Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 15, 2025, 12:32:01 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were deceptive and trailed, and now it is time for you to post until the deceptive cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: WINDFALL!
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Welcome, 1,298 GUESTS!
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~~~Continued Vibes for the Rest of a Modern Major Miracle!!~~~
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Wordle 1,426 5/6
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Good morning, all!
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I slept well until there was bathroom break around 3:45. I spent the next two hours playing with Annabellech and Thatch and dozing. I didn't really get back to sleep, and I remember no dreams.
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Vibes that BK's prayer for the rest of a modern major miracle are answered!
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Loved John G's food photos from yesterday's posts!
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Yesterday I had a lovely telephonic session with my friend Rob Berman. We hadn't spoken in a couple of months, .so it was a nice catch-up session. Then I had a long session with my student Joe. He's a talented composer, but when he sits down to write a arrangement or orchestration, he thinks too much. There are too many things going on, and he needs to simplify, clarify, and focus what he wants to accomplish in his arrangements. I really like working with him because he's very bright and working with him is sorta like a mental ping-pong game.
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BK, I hope whatever miracles you wait on come to fruition ASAP!
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George, thanks for your comment on the video last night!
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DR John G, gracious! That pile of meringue buries the lemon custard.
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Good morning, all.
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Slept off and on last night. I hope I got enough. I have a long day ahead.
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Don't dawdle, MMM.
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I hope DR singdaw is enjoying his new abode this morning.
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Today is supposed to be our hottest of the year so far.
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One more night of blocking and then I have three days OFF!
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The Pacers and the Timberwolves are both moving to their respective conference finals!
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Well.....I usually buy some makeup compacts for the theeder for the guys. I get them at Dollar (25) Tree. It's easy to teach them how to use it.
Since our audience is so close, the actors don't need a LOT.
Well it must be the tariffs because after four weeks there has not been a replenishment of the product at the retail outlets. It hate to go to Max Factor or some other theatrical makeup because it's just a waste of $$$ - I guess it's time to check the WalMart makeup counter.
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Thursday but it seems Like Friday.
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Notes adjourned. Deposed.
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The Pacers and the Timberwolves are both moving to their respective conference finals!
I hope Celtics and Knicks get worn out and play to a Game 7, so Pacers can further wear them down on the court.
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Good morning, all.
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Dress rehearsal last night was scheduled as 6-10 pm and we mercifully got out an hour early. Hope the same happens tonight, because we have to do the early-rising thing tomorrow morning for a morning school show. Then, public performances tomorrow and Saturday evenings complete the run.
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Here's something I wonder:
Why do high schools do Chicago? Why do Catholic high schools in particular do Chicago?
This is not a complaint. Great show, and always great to play. And granted, they ALL use the "Teen Edition" which absolutely emasculates the piece in addition to the necessary shortening. But it's still about what it's about, which is celebrating more or less every form of corruption and illegal activity we know and love... right?
Also as to that edition, it's hilarious (to me) when the director (maybe even the school administration?) goes even further in cutting or changing a line, because, you know, we can't have our innocent kids saying or portraying or implying that... which would almost certainly mean they have awareness and knowledge of it. The horror! 8)
I just wonder what the people involved are thinking in this regard. Again, not a complaint. I happily take their money.
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Here's something I wonder:
Why do high schools do Chicago? Why do Catholic high schools in particular do Chicago?
This is not a complaint. Great show, and always great to play. And granted, they ALL use the "Teen Edition" which absolutely emasculates the piece in addition to the necessary shortening. But it's still about what it's about, which is celebrating more or less every form of corruption and illegal activity we know and love... right?
Also as to that edition, it's hilarious (to me) when the director (maybe even the school administration?) goes even further in cutting or changing a line, because, you know, we can't have our innocent kids saying or portraying or implying that... which would almost certainly mean they have awareness and knowledge of it. The horror! 8)
I just wonder what the people involved are thinking in this regard. Again, not a complaint. I happily take their money.
Don’t tell me they cut the Irving joke from Cell Block Tango.
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Here's something I wonder:
Why do high schools do Chicago? Why do Catholic high schools in particular do Chicago?
This is not a complaint. Great show, and always great to play. And granted, they ALL use the "Teen Edition" which absolutely emasculates the piece in addition to the necessary shortening. But it's still about what it's about, which is celebrating more or less every form of corruption and illegal activity we know and love... right?
Also as to that edition, it's hilarious (to me) when the director (maybe even the school administration?) goes even further in cutting or changing a line, because, you know, we can't have our innocent kids saying or portraying or implying that... which would almost certainly mean they have awareness and knowledge of it. The horror! 8)
I just wonder what the people involved are thinking in this regard. Again, not a complaint. I happily take their money.
