BLT III - clip from 1980 WEST SIDE STORY Revival- Page 5

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:34pm

That IS funny, Reg! But only because we know that PJ is not a "big sh!t."

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:57pm

It would be just like Lenny to hand-write a thank-you note and call someone "a big sh!t."

He would be chuckling as he wrote it, thinking, "There you go--frame THAT!"

Updated On: 12/30/08 at 03:57 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:08pm

Great stories.

The title of this thread has me craving a Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:24pm

Anyone remember the 1968 Lincoln Center production?
Victoria Mallory and Kurt Peterson, (two Sondheimites) as Tony and Maria were excellent, as was Barabra Luna as Anita.
Oliver Smith redid his original sets and Lee Becker Theodore recreated the direction and choreography.
It was probably the closest to the original.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:34pm

I didn't see it but I heard wonderful things about Barbara Luna...whatever happened to her?

Oliver Smith and Lee Theodore also re-created their work on the 1980 revival.

He was elegance personified and she was still Anybodys.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:35pm

CPD, are you old enough to remember the 1968 production? (I mean that in a nice way, BTW.)

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 8:02pm

Yes, it was the year after I graduated from High School.

Barbara Luna was on ONE LIFE TO LIVE for several years.
She was one of Emile's children in the original SOUTH PACIFIC and did a stint in A CHORUS LINE as Dina.
Her last credit is a TV Star Trek episode, she was also in the original series.

[Usnavi]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 8:31pm

Poster from the 1968 Lincoln Center Production:


Ad for the production


The Program



Miss BarBara Luna as "Anita"


Updated On: 12/30/08 at 08:31 PM

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 8:56pm

Wow, CPD, I thought you were a youngster, but, instead, you're old...like me! You have a youthful exuberance, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.

Now, tell us more about the 1968 WSS.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 8:57pm

Nice legs, Barbara!

Avind Harum was in that. I saw him play Zach several times in A Chorus Line on Broadway. He may have been the best Zach ever.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:12pm

I had worked with Vicky in Children's Theatre so I knew she could sing.
But her Maria was luminous, and Kurt Peterson was full of youthfull good looks and passion. They had great (wink) chemistry.

Luna was a sptfire as you can see from those photos.

It was a beautiful production in that large theatre.

[LadyDramaturg2]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:40pm

Thanks for the bump. I had read parts of this thread previously (your long Lenny blogs) but had missed the self-identifying phrase "assistant to the book director."

Check your PM.

Whatever your new line of work is, you are an ace researcher, and you do have a wonderful breadth and depth of specific knowledge that many of us respect and enjoy so much. If not a memoir, a blog for sure.

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:55pm

Or, maybe, one of us could buy you a lunch (a cheap lunch because I, for one, am po) and record it, PJ. Then, we create a smash hit Broadway musical based on your memoir and save musical theatre!!!!


Ready, gang?

[LadyDramaturg2]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:04pm

Theaterkid has the right idea! One of the best ways to get something down, after you've read Alice In Wonderland Out Loud, is to talk to a friend about what you're writing about and record it. imho

The listening person often asks good questions where you need to clarify your thinking, and stuff. I'd chip in so that you could go to a really Nice Diner there with PJ.

Or you could just copy and paste all of your BWW messages from over the years and see what needs filling in.
^
[A very goofy way of saying "thanks" to PJ again.]

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:10am

Bumping this thread again.

[fizzthelibertine]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:28am

Your stories are incredible, Pal Joey.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/19/09 at 7:28pm

The air is rife with ghosts tonight, the Ghosts of West Side Stories Past.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/18/09 at 8:33pm

Bump.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 8/19/09 at 7:29pm

I suppose I should bump this. You have some amazing stories, PJ.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 11:53am

I agree. I would love to read more! I always feel more educated after reading this thread, which I have done quite a few times :)

[LadyDramaturg2]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 8:47pm

And how IS that memoir going?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 10:26pm

As Mary Rodgers said, "Ask me when he's dead."

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 2:07am

Have we not figured out already that he may never die??? Publish already!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 6:00pm

Bump for Jay Lerner-Z.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 6:15pm

Seeing my request from two years ago, I can now confidently say, like Moms Mabley, "That old man is dead. Good."

PJ, I refer you to your promise above. I expect the book by year's end.