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From: dsy@psych.toronto.edu (Desiree Sy)
Subject: Re: New Sondheim/Lapine show at L.J.P.
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 12:56:46 GMT

In article <40608@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> dprintz@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (-  SQUONK  -) writes:
>An article in the "Currents" section of the San Diego
>Union-Tribune reported today that a new Sondheim/Lapine
>show would open this summer at the La Jolla Playhouse in
>San Diego.  
>
>Anyone have any goods on this?

Is this the show that was mentioned in Theatreweek?  The one
that's supposed to be about (steel yourself) bodybuilding?
(Whoops.  Pun unintended.)  I suppose Mandy P. had better start on
those free weights soon if he wants in.

The producer of a production of ASSASSINS I saw at the University
of Western Ontario is a friend of Victor Garber's, and he
mentioned while chatting in the lobby that he had heard that the 
workshop had a good chance of being cancelled through a lack of 
funding.

Which brings up the question:  Wouldn't you think that someone
would have the foresight to help out a Sondheim show?  Obviously,
you wouldn't be expecting to make money on it -- in fact, it's a
matter of losing money, but God knows, people have spent money on
stupider things.  Where are the wealthy dedicated eccentrics when 
you need them?  (Where are a few million dollars, so I can become a
wealthy dedicated eccentric?)

-desiree

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From: law30056@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN KEN HWEE)
Subject: '93 Shows in 1993
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:43:08 GMT


Howdy....

Can anyone tell me about the following shows....

Saltimbanco - Cirque Du Soleil - Fr Mar 30 - Battery Park City
 What is it, Where is BPC, Is this worth watching?

Three Men On A Horse - Mar 23 - May 16 Lyceum Theatre      
 With Julie Hagerty, Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
 "A Hilarious farce about life in the fast track"
 Also - what's this about?  Anyone knows anything?

Conversations with My Father
Crazy For You
My Favorite Year
 If anyone is kind enuff to e-mail me with their opinions on these
 shows?

Thanks a million.

KenHwee Tan
National University of Singapore

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From: troy@athena.cs.uga.edu (Troy Johnson)
Subject: Phantom Costume
Summary: Where?
Keywords: Phantom, costumes, Weber
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:19:26 GMT

Does anyone know where I may find costumes or patterns to such from
Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera?

Please e-mail any replies to troy@athena.cs.uga.edu

Thank You

Troy
From: copley-devon@cs.yale.edu (Devon Copley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: blood
Date: 13 Nov 1992 19:09:37 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
NNTP-Posting-Host: lion.zoo.cs.yale.edu

I hope this is the right newsgroup for this post.  I'm doing Macbeth II,ii
("That which has made them drunk...") for a scene class next week and
I NEED BLOOD!  Does anyone know a simple, easy to make, ideally water-
soluble recipe for stage blood?  If so please EMAIL me, as I don't
regularly post to this newsgroup.  Thanks.

Devon
copley-devon@cs.yale.edu
From: s.chen@fs3.mbs.ac.uk (Sherman Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Assissians in London
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:06:40 GMT
Organization: Manchester Business School

Just saw the UK version of Stephen Sondheim's Assissians.  It's very good.  
Each of the Presidential Assissians is being protrayed as a living human 
being with problems of his/her own.  Some of the moment is very funny.

The set is very simple with nine booths and with the orchestra above the 
booth.  There is also a big poster on the back that said shoot a president, 
win a prize.

Don't really know who those actors are, but they are very good.  The stage 
is so small that microphone is not used (I think).

Some of the funnier moment came from Reagan, and the two ladies who try to 
assissian Ford, and Ford himself.

If you are contemplating to come to London before the year is over....Here 
is a musical to see...and the price is not too expensive at $20UK tops.

Sherman
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From: ASPONBERG@EXODUS.VALPO.EDU
Subject: RE: Help!!!!!  Liviu Ciulei Information Needed Desperately
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:47:46 GMT


I find it hard to believe that the reference librarian at your library
was unable to help you find material on a person as prominent as Ciulei.
Go back to the library. Ask the reference librarian to lead you to the
Social Sciences and Humanities Index; The General Essay and Literature
Index; The Biograpy Index; and the New York Times Index. Ask your librarian
if the library has Infotrac, a CD-ROM system that accesses the popular 
media for the past three years. If so, a keyword search will turn up more
than enough material.

