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From: jww@evolving.com (John W. Woolley)
Subject: Yet Another Love Sonnet
Summary: Comments and criticism welcome.  Copyright.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:46:21 GMT
Organization: Evolving Systems, Inc.
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                  Jade, almost 15


        Poets are always praising ladies' eyes.
        I'd promised Jade a poem, so I began
        to fashion assonance, to plot and plan
        alliterations, thinking I'd devise
        a not unworthy sonnet.  But to apprise
        her chaste regard -- that's more than wit of man
        could hope to accomplish.  Try as best I can,
        my highest praises don't half-way suffice.

        Those eyes I could in truth call "clear" and "bright",
        but who could guess their guileless eager grace
        from hackneyed words like those?  Their quick insight
        what lines of mine could catch?  What phrases trace
        the play of that swift intellect's pure light
        across that sweet and so-beloved face?

-- 
Fr. John Woolley (jww@evolving.com); vastly enthusiastic about Augustine,
Austen, babies, Bach, backgammon, baseball, beer, the Bible, Botticelli, Burke,
Chesterton, Dante, Dixieland, hardboiled, Hitchcock, Dr Johnson, Latin, Mozart,
Shakespeare/de Vere, St Teresa, Tolkien, Trollope, Fats Waller, and Washington
From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Jobs in theatre
Date: 11 Nov 92 23:43:09 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Nov9.111608.2226@mtu.edu> destill@mtu.edu (Still) writes:
>
>	Can anyone tell me what kind of jobs, specifically, are available
>in the field of technical theatre and/or movie special effects 

I don't think I can help with all this, but can give you some pointers
 for jobs in tech theatre.  Will have to let someone else cover movies.

>What kind of training/schooling/background is suggested
>or required?  Where can I get this training?  

There are a variety of approaches to training.  Many schools offer degrees
in theatre and it really depends on what you want (and can afford).  There
are BA programs which give good all-around exposure, BFA programs which
are more specialized, and MFA programs for even more specialization.  Look
through some University catalogs at your local library for starters.  The
USITT convention (in Wichita this winter) is a very good place to meet people
from different schools.  Another useful organization is ATHE (Association
for Theatre in Higher Education); sorry I don't have their address, but
could probably find it somewhere if you're interested.

I posted the following list of places to look for jobs and internships
awhile ago.  You might want to check these out:

ArtSEARCH
Theatre Communications Group
355 Lexington Ave
New York, NY  10017
(212) 697-5230

This is THE source for internships and jobs in the performing arts.  It is
published every other week and subscriptions cost $48/year (worth every penny).
Check out the "career development" section which lists internships,
grad assistantships, etc.  If you're on a college campus someone in the
theatre department probably already has a subscription. 

=========================

Opera America
777 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-9262

They are a professional organization promoting opera.  Their monthly
newsletter often lists internships and job opportunities.  Additionally,
they offer fellowships which you may apply for.

=========================

Theatre Directories
PO Box 519
Dorset, VT  05251
(802) 867-2223

They publish the "Summer Theatre Directory", "Regional Theatre Directory"
"Guide to Theatre Training Programs" and more.

=========================

USITT (US Institute for Theatre Technology)
10 West 19th St, Suite 5A
New York, NY  10011-4206
(212) 924-9088

They offer lots of things, including a convention with placement service.
They also list jobs in their magazine and newsletter.  Of particular interest,
though is their "Internship Directory".

=========================

.............................................................................
....Boyd Ostroff / Technical Director / SUNY Oswego Department of Theatre....
...............Voice: (315) 341-2987 /  Fax: (315) 341-3394..................
..............ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu / ostroff@cboard.UUCP................
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From: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Subject: Re: Broadway tix.?
Reply-To: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Organization: Columbia University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 05:55:30 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.023332.13622@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rworman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert B Worman) writes:
>Hello all;  this is my first posting to this group, as I have just learned of
>its existance.  Anyway . . .
>
>     I have the opportunity to spend the weekend of 12/11 in Manhattan, and I 
>am dying to see a couple of shows (Phantom and Falsettos, or maybe Miss Saigon)
>but I am sure that these shows are sold out through the normal ticket office.  
>The "tickets to everything" type of business here in Columbus quoted me a price
>for two orchestra seats for Phantom, at $150 per; this is a good bit more than
>I had hoped to spend.
>
>     My question to all is : are there any little-known means to get good seats
>at reasonable prices ( <$90, preferably) this close to showtime?  If there is a

Well, spending a weekend in this town is certainly a grand thing to do!

