Stritch memorial lotto...?- Page 2

[HorseTears]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 1:58am

There better be some... videographers in the audience.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 10:12am

if anyone has an extra ticket I will make them a generous cash offer for it, send me a message....

[Sauja]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:34am

Any strong feelings on dress code? I'm dressed somewhat casually because apparently my brain froze this morning. There's no way I can get home to change into anything more formal and make it to the performance. I despise the thought of missing this, but I also hate the idea of insulting anyone by being casually dressed.

[smidge]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 12:00pm

Don't worry Sauja. I'm casual too. It's a lousy day out and if they wanted anything more formal they would have specified

[HighFlyingAdored97]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 12:03pm

^^ Don't worry about it. I'm coming in my school uniform because I'm jumping on the train right after dismissal.

[Sauja]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 12:17pm

Thank you both! Much appreciated.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 12:44pm

Oh boy! I can't wait to come here and read all about it.

That's what's cool about this message board. The sting of not being there is lessened knowing people from here are going.

[mak136]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 2:40pm

I won! But had no idea it's a 4pm show I can't get out of work..bummer...so yeah, i'd bet there'll be plenty of standby tix.

also the tix are non-transferable

[HighFlyingAdored97]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 6:58pm

What a wonderful afternoon. There were a lot of great stories about Elaine and some nice performances. My two favorite stories came from the woman who went to A.A. Meetings with Elaine and the actor who played Henrik in A Little Night Music. I don't have the program on me so I can't remember their names... but their stories were heartfelt and touching.

Also Lena Hall rules. Seriously.

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 7:00pm

The guy who played Henrik is Hunter Ryan Herdlika. He was really close to her. I am glad the event was so well received.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:17pm

Such a wonderful, moving afternoon. I'm so glad I got in!

Lena was wonderful. But I thiught Nathan's stories were the highlight.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:19pm

The woman from A.A. was Julie Keyes.

I agree it was a wonderful afternoon. So happy I could be there.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:25pm

You people are terrible at this whole letting the rest of us live vicariously through you thing.

PJ - did you go? I want an incredibly detailed multi-paragraph review of the entire memorial from start to finish.

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:29pm

Started 4:15 with a dynamite video then a superb reading by Nathan Lane. I enjoyed Liz Smith, Christine Ebersole, Holland Taylor & Lena Hall's presentation, most. Hunter Ryan Herdlicka & Julie Keyes also gave great heartfelt stories. Rob Bowman was pretty terrific, as well. He got so excited in recalling his story of one of his first calls from Elaine, he skipped out of the podiums light to demonstrate the glee he felt. Ended with a rare film of Stritch performing "Here's to the Ladies Who Lunch" in a black box studio with piano. It appeared to have been filmed either during the original run of COMPANY, or else shortly there-after. Alec Baldwin & Cherry Jones were listed in the featuring pgm. list but were only part of a filmed sequence. Lupone was not part of it.

So...her lawyer was there to report that she left with millions. And that she gave it to others & causes. After an afternoon of stories emphasizing her thriftiness, that part kinda tainted her story in my opinion. IMHO, it created conflicting contradictory patterns in her life that also elevated 'money" to too high of a lasting impression. In guess in a capitalistic society, one can't die with just a stellar record of talent & friends & colleagues to speak well of you & still be 'a hero?'









Updated On: 11/17/14 at 08:29 PM

[lovebwy]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:35pm

What did LuPone do?

[HighFlyingAdored97]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:37pm

^ She wasn't there... which was strange because I could have sworn she was scheduled to come.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:12pm

Thanks, forgetmenot! So, wait, there were no performances, just speeches? Wonder why so many outlets were initially reporting this being a memorial concert? So, no Peters, LuPone or Buckley as previously reported? No Sondheim or Prince either?
LuPone, Peters, Buckley to Pay Tribute to Stritch

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:18pm

You're welcome 'HorseTears.' I'm sorry I just didn't give a more thorough recap of the event? I just mentioned my fav. parts. Here is an early report of it all: http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article3979934.html#storylink=cpy



Updated On: 11/17/14 at 09:18 PM

[HighFlyingAdored97]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:19pm

^^ There were performances. Buckley and Peters did sing a song. I just don't know the names of then. Hal Prince gave a speech. Sondheim and LuPone were not there. The only song I recognized was Broadway Baby (sung by Lena Hall.)

[smidge]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:20pm

There were musical performances by Peters, Ebersole, Buckley, Hall, Feinstein, Feinstein and Benanti and Elaine Stritch at the end. All with Rob Bowman on piano. I'm terrible with song titles so I'll leave that to others. Lupone was the only no show of announced participants.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:57pm

I wonder if Patti was made unhappy by something and choose not to participate. Hm. She WAS announced.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:01pm

Well, I'm glad they decided to let Elaine have the final word and sing The Ladies Who Lunch. Regardless of whether or not Patti was there.

I disagree that her lawyer tainted the event. First of all, many people donated a lot to the scholarship fund to be there. It was important to acknowledge of it. And second of all, he also spoke a great deal about her character.

Why not celebrate that beyond being a great talent, she was a great woman?

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:10pm

As a huge fan of both, I'm a little disappointed that Sondheim has been totally quiet about her death. I know that he's a rather private person and probably handled it in his own way. But Stritch did EVERYTHING for the man's approval. Even sitting in the audience would have meant a lot to her. I know that he participated in Mary Rodger's memorial, but I understand that she was like a sister to him. Oh well.

Updated On: 11/17/14 at 11:10 PM

[lovebwy]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:17pm

I always got the sense that Sondheim tolerated her, but not much more.

If you watch Follies in Concert you can catch glimpses of Paul Gemignani and some of the sound engineers getting quite exasperated with her "Someone tell Stritch to shut up!". I just can't imagine he was very happy with things like her reinterpretation of I'm Still Here.

Just a sense I always got from him about her.

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:26pm

The scholarship fund is another matter completely. My only critique is the directorial decision to include all of us in on something that would normally never leave private meetings with the family. Listening to everyone's stories of her thriftiness & watching the documentary - one can't help but see how 'seeking more money' drove many of Elaine's actions. To hear that she died a millionaire was just 'too much information' in my opinion - it complicated & overemphasized her more unappealing contradictions. She was a great woman even if she had not left hundreds of thousands to others. By including it in the program - it sent a bit of the wrong message, to me. It established a sense that leaving money is essential to making a difference.


Updated On: 11/17/14 at 11:26 PM