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'The King And I' was Yul Brynner and Virginia McKenna. I just remember being in awe of the whole thing. I had to keep pinching myself. I was thinking, 'I'm seeing this beautiful show in the PALLADIUM'. Believe me, as a kid it's something I could only have dreamed of. It's one of those special moments I'll never forget.

Top five theatre performances, Cookie -

Patti in 'Sunset' as I mentioned before
Kevin Spacey 'The Iceman Cometh'
Cate Blanchett 'Plenty'
Victoria Clark 'Piazza'
and most recently Iain Glenn in 'The Crucible'

I'm sure if I thought long and hard I'd come up with another dozen or so.

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Sadly I've never seen anything at the Bridwell, Miss Pennywise. I heard good things about that particular production. Is it one you saw yourself?

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Oh, yes, I did, and I loved it. So many companies just do Weill such an injustice. This production was outstanding. I have not been to London since my son was born, but we used to go every year. (A dear friend of mine was living there so we used seeing her as an excuse to go often!)

Once my son is a little older, we will venture forth again. But for now, I must live vicariously through you.

I actually saw one of the all-time WORST musicals once when I was in London: Napoleon. Did you happen to mistakenly wander into the Strand (I think it was) when Napoleon was there?

It was SO awful that we couldn't leave at intermission. I should have known something was amiss when I got to the theatre and thought the performance had been cancelled because there was practically NO ONE there but us! I had never seen such a poor showing at the theatre. Then again, I had never seen such a poor show at any theatre!

Hope I'm not offending you on your special day. I mean, you might have liked it. (There are drug-induced states that could render the show appealing, I suppose.)

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Pattifan, your answers are wonderful and I'm so enjoying getting to know you. I know completely how you feel about books. I've a stack, too, that I'm trying to get to. Perhaps if I spent less time on the board...?

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Congrats! Hope you're enjoying your reign!!

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I will begin this next comment by stating for the record that I am French. (I mean, of French descent. I was born and raised in the good ol' US of A.) My husband is also French. We have family in France. We love the country and the culture.

Now, I have to tell you that the French have TERRIBLE taste in musicals! So I was NOT surprised to see that everyone at The Strand that night was French! (All 30 of them.)

Patti, I am so disappointed you missed it. We could have had a laughfest and a secret clique for the rest of our lives (or at least for as long as the BWW Board exists...which is questionable, don't you think?)

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Oh, oh, I also forgot to mention that the French line from which I descend is the Bonaparte! (I am NOT kidding about this.) And even I couldn't enjoy that debacle.

But enough about me. This is YOUR day! Tell me, Pattifan, what do you think about all the interesting things I have told you about myself?

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Before the day is over let me congratulate you for being chosen BWW CotD. It seems like you are admired my many here at BWW and very worthy of this honor. I have enjoyed reading your responses to your questions and would love to visit England some day. I will soon be seeing the object of your avatar as I have tickets to see Sweeney Todd in NY next week. Hope you had a great day as MBCotD.

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Sharing a favorite poem with pattifan before bed.

The Flowers

All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.

Fairy places, fairy things,
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames--
These must all be fairy names!

Tiny woods below whose boughs
Shady fairies weave a house;
Tiny tree-tops, rose or thyme,
Where the braver fairies climb!

Fair are grown-up people's trees,
But the fairest woods are these;
Where, if I were not so tall,
I should live for good and all.

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Addy, I love that poem! I haven't heard it before - who wrote it?

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And a garden to go with that verse, for our Englishman...

Well - now you do.

You can google it for some of the other poems. So delightful.


(Just like the celebrity of the day!)

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Updated On: 3/27/06 at 11:31 PM