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[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:30pm

So, fredi do you go by Fredi Walker when you write checks and stuff or Fredi Browne?

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:34pm

um, well name-wise, my mom's a big feminist, so she kept her maiden name and bestowed it on us for a little while (weve taken my dads last name now but anyway) ...

well the name happens to be Beenstock (pronounced Beanstalk)
so they called her Andy growing up, and her sister was named (of all names) Jackie

and so they were always Jackie Andi Beenstock
(Jack and the beanstalk.. if you cant get it sorry)

and so um I know crap about names.

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:40pm

yay for the RENT book its a good one!
yay for the rent book with John Larson's story.. good pics of Frederique W. Browne in there!
*looking at it now*

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:43pm

haha when someone asked if you could give us the inside scoop i immediately asked why Fredi would be able to give us the inside scoop

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:50pm

Sorry to randomly switch off topic but you guys really need to check out www.accuradio.com and then listen to the broadway radio if you havent. It's AMAZING

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:55pm

my neighbor is Japanese (Sono Yaki is his name) and he got married to a girl named Terri ...
and she took his name so now her names TerriYaki.

hahaha it makes me laugh all the time, but like you Fredi, she wanted to take his name. She didn't care about the embarassment.

but it amuses me

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:02am

okay so this is directed to anyone (speaking of Marks) ...
Is the cast of RENT on Broadway worth going to see now? I'm venturing up to NYC in a few weeks and was wondering if it would be worth my time to go see them (it's hard watching a non-OBC of RENT, Fredi!! )

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:15am

k, sounds good. Guess I'll go see it again (seeing as it has been what, 9 years now!) I wish Drew Lachey would just leave.

and about Idina, people are posting other places these conspiracies theories about the interracial marriage threatener moving the platform so shed hurt herself.

and Cam- I'm the same way. And um, one time when i started dating someone , I didn't ask for a family tree- and um, yeah the guy turned out to be my cousin. It was ok because we found out QUICK... but ewww it still grosses me out .

[Staci1818]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:22am

Hi Tiff...

[Primajaunerue]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:29am

you guys are so sweet (so much nicer than those cbers...)
okay fine, i'll be pj and yes i do EASILY give in to peer pressure

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:33am

hey there to shbrt and tiff !!
so how long do i have to be here til im no longer a newbie?

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:39am

just let refrain here now when she's one of the gang...

(::imagining her grades dropping as she spends 2 hours on BWW every night::)

anyway, Shbrt, do you work in theater?

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:43am

that's awesome. I'm hoping to be at Columbia soon (or somewhere in NYC) and my dream would be ushering for shows!... (haha most people dream of being on the stage, I dream of ushering)


Fredi and Shrbrt, how did you get your ushering jobs?

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:48am

FrediWB- I will definitely finish reading the thread for that. I can't believe you've read the entire thread!1 I thought I was the only one interested in your career enough to read 499 pages now of Q & A s and random convos... since you know every thing about you I wouldn't think you would have re-read it all.

So, if I were to see you on the street and say "hey! I'm refrain!" would you know who I was/what i was tlaking about?

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:57am

goodnite !!

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:04am

Tiff- ive posted in MANY other topics :) , well for how new I am that is. I was posting to you today in the Idina thread... and I feel like you were there in the many Caroline or Change threads too... but yeah I think its cool how you guys all know each other (like when we were talking about the straight guys on the boards)

I read that about threadjacking and stuff at the beginning but I dunno what threadjacking is, to be honest.

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:09am

Hey Nia... I guess I'm now Refrain! Nice to meet you.
Oh man, my bad... sorry If I threadjacked by posting something random-- but I guess this cant be a thread jack if it's a free form convo as Fredi said. ok cool.
again to everyone, thanks for bearing with my "lack-of-adeptness".
and now I'm curious about the work, I haven't gotten to what the B Loop and such is. I'm going to have to read more and read faster.

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:18am

haha got it Tiff. Thanks for the example.

and wow, I've never been called a RENThead before... but that's cool. (I dunno if you were saying I'm not one of those one-track-minded newbies, or I'm just a cool one, but thanks !)

as Annie would say, (or sing), "I think I'm gonna like it here!"

So any of you and Fredi ever go over and post to Anthony Rapp? He doesn't communicate like Fredi does he?

ooh and BTW... My choreographer from some shows' name is Jay Rapp... and he is IDENTICAL to Anthony Rapp. it's really scary. (ok sorry had to throw that in there, sorry if that was a threadjack)

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:29am

yeah nia, i just looked over there and people tell their whole life stories to him !

Shbrt... you go to Tisch... do you know who Jon Ross is?????

No one is as cool as Fredi.. seriously.. for doing this.

Fredi- do you remember a fan named Cheryl who had this huge website for you back in the day?

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:39am

hehe Fredi... dont let it hurt your brain . Well, lets see, she was a young (well highschool aged) Korean girl who started a fan page for you and another girl Erin Laye helped her but then split off to start an Idina page- and then Erin somehow got in contact with Idina and Idina hired this girl to help promote her online and get kids excited about Idina.. I guess I figured since Erin became official for Idina - Cheryl's fan club became official for you. (I thought wrong) but back in the day I read about her meeting you or interviewing you or something

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:47am

haha no nia, I'm not cheryl if that's what you were implying. But that would have been cool cause then Fredi would have photos of me somewhere...

but anyway, on Sho Bean's little correspondence she told someone for sure she'll def be on tomorrow and she and Idina are both bummed about it .

anyway... I have no idea if any of you are interested, but I found that old website from back in the day- thats why I was asking Fredi about it- (this thread led me to googling Fredi to see what I could find)

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:52am

yeah.. .well Broadway star tom would know but Erin was hired by Abe at Hollywood records because she was a die-hard fan and had already created an Idina website so she like... found fans and sent them crap. I dunno- it was like a typical 15 year old Idina fan's dream come true.

goodnight staci

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:54am

hahahahahahah

(that was me thinking about Idina Menzel getting on here... the result of that would the epitome of mass chaos)

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:58am

yeah she was 15... sorry I'verea the entire website if it seems bizarre that I know all this. I was so intrigued by this story:

15 year old girl sees RENT. Thinks actress is awesome, researches her and finds out about her music deal with Hollywood Records, starts website, writes letter to actress- receives autograph and letter in mail saying they want her to help out with promotion because they visited the website she mentioned in her letter. Girl becomes volunteer for Hollywood records- on Menzel's staff. Interviews menzel, then meets her and hangs out, then becomes friends with her and Idina now considers her "like a little sister" -
in her first album, she has a list of thank yous to family and friends and Erin is one of them.

i find that interesting

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 2:04am

gnite FrediWB!! you the best!

and yes, I agree that Idina is extremely cool... but I also am nervous that the success and the fame might go to the head