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[elmore3003]

DR Iris, I'm so happy yiu have a diagnosis for your rash and so sad for your news. I thought you were getting radiation, not chemotherapy. Am I getting that right?

[elmore3003]

Page 2 Dance!

[Freddie]

Five years ago yestertday, March 13, 2020, was a Friday. On that day, I had a delightful lunch with Jack Vierte, and when we parted, I to home and he to the Encores! rehearsal of Love Life,, little did we suspect that within four hours New York and the world we knew would shut down because of a plague the GOP called a Democrat hoax and the president claimed would be over by summer.

Broadway theaters had gone dark on Thursday March 12, 2020, by order of Gov. Cuomo. Were LOVE LIFE rehearsals still going on March 13?  Was the shutdown expected to be short-lived at that point?

[singdaw]

Back from a medical appointment. I asked about a measles booster; they ordered a titer (thanks, DR Jane!) to see what's what.

[Rodzinski]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qXiTdBLIE&pp=ygUedGlnaHRlciB0aWdodGVyIGFsaXZlIG4ga2lja2lu


That’s “Titer and Titer,” written by Tommy James.

[John G.]

Where’s my pie? It’s Pi Day!

[ChasSmith]

Good morning, all.

[ChasSmith]

There's a key lime Pi and some whipped cream in the refrigerator.

[ChasSmith]

Thankfully, this morning and afternoon and clear for me. Time to relax for a bit. A show tonight, then two shows tomorrow, followed by the closing matinee on Sunday.

I'm REALLY glad next week's gig got canceled. It will afford me some good ketchup time on some things, and prep time on other things.

[Freddie]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qXiTdBLIE&pp=ygUedGlnaHRlciB0aWdodGVyIGFsaXZlIG4ga2lja2lu


That’s “Titer and Titer,” written by Tommy James.

That's certainly infectious!

[John G.]

Five years ago yestertday, March 13, 2020, was a Friday. On that day, I had a delightful lunch with Jack Vierte, and when we parted, I to home and he to the Encores! rehearsal of Love Life,, little did we suspect that within four hours New York and the world we knew would shut down because of a plague the GOP called a Democrat hoax and the president claimed would be over by summer.

Two new books I’ve been reading this week have dealt with the pandemic. Raising Hare was a touching memoir of a woman who saves a hare and gains a greater appreciation of nature. Small Rain is about a poet who discovers he has a life-threatening illness during covid. So far, it’s about navigating the hospital system during a time of medical shortages.

[John G.]

Made it to Fredericksburg in no time.

[Jrand74]

Nice song DR RODZINSKI!

[Jrand74]

The table is still there.

[Jrand74]

My quote last night was from the musical movie Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

[Jrand74]

It seems that many of us have been involved in productions of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

I myself played Hysterium.

The guys were doing "Everybody ought to have a maid"....and they got lost and messed up....I came out to join them and we continued to flounder.  The audience was laughing so hard and long.....

Of course at the end of the song they all ran off and left me to do my solo "I'm Calm"....as they left I called after them "Cowards!!"

[Ron Pulliam]

It seems that many of us have been involved in productions of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

I myself played Hysterium.

The guys were doing "Everybody ought to have a maid"....and they got lost and messed up....I came out to join them and we continued to flounder.  The audience was laughing so hard and long.....

Of course at the end of the song they all ran off and left me to do my solo "I'm Calm"....as they left I called after them "Cowards!!"

I was, briefly, cast as Pseudolus.  I say briefly because at the first rehearsal, less than half the cast showed up.  Oh, well.

[Ron Pulliam]

My quote last night was from the musical movie Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

Spoken by the brilliant Welsh actress Sian Phillips who portrayed Ursula Mossbank.  It remains a very underrated film.  Phillips was, at that time, married to Peter O'Toole.  Some may remember her from "I, Claudius",

[ChasSmith]

My one involvement with Forum to date was nominally as music director (when I knew NOTHING about being an MD) and pit pianist, said pit consisting of a spinet piano - backstage (in a 100-seat jernt) - with a friend on a tiny amateur-level second keyboard and set of drums and sound effects. It was 1998, and was my first time working with the friend I sometimes refer to as "my director" who had years of experience doing literally every job there is in theater, in various venues including summer stock and dinner theater. That and the following shows taught me so much about what's required, and instilled in me the love of actually working in theeder.

