Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
#1Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
#2Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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. "
#3Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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!
- You'll be back! Emus can't help people customize and save hundreds on car insurance with Liberty Mutual. You're just a flightless bird!
- No. He's a dreamer, Frank.
Updated On: 4/11/22 at 07:29 AM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#5Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
Posted: 4/12/22 at 11:21am
I know PalJoey pops up occasionally still, but I miss his regular contributions.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#9Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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.
#11Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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…
#12Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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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#13Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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.
#14Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
Posted: 4/12/22 at 2:45pm
#bringbacksuestorm
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
Posted: 4/12/22 at 2:56pm
....and PatiB from Philadelphia.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#16Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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.
#17Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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)
#19Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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.
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inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#20Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/12
#21Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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,
#22Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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)
#23Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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.
#24Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
#25Whatever Happened to Limelight Mike?
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
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