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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: King and I redux (was Re: Barbara Cook...)
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:35:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxtKuv.BvM
Organization: University of Delaware

In article <1e6u5qINN322@agate.berkeley.edu> dkodmur@ocf.berkeley.edu (Daniel Kodmur) writes:

>PS. I am loving the new KING AND I, and yet there has been precious little
>interchange about it on the net.....

I thought we'd had rather a lot, actually.  Anyway:  Did you see the
exchanges where some of us expressed disappointment with it?  Primarily
with Julie Andrews' performance, as several of us have been imagining
her as the "ideal Anna" for decades, and felt bummed out that she (a)
speaks many of the lines -- she's always done this (and I've never liked
it), but never to this extent; and (b) sings some of her numbers --
"Hello Young Lovers" in particular -- in such low keys that they stay in
"chest voice" and her trademark soprano sound is totally absent.

The viewpoint was expressed that this recording nevertheless performs a
good service by exposing the score to a new generation of listeners.  I
guess that's true; but I wonder if it couldn't have been accomplished
just as well by reissuing one of the 4 earlier good recordings.

As to the rest, I like the orchestra (but honestly, I prefer the stage
orchestrations to the movie ones) and conducting; I find Ben Kingsley
marvelous in every way; enjoy the remainder of the cast (and find Peabo
Bryson rather endearing because he's trying *so* hard to be "legit";
it's sort of the reverse of the Carreras-in-WestSideStory phenomenon);
and regret the omission of the Uncle Thomas Ballet, which was perhaps
the one really unique bit of scoring in the movie.  If you like it a
lot, there's no reason to stop just because I'm a sourpuss.

>Does anyone know if the recording sessions
>have been filmed for documentary purposes??

There's a 5-minute promotional video that stores got.  I've seen it, and
it's mostly people sitting around saying nice things about each other
and the sessions.  Very little actual documentary material of the
sessions (and what little there is, clearly shows that the soloists
recorded in isolation booths, probably after the orchestral tracks had
been laid down...which may contribute to the lack of "live" feeling I
find in the recording).  I doubt that there's any more of this, or that
it'll be shown more widely.

>PPS. Does anyone know if plans are being made to record the Sondheim revue
>with Julie Andrews that is in preparation at the Manhattan Theater Club???

I can't imagine that there are no such plans, especially with such a
cast!  Now, *how* do I get a ticket to the show???

Jon Alan Conrad
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: meriel@stein.u.washington.edu (Dance For Me Salome)
Subject: Re: Theater grad schools
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:16:13 GMT

ac@cheshire.oxy.edu (Aileen Cho) writes:


>  Could somebody give me some info on theater graduate programs? I am
>considering eventually getting a BFA or MA in Playwriting or Performance.
>What good schools offer grad studies in theater arts? Would I still be
>able to take courses in more technical areas as well? At Oxy we have a
>general theater arts BA, where you get a sampling of performance, writing
>and technical, but being a double major I haven't gone very far into any
>one area. I interned for Oxy's theater festival last summer, and, neat as
>it was, I only got really good at follow spotting and lifting flats. Heh.
>                                                   --ac
Well, UW offers the PATP-- Performing Arts Training Program, which offers 
an MFA in Playwriting, Directing, or Acting (and also design fields, too).

Being a PhD student, I don't know a whole lot about it, but the people i know
who are in it are interesting and dynamic.

-lisa
From: jliao@mensa.usc.edu (Jason Liao)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Miss Siagon
Date: 19 Nov 1992 22:30:27 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: mensa.usc.edu

I got a Japanese Miss Siagon CD recently.  It is a one disc highlight
and contains 7 tracks from the Tokyo Production.  The vocals are entirely
in Japanese.  My first impression was, it sounds funny.  Although the 
music are the same, many parts of the lyrics are not exactly the same 
when translte back from Japanese.  The music itself is pretty much
the same, maybe a little slower tempo at times.  There are two Kims
in the Japanese production, their sing style reminds of Japanese Eponine
in the Complete Les Miz recording.  The leading Kim is Honda Minako and
the rest of the case are all Japanese.  Overall I like the Japanese
flavor Miss Siagon, but their vocal skill is clearly not in the same 
class as the London production.  

