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#26

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 1:42pm

blueflame said "they were the cutest couple, even though they weren't a couple." Isn't that so wonderfully New York of them? The only other place you see "professional couples" like that is London. It's what makes trhe big cities like NYC so great.

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#27

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 2:44pm

An absolutle shame. My condolences to her family and friends. She will indeed be missed.

#28

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 2:52pm

It is a sad day for theatre lovers and movie musical lovers. It is time to see THE BAND WAGON again--a priceless script. And I feel lucky to have seen the OBC's of PETER PAN, DO RE MI, and THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, and regional productions of ON THE TOWN, WONDERFUL TOWN and BELLS ARE RINGING. Memories of those shows will always stay with me. We are fortunate to have the availability of all of their shows on CD.I think the lyrics to "Some Other Time" from ON THE TOWN are particularly apt today--it is a pensive song, but one with hope.

"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"

#29

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 3:04pm

My favorite musical, "On the Twentieth Century," has lost another of its great creators. She joins her longtime writing partner, Adolph Green, Cy Coleman, Florence Klotz and Madeline Kahn in musical heaven. Comden and Green's book and lyrics for "Twentieth Century" are hilarious. It's high time this wonderful show is revived on Broadway.

#30

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 4:35pm

The party's over.

Vale Betty Comden.

'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt

#31

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:24pm

I hoped that she and John Kander would hook up and write shows together...

I saw her and Adolph Green in "A Party With..." ages ago. I still have my ticket stub from it.

Very, very sad...

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#32

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:32pm

Woah... OMG! I was like she is dead... I was not exppecting that... actually I am crying at the moment... she was incredible and I know I will miss her Alot!

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#33

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:32pm

I feel pretty bad, I thought this would be about Ugly Betty getting cancelled.

RIP

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#34

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/25/06 at 11:42am

This is a sad time for theater lovers. Betty you will be missed. You brought so much to the theater community

#35

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/25/06 at 12:59pm

You shall be missed Ms. Comden. I'm a little embarassed that I just found out now but I trulley appreciate and thank you for your contribution to musical theater. You're one of the best!

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

#36

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/25/06 at 4:35pm

And, besides being one of the most talented writers in theatre and film, She appears in one of my favorite films of all time - "Garbo Talks" as the great Greta Garbo, herself.
I hope you're up there partying your a** off, Ms. Comden - enjoying the company of Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and all the rest of the wonderfully talented people you shared this earth with.

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#37

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/25/06 at 4:39pm

I was somewhat surprised that the NY Times obituary for Ms. Comden barely makes mention of Singin' in the Rain, apart from one quick reference early on.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

#38

re: We will miss you Betty.....

Posted: 11/25/06 at 8:53pm

I had the pleasure of taking a workshop with Betty and Adolph. They assigned a bunch of fledgling musical-theater writers to write a 15-minute scene and song about someone's--anyone's--first day in New York.

Our contributions were pretty unremarkable, but listening to their commentary was like having a class with Comden and Green and a party with Comden and Green at the same time.

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