My candidate for "most-needs-plastic-surgery":
Robert Redford. Not aging well...atall.
Which member of Mr. BK's Resident Recording Repertory company also appeared in Merlin (there are 4 CDs by this performer all produced by BK)?
Question 2, which Brat Pack member played Young Merlin/Arthur in this show?
Question 3. Who went from producing and directing Merlin to spreading Marshmallow Fluff all over the Upper West Side of Manhattan a year later?
A clew (or clue) for the first question-Think carTOONs
Good morning all!Emily, you're scaring me!
In honour of it being St-Jean-Baptiste Day (the national fête of Quebec) I proudly present....
Virtual Poutine:
Emily, you're scaring me!
::) ;D 8)
oooh... and I have to agree with Jose about Ben Folds. His music is so much fun to listen to.
How great would a Ben Folds musical be? Maybe we should start a letter writing campaign :)
And from "West End Avenue" (The Magic Show), this great Stephen Schwartz rhyme:
Delis and laundromats and gay bars
West End Avenue
Only a block away from Zabars
BK: your DVD column has a strange set of question marks after virtually every period. I kept wondering what the proper inflection of your column should be.
Yes, I'm back, and scrolling through some of the posts I missed while I was away (with limited internet access), I came across:
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Quote from: Dan the Man on June 22, 2004QuoteAnd from "West End Avenue" (The Magic Show), this great Stephen Schwartz rhyme:I think we've been through this before. My mother grew up on West End Avenue, exactly a block away from Zabars.
Delis and laundromats and gay bars
West End Avenue
Only a block away from Zabars
But how great a rhyme is it when you know that West End Avenue has neither laundromats or gay bars on it. There's very few stores of any type: delis at 72nd and 96th (near highway off-ramps) and the only bar is The Underground, across the street from me. I'm sad to report it's not gay, but instead features third tier stand-up comedians. Weekend eves they hawk it on street corners: "See a stand-up who's appeared on the Kimmel show!" Yeah, whatever that is. The constant barking annoys me, and I'm tempted to say "There's too much comedy in my life already. The moment you have people standing up doing poignant dramatic monologues, I'm there."
Near West End Avenue, in the 70's, there were a couple of gay bars. Just not on it. Nothing much is on it; it's residential.
How great would a Ben Folds musical be? Maybe we should start a letter writing campaign :)
Do the lyrics actually place the delis, laundromats, and bars on West End Avenue, or is the singer commenting on Manhattan generally?
I also remember a review of Darling of the Day, in which the critic asked rhetorically, "Who else but E.Y. Harburg would rhyme uppity and cup-a-tea?" "Lionel Bart," I shouted back to the newspaper.
I guess I should go to bed, too. I'll probably dream about Ronald and Nancy.
Well, freckled blondes often don't age well, and the fact that he spends so much of his time skiing and out in the sun doesn't help his complexion either.
He's so heart-stoppingly gorgeous in THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, BUTCH CASSIDY, and THE STING that to see him now is something of a shock.
Some Best Musicals Never recorded
Dancin' which was a revue of pre-existing material was never recorded. As was Big Deal although some of the material from Dancein and Big Deal was used in Fosse which was recorded.
Add Quilters to a show that was never recorded (that i know of)
The cheapest seats way in the upper tiers still only go for three-four bucks.
I had the bestest sandwich for lunch? Chunky chicken salad? With a creamy pesto dressing? Served on toasted raisin bread? It was sooooo good I, like, scarfed the whole thing down and I wanted another? Am I annoying anyone who's trying to read this yet?
My last act of prestidigitation was becoming a HHW God.[size=20]HAPPY GODLINESS TO ROBIN![/size]
Yes, I'm back, and scrolling through some of the posts I missed while I was away (with limited internet access), I came across:Noel, the song was written in the 70s. The Magic Show opened on May 28th, 1974 (the OCR released the same year) and ran 1859 performances, in spite of middling-to-lousy reviews (Walter Kerr referred to "gratuitous and even monotonous songs by Stephen Schwartz," but I've never found Walter Kerr hummable). The OCR, which wisely kept Doug Henning away from the microphone but kept Anita Morris, David Ogden Stiers and Dale Soules (who got to introduce "West End Avenue") was one of my favorites during my college years.
