I still have my dog-eared Vocal Selections from A CHORUS LINE that I bought back in 1975 and of course the record album. When I think back at the number of times I sang "What I did for Love" at the piano or tap danced to "I Can Do That" or strutted my stuff in my bedroom to "Tits and Ass", I can't believe I never saw the show when it originally opened on Broadway. So the whole family had to go see the revival that is currently in previews at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. My oldest daughter is twelve, the same age I was when the show opened originally! Now that's the circle of life!

A CHORUS LINE was conceived and originally choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett with Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, Music by Marvin Hamlisch and Lyrics by Edward Kleban (as if you didn't know...).

Amazingly, Marvin Hamlisch is the only member of the original creative team still alive, with AIDS and cancer exacting their toll on the rest.

The revival is staged as if it is the 1970s, complete with those wonderfully awful tight beige sweaters worn by the men, and the lyrcra wrap dance skirts! (I had a lyrica leotard and dance skirt and would often pretend to be Cassie and dance around in my character shoes...)

We had great seats for the Saturday night 8pm show. It was, in a word, thrilling! When they take their positions on the line -- that iconic visual -- it's so exciting! The dancing and the music together take your breath away. Although the stories are strong, intimate and still compelling 30 odd years later, it is the pure physicality of the dance and the magic of the music that blew me away.

The whole cast is amazing, but my favorite three were:

Charlotte d'Amboise (of course) as Cassie -- she is emotional and superhuman. After the "Music and the Mirror" number my oldest daughter turned to me and the look on her face was pure amazement. I can't believe it was ten years ago that I saw her dance Lola in DAMN YANKEES with Jerry Lewis! I wish I had seen her in SWEET CHARITY! [BTW, isn't it an odd coincidence that Jerry Lewis' character in DAMN YANKEES is named "Applegate", and then a few years later Charlotte d'Amboise would step into the production of SWEET CHARITY for the injured Christina "Applegate". How weird is that?]

Michael Berresse as Zach -- he is so powerful and exact in his dance, wow! I loved him in the KISS ME KATE revival, and he was awesome in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. Did you know he directed and choreographed [title of show]!

And Mara Davi who played Maggie -- WOW what a voice. When she sang that last "at the ballet" she got a huge round of applause! And that girl can dance!

At the end of the show we went to the stage door to get autographs and the whole cast came out and signed our Playbills. It's so A CHORUS LINE that they come piling out of the stage door in their sweats, dance bags over their shoulders, sign some autographs and then disappear into the subway...

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Two years ago I went as a volunteer. Last year I had PLANE CRAZY in the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

This year I was happy to sit back and enjoy the shows as a mere audience member! Much less stressful, believe me! But I have to admit I did miss the excitement that builds up during the Festival. It really is a special event.

So special that I packed up the whole family and went on a road trip to New York to catch some NYMF shows! W00h00! (Well, we also went on the trip to see A CHORUS LINE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and FAME BECOMES ME, but more on that later...)

Back to NYMF -- I always like seeing new shows. Whether or not I love them, hate them or am indifferent, I always learn something or see something done in a way that I'd never thought of. As a writer, it is invaluable experience. And the level of performance by the actors and musicians is always extraordinary and worth seeing (I was able to see Emily Skinner, Hunter Foster, and Kerry Butler to mention a few...). Hats off to all the shows I saw, and "sorry I missed you" to the shows I didn't see!

This year I was able to take in the following shows:

HAVE A NICE LIFE at New World Stages
Book by Matthew Hurt and Conor Mitchell, Music and Lyrics by Conor Mitchell.

"Six strangers and their therapist gather to confess their funniest, scariest, darkest and most embarrassing personal moments. This new musical by one of England's hottest up-and-coming composers explores the barriers we put up and what happens when they come crashing down."

GO GO BEACH at 37 Arts
Book and Lyrics by John Wimbs, Music by Michael Shaieb and Brent Lord.

"A coming-of-age story about a surfer who gets into trouble with his girlfriend when he falls for a runaway teen pop star, and the flower child who helps him find the true meaning of love. GO GO BEACH is a new musical fable told in the style of the 1960s beach party movie, featuring an original score inspired by the surf sound, girl groups, and swinging go-go music."

THE PAISLEY SISTERS' CHRISTMAS SPECIAL at The Sage Theatre
Book by Jim Ansart, Joel Benjamin, Bret Silverman, Steve Silverman, Music by Bret Silverman, Lyrics by Jim Ansart, Joel Benjamin, Bret Silverman.

"It's 1964. The Paisley Sisters are airing a brand-new color-television holiday extravaganza that they hope will put them back in the top 40. A book musical with 20 original songs wrapped in a hilarious send-up of early holiday television specials and the people who did them."

GUTENBERG -- THE MUSICAL! at The Sage Theatre
Book, Music and Lyrics by Anthony King and Scott Brown.

"Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1450, so Bud Davenport and Doug Simon wrote a musical about him and they're bringing it to Broadway. They don't have a cast, a budget, or a producer...but they have a dream! This is Bud and Doug's backers audition: a tuneful, tasteless triumph, celebrating the monstrous success of their idiocy."

PARTY COME HERE at TBG Theatre
Book by Daniel Goldfarb, Music and Lyrics by David Kirshenbaurm.

"A nervous groom, a statue of Christ, and a 500-year-old Jewish caveman converge to make miracles happen during a tropical storm on one magical night in Rio."

SMOKING BLOOMBERG at Theatre at St. Clements
Book, Music & Lyrics by David Cornue, Sam Holtzapple, Warren Loy, and Chris Todd.

"A raucous musical satire about a Korean dry cleaner's quest for revenge against Mayor Bloomberg and the smoking ban that has ruined her business."

HOT AND SWEET at Theatre at St. Clements
Book, Music and Lyrics by Barbara Schottenfeld.