About the shows. Well, Falsettos is currently playing at 75% capacity,
so, in fact, tickets are available at TKTS. (that's the half price
ticket booth on Times Square) Getting Tickets to Ms Saigon has gotten
easier after the departure of Lea Salonga, so I think you would be able
to get tickets if your price range is just >90. Heck, that is plenty!
Phantom is a different story. My experience was a wait of ~2 months
for orchestra seats if bought from the box office. I went for ~$15
student seats, and had to wait 6 months!

-rich
rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu

the biologist theatregoer
From: by080@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lynne A. Oconnell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Footlight Records
Date: 11 Nov 1992 23:02:58 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: by080@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lynne A. Oconnell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


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?

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Lynne O'Connell (oconnell@bcvms.bc.edu)
Department of Chemistry
Boston College
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From: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Subject: Re: I need Love Songs that don't really say it.
Reply-To: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 05:45:28 GMT

I can't resist this thread anymore:

"Married" from Cabaret
"Mountain Duet" from Chess
"Eyes that never Lie" from Weird Romance (now how many remember that?)
A song from La Cage Aux Folles..."I hear la-dadada-la-dada, and I'm
young...?" it is the song they waltz off with...

Various songs from Falsettos, although I find it hard to remember the
titles. Like "I would kill for the thrill of first love?"

"Something There" from Beauty and the Beast

And, my favorites:

"Someone Like You"; "Till You came into my Life" - Jekyll and Hyde
"When I look at you" - Scarlet Pimpernel

-rich
rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu

ps: andrew, I know you're watching :)
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Subject: Re: Assissians in London
From: mshapiro@netlink.cts.com (Michael Shapiro)
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 17:10:50 PST
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

s.chen@fs3.mbs.ac.uk (Sherman Chen) writes:

> Just saw the UK version of Stephen Sondheim's Assissians.  It's very good.  
 
Please, it's spelled "Assassins."  Just think that it's started by a 
couple of asses.  (Whoops, conspiracy theory!)

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Subject: Re: help with lyrics
Keywords: hello, dolly
From: eclipse@netlink.cts.com (David Gallo)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 92 21:31:02 PST
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

wkm1@nestor.uucp (24102-messer) writes:

> 
> hi.
> i'm looking for the lyrics to 
> "put on your sunday clothes"  from hello, dolly.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> wendy messer
> 

I can do it from memory if you would like.  I was Barnaby in a production 
of it last year.  E-mail me and I'll send you the lyrics.

                     David Gallo
                       Netlink.cts.com
          sorry.... eclipse@netlink.cts.com

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From: larryw@lclark.edu (Larry Westdahl)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: The Pirates of Penzance (not the Pirate Movie)
Date: 7 Nov 92 20:16:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Nov7.201619.28197
Distribution: usa
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

In article <1992Nov7.082915.26773@netcom.com> cass@netcom.com (Diana Tenery-Fisher) writes:
>
> 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


Of all the G&S productions I've seen, the one thing that holds true is that
the director often tries to see just how wierd he or she can make the show.  
I actually saw the Major General wind surf on stage once!  The wierdest
shows I've even seen, though, were at Interlochen (National Music Camp),
where, due to the size of the cast, the Major General might have over
eighty daughters.  I've seen maidens fall in to the orchestra pit.  I've
seen pirates have sword fights with the conductor!  Ah, those were the days.

- Lawrence

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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Re: Footlight Records
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:33:36 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?

As far as I know they don't.  They try to keep anything currently
available (either in the US or elsewhere) in stock, and have lots of
used and out-of-print things too.  Just call them at 212-533-1572 and
ask for what you want (describe it as clearly as possible: "the CD of
the 1964 off-Broadway revival of By Jupiter" kind of thing), and the
helpful person on the phone will see if they have it, bring it to the
phone if they do, and if you want it and agree to the price (standard
for current stuff, based on rarity for old), write up an order and ship
it to you within days.  All the people who work there know their stuff.

