Topic: WHEN THE MOOD STRIKES ME (Read 36252 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #30 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:16:44 AM »

Thanks to one and all for the birthday greetings.

When the actual hour of my birthday happened this morning (9:05), I was mopping my kitchen floor, so how's THAT for a party!

Matt H. · « **Reply #31 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:18:03 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page 2 Dance!!![/move]

Matt H. · « **Reply #32 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:18:48 AM »

But to treat myself to some birthday relaxation, I will put off the grass mowing until tomorrow. We're not supposed to have rain for the next four days, so I can let it slide for today.

Matt H. · « **Reply #33 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:19:35 AM »

To DR td about your birthday comment: You just know I'll love you forever for that!

Matt H. · « **Reply #34 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:20:34 AM »

Lovely friends are feting me tonight and tomorrow with dinners, so I will not have to cook again until Monday.

Matt H. · « **Reply #35 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:22:43 AM »

Now, I have to decide which movies I want towatch before I have to start getting ready for the first dinner party.

I still have DOCTOR DOLITTLE to watch the second half of, and at some point, I want to see how HELLO, DOLLY! looks on the HDTV, too.

As for an unwatched-as-yet movie, though, I'm still thinking about that.

Matt H. · « **Reply #36 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:23:28 AM »

DR der Brucer, your high definition and surround sound comment gave me my first big laugh of the day. Thanks.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #37 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:25:49 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on September 03, 2005, 12:31:30 AM

OH!

"Franklin Shepherd, Inc." from Merrily We Roll Along.

Well, if fun Sondheim counts:

I'm Not Getting Married Today - Company

der Brucer

Jrand73 · « **Reply #38 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:28:47 AM »

Happy Birthday to DRMATTH!

May you get all the roles you want this year, and may all your DVD's never skip!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #39 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:29:35 AM »

Showstoppers....hmmmm.

First congrats to DRJOSE on LESTAT! I hope that means he can pick up some Playbills off the floor to send to Broadway-starved mavens in Indiana and elsewhere.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #40 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:31:09 AM »

My personal all-time show stopper:

Sometimes it's more than the song - it's the time, the place, the reason!

Saturday, Jan 23, 1993 - Long Beach CA

An AIDS benefit of:

COMPANY - The Original Cast in Concert

Dean Jones' rendition of "Being Alive" was spellbinding!

Talk about a two-hanky moment!

der Brucer

Matt H. · « **Reply #41 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:32:52 AM »

At the top of the showstopper list is and always will be "Who's That Woman" at the original FOLLIES. People simply would NOT stop applauding and many stood which doesn't happen often in the theater in the middle of a performance.

Last month at the four NYC shows that I saw, the number that got the hugest ovation was something of a surprise. I was expecting Butz's "Stuff" number to bring down the house, but actually the "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" number got the most prolonged applause. It did stop the show.

Other show stoppers that I can remember:

"Hello, Dolly!" (with Pearl Bailey)
"Charlie's Place" from OVER HERE
"That's How Young I Feel" from MAME (with Ann Miller; they made it a tap number with Ann front and center, and it did stop the show).
"I Hate Men" and "Bianca" in the KISS ME KATE revival.
"Call from the Vatican" from NINE
"We'll Take a Glass Together" from GRAND HOTEL

I'm sure there are dozens that just aren't flooding into my brain.

Matt H. · « **Reply #42 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:34:20 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on September 03, 2005, 08:28:47 AM

Happy Birthday to DRMATTH!

May you get all the roles you want this year, and may all your DVD's never skip!

From your fingers to God's ears. . . .

Matt H. · « **Reply #43 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:39:28 AM »

I think the biggest showstopper I was ever a part of was the "Gambler's Ballet" in GUYS & DOLLS. And thank goodness it did stop the show because we were all so EXHAUSTED at the end of it that we needed those moments to recover for the gambling scene following it and then to be ready to harmonize with Sky on "Luck Be a Lady."

Jrand73 · « **Reply #44 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:39:42 AM »

Just No Time at All (mentioned by DerBrucer) - fun song!

I know of some showstoppers, but I haven't seen many. Hmmmm....

Bon Voyage in a production of CANDIDE at DePauw University many years ago....staged very well and sung very well....just so funny!

Little Girls - Sally Struthers stopped the show with it in Indy a few years ago.

Dreamgirls - the title song...again many years ago in Indy. The orchestra was rocking and those girls were beautiful....and when the brass started playing those last riffs, they stood up and did some choreography with their instruments (careful) - it was a great piece of business and I have never forgotten those last few notes...... Loved it. Even in the third balcony.

Brotherhood of Man - featuring Van Johnson and some guy I forget....whew.... The audience loved Van.... He played the Rudy Vallee role and could do no wrong!

Maybe there are others....looking forward to hearing more from the DR's.