Don’t tell me they cut the Irving joke from Cell Block Tango.
Oh, good question. I'll listen for it tonight. One of the lines I know they cut (from - yes, the teen edition!!) is "the spread eagle". At this performance it's "the number 17", period.
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Onward!
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Two!
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DR John, I haven't had the courage to read Careless People even though I know I should. I have had it on hold for ages and keep postponing checking it out.
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Thanks DR George.
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Number 17! I learned it when I was 12.
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Theeder survival vibes for DR CHAS SMITH.
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I have had some kind of reaction to my medication - happens every few months. So I canceled rehearsal tonight and will pick up the seen pages next week.
Getting some rest.
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Feel better vibes and no more reactions to your meds vibes!
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DR John, I haven't had the courage to read Careless People even though I know I should. I have had it on hold for ages and keep postponing checking it out.
It reads like greased lightning. The people aren’t just willfully ignorant, they’re sometimes callous and cringey.
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It helps that it’s being read by the author who is from New Zealand and has an ingratiating accent.
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Vibes for JRand.
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I have had some kind of reaction to my medication - happens every few months. So I canceled rehearsal tonight and will pick up the seen pages next week.
Getting some rest.
Feel better, Jrand!
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Thanks everybody. You are more thoughtful than my cousin who called me. I told her I was not feeling well and trying to get some rest.
Her response was: "Oh okay. Anyway what I wanted to talk about......"
And then went on for 20 minutes.
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I have had some kind of reaction to my medication - happens every few months. So I canceled rehearsal tonight and will pick up the seen pages next week.
Getting some rest.
Oh! I'm so sorry. Feel better, Jack!
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It helps that it’s being read by the author who is from New Zealand and has an ingratiating accent.
Except I don't do audio books, oh well.
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Thanks everybody. You are more thoughtful than my cousin who called me. I told her I was not feeling well and trying to get some rest.
Her response was: "Oh okay. Anyway what I wanted to talk about......"
And then went on for 20 minutes.
Next time don't answere the phone.
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Memo to DR Jrand74: Oh okay.
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Greetings from the Cook County jail.
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George, thanks for your comment on the video last night!
You're welcome, Freddie!
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One more night of blocking and then I have three days OFF!
Nice, Jrand!
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Tonight, we have a designer's run. It'll be the first, all-the-way-through run...AND our Rapunzel's prince called out because he's not sure if he's getting sick or if it's allergies and felt it was best to stay home to be sure. I really do hope either way he gets better quickly.
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Here's something I wonder:
Why do high schools do Chicago? Why do Catholic high schools in particular do Chicago?
This is not a complaint. Great show, and always great to play. And granted, they ALL use the "Teen Edition" which absolutely emasculates the piece in addition to the necessary shortening. But it's still about what it's about, which is celebrating more or less every form of corruption and illegal activity we know and love... right?
Also as to that edition, it's hilarious (to me) when the director (maybe even the school administration?) goes even further in cutting or changing a line, because, you know, we can't have our innocent kids saying or portraying or implying that... which would almost certainly mean they have awareness and knowledge of it. The horror! 8)
I just wonder what the people involved are thinking in this regard. Again, not a complaint. I happily take their money.
Don’t tell me they cut the Irving joke from Cell Block Tango.
Oh, good question. I'll listen for it tonight. One of the lines I know they cut (from - yes, the teen edition!!) is "the spread eagle". At this performance it's "the number 17", period.
WHAT IS THE POINT?? :o
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Thanks DR George.
You're welcome, Jane.
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I have had some kind of reaction to my medication - happens every few months. So I canceled rehearsal tonight and will pick up the seen pages next week.
Getting some rest.
~~~Feel Vetter Vibes for Jrand!!~~~
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Greetings from the Cook County jail.
This post got my attention :)
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It seems Wordle was difficult and a good number of people didn't get it.
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Good for you and Keith both getting it in five.
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I'm up, I'm up - almost eight hours of sleep.
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Was up for a couple of hours at five, but back to bed at seven and slept until one-thirty.
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Food ordered - pastrami sandwich from Mr. Pickles.
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Also placed a Gelson's order via DoorDash at 40% off - cheaper than going there.
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One of the major issues with DoorDash and restaurants is that 90% of them don't allow you to make requests, i.e. NO MAYO on a BLTA. Therefore, I can't order those items.
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Ridic.
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Page three is ridic.
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Non-arrival arrived, so that's good.
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I'm hungry.
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But food's about thirty minutes away.
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Meanwhile, I'm hungry.
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Non-arrival arrived, so that's good.
Great news!
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Good for you and Keith both getting it in five.