Jon Alan Conrad
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From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
Subject: Re: Tony Kushner's A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 06:48:52 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.202739.26131@scott.skidmore.edu> jholstei@scott.skidmore.edu (jeremy holstein) writes:

>Does anyone have any information on this play's production history?
>I'm especially interested in reviews and impressions.
>Has anyone seen any productions?
>How was it recieved?

Kushner wrote this play after graduating from Columbia while working
as a phone operator at a hotel in New York.  The play had a workshop
production, featuring many of his coworkers at the hotel.  Its first
professional production was in London at the Bush Theater; Kushner has
described that production a "catastrophe".  The play later was
produced by the New York Theater Workshop, where it also was poorly
received.  Oskar Eustis, who was dramaturge at San Francisco's Eureka
Theater and now resident director at LA's Mark Taper Forum, saw the NY
production of BRIGHT ROOM and produced it in SF, where it had its
first successful run.  The Eureka Theater and Mark Taper Forum
co-commissioned ANGELS IN AMERICA.

BTW, Kushner wrote BRIGHT ROOM as a formal experiment and as a
response to Brecht's FEAR AND MISERY IN THE THIRD REICH as well as to
Reagan's visit to Bitberg.

Andrew
From: sallyn@pyrxbooter.eng.pyramid.com (Sally Norton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Costume designers
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:17:11 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Pyramid Technology

> I would like to know how many of you out there are involved with costume
> design.  If you are, could you please tell me if there are any specialized
> newsgroups or electronic "magazines"?


Did anyone have any information on this? I tried to send mail to Jannina
but, it bounced back? Can anyone recommend specific books?


--Sally

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From: rworman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert B Worman)
Subject: Broadway tix.?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:33:32 GMT

Hello all;  this is my first posting to this group, as I have just learned of
its existance.  Anyway . . .

     I have the opportunity to spend the weekend of 12/11 in Manhattan, and I 
am dying to see a couple of shows (Phantom and Falsettos, or maybe Miss Saigon)
but I am sure that these shows are sold out through the normal ticket office.  
The "tickets to everything" type of business here in Columbus quoted me a price
for two orchestra seats for Phantom, at $150 per; this is a good bit more than
I had hoped to spend.

     My question to all is : are there any little-known means to get good seats
at reasonable prices ( <$90, preferably) this close to showtime?  If there is a
newsgroup which might be more appropriate for this sort of question, could
someone let me in on it?  Any attempts at assistance would be greatly
appreciated!
-- 
TJ: "How do you know she's a witch?"      | rworman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
JC:    "She turned me into a newt!"       |       Rob Worman
[long pause]                              |
JC:    "...Well, I got better"            |
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams)
Subject: Re: Tony Kushner's A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, California
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 23:24:03 GMT


BTW, Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA has won the (London)
Evening Standard Award for Best Play of 1992.  That's the
most prestigious drama award in Britain.
-- 
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From: dprintz@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (-  SQUONK  -)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: New Sondheim/Lapine show at L.J.P.
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:19:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, San Diego

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?

The L.J.P. dealt up a version of "Merrily We Roll Along",
revised for the production by S.S. himself, in 1985.

The article quoted Des McAnuff (of "Big River" fame) as saying
the show would be "full scale" but would surely evolve as it
progressed, along the lines that Into the Woods and Sunday did
in their initial runs.

Into the Woods, btw had opened across town here at the Old Globe
Theatre.  I wonder why Sondheim/Lapine opted for the Playhouse...

-daniel

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						*Into The Woods*
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From: yho@bmerh99e.bnr.ca (Yue-shun Ho)
Subject: Re: Broadway tix.?
Reply-To: yho@utcs.utoronto.ca
Organization: Toronto, Ontario
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 23:30:57 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.023332.13622@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rworman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert B Worman) writes:
>
>     My question to all is : are there any little-known means to get good seats
>at reasonable prices ( <$90, preferably) this close to showtime?  If there is a
>newsgroup which might be more appropriate for this sort of question, could
>someone let me in on it?  Any attempts at assistance would be greatly
>appreciated!

