Sondheim wrote Cabaret --- theatre geeks — Page 3

Sondheim has kids? Wow lol

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"i luuuuvv EYE-deena men-ZUHL!!!!!!! she is the BEEESSTTTT actress EVA!!!!! byes!"

^ i hate those people.

Lol. It's not as bad as my story

Me: what do you think of 76 Trombones?
Friend: Bunch of brass if you ask me!
Me: I'm afraid I don't know what you mean
Friend: What's it about? Trombones??

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A surprising number of theatre students do not know what actor's equity is....

I was once told that Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote Into the Woods
and Tim Webber composed Chess, not to mention Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim collaborating on a musical of Jurassic Park with Steve Spielberg and George Lucas. What the??

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In class discussing 'A Raisin in the Sun':

"It was performed by white people in black face. Sidney Poitier was white."

In class discussing Sondheim:

"Steppen Soundham wrote a musical called 'Into the Park with George'."

Those are highlights.

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lol! I love it.


Her: What are you doing this weekend.
Me: I am doing a production of Les Miserables
Her:"Hey wasn't Idina in that?"
Me: Playing Cosette right?
Her: YEAH!
Me: no. not at all.

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A friend of mine is a theatre-geek in training, so to speak. She watched the DVD of Into the Woods. She told me later "Wow! I didn't know Bernadette Peters could sing!" I told her to watch SITPWG.

It's really amazing how the general public has no idea that so many movie/TV stars are or were Broadway performers. This friend was blown away when I was explaining about Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury and others. We (on this board) hear those names and think of Broadway. Most people hear them and only think of Law & Order and Murder, She Wrote.

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An audition, about six months after Millie closed on Broadway.

Director: So what will you be singing?
Me: Thoroughly Modern Millie!
D: Oh, what a great show. I saw it a couple of weeks ago.
Me: Oh, on tour?
D: No, on Broadway.
Me:...Two weeks ago?
D: Yes, I loved it.
Me: I, uh, think it closed. In June.
D: No, it didn't. I just saw it.
Me: No, I really think it did.
D: No, it didn't! (like I'm a total idiot).

I sill got into the show, though.

And then there's my infamous musical theatre teacher..

"What's this cat's name?"
"Munkustrap."
"What's that cat's name?"
"Demeter?"
"What's that cat's name?"
"Electra."
"What's that cat's name?"
"Cassandra."
"What's that cat's name?"
"Victoria."
"What's that cat's name?"
"Carbucketty. or, in the movie he's called Pouncival."

And so on.

And then there was the time she made me sing the songs to jesus Christ superstar to the people she was trying to teach them to because she didn't know them.

And there was always...

"Who's that?"
"Stephen Sondheim."
"Oh, an actor."
"...No."

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I must have missed something with your CATS joke....

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