Videographic evidence exists in the form of several nights of VHS tapes I still have. I really need to digitize one of those and get it onto a DVD or put it on a private YouTube page. It would be a hoot. Some of the stage action should actually be pretty good and funny, and I probably played it acceptably, but I just remembered this aspect which ain't so hot:  they'd wanted to use some of the music from the Nathan Lane revival, and not knowing any better, I laboriously took it down from the CD which took a bloody long time. And of course you're not supposed to do that anyway. Shame, shame, shame. Um, maybe I *won't* upload it.   

[Ron Pulliam]

A "P.S." to the post about the brief run of "A Funny Thing...".  We had originally planned on "Guys and Dolls".  Fifty people showed up for auditions.  About 30 were cast.  Two rehearsals later, we were getting about 15 people only, so we decided to do "A Funny Thing...".

And the brief history of the revival (!) of the Naples Little Theater (Naples, Italy) ended.   The theater had been one of the community's main attractions for a couple of decades.  It started in the late 60s and did very well until an earthquake devastated the local area in the early 1980s.  While the local military remained in the same area, people who worked there moved further away into newer housing facilities.  Travel took longer and folks, apparently, weren't interested in small parts if they had to be on the road 30 minutes or more just to get there.

FWIW:  The military community was international.  Lots of U.S. Navy, but also Brits, Turks, Greeks, Italians and civilians.  The Naval Support Activity was near the NATO Allied Forces Southern Europe headquarters.  There were more than 10,000 able-bodied, English-speaking people looking for fun things to do.  Many lived near the bases and barracks were also within that area.  After the earthquake, people moved into newer housing and newer barracks were built further away.

[ChasSmith]

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ALERT

I have so few old photos of things I was a part of, and some of you have posted yours, so here goes. The guy on the left is my friend the keyboardist/percussionist. The strange-looking dude is a 1998 version of someone you already know. Don't bother embiggening

[ChasSmith]

And my memory was wrong, he had two keyboards set up there. I'm sorry none of us had the presence of mind to take one of the spinet piano.

[DR Iris]

DR Iris, I'm so happy yiu have a diagnosis for your rash and so sad for your news. I thought you were getting radiation, not chemotherapy. Am I getting that right?

Larry, I had six rounds of chemotherapy starting last July, surgery in December, and radiation started a few weeks ago. I get chemotherapy injections every 3 weeks through July.

I thought that this awful rash was due to the radiation. It is possible that Grover’s disease is caused by chemo and/or radiation.

[Jane]

DR Iris, sending Mega Vibes your way and praying they work.  I completely understand your decision to stop.  I do hope you have the engery to write one letter to Hopkins with a copy of your Grovers biopsy and a complaint of how they treated you.  There is no excuse for their attitude. 

[DR Iris]

Radiation is excruciating because of the rash, so I will not be able to continue the treatments.

And that’s enough about me.

[DR Iris]

DR Iris, sending Mega Vibes your way and praying they work.  I completely understand your decision to stop.  I do hope you have the engery to write one letter to Hopkins with a copy of your Grovers biopsy and a complaint of how they treated you.  There is no excuse for their attitude. 

It’s not worth it.

The doctors at Hopkins have enormous egos, and are always offended when I dare to ask questions. There are a few good ones, but not many.

[Jane]

DR John,

What??  I was born before 1989 but I don't remember if I ever got a measles booster.

Your mother might remember or still have your records.

[Jane]

Geore, thanks for Keith's ongrats.

[Jane]

Congratulations to DR Kevin on getting Wordle in two yesterday.

[Jane]

Hey!  I can see the moon!

I'm pleasantly suprised.  Nice photo