Okay, I'm all caught up! I'm staying at the Hotel Allegro at the corner of Randolph and State, right in the middle of the theatre district: WICKED is at the Oriental, Billy Crystal was just (I think) at the Crystal Palace (?), the Goodman is doing PURLIE, and Julie Andrews' THE BOYFRIEND opens next week.
I left the apartment at 6:30 am yesterday, flow to Chicago at 9, both EST, arrived at O'Hare around 10:30 (Chicago time). The band rehearsal was from 3-7, and it went quite well. The section I'm supervising was fun, and a lot of the other Arlen charts came from the CBS television collection, mostly by Peter Matz and Jimmy Carroll. There's a great "Blues in the Night" for Dorothy Collins from "Your Hit Parade" by Peter Matz. The one dud was a chart for "That Old Black Magic" for Julius LaRosa, which was so pathetic we're trying to find another for Ron Raines at the Library of Congress.
Today the rehearsal is from 2-6, and the cast for the concert is coming in today. I'm using Kinko's for the internet service and the ladies here are quite kind and patient with my computer gaucheries.
DRMichaelShayne, good to see you back! DRJRand55, best wishes on the new job, DRJose, tell Todd Ellison I send my love as well. Bye for now!