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Post by kazk on Nov 27, 2014 20:41:13 GMT -5
Hello, y'all, Am doing food prep for stuffed mushrooms. Have sweet potatoes baking. Will shortly cook the mirlitons (chayote squash) which will later be stuffed with a crab filling.
While chopping up veggies (first time using shallots - made me cry as soon as I cut into it!) I was watching the parade coverage on TV. There was a performer from the play "Pippin" doing a number. Impressed at her coordination - how she could sing and use the hula-hoop at the same time!. And at the end of the number, she held up the hoop and a guy did a flip through it!
Has anyone seen that play? If it's as good as that segment I got to get to NYC somehow to see it.
Cheers,
Elizabeth "Auntie Em" Hi Auntie Em, I saw Pippin when we were in New York recently. It's closing soon so you'll need to hurry if you want to go. I enjoyed what they have done with the show. The circus choreography is fantastic. I do think the music and the storyline is quite dated though. There is a lot to like about it. It was on out here in the early 1970s and I remember seeing it then with one of our pop stars of the time. Since I was so in love with him I had to see it. However while I was watching Pippin this time I kept seeing him in the role. They have been through a number of cast changes recently and I wonder if that's why it didn't seem as good to me. The one playing the Lead Player though is fantastic. While I was in New York I saw a number of shows. We live in Australia so when I visit I'm at a show most nights. I have to say that I think, for me, there are better musicals on at the moment. A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder was fabulous and I thoroughly enjoyed Beautiful - the Carole King Story as well.
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 27, 2014 21:00:44 GMT -5
My High School junior class took a Thanksgiving trip to the NE U.S. in 1974. The last several days were in NYC, which was fascinating. However it was also frustrating. We were supposed to go to the Met for an opera but there was a strike there. Tried to see "Pippin" was unable to get tickets. Remembered that another big play that year was "That Championship Season." Well, we ended up seeing "The Fantasticks," okay but not quite what I was hoping for.
My Maryland sister has been under a lot of stress. Wish I could convince her to go with me up to NYC for a play. If not "Pippin" then possibly something that our boy Richard was in?
EM It's frequently a problem to get tickets if you haven't booked months ahead of time.... but, if you can be flexible, you can usually come up with something good at any given moment.... people frequently have to cancel and turn their tickets back into the box office.... there are services that handle getting last-minute tickets, but you can also do it by stopping at box offices yourself, especially on the day of the show.
I'm quite glad you saw The Fantasticks... it was a fun show for so many years (40?)... off-Broadway is a good experience, too, and the intimacy of the tiny Cherry Lane Theatre was "embracing" -- You were in Will Geer's old stomping grounds !!
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Post by kazk on Nov 27, 2014 23:42:20 GMT -5
Yes that is sometimes a problem. It's often that the weekends are booked out and the mid week tickets are easier to get. However I did manage to get fairly good seats on most shows at fairly short notice so it can be done. I think in winter the demand seems to decrease a bit.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Nov 28, 2014 0:32:39 GMT -5
Hello, y'all, Am doing food prep for stuffed mushrooms. Have sweet potatoes baking. Will shortly cook the mirlitons (chayote squash) which will later be stuffed with a crab filling.
While chopping up veggies (first time using shallots - made me cry as soon as I cut into it!) I was watching the parade coverage on TV. There was a performer from the play "Pippin" doing a number. Impressed at her coordination - how she could sing and use the hula-hoop at the same time!. And at the end of the number, she held up the hoop and a guy did a flip through it!
Has anyone seen that play? If it's as good as that segment I got to get to NYC somehow to see it.
Cheers,
Elizabeth "Auntie Em"
I worked on the very first production in the 70's.... And at the 2013 Tony Awards, when the revival was up for "Best Revival" (and won 4 of its 10 nominations!), friends had a "Pippin Party" at their Manhattan apartment for old-timers like me to watch the Awards together on tv -- ended up staying with them for a week and doing everything I wanted to do in the city !! -- the best time ever, and my "farewell" to Manhattan, I guess. (I bored everyone with an extremely long thread on here somewhere....)
JeriJet - you did not bore me with your thread about your Manhattan trip in 2013. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm glad that you were able to go on the trip to Manhattan.
