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[singdaw]

So March IS coming in like a lion.

[MichaelG]

I just read the Wikipedia entry on The Human Comedy and I am amazed at the misinformation: it was not staged like a semi-oratorio; I do not remember projections although they might have been there; what I remember is that the set had various small areas set as different locales. What I do remember is leaving at the end and looking at the posterboards of critics' raves and thinking, WTF? Did they see the mess I just saw?

What? Wikipedia has something wrong? Say it isn't so! Thanks for the first-hand update.

[singdaw]

A wet, bedraggled lion.

[singdaw]

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[singdaw]

50 posts for our newest DR, DR MichaelG!!!!

[ChasSmith]

50 posts for our newest DR, DR MichaelG!!!!

We must give him a cupcake with a candle to blow out!

[vixmom]

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[singdaw]

Happy Birthday, Maurice Ravel (1875)!

[MichaelG]

50 posts for our newest DR, DR MichaelG!!!!

We must give him a cupcake with a candle to blow out!

Thanks! Please make it chocolate.

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

Congratulations, Michael G!

[John G.]

Happy Birthday, Maurice Ravel (1875)!

I need to read a biography of him.

[John G.]

Who will bring me crown roast of pork, so that I can observe the festive day accordingly?

[Jrand73]

Thursday!

[Jrand73]

Link vibes for DR ELMORE.

And thanks for the information on.....whatever that was supposed to be.....I certainly didn't like the movie version of The Human Comedy....much.

[Jrand73]

TOD:

Merv Griffin
Graham Norton
Jack Paar
Steve Allen

Today - I don't have a favorite, but then again most of the guests today are as interesting to me as the guests from....yesterday.....hey!  Get off my lawn!

[Jrand73]

....paddling maudlin home......  Now I have to find a way to use that.

[Freddie]

50 posts for our newest DR, DR MichaelG!!!!

Congratulations, MichaelG!

[Freddie]

TOD:

Merv Griffin
Graham Norton
Jack Paar
Steve Allen

Today - I don't have a favorite, but then again most of the guests today are as interesting to me as the guests from....yesterday.....hey!  Get off my lawn!

[John G.]

TOD:

Merv Griffin
Johnny Carson
David Letterman
Charlie Rose
Rosie O’Donnell
Oprah
Tom Snyder

People like Rose and Snyder certainly had their flaws, but they did their homework.

[John G.]

So, while I'm crabby, let me tell you about seeing that original production of The Human Comedy, which I saw at in early 1984 at the Public Theater. I had a friend, no longer with us, in the cast. It had some good performers - Rex Smith, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joe Kolinski - and a particularly inept on from Gordon Connell. It remains one of the worst things I've ever seen. The band was too large for the space, and I swear those damned trumpets never stopped shrieking at the top of their range. I remember a particularly awful number between Gordon Connell and Stephen Geoffreys. I cannot remember who choreographed, but the direction was by Wilford Leach, whose Pirates of Penzance was a huge success. I am not a fan of the maudlin writings of Saroyan, and the book did little to tone down that element. It was a noisy, inept rendition of paddlin' maudlin home.

Those trumpets occasionally overwhelm the cast on the recording too.

[elmore3003]

The assistant conductor came through and I've listened to the first hour of Tuesday's rehearsal. They're playoing better than Monday, and some of it, to my delight sounds quite wonderful. I expect by opening we will have a first-rate ensemble. The pianist, who had me worried on Monday, is now starting to play out, so I'm happier about that. Marzio Conti, the conductor, is amazing; on top of everything, his patience, advice, and sense of style are so enjoyable to hear.

[elmore3003]

So, while I'm crabby, let me tell you about seeing that original production of The Human Comedy, which I saw at in early 1984 at the Public Theater. I had a friend, no longer with us, in the cast. It had some good performers - Rex Smith, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joe Kolinski - and a particularly inept on from Gordon Connell. It remains one of the worst things I've ever seen. The band was too large for the space, and I swear those damned trumpets never stopped shrieking at the top of their range. I remember a particularly awful number between Gordon Connell and Stephen Geoffreys. I cannot remember who choreographed, but the direction was by Wilford Leach, whose Pirates of Penzance was a huge success. I am not a fan of the maudlin writings of Saroyan, and the book did little to tone down that element. It was a noisy, inept rendition of paddlin' maudlin home.

Those trumpets occasionally overwhelm the cast on the recording too.

In that space at the Public they were dreadful. I like MacDermott's score for Hair and love his score for Two Gentlemen of Verona, but I can't say I ever want to hear The Human Comedy ever again.

[singdaw]

Sounds promising, DR elmore3003.

[singdaw]

Do you know yet if the stream of the program will be archived, or only available live as it is being performed?

[Freddie]

There's a back-and-forth over on the castrecl list about this HollywoodReporter article.  It's an interesting read for some people here, however anyone might feel about the subject.

Scandal in Oz: Was “Over the Rainbow” Plagiarized?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/the-wizard-of-oz-over-the-rainbow-plagiarized-1235843128/

[singdaw]

Oscar Meyer is introducing plant-based hot dogs.

[Freddie]

Oscar Meyer is introducing plant-based hot dogs.

If they're making their plant-based hotdogs at a plant, would that be redundant?

[Freddie]

Just a thought to get us to page 3.

[Freddie]

Oh, one more!