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Quote from: Dan the Man on June 22, 2004I think we've been through this before. My mother grew up on West End Avenue, exactly a block away from Zabars.
But how great a rhyme is it when you know that West End Avenue has neither laundromats or gay bars on it. There's very few stores of any type: delis at 72nd and 96th (near highway off-ramps) and the only bar is The Underground, across the street from me. I'm sad to report it's not gay, but instead features third tier stand-up comedians. Weekend eves they hawk it on street corners: "See a stand-up who's appeared on the Kimmel show!" Yeah, whatever that is. The constant barking annoys me, and I'm tempted to say "There's too much comedy in my life already. The moment you have people standing up doing poignant dramatic monologues, I'm there."
Near West End Avenue, in the 70's, there were a couple of gay bars. Just not on it. Nothing much is on it; it's residential.
Indeed it was Matt. - a 2 disc set by Elektra. Don't know if it is on CD.
Noel, the song was written in the 70s.
Also The Lieutenant and the '77 Happy End. And if you're talking about nominees that never had a Broadway recording, then you'd have to add shows like Mamma Mia and Miss Saigon.
Went to the DVD Place and didn't see any question marks or anything untoward.
"Do you know to whom you just talked ?"
Well, I sure had not recognized Mr Merchant but it did was him...
A few days later, the room reservation was canceled...
I hope I had not said anything wrong!! ;)
Maybe the room didn't have a view.;D ;D ;D
I'm aware West End Avenue was written in the 70s. I said that there may have been gay bars near West End Avenue in the West 70s of Manhattan. For instance, the (in)famous Continental Baths on 74th might be considered a bar. And that block of 72nd Street is certainly ever-changing.
RE magic TOD... Dear Daughter told me of a magic trick which I can't figure out. A young woman she knows went to a David Copperfield show and was called up on stage with another woman. Copperfield said he would switch the two women's underpants - and did. Each wound up wearing the other's. (An unsanitary trick, if you ask me, but nobody asked me.) The young woman DD knows was not in on the trick. She said she felt it happening - and was suddenly wearing the other woman's undies. Now I don't know what else was involved - if the lights went out, if there was smoke, if they had to sit on some special platform or were just standing there ...Have no idea. But it does sound bizarre. Anyone know of this strange trick and how it's done?
*What if modern digital technology (and tell me if I'm wrong, but I think the procedure DOES EXIST) could correct the focus in the famous "Manchurian Candidate" Sinatra close-up?
Is anyone else on HHW a Jeopardy! fan?
If you've been watching this for the past three weeks, a young fellow from Utah named Ken Jennings has been doing some serious winning. Today was be his sixteenth victory, and he's won over half a million bucks.
This kid (I swear, he looks like he's fifteen!) seems to know everything about everything. He's a real know-it-all. I don't know whether to root him on or bitch-slap him out of pure jealousy.
Also The Lieutenant and the '77 Happy End. And if you're talking about nominees that never had a Broadway recording, then you'd have to add shows like Mamma Mia and Miss Saigon.
Is anyone else on HHW a Jeopardy! fan?
If you've been watching this for the past three weeks, a young fellow from Utah named Ken Jennings has been doing some serious winning. Today was be his sixteenth victory, and he's won over half a million bucks.
This kid (I swear, he looks like he's fifteen!) seems to know everything about everything. He's a real know-it-all. I don't know whether to root him on or bitch-slap him out of pure jealousy.
Der Brucer may have some reminiscences to share on this, since he was familiar with NYC at that time.
Instead I shall eat popcorn and try to find something decent to watch on television.
mmmm....love ginger cookies!
Kristin didn't do West End Avenue, she did Lion Tamer, brilliantly I might add. Alice Ripley did West End, brilliantly, too.I corrected, before reading your correction.
Great album. There's only one track I dislike, and that's because I dislike the song. More accurately, I don't like "Meadowlark's" lyric. Wonderful melody, and Susan Egan sings it beautifully, but I can't get over how the song is about a woman finding a reason to make the wrong choice in her life. But there's lots of people who love the song; beyond the two cast albums of The Baker's Wife, it's on three other discs I own. Consider me a horseracer.