Haines His Way

DR Danise, Thank you for the photo-cd it arrived today. What fun to relive the New York trip once again

I haven't been feeling well today. I think this trying to be healthy stuff is making me sick

Good morning, all!  Tom Murray should be back from London this morning so we'll begin our last trek to the wilds of Toyland and finish up this score.  

And will we hear the screams of joy all the way in Oregon or will you be sad?

Thanks for the vibes yesterday.  It only took five hours for what should have been a 20 minute delivery.

The jukebox arrived in good condition and works just fine.  It looks really cool.

The snow held off, just a light dusting this morning (of course enough to screw up the internet and tv connections).  There was no need to shovel so I took a long hike, my first in the fields behind our house without Echo.  I couldn’t face it last year winter.

From JRand:

Still worried about your continued satellite problems.  Someone at your provider should be giving you some assistance with it!!!

HA! HA!  You want to call and tell them that for us, cuz nothing we do works.  Keith says that’s what happens when you don’t have a choice.

For a photo of the cat flying in business class: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/01/emily.cat.ap/index.html

What a story.

Close, a traveling salesman who is now retired.

Close, a traveling salesman who is now retired.

 

Jason, you didn't happen to deal with a community theater in Lakewood, Washington a few weeks ago did you?  I just wondered if you were the Mr. Scrooge who pulled the rights to ANNIE this Christmas because of a tour in 2007?

Annie soit qui mal y pense!

TCB: Washington isn't one of the states I handle, so I haven't worked with anyone from that theatre. I don't know the specifics of the goings-on, but I can tell you that in the nearly two years I've been there, we've not pulled rights from anyone who's already signed and returned a contract with some sort of deposit, even for a national tour. Not to my knowledge, anyway. What I suspect happened is that the theatre in question applied for the rights, got approval and didn't return their contract in time (they have six weeks to return it to us or they're subject to re-approval). Once an expired contract goes back in for re-approval, we have to send the rights request back to the tour's offices for their approval. As they are "the" national touring company, making them a big money-maker for the authors, we have to defer to their decision as to whether or not an amateur group can produce the show. If they say no, we have to deny the rights.

Like I said, I don't know the specifics of this particular case, but I've seen enough contracts expire to venture a safe guess. I'm sorry they won't be able to go forward with ANNIE and I'm sure the Washington state rep will do her best to help that group find a suitable, family-friendly replacement show.

According to Playbill on line the budget for Spamelot was really cheap but took 6 1/2 months to recoup which considering the cost that is really bad. I would think it would have taken one  day to recoup.

The musical earned 14 nominations for the 2005 Tony Awards, winning prizes for Best Musical, Best Direction (Mike Nichols) and Featured Actress (Sara Ramirez). Also an audience favorite, the show continues to play to capacity crowds and break house records at the Shubert. The production recouped its $12 capitalization in Oct. 2005 — six and a half months after opening on Broadway. And a national tour launches from Boston in March 2006

Annie Annie Annie .... mlmljl  ljsdk lsjkld ljls.

This is what the chorus sang in two of the productions I was in, no one in the chorus bothered to learn the lyrics.

Annie Annie Annie.... lskkdj slkdje lsjdkkle lkejdlks lk.

Sorry, DRJANE.  It is tragic when Monopoly is NOT just a board game.

I love Gloria Henry, DRMBARNUM.  She was a great Alice Mitchell.

For those of you who have AOL, I just read this AP article on Comcast.net:

The first few paragraphs are:

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - A lawsuit seeking to potentially cover hundreds of thousands of America Online Inc. subscribers accuses the Time Warner Inc. unit of illegally billing customers by creating secondary accounts for them without their consent.

The lawsuit, filed last month in St. Clair County Circuit Court on behalf of 10 AOL customers in six states, claims the company confused and deceived customers about the charges, stalled them from canceling unauthorized accounts and refused to return questioned fees.

"AOL exploits its subscribers' confidential billing information to unlawfully generate additional revenue by charging subscribers for additional membership accounts that they neither order nor request," the lawsuit alleges, calling the scheme "common, uniform and continuing."

And then it goes on from there.  I haven't had AOL for years, but a couple of friends here in Olympia do...and some here on HHW!  Check your statements very carefully!!