We can dive through the air like a flying trapeze We can turn double somersaults, bounce on a well We can run up the wall, we can swing through the trees We can balance on chairs, In you Taco Bell
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
"We're rats, we're rats, we're furry and furlorn!"
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
Haven't you guys heard? With the latest advances in technology Sondheim feels it's finally time to finish his Follies trilogy. First they're going to remount the original Follies with new Loveland special effects. Then watch out for
2008's Follies 2: Sally Strikes Back!
Having repaired their failing marriage Ben and Phyllis decide to adopt a Chinese orphan. When Sally sees this in the local newspaper she realizes that if she doesn't stop them she will never be able to get Ben back from Phyllis. So Sally leaves the dirty dishes in the sink AGAIN and sets out at once for China, where Ben and Phyllis are to get their newly adoped baby. But hilarity ensues Ben finds out that his job as a door to door salesmen is in jeopardy--and he has to go to concidentally has to go to China to prove his mettle by selling his wares to Chairman Mao. So he and Margie pack it up, leave a note for Sally that he'll be gone a while, and are off to China. Let's just say that things get messy from there, when Sally puts national security at risk, but Nixon shows up to set things right in the end.
And then in 2009 we go forth to the 80s in Follies: The Next Generation
Since Buddy finally has finally left Sally for Margie, and Ben has succumbed to liver cancer, Sally finally jumps the gun and kills herself. When Sally's two boys find out, they are both in the full throes of their own midlife crisis and the Sally Durant crazy gene is hitting them. They start romanticizing the memory of their mother (who appears in this Follies as a ghost needling them on) and need someone to blame, but who?
Naturally, Phyllis, the one who took everything away from Sally.
So they set out to assassinate the famous Phyllis Stone, but Buddy finds out about their plot. The race is on. Captivating suspense as old Follies girls start popping up dead all over the place. Can Buddy save Phyllis before it's too late?
Of course there's a twist at the end. Let's just say, is Ben REALLY dead? Stay tuned.
S.Sondheim finally gets his mystery musical... I would go see these.
I'm so thrilled that someone mentioned "Hey Arnold"--it's the first thing I thought of. It's a hilarious little snippet because...it's true.
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
Why doesn't Sondheim totally overthrow Lloyd Webber with a musical called...
A FUNNY THING HAPPEND ON THE WAY TO THE PHANTOM
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
"The Queen and Me" "The Prince and You" "The Doge and Y'all"
"North Atlantic"
"Rigoletto Washington"
Sound of Music 2: The Other Side of the Mountain Sound of Music 3: The Lonely Goatherd's Revenge Sound of Music 4: Return of the Baroness Sound of Music 5: Uncle Max's Friend
Sondheim has held a press conference today to announce the following on a whirlwind production schedule:
A Little Late Afternoon Music An Even Smaller Gospel Brunch A Mid-Morning Peck Between Meals With My iPod
Atlantic Overtures Baltic Overtures Mediterranean Overtures North Sea Exit Music Adriatic Entr'actes
A Terrible Thing Happened on the Way Back From the Forum
Merrily We Roll Again
Sweeney 2: The Night HE Came Home Sweeney 3D: Even Prettier Women
Anyone Can Snap Their Fingers
Into the Woods 2: Even Still More Happier Ever After Still, Even
Jerry Herman has made plans for the following:
Auntie Vera Goodbye, Dolly! Les Cagelles A Go-Go Mack & Fatty
I think they're onto something big!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Several days ago at the L.A. New Musicals Festival, Stephen Schwartz announced that in order to capitalize on the financial success of his Broadway hit, Wicked, he will be composing and lyricizing two sequels, Wickeder and Wickedest, with the hopes that these musicals will also become Broadway legends. He is currently seeking the financial backing of Disney, rather than Universal Studios. His reasons are obvious, since Disney has historically had much experience with creating wonderfully successful sequels to its classic films, a la Cinderella III.
...Goodness, I certainly hope my sarcasm reads well :)
Sondheim announces "Out of the Woods: Rapunzel's Revenge".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
I heard Fred Ebb and John Kander had a few ideas to sequalize (Is even a word?) their popular shows before Fred Ebb passed away.
Kiss of the Spiderman with Toby Maguire as the title character Think Kiss of the Spiderwoman gone Spiderman. Yes, Molina's son is a man obsessed with the popular comic book locked away for years in a Latin prison.
Chicago 2: The Stock Market Crash Roxie and Velma realize life isn't good Nowadays after the stock market crashes and their beloved friends begin jumping off the orchestra platform into a Bob Fosse orgy of sex and symbolism.
Comden & Green Present "Leave the Town: The Ed Koch Years"
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.