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BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« on: March 09, 2006, 12:07:34 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, you are now bewaring any residual Ides which may be in the ether, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're just trying to figure out what a fershluganah Ide is.
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2006, 12:07:52 AM »
And the word of the day is: ENCAPSULATE!
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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2006, 12:09:36 AM »
And a very happy birthday to our very own bdapp, Miss Barbara Deutsch.
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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2006, 12:23:07 AM »
Very Happy Birthday Wishes to BK's very own bdapp, Miss Barbara Deutsch!!

Probably my least favorite "classic" musical:  Camelot. :P

I did this show here in Olympia in 1991 and had a wonderful time doing it.  It was a great experience...wonderful costumes, sets and props; very good actors; incredible singers; fabulous and friendly director; etc.  I made some friends during the show that are still some of my closest friends.  But the show itself just grates me the wrong way...I hate it when that happens.

It's the only show (that I can think of) that I didn't like after I did a production of it.  There have been other shows that I didn't know (Brigadoon) or really didn't like (Peter Pan) before I did them, and then when I performed in them, I ended up liking the shows, but not (as we used to call it) Camelsnot. ;)


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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2006, 05:17:32 AM »
TOD

Classic Scores
Les Miz
Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Rent
Miss Saigon

Flops (amount of performances and not if it made money)
Rags
Smile
Mack and Mabel
Robber Bridegroom
Baker's wife
Anyone Can Whistle
Drat The Cat
and selected songs from Carrie
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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2006, 06:02:24 AM »
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up...  And that's a good thing.  I'm really trying to gear up for next week's Lestat orchestra rehearsals which will be starting at 9:00am... Which means I have to be on the subway by 8:15... Which means I have to be up by 7:30... So...  After having the luxury of getting to sleep in until 10:00 (or later), I just need to adjust my body-clock accordingly.  But as I said...

I'm up.

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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2006, 06:04:36 AM »
TOD:

WEST SIDE STORY
GYPSY
MY FAIR LADY
SHOWBOAT
CABARET
THREEPENNY OPERA
THE MUSIC MAN
BABES IN ARMS
OKLAHOMA
SOUTH PACIFIC

Favorite Flops:
CANDIDE
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2006, 06:08:55 AM »
As for the Topic of the Day...

I don't dislike the scores in toto, but there are a couple of selections from both Oklahoma and Carousel that I wouldn't mind being snipped.  However, I have a feeling my less than enthusiastic feelings may have something to do with some less than spectacular productions I've seen of both shows.

Otherwise, I've never really cared for Annie.

As for Flops with Great Scores:
Rags
The Baker's Wife

I'm sure more titles will come to mind as the day goes on.  Or I'll be "reminded" of them.  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2006, 06:11:46 AM »
Thursday morning greetings!  Nothing of significance to report yet - just wanted to say HI.
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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2006, 06:14:29 AM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 09, 2006, 06:08:55 AM
...I don't dislike the scores in toto, but there are a couple of selections from both Oklahoma and Carousel that I wouldn't mind being snipped....

My DH Richard always falls asleep during the ballet sequences!  I feel the same way about the "Little House of Uncle Thomas" thing in The King and I.
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« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2006, 06:17:22 AM »
Good morning, al!  I can't believe it's nearly 9 am and there are so few posts!  I have indeed been a Wussburger this morning, but where are my am cohorts?

I have to ponder a paragraph in my introduction to the Toyland notes which will consume a bit of time today.  It's about the restoration problems of setting the musical program for a show that was a fluid, constantly changing item since its origin; how does one settle what is in and what is out and why.  Oy!  I'm not sure I need the paragraph, but a reader I respect gave me this suggestion so I want to see how far I can run with it.

I also need to hit the bank with a lovely deposit and set an afternoon date to see TRISTRAM SHANDY, which I quite look forward to.  

TOD:
   Classic shows with least favorite scores:
      SOUTH PACIFIC
      ANNIE
      FIORELLO
     
   Flops with great scores
      TENDERLOIN
      THE APPLE TREE
      WORKING
      MACK AND MABEL
      OUT OF THIS WORLD
      GOLDILOCKS
      HOUSE OF FLOWERS
      THE HAPPY TIME
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2006, 06:20:30 AM »
In other news...

I believe I finally know what a pulled groin muscle feels like.  And I told him that it felt fine to me.

<ba-doom chick>

However...  I believe that some of the compensating I was doing due the callous on my right foot has caused me to strain some other muscles.  I'm still mobile, but I'm aching where I've not ached before.  I'm gonna give it a day to see how things progress, and then if I need to see a doctor tomorrow...

But, I'm OK, and just thankful that I sit down for a living.

