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[bk]

Well, you've read the notes, the notes sizzled, and now it is time for you to post until the sizzling cows come home.

[bk]

And the word of the day is: SALIENCE!

[bk]

Just counted - we managed to use seventy-one photos in the photo spread.

[bk]

Wish they could be in color, but that would be prohibitive.

[George]

Wish they could be in color, but that would be prohibitive.

That's too bad.

[George]

Wordle 983 4/6

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[MichaelG]

TOD Part I: Hair has got to be my favorite stage-to-film adaptation. The stage show is great fun but you really had to adapt it to make it a movie, especially ten years after the show opened. I like that they added plot to it. It's a shame about some of the great cut songs but I understand why from the dramatic perspective, and they did record them for the soundtrack album.

[MichaelG]

TOD Part II: For what doesn't work at all for me, this has to be Sweeney Todd. When your story is told nearly all in music, and the only lead who can sing is someone who is in just 2 scenes (Pirelli), you've got one heck of a train wreck.

[MichaelG]

Good night.

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all!

[elmore3003]

I was up extra-early to get all of kitty cleanup before Access-a-Ride picks me up for my doctor's appointment.

[elmore3003]

I spent much of yesdterday going through the ballet score, looking for errors. There were more than I'd like, but if I can get an errata lisat to the librarian, I think we'll be doing okay. I got through half of Act one, and I will finish it tonight.

[elmore3003]

TOD Part I: Hair has got to be my favorite stage-to-film adaptation. The stage show is great fun but you really had to adapt it to make it a movie, especially ten years after the show opened. I like that they added plot to it. It's a shame about some of the great cut songs but I understand why from the dramatic perspective, and they did record them for the soundtrack album.

When I arrived in New York in June 1979. I stayed a week with a college friend who was supervising the costumes on The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and dressing actors on the  movie Can't Stop the Music. She had worked on the film of Hair. I know now that they filmed "Frank Mills" in three different locations, including in front of the Waverly on Sixth Avenue, and "Air" was filmed in a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge. The cast danced on the cars. Charlotte Rae sang "My Conviction" at a Long Island party the gang crashed. I keep hoping that the additional filmed songs will turn up on a special DVD.

[elmore3003]

SUCCESSFUL
Oklahoma!
The King and I
The Music Man
Flower Drum Song
My Fair Lady
Finian's Rainbow
Oliver!

UNSUCCESSFUL
Hello Dolly!
The Sound of Music
Camelot
Mame

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

Unsuccessful
Most any Cole Porter musical that dropped his score (Anything Goes, Panama Hattie, Something for the Boys)
Mame
Annie (all versions have something wrong with them)
Gypsy (all versions just seem smaller)
Camelot
On a Clear Day …
Pal Joey
Hairspray
Babes in Toyland

[John G.]

Successful

Sound of Music
The Wiz (for all its faults, i think it works)
Dreamgirls
Funny Girl
Silk Stockings
Whoopee
Hair
A Funny Thing Happened… (again, despite its flaws)
Flower Drum Song
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fiddler on the Roof

[Jrand74]

We had Sizzler and Bonanza and Ponderosa......and maybe even a couple of other chain steakhouses......

I think I liked Bonanza best....their steaks were always cooked exactly as you requested....and their fries were crisp not soggy.

[Jrand74]

Interesting notes.  I am not sure I want to watch the PURPLE musical....but we shall see.

[Jrand74]

Slow day at HHW.

[John G.]

We had Sizzler and Bonanza and Ponderosa......and maybe even a couple of other chain steakhouses......

I think I liked Bonanza best....their steaks were always cooked exactly as you requested....and their fries were crisp not soggy.

Ponderosa had a great breakfast buffet.

[John G.]

Slow day at HHW.

The site was down earlier.

[Jrand74]

Yes DR RODZINSKI that is the movie about the Florida squatters - Follow That Dream.  It had a terrific title tune as well.

And a nice courtroom finale.

Unfortunately it also had Arthur O'Connell who I don't like in ANYTHING and he sometimes completely RUINS a movie I would otherwise like a LOT - i.e. Bus Stop.

He also stunk up the screen in Kissin' Cousins.

[John G.]

I must run. But first …

[John G.]

A milestone post.

[ChasSmith]

Congratulations, DR John G., on your auspicious new number!

[ChasSmith]

Good morning, all.

[ChasSmith]

And a quick one it must be. I'm outta here for errands, a rehearsal, more errands, and seeing Rio Bravo on the big screen at the Bedford Playhouse.

[Ginny]

Tuesday morning greetings!  We’re going to brunch here at Cafe 210, then to Costco to activate the gift membership that Rob and Mary Linda gave us for Christmas.  First ever visit to a Costco for either of us.

[Ginny]

That’s a lot of eights, DR John G!