Topic: IF IT'S WEDNESDAY IT MUST BE WEDNESDAY (Read 32888 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:39:55 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 10, 2005, 05:47:27 AM

Question for BK: When I upload a CD to myPod, iTunes does an automatic grab for track information from a website called Gracenote CDDB. How does this info initially get out there? Did you or someone with Kritzerland contact Gracenote and supply the track info for the new releases? Did an anonymous someone out there inadvertently upload the info because he or she was the first one to play the CD through iTunes? Just curious.

Looking forward to the Last Starfighter recording!

I'm always amazed at how iTunes grabs the info for CDs - not sure how they do it.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:42:12 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on August 10, 2005, 08:07:31 AM

I do have a question for BK:

When you were recording the cast album for BELLS ARE RINGING, was there any discussion about the show not being the smash some of us expected it to be? Were the stars disappointed in its reception? I can imagine the mood at the recording of something like HAIRSPRAY when you've opened to raves, but what about something like BELLS ARE RINGING that only got middling reviews?

The production of Bells was really mediocre, but the session was a ton of fun, and there certainly was no "pall" over it, as I would never allow that. The producers were there, as was the director, so the attitude was all very positive. And interestingly, the CD would lead you to believe that the show was much better than it was on stage - I've gotten that comment many times.

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:48:01 AM »

I shall now be on my way to pick up the CD, get gas, and then to meet at LACC, after which I shall be on my way to the Norton Simon museum, after which, I shall return.

Matthew · « **Reply #93 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:53:17 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on August 10, 2005, 09:31:52 AM

Gee...maybe I'll post some pix from our next pot luck.

We're having a pot luck?

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #94 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:04:29 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 10, 2005, 09:31:06 AM

Curtis and Joshua, our director...

These are some wild and crazy guys....

Mattresses in the hallways! People rolling wheels on each other! Wild dancing! What kind of Sodom and Gomorrah is going on in Williamstown!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #95 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:06:25 AM »

And what are the exact directions on how to get there!

Stuart · « **Reply #96 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:07:35 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 10, 2005, 09:33:38 AM

And now for the obligatory eye candy shot...

I have three words for this photo:

Yowza Yowza Yowza!!

Stuart · « **Reply #97 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:08:33 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 10, 2005, 09:33:38 AM

And now for the obligatory eye candy shot...

And might I add three other words?

Hubba Hubba Hubba!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #98 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:18:16 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 10, 2005, 09:34:37 AM

...or two...

DRJose, thank you! Now we'll wait for the results! Hee hee hee. . .

Matthew · « **Reply #99 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:19:12 AM »

Quote from: Matthew on Yesterday at 07:39:15pm
Trotter plays some Andrew Lloyd Webber would be nice

Quote from DR Michael Shayne
Bite your tongue.

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I had the strangest dream last night. I dreampt that I met DR Michael Shayne for burritos in a mall somewhere. We met, had lunch, and that's it! I guess it was brought on by the above quote's from yesterday!

Matthew · « **Reply #100 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:24:24 AM »

Question for bk. Where did you first hear the song "Getting Away With You" (which is becoming my most favorite on the GH CD) and what do you know about the composer? Thank you!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #101 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:43:41 AM »

Congrats on THE LAST STARFIGHTER to the Kritzerland Label, its founder and writer of said score! Never heard it, but now I will.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #102 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:44:07 AM »

Nice pics, DR JOSE! Looks like fun, I hope some work is getting done up there!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #103 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:44:37 AM »

I hear there is a PIPPIN photo on the front page of the paper, if it goes on line, I will post a link later this afternoon.

Thunder and lightning and rain here!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #104 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:46:21 AM »

My question for ASK BK day - imagine if you will....

You are a director for 20th Century-Fox and you are doing a BIG western, CinemaScope and StereoPHONIC Sound - and the script calls for a dance sequence featuring the leading lady. Unfortunately the leading lady is Miss Susan Hayward who is NOT known for her solo dancing. What do you do? Count on the editor, shoot everything but her feet, or ..... well what do you do?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #105 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:47:14 AM »

And yes, I know Miss Hayward did some pretty nifty dancing in I'LL CRY TOMORROW....but her numbers in THE CONQUEROR and that Napa Valley Wine Movie are pretty sad....and then there is Helen Lawson....

S. Woody White · « **Reply #106 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:10:21 AM »

Two reactions to the LaCuisa/Shaiman "debate:"

First, that LaCuisa chose to publish his volly in the Opera News is interesting, and odd. It's not where I'd expect someone to write about musicals.