If you just need one ticket, they're often available at the box office,
  even though they are officially "sold out".  Give the respective
  ticket offices a phone call before going to brokers.

yue-shun


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From: nadel@attatash.aero.org (Miriam Nadel)
Subject: Re: Worst G&S (was Re: THE MIKADO was great!)
Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:08:17 GMT

In article <BxB4oE.9Ep@apollo.hp.com> betsyp@apollo.hp.com (Betsy Perry) writes:
>*My* favorite, since you asked, is *Ruddigore*.  Absolutely
>drop-dead wonderful mock-frightening music.  The plot is
>a wonderful burlesque of the conventions of melodrama.  Does 
>anybody have guesses why *The Sorcerer* isn't revived more often?
>
My problem with Ruddigore - and it's a minor one - is that it seems fairly
easy for poor actors to wreck it.  Some of the others seem less vulnerable
to mediocre performance.  I hope never again to suffer through a Ruddigore
with someone who doesn't know what the word "mad" means.  Cool ending, though.

I suspect this fits in with the deplorable tendency of people who don't like
G&S trying to rewrite the operettas so they enjoy them and spoiling it all
for those of us who thought they were just fine in the first place.  

As for why The Sorcerer is not revived more often, I suspect the language
is a problem.  So much depends on the word "philtre" which is not much
used in the love potion sense in modern times.  Makes it harder for the 
audience.  Of course, the plot is a problem, but that doesn't disqualify
Pirates, for example.

[Re: Worst G&S
Betsy agrees with me about Yeoman of the Guard and adds:]

>Although I wouldn't argue hard with anybody who wanted
>to make a case against *The Gondoliers*...

But Gondoliers has Sullivan's very best dance music.  It may be among
Gilbert's lesser lights (though I admit to a fondness for the whole
bull-fighting bit with the Duke of Plaza-Toro, Count Matadoro, etc.) with
his obsession about kidnapping and all, but the score is wonderful stuff for
the most part.


Miriam Nadel
From: pape@rd1.interlan.com (Donna Pape)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Aspects of Love
Date: 12 Nov 92 13:18:37 GMT
Organization: Racal-Datacom, Sunrise, FL

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!  ;-)

Donna

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From: yhsu@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Yuta Hsu)
Subject: Re: _Aladdin_ Soundtrack
Summary: Not quite as memorable as BatB and TLM.
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:28:00 GMT

     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.
     The vocal cast consists of Bruce Adler, Jonathan Freeman, Brad Kane, Lea
Salonga, and Robin Williams. All of whom do a great job at each of their parts.

     I think _Aladdin_ will be more visually impressive than musically, my 
favorite is still Beauty and the Beast! :)

Smiles,
          Yuta
          Hsu.14@osu.edu  OR  yhsu@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (WHEW!)
From: jliao@mensa.usc.edu (Jason Liao)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Ticket buying woes... (long)
Date: 12 Nov 1992 23:12:00 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: mensa.usc.edu

I have a similiar experience two years ago.  I bought a pair of tickets
to see Les Miz in Pentage Theater in Hollywood.  I somehow lost the
ticket, I call Ticketmaster and ask them to put the tickets on Will Call.
I was able to pickup the ticket 1/2 hours before the showing.  All I 
need is an photo ID when I  pickup the ticket.  

Jason Liao
From: s.chen@fs3.mbs.ac.uk (Sherman Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: New Recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:45:42 GMT
Organization: Manchester Business School

In article <23100@galaxy.ucr.edu> stranger@watserv.ucr.edu (Katherine T Lim) writes:
>Path: nessie!mucs!uknet!doc.ic.ac.uk!agate!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!network.ucsd.edu!galaxy!watserv.ucr.edu
>From: stranger@watserv.ucr.edu (Katherine T Lim)
>Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
>Subject: New Recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar"
>Message-ID: <23100@galaxy.ucr.edu>
>Date: 18 Oct 92 21:00:58 GMT
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>While browsing through the soundtracks section of
>a record store a couple of evenings ago, I noticed
>a recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar" that I 
>hadn't seen before.  I believe that it says "20th
>Anniversary Special" or something of the like on
>the box of the CD.  This recording stars Paul
>Nicholas, and features Claire Moore also. This 
>recording contains only one CD. 

>Does anybody have any information on this?  Better
>yet, has anyone puchased a copy of it?  If so,
>please post a review, or reply directly to me.

>Thanks very much.

>                        The Stranger

Hmm....I am afraid you got the US version of the disc.  The UK version is a 
double CD which contains the complete score.

Sherman
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