Message Board Celebrity Of The Day 11/16/07 - Jilani- Page 11

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 3:42pm

How wonderful! Congrats D2! You have been so nice to me! I'm also looking forward to learning more about you. For now, my usual art related question- Do you have a favorite area in the arts, and if so, who is your favorite?

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 3:52pm

Congrats!

How old are you?

Gender?

Favorite 5 shows?

Least Fav 5 shows?

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 4:09pm

Congrats D2!

What would be your perfect day?

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 6:32pm

My philosophy of life is:
Live and let live.

These five words describe me:
passionate; moody; opinionated; compassionate; loyal.

I am a: __ finished product or __ in a state of constant renovation
Constant renovation.

I used to:
work in advertising, now I work in the theater.

If you want to talk to me, you should:
Come right up to me and talk to me. Don't let the cold, aloof facade fool you.

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 6:38pm

If you could have rewrite any flawed musical, which one would you choose and what are some of the changes you would make.
I'm going to have to come back to this one.

Conversely, what musical do you think comes the closest to perfection?
Three:
Sophisticated: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, because it is elegant, witty, intelligent and crowd pleasing.

Comedic: THE PRODUCERS - tacky, obnoxious, offensive and fall on the floor funny.

Traditional: MY FAIR LADY. The perfect marriage of score and book and it holds up beautifully.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 6:40pm

Deeeeeeet!

Who's your favorite cyberchild? Just kidding.

What would be your ideal day?

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 6:45pm

If you could spend the day with one writer [dead or alive], who would it be and what would you do/discuss?
Walter Lord, and all things Titanic.

What is your favorite score from a musical? Least favorite?
Favorite: THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
Least Favorite: ALLEGRO

If you could take one memory with you, what would it be and why would it be significant?
That day in the third grade when Sister Pilar slapped me and I slapped her right back. It was when I realized there was a difference between being good, and being abused.

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 6:56pm

If we asked an important person in your life to describe you, what would he or she say? How accurate would it be?
They'd say I was funny. They'd be right.

What’s something that you’ve never done, but have always wanted to try?
Ski.

What’s the last great gift that you gave someone? And, that you were given?
1)I gave everyone in my class an A simply because thet all knocked themselves out this semester.
2)Life. Sappy answer, but true.

What do you do when you need cheering up?
Shop.

Name a place that you’ve never been, but would like to visit.
Italy.

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:02pm

If you were stranded on a desert island:

What ONE music cd would you have? (we're assuming you have a way to play it)
Anything Mozart.

What one musical instrument would you have?
Piano.

What one book would you have?
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON.


And:

If you were allowed to be any historical figure (must be someone 1900 or before) for a year, who would you want to be, and why?
Either the Duc or the Duchesse de Choiseul Praslin. They were involved in a terrible scandal in 1840's Paris, and I'd love to know what the truth behind it was, from either perspective.

Updated On: 5/17/07 at 07:02 PM

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:04pm

Do you have a favorite area in the arts, and if so, who is your favorite?

The pointillists, and of course my favorite artist has always been Georges Seurat, long before SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.

Updated On: 5/17/07 at 07:04 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:05pm

CONGRATS, D2. **Waves**

What question can I ask? Hmmmm . . .


If you were an ice cream flavor, what would it be?

What book have you read more than any other?

[RadiGal2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:11pm

OOh one of the all time great ones!
Congrats Deet!

My question is -- have you ever suffered from broken heart-- not necessarily only in love but perhaps something or someone that you put a huge emotional investment in and how did you mend it-- Or did you?

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:14pm

How old are you?
(search the avatar thread)

Gender?
Male

Favorite 5 shows?
Musicals:
SWEENEY TODD
GYPSY
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
MY FAIR LADY

Non Musicals:
A DELICATE BALANCE
TARTUFFE
NOISES OFF
AMADEUS
THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Least Fav 5 shows?
Musicals:
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
THE LION KING
PIPPIN
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHICOLOR DREAMCOAT
MAN OF LA MANCHA

Non Musicals:
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
DOUBT
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:16pm

You hate CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF? I may have to re-think this friendship. **wink, wink**

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:18pm

What would be your perfect day?
Sitting in a darkened theater, ever present Iced Venti Starbucks in hand, notebook and pen in the other, watching the dress rehearsal of one of my plays or musicals.

Updated On: 5/17/07 at 07:18 PM

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:19pm

What would be your ideal day?
See above post.

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:21pm

If you were an ice cream flavor, what would it be?
Chubby Hubby.

What book have you read more than any other?
Harriet the Spy.

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:26pm

Have you ever suffered from broken heart-- not necessarily only in love but perhaps something or someone that you put a huge emotional investment in and how did you mend it?
Yes, both in love and in emotional investment.

I got over the broken heart the usual way - I shot the bastard.

Just kidding.

I gave myself time to mourn, then went out and met the love of my life and 14 years later we're still together.

Recently I was passed over at my school for a job that I wanted very much.

Or did you?
I'm still working on that one. My therapist helps. And getting this new job helps too.

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:28pm

DJ, I never said I hate CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. It's just one of my least favorites.

I do, however, HATE, HATE, HATE T.M.M.!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:45pm

Anyone who slapped a nun is tops in my book.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 7:58pm

Oh, sorry. I thought I was just too cool to read the above posts.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 8:01pm

What’s something that you’ve never done, but have always wanted to try?
Ski.

Get your buttocks to the Great Pacific NW and I'll take you skiing!

[D2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 8:48pm

Again, I didn't hate any of the shows I listed. (Except for T.M.M.) I answered the question truthfully - I named my least favorite shows. If the question had been what shows have you hated (I'm going to regret this cuz I know that someone's going to ask me) I would most likely have had a slightly different list.

Getting back to Taz's question about how I would fix a flawed musical:

I have two musicals to discuss. The first one is one that I saw last year at La Jolla - the musical version of ZHIVAGO. My answer is both glib and truthful: I would fire the book writer, fire the composer and bring in a team that has mastered the art of turning a sprawling work into a cohesive, thrilling and moving musical: Terence McNallly, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

This next answer is how I personally would approach VICTOR/VICTORIA: I would can the songs that were inserted as "book" or "plot" songs, keeping the musical numbers confined to the cabarets where they can comment on the action of the play rather than feebly try to advance the plot, and I would focus on making the show more intimately focused on the characters and their foibles and less of a BIG SPECTACLE. At its heart, VV is an intimate show about love and it doesn't need the trappings of a traditional musical. IMHO.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 8:50pm

"That day in the third grade when Sister Pilar slapped me and I slapped her right back."

You were fabulous in the third grade!!!!

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 8:57pm

Psh, he's fabulous now.