#101
Posted: 8/7/13 at 1:41pm
Thank you, D2. Pretty sure you summed it all up. Nothing more needs to be said.
Do you avoid Matinees? — Page 5
#102
Posted: 8/7/13 at 1:45pm
"It is like going to see Shakira and having Jennifer Lopez go on instead. Whatever I guess it is not a big deal."
No. And no, it's not.
If you are paying to see a production like Patti LuPone's revival of Gypsy, where the main attraction is billed as Patti LuPone, that's the central draw, then yes. I would understand the ire.
But a good many productions do NOT that. You are paying to see the show as a whole. You are not paying to see Will Chase in Concert.
No. And no, it's not.
If you are paying to see a production like Patti LuPone's revival of Gypsy, where the main attraction is billed as Patti LuPone, that's the central draw, then yes. I would understand the ire.
But a good many productions do NOT that. You are paying to see the show as a whole. You are not paying to see Will Chase in Concert.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#103
Posted: 8/7/13 at 5:55pm
"Could you please spell check my paragraph and then share your thoughts?"
This is what you asked in your initial post. Guileless soul and kind heart that I am, I actually took you at your word and took the time to do that spell check. To no thanks from you for my trouble.
And now you're complaining that people did precisely what you asked? Really, now!
And you further go on to say that people are "auto-correcting" your "pretty decent spelling." They're not auto-correcting, they're correcting. And if you think your spelling is pretty decent, why did you ask people to do a spell check for you in the first place?
It's all too much to try to fathom. Mallarmé's poems are crystal clear in comparison.
This is what you asked in your initial post. Guileless soul and kind heart that I am, I actually took you at your word and took the time to do that spell check. To no thanks from you for my trouble.
And now you're complaining that people did precisely what you asked? Really, now!
And you further go on to say that people are "auto-correcting" your "pretty decent spelling." They're not auto-correcting, they're correcting. And if you think your spelling is pretty decent, why did you ask people to do a spell check for you in the first place?
It's all too much to try to fathom. Mallarmé's poems are crystal clear in comparison.
#104
Posted: 8/7/13 at 7:42pm
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#105
Posted: 8/7/13 at 7:50pm
References to Foucault: pretentious.
References to Mallarmé: not pretentious.
References to Mallarmé: not pretentious.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#106
Posted: 8/7/13 at 7:52pm
This thread is amazing.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
#107
Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:05pm
"References to Foucault: pretentious.
References to Mallarmé: not pretentious."
If you knew who either was, (much less read either), you might understand the difference.
Oh, and also, you obviously don't realize (no surprise there) that this forum is a (supposed) discussion of ideas, not the vacuous namedropping of some pathetic wannabe-cool musical.
I wholly understand though, all this completely beyond the ken of someone whose conception of good theatre is Nobody Loves You.
References to Mallarmé: not pretentious."
If you knew who either was, (much less read either), you might understand the difference.
Oh, and also, you obviously don't realize (no surprise there) that this forum is a (supposed) discussion of ideas, not the vacuous namedropping of some pathetic wannabe-cool musical.
I wholly understand though, all this completely beyond the ken of someone whose conception of good theatre is Nobody Loves You.
#108
Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:16pm
"If you knew who either was, (much less read either), you might understand the difference."
One's a French symbolist and critic, and the other a French philosopher and social critic. I'd say name-dropping either in a discussion that doesn't even remotely involve their fields is pretentious. And don't you always get bent out of shape when someone supposedly makes an assumption about you?
"not the vacuous namedropping of some pathetic wannabe-cool musical."
I was referring to your own criticism of said musical, actually. And your own hypocrisy, which knows no bounds and deepens with every smug statement you deign to share.
"I wholly understand though, all this completely beyond the ken of someone whose conception of good theatre is Nobody Loves You."
Except I specifically said I did NOT think it was great theatre and that it was a fine diversion.
And please, you post rapturously of the most trifling pieces of musical theatre from the 30s.
Wine gets better with age. Unless something goes wrong and it turns into vinegar, which seems to be the case with you.
