NuggetMonkeys and GovernorSlaton Love Thread.- Page 4

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 10:42pm

Get that portfolio together -- Abercrombie & Fitch wants you for the Spring catalogue and your public awaits!

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 11:22pm

A and F...Ahhhhhhhhhhh (sorry, I've been in a Phantom mood tonight)

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 11:23pm

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPER-AAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/5/04 at 11:27pm

Phantom2, not Phantom of the Opera.
Silly Monkey.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 12:11am

That's a good philosophy.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 3:59pm

Hmmm...I'm doing a lot of *BUMP*ing this afternoon...

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 4:02pm

Looking for more love, Gov?

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 4:03pm

...

[Marquise]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 5:36pm

awwww im gonna take a brief moment out of my busy schedule to show much love to NuggetMonkeys and GovernorSlaton....

for all you do..."This Bud's For You!"

::raises bottle of Budweiser in honor::

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 6:09pm

Marquise, all you have to do to make my day is POST, thus showing me that gorgeous Vanessa Williams.
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum.
d.b.j-

[Delphine]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 7:39pm

I'm gonna join all y'all on this thread now. Thank you.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 9:41pm

haha, this was a funy thread. thanxs. *crawls back into shell to sit to contemplate lack of life*

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 9:59pm

I just wrote a letter to Stephen Sondheim. Wanna read it?

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:01pm

Ooh ooh lets see!

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:07pm

Mr. Sondheim;

I would like to begin this letter by telling you that I am a huge fan of your work. Your music has affected me like nothing else. With each listen, more layers are revealed, and I am in constant awe of how your lyrics compliment your music and vice-versa. My favorite score of yours is (of course) Sweeney Todd, but all of your scores are wonderful. I have also had the pleasure to be in a few productions of Into the Woods, and even if some aspects of the production were far from perfect, the music always remained brilliant, and all who were involved had an amazing experience.

This past summer, I was able to see the Broadway production of Assassins. It was a great show, and it is disappointing that the extended run could not have been finished. More people should have gotten the chance to see something that would make them think and discuss. The performers were excellent, and I was fortunate enought to see it with all of the original cast members. That day was June 6th, the day of the Tonys, and it just shows how dedicated the cast members were. Studio 54 was a very good home for the show, and having the orchestra so close made quite a difference.

Pacific Overtures is opening soon, and I am eagerly awaiting it. I have tickets for the second preview on November 13. It is sure to be a beautiful production. Pacific Overtures' score is a very under-appreciated, and deserves more recognition. Chrysanthemum Tea, Someone in a Tree, Pretty Lady, and especially Please Hello are great.

Company was the first score of yours that I ever listened to, and it is still one of the best. In ten years, I'm sure the lyrics will speak to me in ways I can't understand right now. And of course, having Elaine Stritch singing "The Ladies Who Lunch" is always a plus.

I have the DVD's of Into the Woods, Sweeney, Sunday in the Park with George, and Passion, and on the commentary tracks in the latter two, you and your other commentators always have such interesting things to say about the show, and they're very informative. The Sunday track especially, with James Lapine, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and yourself, provides some great insight.

I have a few questions for you, and I would be very thankful if you could answer them for me.

1) Out of your scores, which affects you the most emotionally?

2) How do you feel about the La Cage/Sunday Tony incident in 1984?

3) Which song have you cut from a show that you would most like to put back in?

4) Who is your favorite collaborator?

5) And finally, what do you think your next project might be? One of my friends wrote to you about a musical about the office of the Presidency, two different centuries for the two acts, and you said that Mr. Lapine and you had been thinking of something along those lines.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. I will always be a big fan of yours. Keep writing!

From a 13-year old fan,
My Name (It says my actual name in the letter)

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:15pm

yep

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:51pm

Gov- It doesn't matter. If you say or type "phantom", I will burst into song. Every time. And nice job!

[Delphine]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:56pm

Gov'na, you're so eloquent and thoughtful it's just crazy.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 11:00pm

Thanks. I'm very excited. I've never written a fan letter before.

[Delphine]

Posted: 10/6/04 at 11:39pm

I've only ever written two fan letters. One I wrote just last month and got a reply nine days later (*SQUEE!*) and the other I wrote years and years ago and would rather that letter stay in the past. If you would care to know, I wrote my very first fan letter to Regis Philbin. Yes, Regis. *shame* And Goddamn him, he didn't write back.