Gus Sponberg
Valparaiso University

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From: yho@bmerh99e.bnr.ca (Yue-shun Ho)
Subject: Re: Footlight Records
Reply-To: yho@utcs.utoronto.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 23:35:58 GMT

In article <1ds3f2INNbk8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> by080@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lynne A. Oconnell) writes:
>
>The name of this store has appeared in several letters on this list and sounds
>like a place that I wish I lived closer to.  Does anyone know if they have a
>mail order catalog by any chance, and if so, how I could get my hands on one?
>

According to my recollections, they told me that they used to print   
  catalogues, but the catalogues always got outdated as soon as they
  were published, so they're not printing catalogues anymore.

yue-shun, toronto, ontario
From: w0z092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Michael Kin-Hung Liang)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Music of ALW
Date: 13 Nov 1992 11:33:40 -0800
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: keats.rick.cs.ubc.ca

I hear that "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is coming to Vancouver and
features the best from all his musicals.  Now, has anyone seen this before
elsewhere?  How much does it cost?  How long is it?

(It's coming to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Nov. 17-22, 1992).
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From: Herberg_David@tandem.com (David Herberg)
Subject: Re: The Pirates of Penzance (not the Pirate Movie)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:06:57 GMT

In article <1cv216INNddv@mozz.unh.edu> ss1@kepler.unh.edu (The Rink) 
writes:
> >Another good intro, IMHO, would be the movie version of Pirates of 
> >Penzance with Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt.

This is the film version of the Joseph Papp stage production.

> While I usually prefer stage performances of Gilbert & Sullivan
> productions,the movie version of the Pirates of Penzance is in my top
> ten list for all-time favorite movies.  It's *fantastic* -- every tiny 
> piece of it, especially the choreography, was brilliant.

Kevin Kline is a brilliant comic actor.  I wish there were more comdies 
showcasing his talent.
 
> The song, "It Really Doesn't Matter" appears in this production, but
> it isn't a song from the Pirates at all -- it's from Ruddigore.  Except 
> for this, the movie follows the script to the letter

Well, not quite.  The song is called "My Eyes are Fully Open" and is 
indeed from Ruddigore.  Papp had to make some cuts to make room for this.  
Most obvious is "Away, Away!" with normally occurs at that spot.  But more 
distressing is the cutting of the entire second verse of Major General 
Stanley's self introduction wherein Gilbert rhymed such words as 
Caradock's, Heliogabulus, Pinafore, and cuneiform.  They substituted a 
reprise of the third verse, but "really fast this time."

David Herberg, Herberg_David@tandem.com
From: bgonzal@math.rutgers.edu (Bil Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: My old friend - Need help with song
Summary: Please help with the title/show for this song
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:18:13 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I would like information about a song that I would like to use as an
audition piece.  I think the name of it is "My Old Friend" and that it
came from a recent off-broadway show (within the last few years).  It
is about two friends that meet for drinks during their lives to
discuss life and troubled relationships.  I think that part of the
lyrics are:

Life is ____,  ____ strange
Love is rare, people change

or something like that.  There is another line that is:

And I ask myself will I live with any lover
or live a lifetime alone

And it goes on to describe how the two friends will probably do this
until they are old.  It is really a nice song, If I can only find it!
Any leads would be appreciated, especially the name of the
song/show/and availability of sheet music.  Thanks for any help!

Bil Gonzalez
bgonzal@math.rutgers.edu
Please send me an email reply
From: murray@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Thomas Murray)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Aspects of Love
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:32:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: aristotl.MURRAY.92Nov13093214
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL

In article <1992Nov13.002537.12494@bmerh85.bnr.ca> yho@bmerh99e.bnr.ca (Yue-shun Ho) writes:

Re: The Phillip's and B'way versions of ASPECTS OF LOVE:

>    On the positive
>    side, the orchestra in the Phillips version is much fuller.  (The
>    orchestra used in B'way is more of the chamber size.)

