Good morning, DRTomovoz! I got a dirty joke from DROzderek in my email yesterday and I was hoping that meant he was doing better. Please send him my best wishes.
Well, I officially finished DARLING OF THE DAY yesterday evening. The BIG NUMBER totaled 82 pages of scoring and came to 328 measures. After finishing it, I had to score the two smaller pieces that used the music. At least it's all gong to the copyist now, and I can devote full time for the next week to finishing THE GOLDEN APPLE.
On a note of regret yesterday (A), I had to turn down a job I would have killed for: Patrick Vaccariello asked me to do a new musical about Kinsey, DOCTOR SEX, which goes into rehearsals next month. Since I'm booked with THE GOLDEN APPLE and the Chicago Humanities Festival, I had to turn him down. I recommended my friend Larry Hochman, and I'm still kicking myself for saying no.
DRJose, I'm glad you said yes. In 1973, when I was working at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, I saw every production at Williamstown that season. Except for a dud new musical, NOBODY'S EARNEST, it was the best theatre I've ever seen, including such excellent unknowns as David Dukes, John Glover, John Lithgow, and actors whose reputations I'd known but not seen like Olympia Dukakis. Orton's WHAT THE BUTLER SAW is one of my favorite plays, and the only really good production I've ever seen (out of about 6 or 7) was at Williamstown that summer. Also, my friend Curtis is a really wonderful writer and mensch. He's got the most wonderful musical floating around waiting for option called FOR THE LOVE OF TIFFANY.
By the way, DRJose, the new avatar is great, although I miss the Amelia Earhart glamour of the other.
And now off to copy some scores.