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[bk]

Well, you've read the notes, the note blew, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently blowing out their candles.

[bk]

And the word of the day is: DIMINUTION!

[Ben]

Morning all.

That is all.

Next Friday Bruce will be in New York.

[Michael]

TOD

A Streetcar Named Desire
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (the 2 part RSC epic)
Deathtrap

Honorable Mention
This Property Is Condemned
I directed the play and for the female lead I cast a woman of color because she was the best actress who auditioned for the role. And the critics felt it brought a new slant to the play. I didn't look at it that way. I chose the person for the role.

[Druxy]

TOD:

INHERIT THE WIND (despite my negative personal feelings toward Jerome Lawrence)
THE SUNSHINE BOYS
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

I've never seen a live professional production of either INHERIT THE WIND or THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, but I did see Jack Albetson & Sam Levene do THE SUNSHINE BOYS in Los Angeles at the Schubert.

[Ginny]

Thursday morning greetings!  Cool and rainy here in SW OH after quite a thunderstorm early this morning.  I have a busy day ahead during which I shall have to ponder the TOD.

[Kerry]

Good Morning.  And Thursday, too!

[Charles Pogue]

My three favourite plays off the top of my head today (this could change tomorrow would be:

CYRANO DE BERGERAC by Rostand

THE REAL THING by Tom Stoppard

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all! I slept late once again. I had a weird dream about brushing my teeth and getting toothpaste all over the floor at some summer theatre where I was working.

Last night, my big recording nightmare happened: I sent out the schedule with a map to the Academy, and coloratura soprano Marnie Breckinridge sent me back an email asking "are we not recording 'Das Geheimness?' I have the music." I had completely left it off the schedule so I had to find a time in that week's sessions where we could record it. I sent a proposed schedule back to Marnie and she confirmed this morning that the date was fine. Another bullet dodged.

Today, I have to return a defective CD to Amazon; the CD says Vol. 40 but it's got the same contents as Vol 39 of the Complete Johann Strauss II Edition from Marco Polo/Naxos, so I fear all copies of Vol 40 may be screwed up. I also have to reply to a long email from the gentleman whose foundation is funding ths recording. After that, it's back to my Herbert reports and corrections.

[John G.]

TOD:

There are so many possibilities, but here are three that stand out at this moment in the morning.

1. Cyrano de Bergerac -- I saw a lavish production of this at Actor's Theater of Louisville. Jon Jory had wanted to stage it for years. He had a great cast -- except for his wife as Roxanne. She was weak, which made her unattractive and you never quite understood all that the wonderful Cyrano saw in her. I would love to see a better staging.

2. The Merry Wives of Windsor -- I saw an outdoor, Shakespeare in the Park production of this show every single evening that it ran, it was so wonderful. And it was never better than when the director replaced the leading lady and performed with script behind a fan. She was spectacular in ways the actress could never quite measure up to.

3. Joe Turner's Come and Gone -- The original production with Delroy Lindo remains as powerful an evening of theater as I have ever experienced.

I also thoroughly enjoyed some great performers in great plays: Joanne Woodward in "Ghosts," Richard Thomas in "Peer Gynt" and Judith Ivey and Ed Harris in "Precious Sons" (in an early preview before the script was apparently gutted before opening).

[elmore3003]

Concerning the TOD, I agree with DR Charles Pogue; I have too many favorite plays and my whims change daily. If I'm feeling partial to Restoration and 18th Century comedy, it's this:
  1. THE COUNTRY WIFE
  2. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
  3. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

If it's classic American 20th Century dramatic literature, I guess it would be:
  1. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
  2. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
  3. AH, WILDERNESS

But on another day I might say iit's MARAT/SADE, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, and ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!

But, of all the plays ever written, I guess number one for me is KING LEAR, now and forever.

I have the same problem with opera.

[Druxy]

Concerning the TOD, I agree with DR Charles Pogue; I have too many favorite plays and my whims change daily. If I'm feeling partial to Restoration and 18th Century comedy, it's this:
  1. THE COUNTRY WIFE
  2. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
  3. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

If it's classic American 20th Century dramatic literature, I guess it would be:
  1. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
  2. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
  3. AH, WILDERNESS

But on another day I might say iit's MARAT/SADE, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, and ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!

