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#26

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:22pm

DANCES WITH PITCHFORKS tells the tale of John Flynn and the Gypsy diaries. Apparently, during the rehearsal process, he started sending some emails to friends of his about what it was like to work with Betty and Deborah (not all that flattering either). As we all know, the 'forward' button can be either your friend or foe. In this case, these emails started FLYING around the city. At the time, I was doing a show up in Boston and the director was being forwarded them. HILARIOUS!

After all this, he decided to put together a show based on his experience. It's absolutely genius.

Also would like to point out that Ms. Buckley missed nearly a week of performances in that very limited run. Makes Bernadette's absences seem trivial in comparison, doesn't it?

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#27

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:22pm

I hope you kept those emails, robbie, and will pm me every single one.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#28

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:24pm

I was ONLY told about them. My director was (actually is) pretty well known in the industry and didn't feel it was right to pass them along.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#29

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:25pm

Damn you, you tease. Get over here and kiss me.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#30

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:27pm

Tounge's out, b*tch!

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#31

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:28pm

*shivers with delight*

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#32

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:29pm

*goes and gets popcorn*
so...I can watch, right?

Word. Word, indeed.

#33

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:36pm

Didn't Ellen "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" Foley play the Witch in L.A. before Bernadette....Funny, I always thought she won for Into The Woods....I always considered the Witch to be a lead role the way Shylock in The Merchant of Venice is a lead/featured role.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#34

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:37pm

Yes, Borstal, she did.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#35

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:40pm

Not only that, Ms. Foley closed the show on Broadway. And she was wonderful!

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#36

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:42pm

Where the hell IS Ellen Foley?

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#37

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:51pm

Sharing an apartment with Chloe Webb and Lelani Jones...?

#38

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:52pm

Sounds about right...

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#39

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 2:57pm

When the Tony Awards were telecast that year, Phylicia Rashad was the Witch at the time. Since then (suprisingly) I have seen four other productions and the witch has always been black. I thought it was kind-a cool.

Also-- I have heard they played it with a man as the witch. But that may have just been a "fringe show"

#40

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:04pm

A man as the Witch??? I'm surprised Sondheim didnt try to shut it down...
There was a production of COMPANY here about a decade ago that changed all the characters into gay men. Mr. Sondheim shut it down.

#41

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:06pm

Mr. Sondheim sounds like a fun guy.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#42

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:08pm

Oh, ya know what... I am sorry... I am totally wrong. It was Anything Goes where they did a Reno Sweeney with a man.

#43

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:11pm

Not that Mr. Sondheim needs me to do so, but he was actually all for Billy Porter playing the Witch in the 2001 revival. Apparently, James Lapine nixed that.

As for COMPANY, you have a show with one entire song based on the names of the wives. He is an absolute stickler (as he should be) that his lyrics be sung the way he wrote them.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#44

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:11pm

Okay, robbie. I'll back off - but only because you're such an excellent tongue-kisser.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#45

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:12pm

TOUNGE OUT, B*TCH!!!!

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#46

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:12pm

*swoons*

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#47

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:13pm

Oh, I totally agree with the shut-down of COMPANY...that's not what was written.

#48

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:17pm

Hey Borstal.

YOU TOO!

GET YOUR TOUNGE OUT, B*TCH!

WE'RE MAKING THIS A THREESOME!

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#49

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:20pm

oh?
*stuffs popcorn into mouth noisily*

Word. Word, indeed.

#50

re: No Tony Nod???

Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:28pm

On the opinion of it being more a supporting role, I'd have to agree.

But with Joanna Gleason, I... How can anyone deny her that award? That performance was absolutely flawless.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

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