"It's 1945 and the men are overseas. Who is going to keep Americans dancing back home? The Honeytones, the Chicagoan all-girl swing band, who will risk everything in order to play!" HOT AND SWEET interweaves the personal stories of these pioneering musicians -- their dreams, their loves, their struggles, and their bittersweet triumphs -- through an exhilarating jazz score."

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Our last show of THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND at the Toronto Fringe Festival was on Saturday July 15 at 4pm.

It was another sold out show (we actually turned away 25 people, regrettably) and another terrific show thanks to the cast, musicians and crew (although some of the Fringe personnel can get a bit testy at times -- I guess it must be a stressful job.).

Doing a kid's show was really a new experience for me. Watching (and hearing) kids watch the show was an amazing experience. We got a real variety of ages. A lot in our "target" age group of 3 to 9, but also a lot of 1.5 to 2 year olds and surprisingly, a lot of young adults who saw it more than once!

Everyone seemed to enjoy the traditional musical structure, and the classic Beatrix Potter story. We didn't try to dumb down the form for kids -- we just took a kids story and created a regular musical out of it. One of the most engaging aspects of the show was the music and the orchestrations: Accordian, euphonium, and clarinet. For a lot of kids this really was the first time they had seen and or heard live instruments and it really added to the magic of the story telling. Of course it didn't hurt that the musicians wore pig noses!

It was sad to say goodbye to everyone as we loaded up the car with the set and costume pieces. (Now I have the revolving sign, "to market' or "Piperson's", under my dining room table!). A big thank you to my family, Mitch, Marc, Michael K., the cast, the crew, the band, and the Toronto Fringe Festival!

Lots of good stuff will be happening in the not-so-distant future for THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND, so stay tuned, and stay vegetarian!

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I did it! I finally went to my first opening night party on Broadway! W00h00!

My husband and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opening night party for Donny Osmond on Sunday September 24 at Tony DiNapoli Times Square at 43rd and Broadway (thanks Susan, thanks Disney!). I saw the show the day before on the Saturday matinee with my daughter, and my hubbie saw it that night at 7pm with his own date...

I'd never been to Tony DiNapoli's before and it looked like a really cool place to go in Midtown. We were ushered downstairs into the party room where we surrendered our tickets (I was kinda hoping to keep mine as a memento...). What a fun party! They had a bar set up, and a whole buffet of hot Italian food. I didn't eat, but my husband can testify that it was indeed yummy.

At one side of the room they had the typical "show background" (see pics on left), sort of like BEAUTY AND THE BEAST wallpaper, where the pics of the attending stars would get their pictures taken. There were lots of young gorgeous things milling about the room (myself included) some I recognized, and some I didn't. I spotted the stars of TARZAN, Josh Strickland and Jen Gambatese, getting their pics taken. It was a really friendly crowd with people striking up conversations here and there.

My hubbie and I had a nice chat with Constantine Maroulis who is currently enjoying playing Sammy in THE WEDDING SINGER.

We were also able to have a nice chat with Sarah Uriarte Berry and her husband. It was great to be able to tell her directly how fantastic we thought she was, and she told us her strategy is to play Belle like a straight man to the other characters who are spinning around her.

I was also able to tell Christian Hoff from JERSEY BOYS how much my daughter enjoyed his speech to the Camp Broadway group, back in July. He seemed genuinely touched that his efforts had had such an impact. My hubbie and I had a great conversation with Daniel Reichard from JERSEY BOYS about how much we enjoyed his midnight Kegger ("so you're the ones who brought the kids...). We chatted about putting together the Kegger, his plans for more concerts, and all sorts of stuff. Both Christian and Daniel are really nice, down-to-earth guys. What fun!

The highlight of the evening (not to take anything away from Daniel and Christian mind you) was meeting and talking with Donny Osmond. He had done the usual posing for pics against the B&B backdrop, and they had unveiled the iillustration of Donny as Gaston to go up on the wall upstairs (The JERSEY BOYS picture and Hugh Jackman's picture as THE BOY FROM OZ is up there as well -- too bad I missed those parties!).

What a great guy, just chatting with us like he wasn't a pop icon and I wasn't an obsessive stalker. Now that's class. Actually it was a lot of fun to be able to tell him how much we enjoyed his performance, and he seemed quite touched when we said he was Gaston up on stage and not Donny Osmond. I guess that's a big hurdle for a big celebrity, to be able to become the show character and not simply their larger-than-life selves.

He agreed that the show felt like it had new energy, and he loved working with Sarah. He seemed genuinely thrilled to be part of Broadway again, especially since everyone keeps bringing up his LITTLE JOHNNY JONES fiasco of so many years ago (see, I said I wouldn't bring it up and I did!). He hoped he wouldn't close BEAUTY AND THE BEAST the same way he closed LITTLE JOHNNY JONES!

However, upon reading an old New York Times review, it seemed that Donny Osmond was the only thing Frank Rich liked in the show! How nice to finally meet an idol after so many years, and discover that he is a real gentleman. Sigh.

Wow. What an evening!

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I was a little surprised when my twelve year old daughter said she wanted to see BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. After all, she had seen it when she was about three and a half -- so what's the rush to see it again? Usually when we go on a trip to New York we have such a full plate of new shows that longer-running shows like BEAUTY AND THE BEST usually get overlooked. But Donny Osmond had just joined the cast as Gaston and Myrna loved him in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.

The t-shirt she bought after seeing Donny as Joseph (now too small of course) has remained her favorite show t-shirt (although "I Love Hugh" from the 2005 Tonys came in a close second...). She's also watched the Joseph DVD with Donny many, many times (it also stars Maria Friedman and she is fab as the narrator!).