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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2006, 06:21:56 AM »
TOD:

Holy Cow that has yet to come home!  Did I ever misread today's notes!  I skipped over the word least in least favorite classic musical scores.  Haste does indeed make waste.

Least Favorite Classic Musical Scores:
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
BRIGADOON

Favorite Flops (I'll stick to what I previously posted):
CANDIDE
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2006, 06:22:32 AM »
Well, that's about it for me this morning.  I'm heading out for a while to run some errands and make some visits.

Laters...
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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2006, 06:32:07 AM »
The Ides of March is March 15.
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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2006, 06:38:42 AM »
Today is National Crabmeat Day.
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2006, 06:41:20 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2006, 07:18:57 AM »
Another link, for those who appreciate fine art.

Excerpt:

Quote
In sworn testimony and interviews with The Times, some ex-dealers have accused Kinkade — whose dreamily inspirational limited-edition prints are steeped in Christian-oriented themes of faith and family values — of ruining them financially while enriching himself and his business associates.

They and others also described incidents in which an allegedly drunken Kinkade heckled illusionists Siegfried and Roy; cursed a former employee's wife who came to his side when he fell off a barstool; fondled a startled woman's breasts at a signing party; and urinated on a Winnie the Pooh figure at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.

Just to get your curiosity going.
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2006, 07:26:31 AM »
Quote from: S. Woody White on March 09, 2006, 07:18:57 AM
Another link, for those who appreciate fine art.

Excerpt:Just to get your curiosity going.

Wow!  I never knew that Thomas Kincade was so cool!
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« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2006, 07:28:07 AM »
...But first some e-mails and phone calls...

OH!

BK - "The Stepfather" is one of those movies that I would always find myself watching all the way through whenever it came on HBO.  I haven't seen it in a couple of years, but it really is a nice thriller.  And I do remember that cheesy score.  Ah, well... At least you get Terry Quinn's beautiful - if sinister - eyes.  And that one sex scene has always seemed slightly gratuitous, but I guess it does serve it's purpose.

Alas, "Stepfather 2: Make Room For Daddy" ("Tonight - Daddy's Coming Home - To Slice Up More Than Just The Cake!) and the made for TV "Stepfather 3" ("Daddy's been working in the garden... again!") truly pale in comparison to the original.  And just how did Daddy make it from the wood-chipper to the insane asylum?  And, since Terry Quinn was smart enough to say, "No," to #3, the writers rolled out that wonderful device of a plastic surgeon.
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« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2006, 07:31:01 AM »
OK... Now I'm off...

Laters...
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« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2006, 07:36:38 AM »
Good morning!

We have a nice day here. It's mostly cloudy, but it's already warmer than usual and the temps will be climbing to the mid 70s today.
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« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2006, 07:38:01 AM »
Several favorite flop scores have already been mentioned:

THE HAPPY TIME

MACK AND MABEL

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

I'll add MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG and ASSASSINS.

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« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2006, 07:40:01 AM »
As for classic musicals with less than adored scores, I'll agree that FIORELLO has, for me, a mostly forgettable score. I also don't much care for most of PETER PAN or HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.
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« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2006, 07:41:18 AM »
Of course, I guess some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals are considered classics (not by me), but I don't like the scores to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, JOSEPH, or PHANTOM except in one or two isolated songs.
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« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2006, 07:43:13 AM »
DR William E. Lurie beat me to the punch: I was going to post about March 15 being the Ides of March, but he got there first!
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« Reply #26 on: March 09, 2006, 07:45:07 AM »
Looks like NBC had a change of heart and decided to schedule reruns tonight instead of new episodes. TV GUIDE lists all new episodes of WILL & GRACE, MY NAME IS EARL, and THE OFFICE, but this morning's newspaper listed an hour of WILL & GRACE reruns (favorite episodes from previous seasons; "Das Boob" is one of the classics), and EARL and OFFICE repeats.

So, looks like CBS' slate of new episodes for its lineup will win tonight handily.
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« Reply #27 on: March 09, 2006, 07:47:47 AM »
I guess SHE LOVES ME would classify as a flop (even though it ran 300 performances), so naturally that score would belong in the above list, too.
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Re:BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
« Reply #28 on: March 09, 2006, 07:48:43 AM »
Why can't we have the Ades of March - LemonAde, LimeAde, Kool-Ade, GrapeAde?  

Good morning, good day, how are you this beautiful day?  What am I, She Loves Me all of a sudden?  Which, by the way (BTW, in Internet lingo), is one of my favorite scores from a flop musical.
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« Reply #29 on: March 09, 2006, 07:56:10 AM »
Grocery day today, so I was a bit late getting to HHW.

Hmmm....sorry you never met Mrs. Arballs, but I hear she was a SERIOUS backgammon player!  And Carol Cooke's story about the light over her backgammon table always makes me laugh.
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