This seems strange to me.  I didn't see the B'way version, so I can't
comment on the size of that orchestra, but I did catch the Phillips'
production here in Chicago (before it's tour).  Maybe the Canadian
production had a bigger pit, but here the orchestra was only made up
of about 14 players.  Certainly not large.  Maybe the comment should
have been "the Phillips' version *sounded* much fuller.  This I could
see.  There were 3 keyboards in the pit, certainly capable of
generating *alot* of sound.

-tom
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From: ncchang@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ning-chih Chang)
Subject: Where is Frang Langella?
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:28:05 EST


Does anybody know if Frank Langella is still working in Broadway?  I know
he had a very successful stage play, Dracula, several years ago.  I just 
wonder what he is doing now.
From: penfold@rock.concert.net (Patricia A White -- Oxford University Press -- MIS)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: _Aladdin_ Soundtrack
Date: 13 Nov 92 19:10:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: rock.1992Nov13.191006.17136
Organization: CONCERT-CONNECT -- Public Access UNIX

In article <1992Nov13.162800.7756@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> yhsu@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Yuta Hsu) writes:
>     Well, I bought the _Aladdin_ Soundtrack last week, and was a teeny bit 
>disappointed in the overall musical quality... I was hoping for a more 
>Middle-Eastern flavor, but the powers that be must've decided otherwise. Howard
>Ashman is credited for 3 songs (which IMHO are the more memorable), Tim Rice 
>did the other vocal numbers. The lyrical difference is a bit obvious, but not 
>distracting.

Personally, I thought the difference was like Tabasco vs. white bread.
Ashman's lyrics had a certain bite to them.  Rice's were okay but 
didn't have any... oomph.

The movie's amazing, BTW.  And, because of Robin Williams' performance
(and the genie animators, of course), worth seeing more than once.

-Patricia
 penfold@rock.concert.com
From: s.chen@fs3.mbs.ac.uk (Sherman Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Carousel recording recommendation needed
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:48:00 GMT
Organization: Manchester Business School

In article <BwDKJs.AAH@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> dmnhieu@riemann.math.purdue.edu (Duy-Minh NHIEU) writes:
>Path: nessie!mucs!uknet!mcsun!uunet!think.com!ames!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!riemann.math.purdue.edu!dmnhieu
>From: dmnhieu@riemann.math.purdue.edu (Duy-Minh NHIEU)
>Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
>Subject: Carousel recording recommendation needed
>Message-ID: <BwDKJs.AAH@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
>Date: 19 Oct 92 15:33:27 GMT
>References: <98758@bu.edu>
>Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News)
>Reply-To: dmnhieu@riemann.math.purdue.edu (Duy-Minh NHIEU)
>Organization: Purdue University
>Lines: 4

>Hello:

>   I am planning to buy the Carousel (by Rodgers and Hammerstein) CD recording. However, there are at least two versions available.  One is the broadway versionby John Raitt and the other is the film version with Bill Bigelow and Shirley
>Jones.   Which one is "better" in your opinion?

Actually, there is a third version with Barbara Cook, Sarah Brightman, and 
Samual Ramey.  That's the one I like.  

Sherman
From: dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: "Phantom" tickets wanted
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:36:21 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: a2i network

I am interested in buying two tickets for the San Jose production of
"Phantom" for the 8:30 pm show this Saturday, November 14.  If you have
tickets you would like to sell, please send email.

(Distribution set to Bay Area.  Please ignore this if it leaks out and
you are not in this area.)
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
also:  dhesi@cirrus.com
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From: cass@netcom.com (Diana Tenery-Fisher)
Subject: Re: The Pirates of Penzance (not the Pirate Movie)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 08:29:15 GMT

 For our winter show last year, my school mounted G&S's Pirates
of Penzance.... it was a smashing success and sold out every night
of it's run. Because of budget cuts, we weren't given much money to 
do a summer show, so we reprised PoP, bringing back the entire
cast (with a new Fredric because our original Fred broke his neck :( )

To add a little spice to the show, we decided to add 'My Eyes Are
Fully Open', directly after 'Away Away'. We had cut it the
first run even though it was in the score we had. (The Papp version)
The score/libretto we used included Away, Away; My Eyes Are Fully Open
and ALL of the verses of Modern Major General. 