Second, while LaC writes praises of Mordden's book, he seems to have missed one of Mordden's regular points, the difference between musical comedies and musical plays. It is the latter that is not doing well on Broadway at the moment. Musical comedy is doing very well indeed.

Jennifer · « **Reply #107 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:11:42 AM »

I just read the "opera" article and I am actually sort of surprised that so many people are going so crazy over it. Do i agree that shows like HAIRSPRAY are faux-musicals (and that to be a real musical you need to be thought provoking). No. But that doesn't mean that what was written wasn't an interesting point of view and well thought out.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #108 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:44:42 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on August 10, 2005, 11:11:42 AM

I just read the "opera" article and I am actually sort of surprised that so many people are going so crazy over it. Do i agree that shows like HAIRSPRAY are faux-musicals (and that to be a real musical you need to be thought provoking). No. But that doesn't mean that what was written wasn't an interesting point of view and well thought out.

And do you think that a plastic surgeon should write an AMA article, praising himself and naming colleagues he considers faux-surgeons or people whose work clearly fails to meet his artistic, if questionable, standards?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #109 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:47:01 AM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on August 10, 2005, 11:10:21 AM

First, that LaCuisa chose to publish his volly in the Opera News is interesting, and odd. It's not where I'd expect someone to write about musicals.

DRSWW, OPERA NEWS does lots of articles on musical theatre, one of the reasons being, I guess, that so many opera companies are doing musical theatre or operetta as a part of their seasons these days.

vixmom · « **Reply #110 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:50:16 AM »

Ok - having read the article, the rebuttal, the postings...

Can dear Mr. BK or any one else explain to me why West Side Story is a musical and Wicked is not?

Both have storylines, both have songs that advance that storyline, both have dancing...

Jrand73 · « **Reply #111 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:51:52 AM »

Front page above the fold!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #112 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:53:34 AM »

Mr BK the young girl on the left is Cecily - the Tony Walton fan! She is wearing Barbra Streisand's old hair.

vixmom · « **Reply #113 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:53:53 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on August 10, 2005, 11:51:52 AM

Front page above the fold!

YES!!

vixmom · « **Reply #114 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:54:49 AM »

Is there a lovely article/review?

Rodzinski · « **Reply #115 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:57:12 AM »

Everybody digs a public catfight.

I think Shaiman's responses were funny and biting. LaC does make some okay points, I mean many of us have complained about the lack of chance-taking shows out there. Although any show takes a chance by virtue of the money invested in it, even if it is based on a Disney cartoon, a "Full House" episode, or the songs of the Doobie Brothers.

The problem is in the orthodoxy espoused by LaC, as if there is only one right way to do a musical or to BE a musical. There is no right or wrong, only what works and what doesn't. And that is highly subjective.

Most of the first half of the 20th Century featured shows that hung on barely-existing plots with songs thrown in. It evolved into plot and character-driven shows, and some would say it is "devolving" back towards the former. I personally don't dislike so-called jukebox musicals on principle. The question to me is if each one works or not. Is Broadway everything I want it to be right now? No. Neither is Cinema, and neither is pop music. But then I don't rule the world just yet.

Anyways, as LaC points out, it's all Jose's fault for wanting to get rich as a musician!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #116 on:** August 10, 2005, 12:01:06 PM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on August 10, 2005, 11:57:12 AM

Anyways, as LaC points out, it's all Jose's fault for wanting to get rich as a musician!

I blame most of the state of the world on DR Jose. How are your ears today?

Rodzinski · « **Reply #117 on:** August 10, 2005, 12:04:43 PM »

They're slightly improved. I believe I am hearing at 75% capacity right now. Still not great. I'll blame Jose for that too, just for the heck of it!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #118 on:** August 10, 2005, 12:06:22 PM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on August 10, 2005, 12:04:43 PM

They're slightly improved. I believe I am hearing at 75% capacity right now. Still not great. I'll blame Jose for that too, just for the heck of it!

He's a scourge!

FJL · « **Reply #119 on:** August 10, 2005, 12:08:48 PM »

For some strange reason, I keep re-reading page 3 of this board today.

I can't figure out whether the bookwriter of TRIANGLE, the show Jose is working on, looks more like Noah Wyle of E.R. or a young Stephen Schwartz.

On The Shaiman/LaChiusa matter, I remember that Shaiman wrote a response to Fred Ebb as well for things Ebb said about HAIRSPRAY and the famous kiss on the Tonys. Does anyone remember what Fred Ebb's harsh words about HAIRSPRAY and Shaiman and Wittman were? I've been trying to find them on the internet and I can't seem to find the actual quotes.

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