Thanks, Jane.
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Also placed a Gelson's order via DoorDash at 40% off - cheaper than going there.
Very nice!
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Non-arrival arrived, so that's good.
That's great, BK!
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One of the major issues with DoorDash and restaurants is that 90% of them don't allow you to make requests, i.e. NO MAYO on a BLTA. Therefore, I can't order those items.
Postmates / Uber Eats usually allows you to make special requests.
I haven't used ChowNow in a while, but some of the restaurants gave the ability to make special orders.
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Also placed a Gelson's order via DoorDash at 40% off - cheaper than going there.
That's surprising.
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Here's the New York Times obituary for Charles Strouse
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/theater/charles-strouse-dead.html
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Here's the New York Times obituary for Charles Strouse
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/theater/charles-strouse-dead.html
Oh, no! :(
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My friend Ronnie was as much a Strouse fan as I was a Sondheim fan.
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Here's the New York Times obituary for Charles Strouse
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/theater/charles-strouse-dead.html
Sad, but 96, wow.
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Millstone Alert - Jane, you're just 15 posts away from 142,000!
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I interviewed Charles Strouse a couple of times and I have an autographed photo of him hanging up at home. He was a gentle man, very unassuming except about his ability to compose. He trusted his musical talents.
He mentioned to me that he was having to write for Burt Reynolds to sing in All Dogs Go to Heaven. But he didn’t know if Reynolds had a voice. I gave him my copy of Burt’s solo album, which Bobby Goldsboro produced.
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Millstone Alert - Jane, you're just 15 posts away from 142,000!
Thanks for letting me know.
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I interviewed Charles Strouse a couple of times and I have an autographed photo of him hanging up at home. He was a gentle man, very unassuming except about his ability to compose. He trusted his musical talents.
He mentioned to me that he was having to write for Burt Reynolds to sing in All Dogs Go to Heaven. But he didn’t know if Reynolds had a voice. I gave him my copy of Burt’s solo album, which Bobby Goldsboro produced.
Interesting story. Did he like Burt's voice?
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I began my morning early by driving to the lab for bloodwork.
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I just received an email saying my test results are ready.
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Going to the site, they all say "processing".
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;D
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That got me a little bit closer to a new millstone.
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That got me a little bit closer to a new millstone.
:)
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Good evening!
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It seems Wordle was difficult and a good number of people didn't get it.
Glad to hear that, DR Jane, since I was one of those people who didn't get Wordle today!
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In honor of Charles Strouse -
the full "But Alive" scene from (the TV production of) APPLAUSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRikWbT6WG0
The actual song starts at 0:53 into that link.
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Congrats to DR George and Keith for getting Wordle in 5!
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Good evening.
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I interviewed Charles Strouse a couple of times and I have an autographed photo of him hanging up at home. He was a gentle man, very unassuming except about his ability to compose. He trusted his musical talents.
He mentioned to me that he was having to write for Burt Reynolds to sing in All Dogs Go to Heaven. But he didn’t know if Reynolds had a voice. I gave him my copy of Burt’s solo album, which Bobby Goldsboro produced.
That's pretty darned cool, John!
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It seems Wordle was difficult and a good number of people didn't get it.
Glad to hear that, DR Jane, since I was one of those people who didn't get Wordle today!
Oh, no! :(
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In honor of Charles Strouse -
the full "But Alive" scene from (the TV production of) APPLAUSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRikWbT6WG0
The actual song starts at 0:53 into that link.
Thanks for the link, Freddie. :)
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Congrats to DR George and Keith for getting Wordle in 5!
Thanks, Kevin!
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And Kevin, one more post and you'll have four 4s!
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It seems Wordle was difficult and a good number of people didn't get it.
Glad to hear that, DR Jane, since I was one of those people who didn't get Wordle today!
I'm sorry you missed it. He read it was the 4th hardest word ever.
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Because why not? Alan Cumming singing "But Alive" at a celebrity gathering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLoHJL0MQeQ
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Congrats to DR George and Keith for getting Wordle in 5!
Thanks.
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From the haineshisway YouTube channel
Linda Purl singing "Blame It On the Summer Night" by Strouse and Schwartz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpKc9yGHVg
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Guy Haines singing "Dance a Little Closer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax0CT9xAD4Y
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It seems Wordle was difficult and a good number of people didn't get it.
Glad to hear that, DR Jane, since I was one of those people who didn't get Wordle today!
I didn't either
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I interviewed Charles Strouse a couple of times and I have an autographed photo of him hanging up at home. He was a gentle man, very unassuming except about his ability to compose. He trusted his musical talents.