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Post by kazk on Nov 28, 2014 1:40:37 GMT -5
I agree with Forever. I'm always up for hearing and chatting about theatre!
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 28, 2014 8:09:55 GMT -5
I agree with Forever. I'm always up for hearing and chatting about theatre! Glad to hear that !! -- I thought nedandres and I were the only ones.
When it comes to stage shows, I rush to say that there are many, many regional theatres that have excellent productions.... Visiting NYC/Broadway is exciting, electric, etc., but don't hesitate to see some local shows -- you may even see an "star" you recognize or give an up-and-coming actor well-needed support !!
Most of our really good actors started in regional theatre.... that's where they develop their love of live performance and hone their skills.... Richard Thomas has often said that, while he appreciates his experience on tv and movies, his heart belongs to the theatre.... He and so many others spend "off-time" participating in regional shows.
Some writers/songwriters spend quite a bit of their time travelling around to work with regional theatres when they are doing a show once on Broadway.... friend Stephen Schwartz goes all over the world helping in productions of Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, etc. (frequently in foreign languages) -- he has even worked with high school students here at home !!
Remember, when you attend a live performance, you are actually seeing a one-time event !! and there's a "closeness" you feel which you'll never get with movies or tv.
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Post by kazk on Nov 28, 2014 15:15:17 GMT -5
I'm in Melbourne, Australia Jeri and we have an absolutely vibrant stage community here, both professional and non professional with some great performers coming through both. As for Stephen Schwartz, he is amazing! Godspell was one of my favourite shows in the 70s and I was in a school production of it at one time. Then to have Wicked be so successful so many years later. I love it! However we only have a limited number of theatres suitable for many of the shows. We're lucky at the moment because they're all full! The draw card of Broadway for me is the variety of shows available. So many choices. We stay for a couple of weeks and fit in lots of shows. I also get to see many shows that are so American the we would never get them here because they just wouldn't get people there. Ragtime is one example. I loved it when I saw it but it's never found it's way out here. Mary Poppins took 4 years to get here and we're only just getting Matilda in January! As for plays, many simply don't get here. There's a real push for companies to do Australian drama although we do have a mix of English and U.S. plays as well but more classics than new.
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Post by nedandres on Nov 29, 2014 18:08:22 GMT -5
Well, now yes, I could "talk" on here about the theatre all the time. "The Fantasticks" is one of my favorites. I played the Girl's father in a college production opposite the Boy's mother. Yes, they changed it to my mother for our production. Great, great fun, and then I did end up seeing the show at the Sullivan Street Theatre in the Village before it closed for a time and ended up in Manhattan at a theatre that was renamed for Jerry Orbach, who was in the original off-Broadway production. I enjoyed the production I saw, especially the intimacy of the theatre.
Recently I have been listening to the CDs of the recent Broadway revival of "Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill," which was the recent tour de force of Audra McDonald, who I also saw in the revival of "110 in the Shade" (Will Geer appeared as the Father in the original production in the 1960s). Well, Audra obtained her sixth Tony (a record) in "Lady Day." I saw it in March when I was in the USA helping my parents. She totally inhabits the role of Billie Holliday set during a performance in at a small club in Philly because she could not get any other gigs. It really is a wonderful show which chronicles much of Holliday's life through anecdotes and songs. I highly recommend the CDs for those who missed the live show.
I love talking about the theatre so keep the talk coming.
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 29, 2014 18:55:37 GMT -5
Ned -- so, I've embarrassed myself again -- what am I thinking of that was long-running at the Cherry Lane ??!! Gave myself a good head-slap when you mentioned the Sullivan Street Playhouse.... Have a doctor appointment on Monday, and I think it's time to bring up all the brain malfunctions I've been having lately....
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Post by nedandres on Nov 30, 2014 22:00:00 GMT -5
Well, Jeri, I don't think you have any apologizing to do. Just keep the theatre talk coming. I love to read about the shows you have seen.