One's a French symbolist and critic, and the other a French philosopher and social critic. I'd say name-dropping either in a discussion that doesn't even remotely involve their fields is pretentious. And don't you always get bent out of shape when someone supposedly makes an assumption about you?
"not the vacuous namedropping of some pathetic wannabe-cool musical."
I was referring to your own criticism of said musical, actually. And your own hypocrisy, which knows no bounds and deepens with every smug statement you deign to share.
"I wholly understand though, all this completely beyond the ken of someone whose conception of good theatre is Nobody Loves You."
Except I specifically said I did NOT think it was great theatre and that it was a fine diversion.
And please, you post rapturously of the most trifling pieces of musical theatre from the 30s.
Wine gets better with age. Unless something goes wrong and it turns into vinegar, which seems to be the case with you.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#109
Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:21pm
Kad, you have a way with words. : )
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 8/7/13 at 08:21 PM
#110
Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:30pm
Glad to see you know how to use Wikipedia! Excellent research!
We'll all have to be on the lookout for you at some future show. You'll be the one with the skinny jeans, backwards baseball cap and a worn copy of Mallarmé in your hands!
We'll all have to be on the lookout for you at some future show. You'll be the one with the skinny jeans, backwards baseball cap and a worn copy of Mallarmé in your hands!
#111
Posted: 8/7/13 at 11:18pm
Have your medications been re-adjusted? You're not even attempting to make sense anymore.
Either way, I'm sure I'll run into you at a first preview of something. Or should I say, you'll run into me. With your motorized wheelchair.
Either way, I'm sure I'll run into you at a first preview of something. Or should I say, you'll run into me. With your motorized wheelchair.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 8/7/13 at 11:18 PM
#112
Posted: 8/8/13 at 2:56am
how amusing this thread is.
Personally, i notice a lack of energy in mats compared to evening shows. But that doesn't stop me from seeing them. When i am seeing a touring show and have a host of dates to pic from i try and see a evening but when i am in the city and am trying to see as much as possible, ill take what ever i can get...
Personally, i notice a lack of energy in mats compared to evening shows. But that doesn't stop me from seeing them. When i am seeing a touring show and have a host of dates to pic from i try and see a evening but when i am in the city and am trying to see as much as possible, ill take what ever i can get...
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#113
Posted: 8/8/13 at 4:50am
"And please, you post rapturously of the most trifling pieces of musical theatre from the 30s."
Uhh, No, No, Nanette and Good News are from the 20s. No surprise that you can't bother to get your facts straight.
"Wine gets better with age."
Ha ha! Your knowledge of wine is as limited as your knowledge of theatre, fashion, literature, history, language, and just about everything else. Some wines are meant to be drunk young.
"Unless something goes wrong and it turns into vinegar, which seems to be the case with you."
Wow, I'm quite surprised you thought I could ever have been wine, even the cheap table kind. I guess I should be flattered. Personally, I think you've always been the same Kool-Aid you are now.
"Have your medications been re-adjusted? ... Or should I say, you'll run into me. With your motorized wheelchair."
Mmm, now we can add ageism to your glowing list of personality traits. Again, no surprise there.
Uhh, No, No, Nanette and Good News are from the 20s. No surprise that you can't bother to get your facts straight.
"Wine gets better with age."
Ha ha! Your knowledge of wine is as limited as your knowledge of theatre, fashion, literature, history, language, and just about everything else. Some wines are meant to be drunk young.
"Unless something goes wrong and it turns into vinegar, which seems to be the case with you."
Wow, I'm quite surprised you thought I could ever have been wine, even the cheap table kind. I guess I should be flattered. Personally, I think you've always been the same Kool-Aid you are now.
"Have your medications been re-adjusted? ... Or should I say, you'll run into me. With your motorized wheelchair."
Mmm, now we can add ageism to your glowing list of personality traits. Again, no surprise there.
#114
Posted: 8/8/13 at 6:56am
Sometimes I honestly can't tell if AE is real or performance art.
