he was. I learned what perpetual anticipation and liaisons were (and how to spell them).

The ripples spread from there. Soon I was watching Bergman movies, and Smiles of a Summer's Night remains a favorite to this day.  More than that, I learned Company and Follies, the rest of his songs and writings.

And I learned a lot about many other things, too many to mention here.

 

[Ron Pulliam]

It is a very sad day for theater and music and lovers of both.

I very much loved Bruce's post on Facebook. 

I had a decent Thanksgiving even though it followed by one week the death of my Aunt Doris.   For the past three years, since my mother's death, I have been helping my aunt by taking her to her doctor's appointments and shopping for her when I shop for myself.  Others have been helping, too.  She has a daughter -- my cousin Debra -- who lives 12 miles away.  I am across the street. She has two sons who also supported her and my uncle.

It was my aunt's family with whom I took Thanksgiving dinner, and it was as festive as it had any right to be.  My uncle was brought over.  He is rather frail, cannot drive or get around without assistance.  He does not want to live anywhere but in his house, so the family is relying on 24/7 help in three daily shifts.   This has only been going on since Tuesday, and there have been a couple of glitches, but we shall see what we shall see.

All of that said, I miss my aunt.  She had turned 90 in October.   But she has been ready to go for several years and has said has much.  She kept daily journals which were found and read during the days between her death and her memorial service.  She has made it clear she wants no sadness because she believes she needed to move on.

Sorry to be such a downer here at the end of a day, but as it's a sad ending to the day with the news of Sondheim, I think you will probably forgive me for it.

[John G.]

It was nice to see you here, Ron. Sorry for your loss.

[John G.]

Good night, all.

[George]

I can't remember what the first Sondheim song I ever heard was. It was probably something from West Side Story, or maybe Ethel singing "Ev'rything's Coming Up Roses" on a Lucy Show rerun. I grew up loving Comedy Tonight because of A Funny Thing ... and because King's Island amusement park used it as their jingle.

Yet when I first heard A Weekend in the Country and the rest of A Little Night Music, something changed. It wasn't like anything else I'd ever heard. Fantastic waltzes, hilarious or poignant lyrics. I suddenly wanted to read The Red and the Black, hear the Bartered Bride, learn more about tiny Titians, all to get a better feeling of the time period. I think I was 12 years old at the time, the same age that BK mentioned he was. I learned what perpetual anticipation and liaisons were (and how to spell them).

The ripples spread from there. Soon I was watching Bergman movies, and Smiles of a Summer's Night remains a favorite to this day.  More than that, I learned Company and Follies, the rest of his songs and writings.

And I learned a lot about many other things, too many to mention here.

My sister and I had watched Forum on TV when growing up and as kids, we loved the physical comedy.  I never knew anything about Sondheim during that time, but I (re?)discovered his music first through A Little Night Music, too. 

[George]

I also remember hearing someone (Bernadette?) sing "Some People" on one of the Tony Awards broadcasts when I was in high school and loved the song!  I was able to look it up by searching the lyrics (long before the Internet) and found that it was from Gypsy.  I still didn't pay attention to they lyricist, but eventually discovered that someone named Stephen Sondheim had written all three and more, and my love of his scores and shows was cemented.  I've been a super fan ever since.

[George]

Then I discovered our very own Bruce Kimmel and the recordings that he made over the years and truly became an absolute die-hard musical theater fan.

[George]

It is a very sad day for theater and music and lovers of both.

I very much loved Bruce's post on Facebook. 

I had a decent Thanksgiving even though it followed by one week the death of my Aunt Doris.   For the past three years, since my mother's death, I have been helping my aunt by taking her to her doctor's appointments and shopping for her when I shop for myself.  Others have been helping, too.  She has a daughter -- my cousin Debra -- who lives 12 miles away.  I am across the street. She has two sons who also supported her and my uncle.

It was my aunt's family with whom I took Thanksgiving dinner, and it was as festive as it had any right to be.  My uncle was brought over.  He is rather frail, cannot drive or get around without assistance.  He does not want to live anywhere but in his house, so the family is relying on 24/7 help in three daily shifts.   This has only been going on since Tuesday, and there have been a couple of glitches, but we shall see what we shall see.

All of that said, I miss my aunt.  She had turned 90 in October.   But she has been ready to go for several years and has said has much.  She kept daily journals which were found and read during the days between her death and her memorial service.  She has made it clear she wants no sadness because she believes she needed to move on.

Sorry to be such a downer here at the end of a day, but as it's a sad ending to the day with the news of Sondheim, I think you will probably forgive me for it.

My condolences on your loss, Ron. Thanks for sharing.

[bk]

Glad to see Ron posting here and hope he'll continue - we've missed him.

[bk]

Back from the play. Let me just say: Farce is hard.

[TCB]

Oh, what a shock about Mr. Sondheim.

[TCB]

A long life, to be sure, but it doesn’t change my sadness.

[TCB]

We had a shooting today at the Tacoma Mall.

[TCB]

The shooting occurred in the Food Court.

[TCB]

The Food Court was jammed with Black Friday shoppers.  One person was taken to the hospital.

[TCB]

No word on the victim’s condition.