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Somers, John
J.W.Somers@...
Dec 11, 2009 3:48 pm
10585
I don't know if anyone watched this piece yesterday. I did, and it resonates even more for me today: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5913842n The Power...
... John, thanks for the tale. I'm sure that every actor on this group has a similar story. Once, a director told me I was great for the role of a romantic...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 7, 2009 4:17 pm
10583
... decided to write a play with the lead role fashioned for me, but when I got finished I realized I was wrong for the part.<< Lovely story. Reminds me of...
Hi Bill, Here's the link to the 'toon: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WfUAdr49kgU/Sxs_lggsU4I/AAAAAAAADzU/Ytu8QzLuNw0/s1600-h/AG991+2ndBestActor.jpg Your post...
Jcrwth@...
Dec 7, 2009 12:25 am
10580
... John, That was great.... just what I wanted. Please send to TDL the link to your site so that other subscribers may enjoy and appreciate your newest...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 6, 2009 9:34 pm
10579
I interviewed scribe Frank Hannah (THE COOLER) for this week's Insiders @http://www.blakesnyder.com/2009/12/03/the-insiders-screenwriter-frank-hannah/ A...
Oops, I know you can't send attachments here, but I made the mistake of thinking I was back-channeling it. I'll provide a link to the cartoon tomorrow. John ...
Jcrwth@...
Dec 6, 2009 1:41 am
10577
... about the actor who had done his third audition in his/her life. And he's so stressed out, waiting for the phone call for a callback. You can take it...
Jcrwth@...
Dec 6, 2009 1:39 am
10576
Bill, WE're the blue hairs now! (Well, as a faded redhead my graying is more pinK than blue...) Has your enthusiasm for theatre, old or new diminished? I...
Geralyn Horton
g.l.horton@...
Dec 5, 2009 1:21 am
10575
... -- "Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then ...
... Wow, John, we were indeed on the same track. Indeed, that work was a fresh look at R&J. It captured the story, updates it and gave us some of the most...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 10:07 pm
10573
... Hear you, John, I do. Fewer new plays undertaken, more theatres inclined to pull out the usual suspects of tried and true play that bring in the blue...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 9:38 pm
10572
... American theatre expects Broadway to be at the forefront of good theatre... straight plays or musicals.>> Well, okay, rampant commercialism has taken over...
Jcrwth@...
Dec 4, 2009 9:04 pm
10571
... of a Shakespeare play ever. So I'm not surprised that someone did a Broadway musical version of R&J.>> Actually, Bill, I was referring to "West Side Story"...
Jcrwth@...
Dec 4, 2009 8:48 pm
10570
... For once, Robert, you and Norman are on the same track. Who knows, this might be the start of a great friendship. Listen gentle persons. No one who knows...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 8:40 pm
10569
... Before my comment, John, I just want to share with you that your Thanksgiving cartoon was enjoyed by TAS actors at our feast; they all laughed. There is...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 8:04 pm
10568
... I know about the last two; in fact the touring version of Spring's Awakening just opened in Denver and got good reviews. I plan on seeing it. No, I didn't...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 8:02 pm
10567
... Ed, thanks for being gentle in your reprisal. I was just having fun, and yet I put my foot in my mouth. I am a New Yorker, but I did my grad work in Ohio...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 7:52 pm
10566
Broadway always did junk. As Strasberg once said, TV just took overr most of what the commercial theatre used to do -- sex comedies, variety shows etc.. Only...
... Elizabeth, thanks for that update! Would you do the group a favor? When the show with a new book opens, would your share the critic's reviews. Break a...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 4:38 pm
10564
Thanks, Elizabeth. Wonder if I can arrange a fieldtrip? cdf C. David Frankel Assistant Director of Theatre School of Theatre and Dance University of South...
... comes partly from producers thinking they have to appeal to a large international audience without a great command of English and, of course, to the block...
And let's not forget that it was back before "Superman" that we had a paradigm-busting Broadway musical version of "Romeo and Juliet." That's a wrap, John ...
Jcrwth@...
Dec 4, 2009 6:14 am
10560
Bill, Your points about the tv show, based on the part of the first part I watched, are well-taken. I wasn't going to watch the rest of it. The show's been...
"The Musical, imho, was geared toward the lowest denominator of Broadway audiences. The tourists. And lord knows, you have to take into consideration the...
... Point made, point taken, Conrad. I remember reading the play by Frank Wedekind wayyyyy back in grad school. Who have thought that a play from 1891 which...
Bill Smith
Bill491@...
Dec 4, 2009 12:15 am
10557
... True, but who would have ever imagined a Broadway musical from "Spring's Awakening"? I think 'Lear!!!" isn't far off. Actually, I saw "Spring Awakening"...
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