So off we went to a Saturday matinee. I was excited to see Donny as well since I was a big Osmond fan and a big Donny fan and a big Donny and Marie fan. "Puppy Love", "Sweet and Innocent", "Go Away Little Girl" -- I couldn't get enough of Donny Osmond! Yes this is the same person who would later go to midnight showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Roxy, and take their kids to a midnight Kegger! I also was an avid watcher of the Donny & Marie show which is coming out on DVD soon (yeah!). Personally, I always thought of myself as a little bit rock 'n roll.

I had also seen Sarah Uriarte Berry sing at Broadway on Broadway, so I was excited to see her return as Belle. Myrna had met one of the Chips, Marlon Sherman, at Camp Broadway this summer so she was excited to see him too.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (which has great washrooms, FYI) and has a book by Linda Woolverton, Music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.

I had forgotten what a wonderful show it is. It's such a beautiful show that tells a great story with great characters and magical music -- no self referential business needed, no wink-wink we're putting on a musical. The whole cast was fabulous -- funny, committed, with great voices, dancing and timing. I especially enjoyed Cogsworth (Christopher Duva), Lefou (Aldrin Gonzalez), and the Beast (Steve Blanchard).

Sarah Uriarte Berry was UN-BE-LIEVE-ABLE as Belle. What a gorgeous voice! She acted like a beautifully grounded center around which circled all the crazy characters and action. I could watch her all night. Her performance of "Home" and "A Change in Me" were fantastic.

Donny Osmond was frikkin' FANTASTIC as Gaston. He was the character Gaston, not Donny Osmond the pop singer. His voice sounds great, a nice rich baritone, and man that guy is a professional. He looks so comfortable up there on stage and hits everyone of his marks with clockwork precision. I love a performance where you can sit back and relax and know the performer is going to deliver, you don't have to worry. My daughter particularly enjoyed the mug dance in the "Gaston" number. And the combo of Donny and Sarah seemed to electrify the cast.

Seeing BEAUTY AND THE BEAST again also brought me back to the early days of the "new generation" of animated Disney musicals -- The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin. I remember seeing the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman movie musical Little Mermaid in the theatres and being inspired to start writing musicals. My daughter loved seeing BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on stage again, and we can't wait to see THE LITTLE MERMAID when it swims onto Broadway in the next year or so...

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Part of the NYMF 2006 line up this year were concerts at ARS NOVA, a great cabaret space at 54th and 10th (right next to The Colbert Report!). When I saw that Daniel Reichard was doing a "Midnight Kegger", I immediately said to myself what every mother would say -- "I must see this show and I must bring my kids!"

So my kids and I went to our very first Kegger, along with my hubbie. The Bad Mommy of the Year award is mine, I can feel it!

What an absolutely amazing concert. After driving from Syracuse, and seeing an 8pm show of GO GO BEACH down at 37 Arts Theatre, we all piled in a taxi and headed north to get our seats for the midnight show! I've seen Daniel Reichard playing Bob Gaudio in JERSEY BOYS three times and absolutely love him! I'm sorry I never got to see RADIANT BABY at The Public Theatre, which chronicled the life of Keith Haring, and which he starred in as Haring. Anyway, it was pretty impressive he was doing the kegger show on a Friday night, with two JERSEY BOYS shows to do the next day! Ah, the young.

This was my favorite show of the weekend. Daniel is an amazing talent, and I loved the songs he chose from his high school daze in the '80s (hence the Kegger theme).

Of course the audience was filled with fans who wanted to listen to the music, so there was drinking, but it was an extremely wonderful geeky "I want to hear the music" kind of crowd. The performers kept encouraging the audience to get rowdier and go buy beer (or "sauce" as Daniel called it). We did our best, but gosh darn it, we really just wanted to hear the music!

The band was amazing (and it wasn't too loud, yeah!) which isn't surprising given that the piano player (Eric Svejcar), the drummer (Brad Carbone) and bass guitar (Steve Gilewski) make up the amazing band for JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS, which is playing at the Zipper Theatre. This band also featured Steve Gibbs on lead guitar and he too was spectacular! I found myself just watching Eric, going nuts on piano! Eric is also the Musical Director at JACQUES BREL. Gee it's fun to watch and listen to great musicians. Sort of like when I would divide my time between watching the band and watcing the stage during MOVIN' OUT. Once a band geek, always a band geek.

Daniel has an easy performance style (and a great voice) and his selection of guests (a lot of them were from the cast of JERSEY BOYS!) was great fun: Clark Thorell, Dominic Nolfi, Rhett George, Wendy Ho, Steve Gouveia, Maddy Wyatt, Donnie Kehr, and Kelly Kinsella. Christian Hoff was on the program, but unfortunately couldn't be there.

Daniel started off the show with the duet "The Girl Is Mine" -- just cheesy enough to set the tone for the evening! Some of my favorite moments including singing along with "Daydream Believer" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane", rockin' out to "Jesse's Girl" and "Sweet Home Alabama". Donnie Kehr did "Sweet Home Alabama" and had the audience eating out of his hand. At one point we had to yell out where we were from -- ie. "Sweet Home..." The loudest won the chance to go on stage and chug a small glass of beer. Wild and crazy stuff.

Wendy Ho, a sort of new millennium Bette Midler, was hilarious and a real crowd pleaser with her song, devoted to...the desire to be loved...('nuff said).

My daughter Myrna thought the highlight of the evening was when Daniel played guitar and sang "the potato song" (po-ta-to-po-ta-to etc) to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance. It was truly mexcellent!

We were so sad when it was over (except my youngest, who slept through most of it), and dragged ourselves back to the hotel at 2am. Great show, dude.

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I got an e-mail from Jim Betts, Artistic Director of ScriptLab, the organizers of the first ever Canadian Musical Theatre Festival this November! They are holding auditions, so I thought I'd pass along the info...

AUDITION NOTICE
ScriptLab is looking for musical theatre performers for the Canadian Musical Theatre Festival in November as well as upcoming workshops.

We are looking for many different kinds of musical talent and welcome submissions from diverse backgrounds and age groups, both Equity and non-Equity.

Auditions are taking place on Monday October 2 at Equity Showcase Theatre.

To arrange an audition time, please call 416-461-7079 between 10 am and 5 pm.

Please specify if you wish to audition for ScriptLab in general or specifically for JUSTINE: LOVE ME.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
Two contrasting songs that show your musical strengths. Accompanist is provided.

Requirements for JUSTINE: LOVE ME
This show was originally created in the early '70s. We are looking to revisit the show and update it through workshops.

Looking for an ensemble of 3 men and 3 women plus one female (Earth Mother type, any age over 30) -- see details below.

ENSEMBLE
3 men and 3 women -- under 30; to play a variety of roles.

Edgy performance style and look -- the kind of people you would expect to see on the trendy club scene, or Queen W. arts scene; ability to dance or at least move very well; willingness to play and explore performance possibilities; and want people of diverse backgrounds.

EARTH MOTHER
Can belt out a great ballad and make any song her own. HINT -- Songs were originally sung by Salome Bey.

Please prepare two sample songs -- one contemporary uptempo [rock/gospel-rock/motown/hip hop/pop style] and one ballad [could be a jazz standard from the '30s or '40s or folk rock or musical theatre ballad].

Please bring music in correct key for accompanist. Bring a hard copy of your picture & resume. You may also submit electronically to submissions@scriptlab.ca but you must still phone for an audition time at 416.461.7079

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Here's my new "desert island" pick for DVDs...

This boxed set goes a long way to explaining why Barbra Streisand is the giant star that she is today...

She plays Madison Square Gardens on October 9 at 8pm -- gee, I'd sure like to see that!

But seriously, watching these TV specials is a unique experience -- this is really innovative stuff. I having trouble imagining how any of this would get on the air today, and it makes me a bit sad -- I still believe that people would watch this, but it has to be packaged properly. That's the problem with today -- ain't nobody got no class?

There's little argument that Barbra Streisand is one of the most highly regarded performers of our time. Never has this fact been better confirmed than by the thrilling performances evident on the recent DVD release, Barbra Streisand: The Television Specials (Rhino Records), a long-awaited beautifully packaged boxed-set collection of the star's first 5 television specials, which include "My Name is Barbra" (1965), "Color Me Barbra" (1966), "The Belle of 14th Street" (1967), "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" (1968), and "Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments" (1973).

From her first sung notes in the black and white "My Name is Barbra", filmed while still appearing in FUNNY GIRL on Broadway, Streisand displays the voice, talent, and a ground-breaking approach that helped catapult her to stardom. As we learn in the accompanying notes, the unheard of granting of "complete artistic control" to Streisand is seen completely throughout the special, and was a wise decision, as we witness her vision and touch, visible here in every detail.

For me, the most enjoyable of the specials are the earliest ones, where her youth, passion and drive are most evident. The later specials, while still well worth watching, become more polished -- losing a bit of the initial hunger. As the specials go on, you get to watch Barbra evolve as a performer, from the tender age of 23, when the first special was filmed.

All of the television shows are dripping with Broadway material. Tunes range from shows as varied as SHOWBOAT to MY FAIR LADY to Off-Broadway's THE FANTASTICKS. The FUNNY GIRL material on the first disc is worth the price of the entire set (which is actually reasonably priced). The mere hour of material shown on "A Happening in Central Park", makes one wonder what happened to the other 90 minutes of material referenced as having been performed as well.

Accompanying this beautifully designed package of DVDs is a fascinating 60-page booklet, written by Streisand collaborators Jay Landers and Richard Jay-Alexander. Sprinkled with many pages of never before seen photographs from Barbra's archives, the notes provide further insight into the making of the specials, as well as their place in history and effect on the cultural landscape. Reading the booklet and watching these awe-inspiring specials made me sad that talents like this (assuming they're out there) are rarely showcased as well as they used to be by television (which has surely grown into mass media).

It is unlikely that we will ever witness an ascent such as Streisand's again in our lifetime. She was the right talent, in the right place, at the right time and nothing could have stopped her.

"Barbra Streisand: The Television Specials", the 5 DVD boxed set, is a "must-have" for fans of this true diva. It is also enjoyable for anyone who wants to witness great musical performances, providing a master-class on earning the right to be called a star.

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Discounted Tickets or "How to See a Show and Find Discounted Tickets in 90 seconds!"

I got an e-mail from my friend Seth Weinstein so I thought I'd pass it along:

HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FIND TRUE LOVE IN 90 MINUTES
at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street

Book and lyrics by JONATHAN KARP
Music by SETH WEINSTEIN
Directed by CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI

Discounted tickets are now available for "How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes," which opens in November at New World Stages:

- $25 for performances from November 4-11
- $40 for performances from November 13-19
- $50 for performances from November 20-December 31

Reduced-price tickets can be obtained...

- on-line at broadwayoffers.com
- by phone at (212) 947-8844 (mention code HSFNF79)
- at the box office (340 West 50th Street) with a print-out of this message.

The sooner you come, the more you save!

You are also invited to join the "How to Save the World..." mailing list. From time to time we will offer promotions, fun contests, and opportunities to mingle with the cast. Visit our Web site to sign up.

We hope you'll share this offer with your friends. Musicals such as ours depend on word of mouth. Thanks in advance for your help and support!

Sincerely,

Lawrence Anderson, Stephen Bienskie, Beowulf Boritt, Susan Brumley, Jeff Croiter, Christopher Gattelli, Peter Hylenski, Natalie Joy Johnson, Jonathan Karp, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Anika Larsen, Michael McEachran, Jason Quinn, Thom Schilling, and Seth Weinstein

The cast and creative team of "How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes"

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What's playing in my car right now? Matt Dusk!

What's with Canadian crooners whose first name begins with M? First there's Michael Buble (love him!) and now Matt Dusk! I heard his single "All About Me" on the radio and ran out and bought the CD "Matt Dusk Back in Town". He's got an edgier voice than Buble, but sings in the same style -- big band, swing, jazz, and contemporary with a retro feel. Love it. It's one of those CDs that doesn't have a skipper track (ie. a track that you always skip over).

I especially like his version of "More" (I used to play that on the trumpet). The list of live players credited (violin; cello; viola; bass; trumpet; trombone; bass trombone; French horn; clarinet; bass clarinet; tenor, baritone, and alto sax; picollo; flute; piano; drums; B3; guitar; and banjo...) is wonderfully long and varied -- keep practicing kids!

And of course there are musical theatre standards on the CD. "On The Street Where you Live" and I love the swinging version of "Get Me To The Church On Time". He also does a nice job on Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's "The Best is Yet To Come". Which, by chance, I just saw performed last night by Cy on the first episode of the original Playboy Penthouse TV show (more on that later -- uber cool!). Cy Coleman was one of Hugh Hefner's swinging guests and he played his "new" song, and talked about how he hoped Frank Sinatra would record it soon...

I suddenly got a craving for a highball!

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Wow, here's some fantastic '70s decorating come to life! I woulda killed for this when I was younger, and part of me still LOVES THIS STUFF...

Here's the post from Boing Boing:

My friend Mike Love, newly living in sin, trash-picked an excellent vintage volume from the The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement (1970). Mike was kind enough to post some select pages on Flickr. (More from the same Encyclopedia at the Wee Wonderfuls blog.) Mike's caption for this beautiful boudoir:
The attic bedroom -- the perfect place to lock the doors and trip balls all weekend.

Link

UPDATE: Several readers, including James Lileks, kindly point out that James Lileks's Interior Desecrations online gallery and book from 2000 document this same high point in home decor. Indeed, Mike Love told me that his appreciation for Lileks's earlier work inspired him to post those pages from The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement with the dream of helping inspire an Interior Desecrations renaissance!

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The very first "how to write a musical" book I ever read was by Tom Jones and he used THE FANTASTICKS for examples throughout the book. Yet, I had never seen THE FANTASTICKS and the only song I had ever heard was "Try To Remember".

As a kid I knew the song well and played it all the time on the piano, but didn't know it was from a show. So, I felt that my musical theatre education was sadly lacking. Was I the only person on the planet who hadn't seen THE FANTASTICKS?

Needless to say I was thrilled to see it was coming back to New York at the Snapple Theater Center on 50th at Broadway (you can't miss the giant Snapple lids adorning the outside of the theatre, which is a nice, classy touch!).

There is a wonderful photo gallery in the theatre, a sort of history of THE FANTASTICKS. I found out that Rita Gardner who is currently playing the grandmother in THE WEDDING SINGER was the original Luisa when THE FANTASTICKS opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in 1960. Jerry Orbach was the original El Gallo! There is also a picture of all the different logos fonts that Harvey Schmidt submitted to the original producer, Lore Noto. They ended up going with that distinctive scrawl, which just happened to be Harvey's handwriting! There is also a picture of a TV production that was done on NBC starring Ricardo Montalban and John Davidson! Very cool stuff.

THE FANTASTICKS, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, first opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse May 3, 1960 and ran for 42 years, the longest running musical in theatre history.

From the Playbill:

THE FANTASTICKS is a tongue-in-cheek, all-time smash paean to young love. It has, at this writing, enjoyed more than 11,000 productions throughout the United States, more than 700 around the world.

The whole cast is wonderful:

Thomas Bruce (Henry) in this production, originated the role of Henry in the original Sullivan Street Playhouse production. This is his first appearance on the New York stage since December 1960!

Sara Jean Ford (Luisa)
Burke Moses (El Gallo)
Santino Fontana (Matt)
Leo Burmester (Hucklebee)
Robert R. Oliver (Mortimer)
Douglas Ullman, Jr. (The Mute)
Martin VIdnovic (Bellomy)

I think my favorite character was Mortimer. Dressed up as an Indian, he had a wonderful comic face which reminded me of a sixties cartoon! He was just hilarious. I also enjoyed the piano (Dorothy Martin) and harp (Erin Hill) accompaniment.

This plainly presented show really evoked the early sixties for me -- charming, whimsical, and fresh. Yes, tongue-in-cheek, but not in a dry cynical way. Sort of a sixties "anything is possible" feeling to it. So now I'm excited to see the Roundabout Theatre revival of Jones and Schmidt's first Broadway show, 110 IN THE SHADE this season.

Here's to another 17,000 performances!

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The other day I had coffee with Michael Gilboe who founded and runs Broadway Bullet, a fabulous new theatre podcast. He's got a great studio in midtown where he records his interviews. Michael does all the interviews and has one of those great deep radio voices.

One of the things that makes Broadway Bullet special is that it works like an "audio magazine" with "chapters" that allow the listener to easily skip around the show.

Right now the interviews are focusing on shows in (or associated with) the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival, such as GUTENBERG THE MUSICAL, [title of show], PAISLEY SISTERS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, BLUE LOU AND THE BULLYFISH, and SCHOOL DAZE. It's a great way to get a better idea of what the shows are like because Michael chats with both the authors and some of the actors in the show. They also play a couple of songs from each show to give you a musical taste.

Michael has some great big name guests lined up for after NYMF is over -- maybe I can convince him to let me interview Donny Osmond on his show [sigh]...

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I bought the t-shirt.

I saw THE WEDDING SINGER last Saturday night for the second time and broke down and bought a t-shirt before the show even started. I am now an official Wed Head. Sad, but true. I got the classic THE WEDDING SINGER blue t-shirt with the logo, since my daughters had already purchased the "Casualty of Love" t-shirts (pink for Myrna and blue for Trinity).

I have to admit I was rockin' through the whole show. Both leads were off for the night (I think Laura Benanti is off for a while) so Tina Maddigan (the original Sophie in Toronto's MAMMA MIA and a Sheridan College grad!) played Julia and Kevin Kern played Robbie. But I got what I came for -- Amy Spanger was on playing Holly.

Man, she is frikkin' awesome, absolutely riveting. I could watch her all night. She's got a killer voice, she's funny, and her dancing is so powerful and precise. Her portrayal of Holly makes me want to shake the moth balls out of my leg warmers and go flash dancing! Love her! The only downside is that my husband keeps trying to make eye contact with her when she runs up the aisle. This time he succeeded and she smiled at him. Now there's no living with him! I remember seeing her in the original cast of the KISS ME KATE revival and she was amazing. And yes, everyone lept to their feet at the end of the show.

Pong, anyone?

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What a fabulous day I had last Sunday. My husband and I were guests of Nederlander Theatres (thank you Susan!) for the official launch of Audience Rewards at Broadway on Broadway.

This meant we had tickets for the bleachers, which is the ONLY place to watch this fabulous outdoor concert, dahling. Well, the other 50,000 people standing in Times Square might disagree (especially the ones who had arrived at 4am to get standing room near the stage) but trust me, the bleachers totally rock! We had great seats close to the stage and right in front of the jumbotron, free bottled water, and free New York Times Arts & Leisure sections to read while we waited for the concert to begin!

At 11:30am Jay Johnson whose JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY is opening Sept 19 warmed-up the crowd. I still remember watching him on Soap! He's a very funny guy and the act he did with his monkey puppet later in the show was hilarious. Then they had the B on B orchestra play the GYPSY overture which was breathtaking -- there ain't nothing like live music, especially live trumpets! Martin Short hosted the show and was his wonderful, hilarious pseudo-egotistical self. The concert featured performances from the following shows:

AVENUE Q; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Sarah Uriarte Berry rocks!); THE COLOR PURPLE (LaChanze has an amazing voice); THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Beth Leavel is a frikkin' national treasure -- what a voice and man, is she ever funny singing "As We Stumble (Plumble!) Along"); GREY GARDENS (love Christine Ebersole, this is a must see for me); HAIRSPRAY (I was happily impressed with Haylie Duff); HIGH FIDELITY (all is forgiven Will); JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY (his monkey singing "Send in the Clowns" was unforgettable!); JERSEY BOYS; LES MISERABLES (I always get chills when Javert sings Stars...); THE LION KING; MAMMA MIA! (were the music tracks absolutely necessary?); MARTIN SHORT: FAME BECOMES ME; SPAMALOT; THE PRODUCERS (great performance by Hunter Foster and John Tracy Egan); RENT; TARZAN; THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN' (I loved this performance of "Blowin' In the Wind"); THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE; THE WEDDING SINGER; and WICKED (Kate Reindeer and Eden Espinosa rocked!). If I've forgotten any shows, my apologies! Here's a good wrap-up from Broadwayworld.com.

Donny Osmond (yes, I'm a fan...someone help me, help me, help me, help me please) made a special appearance since he is joining BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as Gaston soon. Then at the finale (around 1:30pm), everyone came on and sang "New York, New York", and they released tons and tons (I mean tons!) of colored tissue paper confetti shapes from the rooftops of surrounding buildings! It was so thrilling and so special!

What was really touching was to see the performers on stage at the end of the concert snapping pics of each other against the backdrop of the crowds! Look ma, I'm on Broadway!

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My friend John Wimbs' musical GO-GO BEACH is opening at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival this Thursday September 14 at 8:00pm at 37 Arts Theatre. For tickets go to: www.nymf.org

Happy tech, and break a leg!

Here's some of the great publicity they've been getting: (boy, the Virgin Megastore performance sure brings back memories of PLANE CRAZY last year!)

First, here's a great YouTube video of Mindy Chinchilla at Virgin Megastore Times Square

Broadway actress Coleen Sexton, who played Lucy in the cult hit Broadway show Jekyll & Hyde, appeared in full costume as 1960's teen pop singing sensation "Mindy Chinchilla" from the new musical Go-Go Beach, at the New York Musical Theatre Festival's live concert at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square on Wednesday, September 6th. Miss Sexton performed "His Smile Told Me So" -- a song that appears in the show as "the latest hit single by Mindy Chinchilla.

Secondly, here a fantastic Broadway Bullet interview of John and Colleen.

Finally, here's an exciting Broadwayworld.com Photo Flash.

Go GO-GO!!!

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Well, I was at Broadway on Broadway today (more on that later) and I noticed that it was used for the official public launch of Audience Rewards, the new loyalty program for Broadway from Nederlander. It looks awesome!

According to Audience Rewards:

Thank you for being a loyal Nederlander Theatres customer. Today, Nederlander Theatres is proud to announce that we are the first sponsor of Audience Rewards, the new loyalty program for Broadway. We are excited to be in at the inauguration of what is sure to be the premiere rewards program for discriminating theatergoers like yourself. Be one of the first to join this exciting new program that's sure to get raves from audiences across America.

It looks like a great program...sign me up!

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From Greased Lightning to Greased Turkey!

I've been lax in posting about the filming of HAIRPSPRAY, given it is being shot right here in Toronto. But now John Travolta has touched down in my fair city and is sporting a fat suit and a dress so I guess I should say something!

As I've mentioned in a previous post, my friend and singer/coach extraordinaire Elaine Overholt is vocal coaching this movie which includes the best tween casting EVAH -- I mean Brittany Snow and Amanda Bynes and Zac Ephron? Now that's a stroke... of genius! All they're missing is Jesse Metcalfe.

Of course I'm really excited about Christopher Walken as Tracy's dad, Wilbur Turnblad. He is one of my favorite actors. The scene in the car as Annie's brother Duane in Annie Hall -- freakin' hilarious! The Continental on SNL (I love the cravat and the fine champagne!) -- hilarious!

There is a fun HAIRSPRAY movie fan blog here, which has all sorts of great pictures, including one of Travolta (yikes, does he ever transform...but you can see him in the eyes and Nicole Blonsky who plays Tracy.

And there are great shots of downtown Toronto transformed into Baltimore circa 1962. A friend told me that the location is around the Dundas and Roncesvalles area -- go check it out! Looking at the cast list I noticed that the fabulous Curtis Holbrook is in the ensemble. Curtis was amazing as Dean in ALL SHOOK UP on Broadway. And he also performed a super tap number in the NYMF Best of Fest Bash. I can't wait to see him on the big screen!

I have a feeling my two daughters will be first in line when the movie opens...

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"I'm not, therefore I am"

I have to admit it kind of ticks me off when new musicals define themselves by what they are not. There's really no need to, and it usually comes off as a bit of a slur towards "what they are not".

In its early days, LORD OF THE RINGS was touting that it was "not a Jerry Herman" musical (i.e. no tap-dancing hobbits). Why didn't it focus on clearly defining what it was, instead of indirectly insulting Jerry Herman? Like I've said before, you could do a lot worse than being a classic Jerry Herman musical like MAME and HELLO DOLLY!. I would have liked to have known more about what made LORD OF THE RINGS special.

So when I was reading page 58 of the fall preview issue of the latest New York magazine (September 4 to 11), I was disappointed to find the same thing happening. As everybody knows, HIGH FIDELITY is coming to Broadway this season, and I for one, am totally jazzed about it. I'm a huge fan of the movie and it seems like material that really "sings" (being set in a record store helps!). So I'm all ready to read an interview with Will Chase (who stars as Rob Gordon) to get the 411 on HIGH FIDELITY:

Jada Yuan, New York Magazine: How will this be better than, say, ALL SHOOK UP...

Will Chase: I don't want to whale on any shows, but this isn't THE WEDDING SINGER. Tom Kitt, who wrote it -- he's rock-influenced. He had a band. It's all original music. It's not razzle-dazzle.

Oh come on! So when you say it isn't THE WEDDING SINGER, you mean it doesn't have a fabulous score, it isn't touching, it isn't funny and it won't create standing ovations? I also don't understand the original music comment...

OK, I might be a bit of a Wed Head, but that seems kind of a cheap shot. Instead, why don't you tell me what the music is like, and what you are doing in HIGH FIDELITY that is really cool.

And I think that the way the question was asked was a tad mean-spirited...ALL SHOOK UP was a terrific show that didn't deserve it's fate...

So endeth the rant.

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If you're reading this, then you'll notice the amazing graphics on the left-hand side of Blogway Baby under "Suzy's Musicals".

All the amazing graphics for NAKED IN AMERICA - THE MUSICAL, PLANE CRAZY, and THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND were done by designer extraordinaire Michael Karst.

And of course the whole blog looks so darn amazing (and it has moving parts!) thanks to all 'round computer genius, John Henson.

Yes, you'll both get free front row seats to NAKED IN AMERICA - THE MUSICAL...

Lookin' good! Thanks!

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I got an e-mail about a NYMF 2006 invited show that sounds really cool! It's called Captain Gravy's Wavy Navy: Where's the Moon?, and it looks like a lot of fun! I "worked" for both Elizabeth Lucas and David Leidholdt when I volunteered at NYMF in 2004. Elizabeth described this show in her e-mail to me as "a subversive family show"!

Or did she mean submersive? (yuk yuk!)

Break a leg!

For more info on the show click here.

New York Musical Theatre Festival & Hip Ship Productions, in association with David Leidholdt present

Captain Gravy's Wavy Navy: Where's the Moon?

Book, lyrics and music by David Cooper & Jeffrey Katz

Directed by Elizabeth Lucas

Choreographed by Maurice Brandon Curry

Join Captain Gravy and his Wavy Navy on a Sergeant Pepper-style psychedelic adventure quest to save the world from the evil Mu Pollu. A wickedly funny, upbeat show about environmentalism that's appropriate for all ages.

Thurs., Sept. 14 at 8:00pm; Sat., Sept. 16 at 4:30pm; Mon., Sept. 18 at 4:30 & 8:00pm; Tues., Sept. 19 at 8:00pm; and Fri., Sept. 22 at 10:00pm

45th Street Theater -- 354 West 45th Street, NYC

For tickets Call Theatermania: (212) 352-3101

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OK, I've done previous posts about Playboy magazine, and the interesting role it played in 1960s society -- even if it only served to galvanize Gloria Steinem's feminist philosophy.

And I've been appalled over the years at how Playboy, twisted as it was, has descended even further from a philosophy of faux-sophistication to just another dirty magazine. They owned the ground in men's magazines in the late '60s, and could have easily chosen a higher road. I'll never understand Hugh's decision to compete with Penthouse, and not The New Yorker.

Now, here's a great DVD set from Playboy's glory days -- "Playboy's Penthouse" TV show. And, here's a great article from The New York Times that recalls a very different era -- for better or worse...

By VINCENT COSGROVE
Published: September 3, 2006

CIGARETTE smoke swirls above elegantly clad cocktail-shaken guests. Cy Coleman sits at a piano and sings his hit "Witchcraft." Not far off Lenny Bruce chats up two Playmates of the Month. And Playboy magazine's editor, Hugh Hefner, nervously patrols his party, making sure the jazz, liquor and conversation flow. It's 1959, and the syndicated TV series "Playboy's Penthouse" is in full Scotch-and-soda groove.

Nine years later, when "Playboy After Dark" makes its debut, the miniskirt has replaced the evening gown. Some men sport Chia Pet-like sideburns, others garishly colored evening jackets. Dancing couples boogaloo to rock music like refugees from "Shindig!" And Mr. Hefner, who seemed so at home with the Great American Songbook in the earlier series, now looks as if he'd rather be back at the mansion digging the latest Dave Brubeck LP.

It's the cultural, social and sartorial differences between the two series that make the three-DVD set "Playboy After Dark" so fascinating, particularly the two black-and-white selections from "Playboy's Penthouse."

Playboy magazine, started in 1953 with $600, was a publishing phenomenon with a circulation of one million copies by the time Hef started "Playboy's Penthouse." As Mr. Coleman's smoothly addictive theme plays over the opening credits, elevator doors part and a subjective camera roams the party, stopping when the pipe-smoking Mr. Hefner turns to introduce himself. Not the most natural of hosts, his sometimes awkward presence nonetheless has its charms: If the editor and publisher of Playboy can appear uncomfortable, there was hope for every nebbishy reader, a fantasy that fueled much of his magazine's success.

"Playboy's Penthouse," produced in Chicago over two seasons, also helped break down racial barriers on television. Black performers don't just entertain and walk off. They socialize. Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis Jr. join the party, chatting, laughing and sipping their drinks. Cole, who does not sing, seems pleased to relax with the likes of Bruce and the novelist Rona Jaffe. Conversations have a natural feel, and Mr. Hefner never rushes anyone.

Bruce is the life of the party, riffing on TV censorship, integration and the definition of a "sick" comedian. And he's funny, relating how executives from another show wouldn't let him tell a story about why a tattoo on his arm might prevent burial in a Jewish cemetery. (Mr. Bruce, who died in 1966, need not have worried. He is buried in a Jewish cemetery in California.)

"Playboy After Dark" arrived in syndication in 1968. Taped in color in Los Angeles, the show has production values that are slicker than "Playboy's Penthouse." But what was elegant and slightly cool about the earlier series here seems forced. Joe Cocker and Canned Heat share the bill -- weirdly -- with Billy Eckstine and Vic Damone. Instead of Bruce and company, there is Rex Reed discussing "Myra Breckinridge," the legendarily awful film in which he co-starred. Under his dinner jacket Mr. Hefner wears a shirt so puffy it could have inspired a famous episode of "Seinfeld." And the image of blacks and whites socializing on television no longer breaks ground.

Still, "Playboy After Dark," which lasted for 52 episodes, delivers entertaining moments. Davis, glimmering with enough gold to qualify as a godfather of bling, performs at his spotlight-stealing best. Tina Turner, with a sullen Ike in the background, equals Davis's energy with "Proud Mary." And Cher does her best with "Take Me for a Little While" as Sonny Bono beats a cowbell with the ferocity of Gene Krupa.

In a 2006 interview with the writer Bill Zehme (included in the collection), Mr. Hefner, now 80, talks of the retro appeal of the two series. That is most true of "Playboy After Dark," gift-wrapped in psychedelic nostalgia. But "Playboy's Penthouse" offers gemlike, illuminating snapshots of its era. And Mr. Hefner, despite his discomfort, proved the perfect host.

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Wow, Unique Visits in August SMOKED!!!!

Thanks everyone for making Blogway Baby one of the top theatre blogs -- and it's just me musing about my pet interests!

One of the things I love most about this medium called blogs is that it is not publishing for a "readership" -- it is publishing for "yourself".

It's cool when you find other people who share your interests, but what's most liberating about the medium is the true honesty and openness of publishing what you like, when you like it...

Thanks everyone for enjoying this journey with me!

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Mmmm...this was just too tasty to not post. I love mid-century modernist architecture, and Frank Lloyd Wright's "Prairie style' had a profound impact on the work of later architectural masters such as Eero Saarinen, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Rudolf Schindler, Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Hans Wegner, and Craig Ellwood (or is that James Tyler, his draftsman...).

My next house will be a modernist house...if I have to build the house out of cardboard! Or maybe I'll just get furniture built out of cardboard...

From this post on Boing Boing:

Here's a YouTube walk-through of an incredibly detailed model of Frank Lloyd Wright's legendary Kaufmann/Falling Water house built in Half Life 2. Kasperg, the creator, is a gamer with an interest in using game engines for architectural visualization, and has published his Half Life 2 maps for you to play with.

Apropos of this, Alice notes "I've had the security permissions to map the BBC's Television Centre for a while, but I haven't ever found anyone local to do it. If you're near London and a dab hand with the HL2 engine, plus you fancy mapping out the Blue Peter garden and other such luminous landmarks, drop me a line..."

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What's with all the silly sticky security stickers?

Okay, here's my rant for the day. Whenever I buy a current high-grossing, super-popular blockbuster movie that has just gone to DVD, like Star Wars III or Spiderman 2, there's maybe one security band sticker on the side of the DVD case. I can handle that.

Why is it that movie musicals on DVD always come with three stickers on the case -- one on the stop, one on the side and one on the bottom! And the more obscure the musical, the more sticky stickers! Is there really a problem with bands of musical theatre geeks roaming through video stores stealing DVDs out of their cases? I recently bought a double DVD set of STATE FAIR which included the original 1945 movie and the 1962 remake (with Pat Boone and Ann-Margret no less) and it took me a day and a half to unwrap the silly thing!

I mean, for heaven's sake, when our car was broken into last year what did the thieves take? The hundreds of dollars worth of musical theatre CDs? Or the two flats of bottled water worth about $6.99 from Staples? COMPANY or H20? WICKED or water? You guessed it -- all the water was gone but Sondheim and Schwartz (and others) remained in the front seat of my car.

So maybe the DVD manufacturers could ease up on those security stickers on the movie musicals -- us theatre lovers are an honest bunch...honest!

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