re: Caroline O'Connor The Hatpin New York
Sep 17
2008, 03:40:12 PM
Thanks, Ajac.
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re: Caroline O'Connor The Hatpin New York
Sep 17
2008, 03:14:06 AM
So has anyone been to see The Hatpin yet?
Aussies need to know what you think.
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re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Aug 6
2008, 02:53:11 AM
"What is the hand on the bottom half of the logo supposed to mean?"
I reckon it's a reference to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Gary Indiana.
Just a guess, though.
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re: Favorite books about Broadway
Aug 4
2008, 03:08:47 AM
Act One - Moss Hart.
Close runner-up: Sondheim & Co.
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re: Are Tony Award Numbers Really Live?
Jul 31
2008, 11:11:45 PM
The 1995 awards, when Kathleen Turner was so tired/jetlagged/sozzled that she said 'Nineteen Ninety ...' and awarded Ralph (not 'Raife') Fiennes the Tony?
That was live.
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re: Butchered Recordings of Broadway Songs
Jul 30
2008, 06:17:33 AM
Oh, Weez, you are so right. And as bad as Elaine's singing is on that one ("just gotta get right outa here-yore"), it's the London Philharmonic galumphing through Brian May's guitar solo that made me long for sweet, sweet death.
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re: obcr HAIR cd?
Jul 30
2008, 02:39:33 AM
I always figured it was a reference to 'White people sending Black people to fight the Yellow people to defend the land they stole from the Red people'.
Or they just wanted Dylanesque cred.
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re: Butchered Recordings of Broadway Songs
Jul 30
2008, 02:24:41 AM
Liza's pseudo-techno version of 'Losing My Mind'.
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re: Baritone? Tenor?
Jul 29
2008, 07:25:56 AM
Also, the terms are properly used to describe a particular role, not a given singer's voice. For exmaple, in Tosca, Scarpia is a baritone role and Cavaradossi is a tenor role. It's perfectly feasible, although unlikely, than one male singer could play both parts if he had the range, the tonal colours and the acting chops required.
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re: Bea Arthur's voice in 'Mame' the movie
Jul 23
2008, 04:40:09 PM
It might be Jerry Herman - he has Bea Arthur's voice.
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re: ANOTHER JCS film??! Why?
Jul 20
2008, 01:03:22 AM
Too soon to ask for an 'Evita' remake?
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re: Ever write a musical?
Jul 20
2008, 12:02:26 AM
Five, all here in Australia. None famous, none hugely successful, but I'm proud of 'em all, and I hope you like cutting things.
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re: My Brilliant Idea!
Jun 30
2008, 10:10:09 PM
You're right, Kevin's too old.
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re: My Brilliant Idea!
Jun 30
2008, 10:04:27 PM
While you're at it, Dreamworks should look at The Road to El Dorado: The Musical. Minus the Elton John/Tim Rice songs, of course - but keep Kevin Kline.
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re: WICKED Australia starts previews today...
Jun 30
2008, 07:15:30 PM
We could, of course, argue for a cast recording in Strine:
Nah-wahn mawns tha wee-kudd ...
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re: Lyrics in musicals that make you itch
Jun 30
2008, 07:12:42 PM
Just goes to show, Yip Harburg knows when it's time to rhyme with 'Oz', and Schwarz knows it's always rhyme-time.
With anything.
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re: Lyrics in musicals that make you itch
Jun 29
2008, 10:29:21 PM
I hate bad rhymes, but logic flaws drive me crazy. For example:
"No wizard that there is or was ... "
Why would she care about wizards who no longer exist? The sentiment should be "No wizard that there is or ever will be", but rhyme-whore Schwarz needs to rhyme with "Oz".
On the subject of Sunset Boulevard, here's Michael Walsh's review from time.com:
"Some of the lyrics, though, have got to go. To have Joe sing that L.A. has changed a lot "since those brave
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re: best sondheim song....EVER
May 24
2008, 04:41:52 PM
Love 'Pacific Overtures', so:
Comic - 'Please Hello'
Moving - 'There Is No Other Way'
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