But, of all the plays ever written, I guess number one for me is KING LEAR, now and forever.

I have the same problem with opera.

I love ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.

I saw the 1980s revival in NY with Tony Roberts, Jean Stapleton and my guy, Abe Vigoda.

[Jrand74]

Oh my TOD -

Importance of Being Earnest
The Glass Menagerie
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

and - Othello & Henry V

[Jrand74]

Thanks to all for the review comments.....I don't know what that meant either, DR CILLA LIZ....I have always been funny.

Great pics from DR JOSE yesterday - a niece & DR EDISAURUS and Greg!

[Jrand74]

Hopefully Myrtle-Belle is headed for a forever home.

[Jrand74]

Loved the Partridge Family clip!

[MBarnum]

DR JRand, congratulations on your big opening!

[MBarnum]

Oh, and JRand, you have a package of entertaining goodies headed your way!

Elmore, you also have something  coming to you! And I mean that in the nicest way.

[MBarnum]

Well, only 4 more days and I will be in my apartment, permanently!

Despite all the car loads of stuff I have taken over already, it still seems like I have so much more still to pack up.

[MBarnum]

And in case no one yet noticed, Billie Mae Richards, the voice of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, passed away at age 88. Oh how I awaited that television special each year!!!

Thanks for the great entertainment, Billie Mae!

[elmore3003]

Great pics from DR JOSE yesterday - a niece & DR EDISAURUS and Greg!

I forgot to mention that! Great photos. Your niece is adorable, and I miss Amy & Greg!

I will be completely absorbed by this recording until the sessions are over, and I apologize now.

[elmore3003]

Elmore, you also have something  coming to you! And I mean that in the nicest way.

I am already terrified. So, DR MBarnum, has anyone received a change of address or do we send things to you c/o General Delivery, Oregon Penal System?

[Jrand74]

I received the parcel today, DR MBARNUM.....thanks!

[Ginny]

Back from my first appointment of the day - haircut by Tina.

I, too, enjoyed DR Jose's photos and the ones he posted on Facebook and Twitter.

[bk]

I'm up - good thing I set the alarm to go off - I would probably have slept until noon.

[Jrand74]

I was most amused by your $14 Mac and Cheese....was it as good as what you had at Shapiro's in Indy?

[JMK]

I'm not sure you'll be able to see this, but this is the very funny (IMHO) video put together by the church I work for for our Fall Kick Off.  The music section starts about 2 1/2 minutes in.  A lot of the congregation are high-tech people at Intel and the like, as you can tell from the HD video. 

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=440334937397

[Elan]

Morning, all! How-DEE! Well, I'm jes' so proud to be here! (Sorry, just finished talking with my friend from Nashville...)

TOD (like most everyone else, this is my list as of right now. Liable to change in 10 minutes):

1) Shakespeare's Cymbeline - the most over-the-top, convoluted mix of crazy plot devices that the Bard ever pulled out of his... brain. If I ever teach high school Shakespeare, I'm burning Hamlet and Romeo, and giving the kiddies this one and Titus Andronicus Best production ever: The Pearl Theatre Company's.

2) Company - Never get tired of this show, always find something new. Favorite production: Helen Hayes Theater in Nyack, with Donna McKechnie as Joanne, Alix Korey as Amy, and Norm Lewis as Bobby. After having just seen a video of the abomination that was the Sam Mandes version, I wanted to kiss the director of this production: no gimmicks, straightforward trusting of the material, with just a sprinkling of creativity when needed (the only time I've seen the pot scene not suck half the momentum out of the show). Runner-up: an amateur production at the DiCapro Opera House, with an MD that worked magic on reducing the orchestration for his tiny pit.

3) Sunshine Boys - the recent Broadway revival with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Two old men sitting at a table, saying nothing, drinking tea, as one stirs sugar into his mug, and I was falling off my seat laughing my fool head off.

[Elan]

2. The Merry Wives of Windsor -- I saw an outdoor, Shakespeare in the Park production of this show every single evening that it ran, it was so wonderful. And it was never better than when the director replaced the leading lady and performed with script behind a fan. She was spectacular in ways the actress could never quite measure up to.

Was that the year it ran with "Two Gentlemen of Verona?" (I've got a rather embarassing/amusing story involved with that production)