Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#1

Posted: 4/10/22 at 8:55pm

Hello.  As I was reading the reviews for "Birthday Candles", I remembered that Limelight used to be among the first to start a review thread for a particular show.  I haven't seen his name on the board in quite a while.  I was just thinking about him.

"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: 4/10/22 at 08:55 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#2

Posted: 4/11/22 at 7:24am

I was wondering that too. Also, I REALLY miss Whizzer's first preview reports.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[EDSOSLO858]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#3

Posted: 4/11/22 at 7:29am

Don't know... but jacobsnchz14 and I are carrying on his preview / review thread launch tradition. I hope we're doing it well thus far!

 

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Updated On: 4/11/22 at 07:29 AM

[Dollypop]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#4

Posted: 4/12/22 at 11:16am

There is a whole bunch of "regulars" who are MIA:

etoile

Eddie Varley

onceadancer

Corine

Theatergirl

song and dance man

 

 

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#5

Posted: 4/12/22 at 11:21am

I know PalJoey pops up occasionally still, but I miss his regular contributions.

[dramamama611]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#6

Posted: 4/12/22 at 11:23am

Good lord, Dolly, most of those on your list haven't been around in YEARS and YEARS.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Matt Rogers]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#7

Posted: 4/12/22 at 11:54am

Can you blame them?

[Dollypop]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#8

Posted: 4/12/22 at 12:50pm

dramamama611 said: "Good lord, Dolly, most of those on your list haven't been around in YEARS and YEARS."

 

And I wonder what happened to them?

Are they well?  Have they lost interest in theater?

 

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[JSquared2]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#9

Posted: 4/12/22 at 1:00pm

Dollypop said: "dramamama611 said: "Good lord, Dolly, most of those on your list haven't been around in YEARS and YEARS."



And I wonder what happened to them?

Are they well? Have they lost interest in theater?

 

All dead.

 

 

[BrodyFosse123]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#10

Posted: 4/12/22 at 1:24pm

My thoughts exactly.  Death happens at any age so the assumption of “but I thought he was like 23” means zero. Even during the several years I got bored of theater and stopped seeing shows (yes, I was burnt out), I still came on this message board and posted.  

[darquegk]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#11

Posted: 4/12/22 at 1:56pm

There’s also that one infamous contrarian poster who I won’t name, who has been inactive since the pandemic…

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#12

Posted: 4/12/22 at 2:09pm

The one with a massive anti-Sondheim chip on his shoulder whose hour is before 9 but after something else?

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[fashionguru_23]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#13

Posted: 4/12/22 at 2:30pm

Remember that poster "Philly-(something)" who was constantly getting into fights, and starting threads...oh, the good old days.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#14

Posted: 4/12/22 at 2:45pm

#bringbacksuestorm

"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir

[Dollypop]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#15

Posted: 4/12/22 at 2:56pm

....and PatiB from Philadelphia.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#16

Posted: 4/12/22 at 4:09pm

fashionguru_23 said: "Remember that poster "Philly-(something)" who was constantly getting into fights, and starting threads...oh, the good old days."

Phillypinto, was it? He was something else. 

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#17

Posted: 4/12/22 at 4:12pm

Phillypinto! Damn, I forgot all about that.

"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir

[Dollypop]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#18

Posted: 4/12/22 at 5:13pm

JSquared2 said: "Dollypop said: "dramamama611 said: "Good lord, Dolly, most of those on your list haven't been around in YEARS and YEARS."



And I wonder what happened to them?

Are they well? Have they lost interest in theater?



All dead

 

************(

 

 

So Eddie Varley is dead?



"

 

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#19

Posted: 4/12/22 at 7:24pm

Sally Durant Plummer said: "Phillypinto! Damn, I forgot all about that."

Was Phillypinto the diehard Honeymoon In Vegas fan, or was that somebody else? Some really wild characters when you look back, lol.

I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.

[inception]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#20

Posted: 4/12/22 at 7:37pm

AfterEight

AfterEight!

AFTEREIGHT!!!

...maybe he's like Beetlejuice?

Seriously though, he saw a lot of shows in the 60's and maybe earlier, so was a wealth of knowledge,  & I enjoyed his posts about seeing shows I that era.

...

[Damiensta]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#21

Posted: 4/12/22 at 7:58pm

After eight, I was racking my brains trying to remember his name. I assumed he didn’t make it due to his age. I always enjoyed him bc he hated 95% of things. I was always going why does he go to shows,

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#22

Posted: 4/12/22 at 10:13pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I know PalJoey pops up occasionally still, but I miss his regular contributions."   Speaking for myself, I haven't been aware of anything like that.  Many felt that he passed  on to that stage in the sky.  He hasn't posted in years.

 

"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)

[Jordan Catalano]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#23

Posted: 4/12/22 at 10:16pm

Sally Durant Plummer said: "#bringbacksuestorm"

They’ve never stopped posting. Just been using another of their many screen names. 

[songanddanceman2]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#24

Posted: 4/12/22 at 10:22pm

I'm still here Dolly, I just lurk more now. 

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?#25

Posted: 4/12/22 at 10:27pm

Pal Joey is still with us, just not on this board.

Jordan, I’m quite aware. I do occasionally miss the brazen trollery that account specialized in!

"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir