Topic: IN FINE FETTLE (Read 2507 times)

George · « **Reply #90 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:41:50 AM »

Quote from: KevinH on February 03, 2025, 11:04:43 AM

Continued vibes for your Mom, DR George

Thanks, again, Kevin.

George · « **Reply #91 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:42:05 AM »

Oh, look! It's Page Four!

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:56:27 AM »

Back from breakfast, during which I made script notes - as with 70, Girls, 70 and Boom Diddy Boom, there are no specific notes about what's really going on during the overture other than one soprano and some locations. I think there's more information somewhere and I need to find it.

bk · « **Reply #93 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:56:40 AM »

Most confusing.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #94 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:56:42 AM »

I survived the hazards of the bathtub and I will be sparkling clean for tomorrow's appointment.

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:57:06 AM »

I do have a really fun way to start that section, however, that I think will get a nice laugh right away.

bk · « **Reply #96 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:57:28 AM »

The Hazards of the Bathtub - that's the title of my next novel.

bk · « **Reply #97 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:58:26 AM »

After breakfast, I did some banking - the fast bank had two customers who took more time than usual, so I didn't get out of there as quickly as I usually do - but my branch was very fast.

bk · « **Reply #98 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:58:48 AM »

After that, I had two telephonic conversations in the car.

bk · « **Reply #99 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:59:03 AM »

Then I did the Macy's return.

bk · « **Reply #100 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:00:50 PM »

And now, I'm home.

bk · « **Reply #101 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:00:59 PM »

And I don't care who knows it.

bk · « **Reply #102 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:03:08 PM »

Oh, I did stop at the Mercedes service place two minutes from here. There was some piece that was lying on the floor and I had no idea where it came from or what to do with it. The nice man reattached it somewhere under the front seat. I showed him the two other minor issues, but to fix those they need to remove the center console so I'll bring it in next Monday morning and will have it back in the afternoon. Everything else seems to be working just fine.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #103 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:03:40 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 03, 2025, 11:22:21 AM

I listened to Drat! The Cat! straight through yesterday. It had been several years since I'd heard it, and it was a pleasure.

I was following the score I've had here from some long-ago capture on the internet, from way back when I first started finding scores online. What an interesting hodge-podge it is, both in style of manuscript and in how much musical information is given (or not) in each style. I'd be fascinated to know who did the various sections, and how that all came about, if BK or DR Elmore happens to know.

I (note to self: third consecutive paragraph starting with 'I'?) am also taken with the liner note by Ira Levin, as to that notebook he couldn't find, which was practically a diary of the show's conception and birthing pains. Did that notebook ever see the light of day in the intervening years? What a goldmine. Hell, I still agonize over my high school senior year diary that was lost decades ago. And who in the world cares about that? Only I. But Ira Levin's show diary???

The orchestrations were by the great Hershy Kay and Clare Grundman, who both did Once Upon a Mattress, and I would not be surprised if the scene changes and short cues were by assistants Hershy used when he was in a crunch, although I know not who they might be. The dance arrangements were by the wonderful Genevieve Pitot, best known for her Quadrille in Cole Porter's Can-Can. She also did the dance charts for Kiss Me, Kate and Li'l Abner. In 1973 I worked with her nephew at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival.

bk · « **Reply #104 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:04:00 PM »

Oh, and he'll put a new battery in the fob, which either works quickly or takes three or four tries. And I have a second fob that doesn't work at all, so he'll put a new battery in that one, too.

bk · « **Reply #105 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:05:55 PM »

Interestingly, for the Kabuki ballet, I have all the original orchestra parts - that was all that survived - and I'm not going to do it in the Kabuki-style because right now is probably not the right time to have a bunch of white people in kabuki outfits. I am going a completely different way that I think will be fun. So, our MD and I will create that musically based on two of the songs in the show.

bk · « **Reply #106 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:06:19 PM »

Love Hershey Kay.

bk · « **Reply #107 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:06:30 PM »

Don't love Hershey's Kisses.

bk · « **Reply #108 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:06:38 PM »

Love Eddie Sauter.

bk · « **Reply #109 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:07:01 PM »

Love Phil Lang.

bk · « **Reply #110 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:07:17 PM »

Don't always love Don Walker, but he's done amazing stuff.

bk · « **Reply #111 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:07:25 PM »

Love Jonathan Tunick.

bk · « **Reply #112 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:07:37 PM »

Don't love most of the newbies.

bk · « **Reply #113 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:07:44 PM »

Love elmore.

bk · « **Reply #114 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:07:56 PM »

Love Lanny Meyers.

bk · « **Reply #115 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:08:06 PM »

Love David Siegel.

bk · « **Reply #116 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:08:41 PM »

I used to love Robert Russell Bennett more than I do now. But still, pretty great.

bk · « **Reply #117 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:08:51 PM »

Who have I left out?

bk · « **Reply #118 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:11:18 PM »

Oh yeah, these lightweights - love Ralph Burns.

bk · « **Reply #119 on:** February 03, 2025, 12:11:33 PM »

Love Robert Ginster, Sid Ramin, and Irwin Kostal.

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