....but the world goes 'round
#115
Posted: 8/8/13 at 9:53am
I don't hate old people. Just smug, snobbish ones- who apparently have to bend over backwards to make their attempts at barbs land.
And I have proven- time and time again- that I am not uninformed. I believe I am going to rip a page from your yellowed, deteriorating playbook and demand a public apology.
And I have proven- time and time again- that I am not uninformed. I believe I am going to rip a page from your yellowed, deteriorating playbook and demand a public apology.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 8/8/13 at 09:53 AM
#116
Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:26am
Kad, he has to bend over for something.
If he, as Taz posits, exists at all.
If he, as Taz posits, exists at all.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#117
Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:30am
"And I have proven- time and time again- that I am not uninformed."
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
"I believe I am going to rip a page from your yellowed, deteriorating playbook and demand a public apology.
Rip a page from my playbook, you say? You've already ripped off the entire thing! You poor, pathetic soul, you.You don't even realize that you've been imitating my writing style for some time now, with the most embarrassing results. You're like the crow in the fable about the crow and the peacock. You can bedeck yourself in all the peacock's feathers you please-- you'll still be just a crow, only a more ridiculous-looking one.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, do yourself, me, and the rest of the BWW community a favor: don't flatter me.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
"I believe I am going to rip a page from your yellowed, deteriorating playbook and demand a public apology.
Rip a page from my playbook, you say? You've already ripped off the entire thing! You poor, pathetic soul, you.You don't even realize that you've been imitating my writing style for some time now, with the most embarrassing results. You're like the crow in the fable about the crow and the peacock. You can bedeck yourself in all the peacock's feathers you please-- you'll still be just a crow, only a more ridiculous-looking one.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, do yourself, me, and the rest of the BWW community a favor: don't flatter me.
Updated On: 8/8/13 at 10:30 AM
#118
Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:52am
Guys, let me share this simple quote from one of my favorite films. Perhaps it's appropriate considering how "ardent" some persons are getting in this thread. Can anyone guess the film w/o doing a Google search?
"Hush, please. That is enough, Margaret. If you cannot think of anything appropr'iate to say, you will please restrict your remarks to the weather. "
"Hush, please. That is enough, Margaret. If you cannot think of anything appropr'iate to say, you will please restrict your remarks to the weather. "
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#119
Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:58am
Sense and Sensibility.
That was too easy.
That was too easy.
....but the world goes 'round
#120
Posted: 8/8/13 at 11:01am
Say what want about WICKEDAWAKENRENT but he has created the best thread since at least Ive been here!
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#121
Posted: 8/8/13 at 11:15am
...that's not his name
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#122
Posted: 8/8/13 at 4:04pm
"They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, do yourself, me, and the rest of the BWW community a favor: don't flatter me. "
You are out of your goddamn mind.
Spare the world your snobby purple prose and delusional projections. Go have some nice, simple tomato soup.
You are out of your goddamn mind.
Spare the world your snobby purple prose and delusional projections. Go have some nice, simple tomato soup.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 8/8/13 at 04:04 PM
#123
Posted: 8/9/13 at 4:40am
i always felt like Matinees were warm ups for evening performances. In that, I mean that it seems like the energy is not as big as evenings- the same can be said of the audience. I know that whenever I did performed two show days- Matinees built up my Adeline and warmed me up for the evening show.
I also avoid Matinees because it seems there is a greater chance of seeing understudies (Which I don't really mind IF I have seen the lead already) and also less people come out of the stage door between shows than at the end of the day.
I also avoid Matinees because it seems there is a greater chance of seeing understudies (Which I don't really mind IF I have seen the lead already) and also less people come out of the stage door between shows than at the end of the day.
Darreyl with an L!
#124
Posted: 8/9/13 at 9:21am
But darrey, surely you wouldn't throw a tantrum about missing a performer if he or she happened to call out of a matinee.
#125
Posted: 8/9/13 at 10:38am
Of course I wouldn't- Sorry if I gave you that impression. But I would be lying if I said I wouldn't be a little disappointed or upset about it.
Darreyl with an L!
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