-diana

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diana tenery-fisher               'It is only with the heart that one can see
cass@netcom.com                    rightly. What is essential is invisible
                                   to the eye'  -  The Little Prince
 
Soundtrack >  these thoughts were had solely under the influence of 
  du jour  >             Narada Sampler 2 - Lotus Artists


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From: ewok@netcom.com (Bryan C. Beckstrand)
Subject: Re: The Pirates of Penzance (not the Pirate Movie)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 01:52:33 GMT

Herberg_David@tandem.com (David Herberg) writes:


>Well, not quite.  The song is called "My Eyes are Fully Open" and is 
>indeed from Ruddigore.  Papp had to make some cuts to make room for this.  
>Most obvious is "Away, Away!" with normally occurs at that spot.  But more 
>distressing is the cutting of the entire second verse of Major General 
>Stanley's self introduction wherein Gilbert rhymed such words as 
>Caradock's, Heliogabulus, Pinafore, and cuneiform.  They substituted a 
>reprise of the third verse, but "really fast this time."

>David Herberg, Herberg_David@tandem.com

Also thrown in was a song from  Pinafore.  One of Josephine's two
aria's; I think, (rather, "scena") "Sorry, her Lot".

--Bryan 
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From: lschmers@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence S Schmersal)
Subject: Sunday in the Park with George
Summary: cut monologue
Organization: The Ohio Living Room
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:45:26 GMT


A question:

In the Fireside Theatre edition of Sondheim/Lapine's _Sunday in the Park with 
George_, a cut monologue (cut during previews) is appended at the end of the 
script.  The stage directions state that this section was spoken by the 1st Act 
George in front of the tableau...
My question is, what was its original placement?  I'm directing
a production and have decided that the speech focuses the show in some nice
ways that might make it worth including.  We think it might make a good/useful
opening monologue for the show, but would like to know if it was intended for a
specific spot originally.


                              Thanks,

                                   Steve
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: morrison@eng.auburn.edu (Kelly Morrison)
Subject: Ticket buying woes... (long)
Reply-To: morrison@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:15:05 GMT


Two questions, then a tale of woe...

1. What's the best way (and what is involved) in replacing tickets
   lost in the mail (specifically, tickets bought through TicketMaster
   for the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA)?

2. Can we put together a set of diagrams (either ASCII or PostScript)
   showing the floor plans and seat numbers of popular theatres in the
   U.S.?

Two months ago, I bought tix to "Aspects of Love" through TicketMaster
and paid for them through MasterCard. About a month ago, TicketMaster
called back and said they couldn't send the tickets to my address.
Apparently, the address I told them to send the tickets to and the
address MasterCard had for me were different (I moved recently, and
MasterCard hadn't updated my account yet). Even after I gave them my
confirmation code, MasterCard number, and social security number, they
STILL wouldn't send the tickets to any address other than the one listed
on my MasterCard. So, I asked them to go ahead and mail them to my old
address, figuring that the PostMaster would use that nice little change
of address form I filled out for them back in September to route the
tickets to me. WRONG.

The performance is one week from tomorrow and I STILL haven't received
my tickets, although TicketMaster says they mailed them on October 30th.
(Actually, I haven't received ANY mail, including my bills -- the post
office hems and haws and says they don't know why I'm not getting them).
Anyway, TicketMaster says that if I haven't received the tickets by the
NIGHT BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE, to call them to make arrangements.

