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[Ron Pulliam]

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[Ron Pulliam]

Hello to the one guest.

[Ron Pulliam]

It is now down to 70 degrees outside.   

[Ron Pulliam]

Apparently while I was out salting the driveway, Russia invaded the YOU-crane.

So it's YOUR fault! Shall we tell Biden?

I think you should mention it, even if nothing directly linking JRand to the event is available.

[Jane]

I have great admiration for the Russians protesting the attacks.

[Jane]

I just read the following:

Elena Kovalskaya, the director of Moscow’s Vsevolod Meyerhold State Theater and Cultural Center, has announced her resignation in protest against the invasion of Ukraine. “It’s impossible to work for a murderer and collect a salary from him,” she writes.
Never underestimate the power of the arts. Moscow’s Mayakovsky Theater has forbidden its actors from making “ANY comments AT ALL” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The city’s Culture Dept. reportedly says any negative comments will be considered “treason.”

[bk]

Shortly I shall be on my way to the mail place, then to rehearsal.

[singdaw]

Thanks for the book recommendations, DR Jeanne and DR Jane. And of course, always, DR John G.

I am reading The Bravest Voices.

[singdaw]

I have not a lot of other news.

[singdaw]

Good night, friends.

[Jane]

'night

[John G.]

DR John I finished reading The Nickel Boys and, thankfully, much preferred it to The Underground Railroad.

Every book of his has been world's apart from each other. It's like he's sampling genres.

[George]

I think we found a replacement for our actor. Also, I was trying to get a new song from Amanda McBroom and her collaborator, Michele Brourman. They wrote today that nothing had come to mind for an LA song. I reminded Amanda of something she posted on Valentine's Day - really cute and funny and VERY LA. She confirmed she'd posted and is already writing it. So, looks like we'll have that new song.

Cool!

[John G.]

Thanks for the book recommendations, DR Jeanne and DR Jane. And of course, always, DR John G.

I am reading The Bravest Voices.

I, too, am grateful for the book recommendations. Right now, I'm listening to a massive biography of Stephen Crane called Burning Boy. Paul Auster, a writer I enjoy, is also doing the reading. But the book is huge. It's 36 hours long. And the only thing of Crane's I remember reading was Red Badge of Courage, which I read more than 30 years ago. Still, I'm fascinated even though I'm barely 6 hours into it.

[John G.]

Tonight's movie is A Walk in the Sun, an anti-war film from Lewis Milestone. Great cast including Richard Conte, Norman Lloyd, Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Sterling Holloway and more. It would make a nice bookend with The Big Red One.

[George]

Sally Kellerman passed away.  She was 84

I just saw that.

[George]

I keep thinking I've forgotten something:

[John G.]

Sally Kellerman has died at age 84. I'm going to have to dig up my copy of the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's. She was a hoot on that recording, doing her original role and singing several fun songs.

[John G.]

Guess I missed those earlier posts about Kellerman.

[John G.]

Hello, 2 guests!

[John G.]

What's your favorite Sally Kellerman musical? .Lost Horizon?

[John G.]

Here she is: https://youtu.be/NllSs_qz2Xk

[John G.]

Good night, all.

[bk]

Back from a really fun rehearsal. I re-staged the opening number and it looks really good already. And then our choreographer got there and she taught all the steps to the Hullabaloo number - so, very productive. Now that they know the steps and layout, she'll stage it on Saturday, then do the hip-hop number, the trio, I'll do the quartet, and she'll do the little disco dance that's in Born Too Late -  and then all the numbers with movement are done.

[TCB]

I enjoyed MR BK's comments during the "round table".....I'm not sure - are some folks afraid to say they like the original? 

Can’t we just like both of them?

[TCB]

After 4-5 unanswered calls to Local 802 about the "No Musician Left Behind" program, I went to Facebook, found the union page and within minutes of sending an inquiry, I got a response. Hopefully, I will learn something soon.

~~~Continued Vibes for Larry!!~~~

I finally got a reply from Local 802, and sadly the news is not good: that check is all your getting.

I'm very worried about the situation. Very.

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Elmore, have you contacted The Actor’s Fund?  They help all people working in the arts, not just actors.

[TCB]

It snowed here last night.

[George]

It snowed here last night.

Cool...very cool.  Here in Tumwater, tomorrow is supposed to be 7° warmer than it was today.

[George]

I haven't looked at what the weekend will be like, though.

[George]

Hopefully, it'll be a warming trend that continues until the fall!