Topic: BACK TO THE SHOW (Read 1577 times)

Jane · « **Reply #90 on:** March 28, 2025, 05:06:37 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 28, 2025, 04:03:15 PM

The winery owner shucked his boots rather than tracking in mud

They are nice boots.

Jane · « **Reply #91 on:** March 28, 2025, 05:08:10 PM »

FOUR!

Jane · « **Reply #92 on:** March 28, 2025, 05:09:19 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 28, 2025, 04:09:50 PM

According to Doug we're light for tonight and tomorrow night but sold out for Sunday. I could do something about tonight, but the gal in the box-office told me I could not book half-price tickets on the day of the show. Seems rather silly to me but that's just me.

But you can book them for upcoming nights?

Jane · « **Reply #93 on:** March 28, 2025, 05:09:54 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 28, 2025, 05:04:56 PM

~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR Jane and DH Keith!!!

Thank you. We don't leave until Sunday, however, tomorrow is cleaning day.

Jane · « **Reply #94 on:** March 28, 2025, 05:11:37 PM »

Since we are on page four I should mention that Keith got Wordle in four.

Freddie · « **Reply #95 on:** March 28, 2025, 06:18:53 PM »

Quote from: Jane on March 28, 2025, 05:11:37 PM

Since we are on page four I should mention that Keith got Wordle in four.

Jane · « **Reply #96 on:** March 28, 2025, 06:21:21 PM »

Tonight we are going to watch the last two episodes of The Residence.

Freddie · « **Reply #97 on:** March 28, 2025, 06:39:08 PM »

This week's new THE PITT was particularly bloody and tense and even unsettling, which is the effect I assume the people behind the show basically wanted in this episode.

Moral: Try not to need an emergency room at the same time the ER is dealing with a nearby mass shooting.

vixmom · « **Reply #98 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:37:25 PM »

Congratulations to BK on the continued great reviews

MichaelG · « **Reply #99 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:41:25 PM »

Love Life was wonderful! I wasn't so sure after the first act, but the second act pulled it together and delivered the emotional goods.

singdaw · « **Reply #100 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:51:38 PM »

So glad you enjoyed it, DR MichaelG!

singdaw · « **Reply #101 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:51:58 PM »

Looking forward to the recording.

singdaw · « **Reply #102 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:52:09 PM »

Good night, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #103 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:52:15 PM »

And others.

MichaelG · « **Reply #104 on:** March 28, 2025, 07:56:46 PM »

I've heard "This Is the Life" and "Mr. Right" on recordings before. But in the context of the show they are so much more effective. Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kate Baldwin sang and acted the heck out of their parts.

MichaelG · « **Reply #105 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:00:21 PM »

John Edwards was a name new to me and did a great job in his solos, probably the next most prominent cast member.

MichaelG · « **Reply #106 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:01:36 PM »

The cast was uniformly excellent, the orchestra playing was great, and it was delightful to see Rob Berman conduct in person after hearing him on recordings.

MichaelG · « **Reply #107 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:04:19 PM »

There's a ton of dance in this show. I know way less about dance than I do about music or acting, but I thought JoAnn M. Hunter's choreography worked great.

MichaelG · « **Reply #108 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:05:12 PM »

I also loved the costumes by Tracy Christensen, especially for the ensemble vaudeville numbers.

MichaelG · « **Reply #109 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:09:37 PM »

So much of the ensemble music hasn't been recorded, or only done in cut down arrangements for solo or duo instead of quartet or octet. It was exciting to be introduced to it live like this.

John G. · « **Reply #110 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:14:51 PM »

There is an album on which Kaye Ballard and Alan Jay Lerner sing a bunch of songs from Love Life. Beautiful.

MichaelG · « **Reply #111 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:17:27 PM »

I'm trying to think of how many Weill shows I've seen. Let's see:

- Der Protaganist
- Mahagonny-Songspiel
- Der Zar lässt sich photographieren
- The Threepenny Opera (plus once in the pit)
- Happy End
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (never seen, but sung it twice)
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Street Scene
- Love Life
- Lost in the Stars

So maybe 40% through or a bit more?

MichaelG · « **Reply #112 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:25:03 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 28, 2025, 08:14:51 PM

There is an album on which Kaye Ballard and Alan Jay Lerner sing a bunch of songs from Love Life. Beautiful.

Thanks, DR John G, I didn't know about that one. I've just ordered it.

MichaelG · « **Reply #113 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:52:41 PM »

I just read through most of the reviews, where the consensus is this is the perfect show for Encores. I agree, I think you have to have pretty specialized interests (like most folks here) to enjoy it as much as I did. And again, I wasn't really taken with the first act.

MichaelG · « **Reply #114 on:** March 28, 2025, 08:54:31 PM »

Pretty funny though to read reddit comments from folks who clearly have never have seen Company.

MichaelG · « **Reply #115 on:** March 28, 2025, 09:03:01 PM »

They've just published a piano/vocal score, so I've ordered that too.

MichaelG · « **Reply #116 on:** March 28, 2025, 09:03:20 PM »

Good night all. Back home tomorrow.

John G. · « **Reply #117 on:** March 28, 2025, 09:42:12 PM »

Also, Ben Bagley recorded most of the score spread out over his Alan Jay Lerner Revisited and two volumes of Kurt Weill Revisited.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #118 on:** March 28, 2025, 09:42:32 PM »

Greetings from tomorrow. Still dark at 5:30 am, as we prepare to leave for Charles DeGaulle.

John G. · « **Reply #119 on:** March 28, 2025, 09:42:59 PM »

BK has issued all of the Revisited CDs on Kritzerland.

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