He mentioned to me that he was having to write for Burt Reynolds to sing in All Dogs Go to Heaven. But he didn’t know if Reynolds had a voice. I gave him my copy of Burt’s solo album, which Bobby Goldsboro produced.
Interesting story. Did he like Burt's voice?
I never heard back from him.
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Because why not? Alan Cumming singing "But Alive" at a celebrity gathering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLoHJL0MQeQ
Cool!
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From the haineshisway YouTube channel
Linda Purl singing "Blame It On the Summer Night" by Strouse and Schwartz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpKc9yGHVg
I love that song and that concert!
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Guy Haines singing "Dance a Little Closer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax0CT9xAD4Y
Can't do much better than Guy Haines. :)
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It seems Wordle was difficult and a good number of people didn't get it.
Glad to hear that, DR Jane, since I was one of those people who didn't get Wordle today!
I didn't either
Darn.
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I interviewed Charles Strouse a couple of times and I have an autographed photo of him hanging up at home. He was a gentle man, very unassuming except about his ability to compose. He trusted his musical talents.
He mentioned to me that he was having to write for Burt Reynolds to sing in All Dogs Go to Heaven. But he didn’t know if Reynolds had a voice. I gave him my copy of Burt’s solo album, which Bobby Goldsboro produced.
Interesting story. Did he like Burt's voice?
I never heard back from him.
Darn.
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Sorry to hear about Charles Strouse - a wonderful fellow. Boy, did I record a lot of his songs - and we've done many in our Kritzerland shows. I'll put some in the notes.
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Speaking of notes, I have several from Mr. Strouse.
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None of them mention page four.
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Of course, we did an entire Strouse album with Mr. Graae.
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He was one of the first B'way heroes of mine I met - him, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Schmidt, and Mr. Kander - who all contributed pieces for Classical Broadway. Only Mr. Kander is still with us now.
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96 is a very good run.
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I was so blessed to start producing albums when I did - most of the composers we did were alive then - Cy, Kander and Ebb, Sondheim, Strouse, Schmidt and Jones, Hamlisch, Claire Richardson, etc. But the up-and-comers are thankfully still with us - Flaherty and Ahrens, Lippa, Doug Cohen, our own Skip and Freddie, and a bunch whose names I can't recall at the moment - all those off-B'way folks whose shows I did.
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And ironically, I'd just watched Michelle Nicastro singing Disneyland at our Unsung Musicals concert back in 1994 and I just burst out weeping - losing her at fifty, losing Rebecca Luker, and Laurie Beechman, losing Dorothy Loudon - all people I loved dearly. And then the truly hard ones for me - Cindy W. and Richard Sherman.
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When we did that little Nick Redman documentary on Nudie on the 2002 DVD, most of the cast was still alive - I think the only three people who'd passed were two of the actors who played the backers, and Kathy Hietala, who played Eunice. But now, all the backers are gone, my dear Alan Abelew is gone, Cindy's gone, all the producers are gone.
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Of course, we did an entire Strouse album with Mr. Graae.
Great album!
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Guy Haines singing "Dance a Little Closer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax0CT9xAD4Y
Can't do much better than Guy Haines. :)
Yup!
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96 is a very good run.
Indeed! A long productive life.
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And ironically, I'd just watched Michelle Nicastro singing Disneyland at our Unsung Musicals concert back in 1994 and I just burst out weeping - losing her at fifty, losing Rebecca Luker, and Laurie Beechman, losing Dorothy Loudon - all people I loved dearly. And then the truly hard ones for me - Cindy W. and Richard Sherman.
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Barely to page five.
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Something is seriously rotten in the state of HHW.
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Seriously rotten.
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Smelly rotten.
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Where the HELL is George?
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I was writing some damn notes.
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That's what I was doing.
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But here we are, stuck in the doldrums of page five.
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Not cricket.
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A sticky wicket.
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Page five can stick it.
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As to this page five malarkey, maybe we can lick it.
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As to page five, I'd like to kick it.
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But I'd probably barely nick it.
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Maybe I could flick it.
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Or Sammy Glick it.
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I could prick it.
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Or buy it a ticket.
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Well, that's that.
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I'm sure George is off doing something VERY important.
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.
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What is with this page?
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It's the damn never-ending story.
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Okay, knock it off with the damn gaslighting.
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See?
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Ridic.
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Not very sporting.
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And still no George.
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Poor boy probably fell asleep.
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Poor boy.
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Lowest posting day in a 'coon's age.
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Super low.
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Embarrassingly low.
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Was it a holiday?
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Was it a celebration to which I was not invited.
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What the HELL is with page six.
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Nix on six.
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I get no kicks from six.
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I'm fresh out of rhymes.
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But who isn't?