In honor of Mr. Strouse, I just watched about an hour of Annie - in Yiddish. A terrible production and presuming there was an audience, which I think there was, not one laugh.
I'm old.
Quote from: George on May 16, 2025, 01:08:44 AMThree of the actors are in Centralia College's production of Company that opens tomorrow night, except that they were supposed to have their rehearsals during the day! The fourth actor felt like a cold was coming on (or maybe it was allergies) and felt that he should stay home. Vibes there are no more mix-ups like that!
Three of the actors are in Centralia College's production of Company that opens tomorrow night, except that they were supposed to have their rehearsals during the day! The fourth actor felt like a cold was coming on (or maybe it was allergies) and felt that he should stay home.
Quote from: George on May 16, 2025, 01:08:54 AMThe fifth actor (she plays Red) had a school concert and forgot to let Jed know that she had a conflict. However, it all went well and Jed is actually quite pleased at where they are right now.Well, that's good that Jed is OK with the progress!
The fifth actor (she plays Red) had a school concert and forgot to let Jed know that she had a conflict. However, it all went well and Jed is actually quite pleased at where they are right now.
Lovely links in the notes. And as always, great to hear Elmore's wonderful orchestrations.
Terrific to hear the thing that hadn’t arrived arrived!And vibes for another portion of a modern major miracle.
Quote from: bk on May 16, 2025, 01:09:24 AMIf this keeps on keeping on, I'll just restart the damn thing, but really, I've just about had it with this nonsense. This thing is a decade old. It's been great but I need something that works, has the latest stuff, etc. This is just unbearable, and yet here I am, having to bear it.Computer vibes for BK.
If this keeps on keeping on, I'll just restart the damn thing, but really, I've just about had it with this nonsense. This thing is a decade old. It's been great but I need something that works, has the latest stuff, etc. This is just unbearable, and yet here I am, having to bear it.
Hoping all is well with singdaw and his DH and the move to the new apartment!
In summer 1988 or 89, I orchestrated The Chocolate Soldier at Goodspeed. The ill-advised Annie 2 was playing at the smaller theatre, and I went back to Connecticut to see it. I met Charles Strouse then, and he was a true gentleman. He had seen The Chocolate Soldier the night before, and he was very complimentary about my orchestrations, and I had so many wonderful things to say about several of his shows. I wisely said nothing about Bring Back Birdie, one of the msot inept and god-awful things I've ever seen. I did not know then that in 6-7 years later I would be orchestrating a complete album of his songs with Jason Graae.
Short interview of Jonathan Groff relating his spitting during "Just in Time" to his spitting during "Merrily We Roll Along"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UYdYoYj5h3Q
Just for a. change of pace - To share a less-nice story about Charles Strouse amid all the love, though I suspect it was his lawyers who did this rather than him: I've uploaded quite a few hundreds of parody videos on YouTube over the last 15+ years, since 2008, and the only time anyone tried to shut down my channel over a parody was a Charles Strouse song. (At the time, I had a contact person at YouTube, and I called that person and showed him how clearly it was a parody and my channel was restored right away. But if I hadn't happened to have a YouTube contact person, it would have been a big obstacle to contest it.)