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Post by nedandres on Nov 30, 2014 22:01:08 GMT -5
Karen, when you saw "Pippin," was Lucie Arnaz in the show? I know she was it in for a time.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Dec 1, 2014 6:15:48 GMT -5
You mean Hallmark doesn't pay you a salary for picking and choosing which shows they will air? You don't get paid anything for controlling the weather? BUMMER! Kimberly...Brenda does all that work out of the goodness of her heart. She would be insulted if she were offered a salary to create the Hallmark programming line-up. And the weather....well, she does that just for fun. But she would like to be paid $50.00 for each little what-ever-they-are-called! Here is an extra $200.00! $250.00!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Dec 1, 2014 6:23:00 GMT -5
I agree with Forever. I'm always up for hearing and chatting about theatre! Glad to hear that !! -- I thought nedandres and I were the only ones.
When it comes to stage shows, I rush to say that there are many, many regional theatres that have excellent productions.... Visiting NYC/Broadway is exciting, electric, etc., but don't hesitate to see some local shows -- you may even see an "star" you recognize or give an up-and-coming actor well-needed support !!
Most of our really good actors started in regional theatre.... that's where they develop their love of live performance and hone their skills.... Richard Thomas has often said that, while he appreciates his experience on tv and movies, his heart belongs to the theatre.... He and so many others spend "off-time" participating in regional shows.
Some writers/songwriters spend quite a bit of their time travelling around to work with regional theatres when they are doing a show once on Broadway.... friend Stephen Schwartz goes all over the world helping in productions of Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, etc. (frequently in foreign languages) -- he has even worked with high school students here at home !!
Remember, when you attend a live performance, you are actually seeing a one-time event !! and there's a "closeness" you feel which you'll never get with movies or tv.
I love hearing about the shows also. Have been to many in NYC and Philadelphia. Philly is easy for us but NYC means a longer train ride or a bus. I would like to go see the Christmas windows. We went a few years ago and had a great time. NYC store windows are so beautiful. Even went to the Charmin bathrooms! Crazy but kind of fun! Saw the Naked Cowboy (doesn't everyone?). Road the double decker train back home!
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Post by JeriJet on Dec 1, 2014 7:53:39 GMT -5
Glad to hear that !! -- I thought nedandres and I were the only ones.
When it comes to stage shows, I rush to say that there are many, many regional theatres that have excellent productions.... Visiting NYC/Broadway is exciting, electric, etc., but don't hesitate to see some local shows -- you may even see an "star" you recognize or give an up-and-coming actor well-needed support !!
Most of our really good actors started in regional theatre.... that's where they develop their love of live performance and hone their skills.... Richard Thomas has often said that, while he appreciates his experience on tv and movies, his heart belongs to the theatre.... He and so many others spend "off-time" participating in regional shows.
Some writers/songwriters spend quite a bit of their time travelling around to work with regional theatres when they are doing a show once on Broadway.... friend Stephen Schwartz goes all over the world helping in productions of Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, etc. (frequently in foreign languages) -- he has even worked with high school students here at home !!
Remember, when you attend a live performance, you are actually seeing a one-time event !! and there's a "closeness" you feel which you'll never get with movies or tv.
I love hearing about the shows also. Have been to many in NYC and Philadelphia. Philly is easy for us but NYC means a longer train ride or a bus. I would like to go see the Christmas windows. We went a few years ago and had a great time. NYC store windows are so beautiful. Even went to the Charmin bathrooms! Crazy but kind of fun! Saw the Naked Cowboy (doesn't everyone?). Road the double decker train back home! To me, there is nothing more spectacular than Fifth Avenue at Christmastime !! -- especially in the evening.
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Post by JeriJet on Dec 1, 2014 8:03:18 GMT -5
Well, Jeri, I don't think you have any apologizing to do. Just keep the theatre talk coming. I love to read about the shows you have seen. A couple of years ago, I started having what I call "episodes" -- for about two minutes I have a sort of "brain freeze" -- can't focus my eyes, and I stare at the tv, knowing talking is going on, but can't figure out what they are saying.... lots of tests at the medical group -- 24-hour EEG, etc., but no diagnosis and gave up since it was only happening maybe once every two months.... but, it's happening more often now, and I feel my memory slipping.
I'll see a neurologist again once I get through my current appointments with hematologists/oncologists !! -- a recent blood test shows rather high white blood cell count, with no obvious symptoms.... YIKES! ... after a very healthy life, this is a surprise.
Sorry to relate this gruesome stuff -- I just feel so embarrassed about recent memory lapses....
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