Problem: I live 1 1/2 hours from the theatre, and I lose another hour
going from Central to Eastern time during the trip. Therefore, I'm going
to be lucky to get there before the curtain rises. Does anyone know how
long it's going to take, what will be involved, and what ID(s) I will
need to show to get replacement tix? I asked TicketMaster, and the 
unhelpful lady just repeated the "If you haven't received the tickets by"
sentence and hung up on me. (grrrrrrrr)

On a related note: I live so far from the theatre that I have to buy tix
by phone, which means that I have no idea whatsover where and how good the
tickets I buy will be. I once paid premium for "Cats" tix and was so far
over on the side that over 1/3 the stage was blocked. :( The TicketMaster
people are not allowed to give any information other than the seat numbers.
Could we start an archive of theatre maps for popular theatres around the
country to assist in the tickets-by-phone process?
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: grime_a@cs.uwa.oz.au (Andrew Grime)
Subject: Tycoon
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:34:48 GMT

Hello.
I recently read in the program of the new Australian (concert) production
of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' that Tim Rice was working on a new musical
'Tycoon'. 

Also, there has been a single release from the show (?) "The World is Stone"
recorded by Cyndi Lauper (which I am *impressed* with).

So, does anyone know anything about this show - Where is it being produced ?
Is Cyndi Lauper in the show ? Synopsis ? Recording release ?

Thanks in advance.

Andrew.
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From: p38448n@puukko.hut.fi (Timo Saarto)
Subject: Joseph question
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:47:16 GMT


Hello !

I recently obtained Joseph CD (one with Jason Donovan as Joseph if
that really matters some ?). I'd say it is worth every penny; however
one thing really misses me.

Why on earth do the brothers in "Those Canaan days" (try to) have such
a horrible "French" accent ???!?!? Is there some joke in the play that
didn't come thru in recording or is this just bad taste ?

BTW, I really liked "The KING"-joke. I just wonder whether the guy
actually made an Elvis-impersonation on stage...:-)


--
 }}}}
Timo Saarto           :::      I    THINK      ::: Voice: 90/555554
Ulvilantie 29/1 B 18  :::       I   MUST       ::: EMail: tsaarto@otax
00350 HELSINKI        :::  BE   A   MUSHROOM   :::        p38448n@puukko.hut.fi
Somehow I am always left alone in the dark and being fed with lots of horseshit
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From: yho@bmerh99e.bnr.ca (Yue-shun Ho)
Subject: Re: Aspects of Love
Reply-To: yho@utcs.utoronto.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 00:25:37 GMT

In article <406@rd1.interlan.com> pape@rd1.interlan.com (Donna Pape) writes:
>I finally saw Aspects of Love last night in Miami Beach.  I keep
>hearing about how different this version (Robin Phillips) is from
>the original London and Broadway versions, but nobody has said what 
>these differences are.  
>
>Has anybody seen one or the other (or both) who could enlighten me?  :-)
>
>By the way, the version I saw last night was wonderful, but then again
>I really like Andrew Lloyd Webber!  ;-)
>

I saw a Broadway preview edition and the Phillips edition in Toronto.
  I don't think I like them too much, but seriously, I find myself growing
  a bit tired of ALW musicals lately.  In terms of musical content and
  story line, the Phillips version is probably the same as the London
  version.  Here, I like the Broadway version better, as it makes more
  sense and more laughable.  For example, in the B'way version, George
  talked to Rose about his concern with Alex and Jennifer, BEFORE Rose
  went to warn Alex about their relationship.  Also, the B'way version
  has the song You Are Far Better Than ?? (sorry, forgotten the title)
  sung in a quartet format, which is quite hilarious.

Theatrically, I think both didn't work too well.  But since I went to
  a preview performance on Broadway, it is probably not fair for me to
  judge.  As far as the Phillips version is concerned, the entire
  stage design is white - white clothings and white curtains everywhere.
  Maybe I'm allergic to white, but the sheer amount of whiteness really
  bothered me, especially the white curtains moving in every directions.
  The performers also didn't seem emersed into the play.  On the positive
  side, the orchestra in the Phillips version is much fuller.  (The
  orchestra used in B'way is more of the chamber size.)

On the whole, the best thing I found in the Broadway version was probably
  Kathleen R??owen (sp?) who played Gulietta.  Her voice sounds very
  strong but sweet, and she acts pretty good too.  (She later appeared
  in an Off-Broadway production of Chess as Florence, which I found
  equally satisfying.)  But I just can't stand the story and the recurring
  musical themes.

yue-shun, toronto, ontario


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