Great trivia question. Will think about it while I work on my script. I am just going to have to LEARN THE WHOLE THING because there are some people who will NEVER learn their own lines! GRRRRRRRRRRRR

At least my costume fits - some don't. And they were NOT getting any help at all from the costumer and her assistant. And they asked me if I would return some things today and get different ones, and I said....uh...NO. They wanted the job, do the job from start to finish. Now you know it's not so easy, folks. And asking someone else to do it is not fair. YOU DO IT!!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #45 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:43:24 AM »

Oh...a part of....LOL.

Well one night we did stop a production of Hello, Dolly! with the title number. And you REALLY have to be in shape to do the Waiter's Gallop and then sing and dance with Dolly and END that song UP! Whew! Kick line and all, crossing all over the stage, dancing with Dolly, and ending up with knee turns (and throw in a onehanded cartwheel without dropping your towel from your elbow)....whew boy was I young! LOL. But we stopped the show.

Matt H. · « **Reply #46 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:44:58 AM »

Just remembered the long, long ovation for "I Want to Be Happy" in the NO, NO, NANETTE revival.

Matt H. · « **Reply #47 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:48:30 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on September 03, 2005, 08:43:24 AM

Oh...a part of....LOL.

Well one night we did stop a production of Hello, Dolly! with the title number. And you REALLY have to be in shape to do the Waiter's Gallop and then sing and dance with Dolly and END that song UP! Whew! Kick line and all, crossing all over the stage, dancing with Dolly, and ending up with knee turns (and throw in a onehanded cartwheel without dropping your towel from your elbow)....whew boy was I young! LOL. But we stopped the show.

This is what I miss most about being young - being able to do those acrobatic numbers and not needing to go to the hospital after the show. When I think of what I did in SHENANDOAH and HOW TO SUCCEED and GUYS & DOLLS and WEST SIDE STORY and A CHORUS LINE.

I never got to do DOLLY, but that sounds just amazing.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #48 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:50:20 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on September 03, 2005, 08:39:42 AM

I am just going to have to LEARN THE WHOLE THING because there are some people who will NEVER learn their own lines! GRRRRRRRRRRRR

Well, you had a chance to have four fewer lines

der Brucer

Jrand73 · « **Reply #49 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:52:39 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on September 03, 2005, 08:50:20 AM

Well, you had a chance to have four fewer lines

der Brucer

LOL...well that IS true!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #50 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:53:00 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on September 03, 2005, 08:43:24 AM

...(and throw in a onehanded cartwheel without dropping your towel from your elbow)...

If they do a musical version of "The Ritz" you could bring down the house with a similar rendition

der Brucer

Jrand73 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:55:36 AM »

And come to think of it, DRMATTH - the only production of MAME I have ever done....the title number stopped that show, too.

Whew....Jerry Herman knows just what the audience wants!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #52 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:57:41 AM »

FROM THE "HELLO, ANYBODY HOME?" DEPARTMENT:

Quote

Chase looks for its employees
Chase Bank continued searching for Chase and Bank One employees in the New Orleans area Thursday.

The bank asked any employees in the affected area who have not been accounted for to call 866-475-7623. The hotline is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

(above from Times/Picayune)

Sounds like the teacher asking all abesnt pupils to please raise their hands!

der Brucer

Matt H. · « **Reply #53 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:58:45 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on September 03, 2005, 08:55:36 AM

And come to think of it, DRMATTH - the only production of MAME I have ever done....the title number stopped that show, too.

Whew....Jerry Herman knows just what the audience wants!

Yes, and he delivers even in shows that weren't hits. "Tap Your Troubles Away" and the title song to DEAR WORLD, two examples of showstoppers in flops.

Matt H. · « **Reply #54 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:59:35 AM »

And speaking of Jerry Herman, I've never seen a production of MILK AND HONEY or THE GRAND TOUR.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #55 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:01:06 AM »

Warning - I must abandon this site to a finally arisen S Woody White.

der Brucer

Matt H. · « **Reply #56 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:09:20 AM »

I must find a little snack to tide me over until dinner tonight.

WBBL (Will be back later)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #57 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:20:19 AM »

I think you must go to the poster show today, MR BK. Something there is just what you are looking for.

And you may even find something with your name on it.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #58 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:24:46 AM »

We were talking about Edith Head yesterday, and I remember her often appearing on Art Linkletter's House Party as well.

She did some good work, but could also be a bit repetitive, particularly in her work for some of the 1960's comedies at Paramount.

And I think the following photo is a good definition of "gilding the lily."

S. Woody White · « **Reply #59 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:29:17 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on September 03, 2005, 09:01:06 AM

Warning - I must abandon this site to a finally arisen S Woody White.

der Brucer

Hmmph. He keeps telling me to check messages on the phone, and then hogs the phone line for hours on end.

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