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Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
#750Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:06pm
well, in the past two years and coming year then.
although, you could argue that is is very slightly based on Seseme Street.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#751Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/26/06 at 6:14pm
You could argue that Drowsy is "very slightly" (oxymoron btw) based on 20s musicals. There's enough original stuff in Q to qualify it as original at least as Drowsy.
Actually, I got a better one that beats both. I'd say Q is slightly better, but I'd put it above Drowsy: spelling Bee. There's not much you can think of to say Spelling Bee is slightly based on.
But you know, I'm certainly not one of those people who only love original musicals. They're so rare anyway. R&H were all based on plays/books, Rent on an opera, Wicked on a book, etc. Of course my absolute favorite is based on a fairly famous story...doesn't take away from the show itself. But just since you were classifying Drowsy anyway is why I replied with Q.
And if you're then gonna say Drowsy was the best original music to open last season...well it's sole competition would be In My Life. Do you really think it says anything about a show to say it's better than In My Life? :-P
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
Updated On: 9/26/06 at 06:14 PM
cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
#752Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/26/06 at 6:59pm
thanks Dre, listen to you tomorrow 
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#753Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:08pm
The Lake House is a long and tedious movie, with a ridiculous lack of Scott Cohen in it.
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
#754Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 9:08amYou make an interesting and incisive point Blucat.
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
#755Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 9:41am
do you have the list dre? 
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#756Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 9:55am
not till later. about 1pm? I know it;s late, but I had rehearsal last night then watched House. funny episode. can't wait till Oct 21.
edit: hers is the list:
Lullaby of Broadway - 42 st.
Magic to Do - Pippin
Brotherhood of Man - How To Succeed
Moonfall - Mystery of Edwin Drood
Any Dream Will Do - Joseph and the ATDC
Somebody's Eyes - Footloose
That Was Nearly Us - By Jeeves
Glee Club Rehearsal - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Next Best Thing To Love - A Class Act
Going, Going, Gone - Likes of Us
Simple Boy - Prince and the Pauper
I Got The Sun In the Morning - Anie Get Your Gun
Marian the Librarian - Music Man
As We Stumble Along - Drowsy Chaperone
An Old-Fashioned Love Story - Wild Party
Who Better Than Me - Tarzan
Light Romance - Blood Brothers
He Could Be a Star - Billy Elliot
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid - Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum
Come With Me - Boys From Syracuse
I Cannot Hear the City - Sweet Smell of Success
Into the Fire - Scarlet Pimpernel
Thanks a Lot Neighbors Above and Below - Brownstone
At Long Last Love - You Never Know
Money, Money, Money - Mamma Mia
One Special Man - Big
Sunday - Sunday in the park with George
I Believe - Altar Boyz
Love is My Legs - DRS
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Updated On: 9/27/06 at 09:55 AM
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
#757Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 3:06pmgreat show as aways dre, sorry for not posting much but I have trouble listening to the show and posting at the same time...bandwith problems...
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#758Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 3:13pm
it's cool. thanks annie!
got a question: how long does it take for a letter from here to reach Hungary?
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Updated On: 9/27/06 at 03:13 PM
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
#759Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 3:32pm***singing*** hold your head even higher and into the fire we goo ***screamint at the end***
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#760Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 3:54pmglad you liked it!
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#761Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 6:23pm
I listened to it a bit... do you talk on it at all? If you do, I must ave caught a part where a few songs were back-to-back.
Otherwsie, I had fun listening to it (I heard the altar boyz song that makes me even more mad that I saw the craptasticks)
#762Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 6:30pm
I do talk, after every 3rd or 4th song.
glad you could listen though Jeff.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#764Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 6:56pmJeff just wants to see christian boys shakin' their bootys...
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
#765Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 7:00pmNo I don't...and one of them is Jewish...but that's beside the point, lol...
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#766Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/27/06 at 11:38pm
Greg has turned the cam on again.
for how long tonight? who knows?!
#768Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 1:30pmHAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#769Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 1:58pm
Agreed.
A very happy birthday, Greg.
ilovedrsandNLB
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/05
#770Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 3:18pm
happy birthday greg!!! i miss you!
(on a different note, does anyone know for sure the last show that Norb will be in on the tour? is he going to Columbus, OH, or is he done before that? let me know! thanks!)
Ali
OK...L-A-H-O-M-A
#771Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 3:31pmHis last show is Dallas October 22nd.
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#772Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 3:40pm
Hi guys. I just got my laptop back from the shop. I've been going a little crazy without Internet access!
Dre - I only stopped at DC's stagedoor after The Fantasticks. I'm so sorry I missed you.
I've been catching up on all the posts from the last few days. The reason there is so much variety on Broadway (and Off) is because of the various tastes of the audiences. I would easily argue that (since DRS's closing) Drowsy Chaperone is the best show on Broadway. Avenue Q was a one-time only hit for me. Once I'd heard all the witty dialogue and lyrics, I had no desire to hear it again. I thought it was incredibly original - just not the kind I would get anything out of by seeing it a second time. I thought Spelling B was cute, but I was not impressed enough to see it again. In fact, I was sorry that I had not spent the money and time on something else. Again - this is simply a matter of taste. I've seen Drowsy twice and I know I'll see it again before the cast changes. I just enjoyed it THAT much!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG! (I've managed to miss him twice while my laptop was out for repairs. Now I have it back, he probably won't come back on during my days off from work.) 
For any who're interested, this is DRS's Easter Bonnet from the flea market:
www.thebreastcancersite.com
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
#773Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 3:50pmawww, Mamie, thanks for the pic. that's the one my friend got. It was weird getting on the train with that. but it was cool.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#774Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 4:05pm
Aww!
Of course Mamie; variety is imperative to Broadway. I think the importance lies in separating "best" from "favorite." And of course there's too much variety even in that, but I mean...Wicked is my favorite musical currently playin gon Broadway.
It's not the best, and I know it.
I so wanted DRS to win the 2005 Tony for best musical.
Piazza deserved it more.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#775Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 5:51pm
Thanks to those of you who have left Greg birthday greetings in his guest book already! You're the coolest!! :)
Spread the Greg Birthday love where he'll be SURE to see it!
Zyla
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#776Greg Jbara Love Thread Part 5: Keeping the love for our true prance alive!
Posted: 9/28/06 at 8:48pm
Thanks for posting the link, Barb! I left a greeting.
(By the way, it's a really nice site overall - very well put-together. Maybe I'm a shameless flatterer, but I really think it is!)
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