Topic: THE LAST OF STEVE (Read 12367 times)

bk · « **on:** November 27, 2021, 12:57:58 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of my close personal friend, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, and now it is time for you to post until the Sondheimian cows come home - they're currently singing their favorite Sondheim song, Send in the Cows.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** November 27, 2021, 12:58:45 AM »

And the word of the day is: COMMENSURATE!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:22:25 AM »

Thanks for writing about your remembrances, BK. It's always nice to learn about things from people who actually knew him.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:23:39 AM »

Topic of the Day:

Shows (or movie) that I've actually seen and love (in alphabetical order...as always):
Assassins
Company
Dick Tracy (songs for the movie)
Follies
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gypsy
Into the Woods (stage version)
A Little Night Music
Pacific Overtures (seen on video only)
Passion
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd (love the stage version only)
West Side Story

George · « **Reply #4 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:24:13 AM »

Scores that I love (but don't necessarily love the show...but don't dislike, at all...just don't love):
Evening Primrose (made-for-TV)
Merrily We Roll Along

George · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:24:45 AM »

Scores that I like but only know from recordings:
Anyone Can Whistle
Bounce
Do I Hear a Waltz?
The Frogs
Road Show
Saturday Night

George · « **Reply #6 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:25:07 AM »

The one Sondheim show that I've actually been in so it holds a special place in my theater heart:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (I played Hero)

George · « **Reply #7 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:25:14 AM »

George · « **Reply #8 on:** November 27, 2021, 01:25:59 AM »

Today, I have no plans...that I can remember...so I plan to do nothing, unless I hear otherwise.

Have a good day, all!

singdaw · « **Reply #9 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:31:26 AM »

Good morning, friends.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:33:06 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:34:35 AM »

I've been having strange nights of sleep lately, like going to bed at 9:00, sleeping soundly, walking up in what I think is the middle of the night and finding the clock says it's 12:04.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:35:30 AM »

I am hoping to have Thanksgiving dinner with friends tonight, but at the moment I have no wish to step out of the apartment.

singdaw · « **Reply #13 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:36:16 AM »

TOD:

I love it all. Truly. I believe I first became aware of the oeuvre of SJS when I discovered the cast album of Company in my parents collection of LPs and started listening to it obsessively. I was probably around 9 or 10.

singdaw · « **Reply #14 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:37:35 AM »

Nice to see a post from DR Ron Pulliam last night. Sincere condolences to him and his family.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:47:42 AM »

My dislike for Passion and Into the Woods are very public, but I very much like "Giants in the Sky." Lately I've been loving the recording of the Lincoln Center production of The Frogs, which makes me laugh quite a lot.

I was lucky in my acting days to have played Erroneus in two different productions of A Funny Thing Happened . . . I think it's the absolute perfect musical comedy. In 1970, I purchased the cast recording of Company as soon as it was released and played it unceasingly until Follies arrived. I think Follies remains my favorite Sondheim show, for so many reasons, most of which the last revivals all miss: aging and physical decline set in a crumbling theatre, mental health, choices and opportunities missed, regrets, your feelings about your own "success" and how others see it. Added to that, crazy Sally Durant is the dramatic character that most closely resembles my own mother.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 27, 2021, 04:48:56 AM »

DR Ron Pulliam, I send condolences to you and your aunt's family. Come back to us.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #17 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:13:06 AM »

Thanks for the kind words.

I am perfectly fine....for an "orfalan". That is a favorite word now. Margaret O'Brien said it in one of her films...possibly "Journey for Margaret".

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:15:35 AM »

It is Saturday morning here in Johnston, South Carolina.

It's Fahrenheit 29 right now. I am all toasty warm sitting at my computer. I have been out of bed about 20 minutes and have not had my cup of coffee yet.

I may have left the work force in the summer of 2017, but I have not fully felt "retired" until now. I seek new purpose.

I seek something to munch upon, with something hot to wash it down.

Michael · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:31:17 AM »

Do you know if he ever read Writer’s Block?

Laura · « **Reply #20 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:34:47 AM »

Good morning.

Laura · « **Reply #21 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:35:42 AM »

My condolences, Ron.

Laura · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:36:19 AM »

I have always enjoyed your stories about your trip home for the holidays.

Laura · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:37:09 AM »

I'm sorry to hear about Sondheim. My goodness, what a legacy to leave behind!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2021, 05:51:40 AM »

Quote from: Laura on November 27, 2021, 05:36:19 AM

I have always enjoyed your stories about your trip home for the holidays.

I enjoyed writing them back in the day. It was vastly different here from my life in Oakland. Writing about it was my way of documenting that things happened the way they did.

Truthfully, I do miss California...a lot. BUT...my retirement is so much more affordable here...and the living is easy (thank you, Ira Gershwin).

My goal for 2019 was to get a passport and to plan a trip or two. But, alas...the pandemic waylaid that goal. I aspire to travel more freely now if and when it feels safe to do so. Have been reading some scary news about a mutation of COVID-19 that has popped up in South Africa that current vaccines have no effect upon. Yikes.

Que sera sera, eh?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #25 on:** November 27, 2021, 06:07:16 AM »

There is a glitch with today's notes.

If I exit, and then come back, yesterday's notes are the ones that are up.

I know there are notes for today because I have read them.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #26 on:** November 27, 2021, 06:08:17 AM »

Gosh! It's still Saturday.

What will I do with today?

John G. · « **Reply #27 on:** November 27, 2021, 06:28:50 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #28 on:** November 27, 2021, 06:29:43 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 27, 2021, 06:07:16 AM

There is a glitch with today's notes.

If I exit, and then come back, yesterday's notes are the ones that are up.

I know there are notes for today because I have read them.

Try a manual refresh. I generally have to do that, too.

John G. · « **Reply #29 on:** November 27, 2021, 06:32:43 AM »

One More Kiss is a song I learned to love. Since it wasn’t on the original Follies, I didn’t learn it with the rest of the score or know its place in the tale. Now I love watching take after take on YouTube. Thrills me every time.

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