Where can you get it?  Japan.  

Jason
From: stranger@watserv.ucr.edu (Katherine T Lim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Touring production of "Joseph and the Amazing..."
Date: 17 Nov 92 21:32:49 GMT
Reply-To: stranger@watserv.ucr.edu


According to a segment in the Los Angeles Times,
the person who will star in a US production of
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joesph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat" will be Michael Damian.
Damian's single "Rock On" from some teeny-bopper
film of a few years back had gone gold.  Some
may be familiar with Damian as a character in
the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless."
I think that he plays [played?] a singer named
Danny Romalotti in Y&R.

			The Stranger
From: larryw@lclark.edu (Larry Westdahl)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: monlogues wanted
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:38:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Nov20.023848.13293
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

In article <1992Nov19.174823.27875@cs.tulane.edu> jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Grizabella) writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.210712.9075@scott.skidmore.edu> croth@scott.skidmore.edu (catherine roth) writes:
>>well, it's november.  that time of year that every theatre major on
>>every college campus worldwide dreads: time to find an audition piece
>>for next semester.
>
>I have another question along these lines... I hae never auditioned for
>a play where you had to have a prepared monologue. (All I've done is high
>school stuff where they hand you the script for the play you are auditioning
>for and say "Here-- read Emily's part".) How long should these monologues
>be? Should you research the play specifically to see what type of play it
>is (comedy, drama... etc.) and prepare a monologue of that type?
>I am taking a theatre class this semster, and I have had to prepare a
>monologue as an exercise in class. I really like the one I'm doing..
>it's from the movie _Listen To Me_, but we haven't performed yet, so
>I have had no feedback. By taking this class, though, I have discovered
>that I terribly miss being on stage,so I want to audition for some of
>next semesters plays-- but I don't know anything about the procedure.
>Thanks for your  help.
>
>Meow...
>-- 
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"  All the world's a masquerade   ||         /~\   |~\   |   ~~/
>	 made up of fools         ||        |  __  |_/   |    /
>   and philosophers." --Extreme   ||         \_/   | \   |   /__
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>----Grizabella---.aka.---Misti D. Jordan-----------jordan@cs.tulane.edu----
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------


About two minutes is good, and if they want two monologues, you should
wither do two contemporary monologues, one dramatic and one comic.  
Although, it's usually best to be familiar with at least two classic
monologues too (just in case), again, one comic and one serious.

-- 

_____
larryw@lclark.edu | *L.Westdahl is a caring nurturer, a member of several
writer, musician  | twelve step programs, but not a licensed therapist.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The World Reknown Jason Boskey)
Subject: Re: "Tell Me On A Sunday" soundtrack
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 09:53:53 GMT

sws8n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Stefan William Sittig) writes:

>In article <By27up.10B@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The World Reknown Jason Boskey) writes:
>>finkelde@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
>>
>>>I am desperatly trying to find a sound recording of Andrew 
>>>Lloyd Webers "Tell Me On A Sunday"  This show went up with "Song And 
>>>Dance" but I am unable to find a copy of it anywhere.  I would 
>>>prefer it on tape but anything would do now. If anyone knows were I 
>>>can find a copy please let me know.   
>>>					Laura
>>> 					finkelde@sonoma.edu
>>
>>I sorta have a copy.  It's not the original "Tell Me on a Sunday", but it
>>is the Songs part to Song & Dance.  Bernadette Peters sings the part of Emma.
>>Even if this isn't what you're looking for, I recommend listening to it.  
>>Bernadette Peters is pretty good, but the songs themselves stand out.
>>
>>Bosk--jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>>

>I BEG TO DIFFER!!!  Bernadette Peters is FANTASTIC in SONG & DANCE!!  The songs
>I consider quite weak...especially "Married Men" and "Tell Me On a Sunday".  
>Bernadette makes most of the songs for me.  You can always tell if a song is
>actually good on it's own, when no matter who sings it, you still enjoy something of it.  "Tell Me On A Sunday" is soooo boring, and long...unless BErnadette
>Peters sings it!  I would recommend the album for Ms. Peters and if you like
>ALWebber's music!
>					-Stefan


While I like Bernadette Peters, I would hardly consider her singing in Song & 
Dance fantastic.  She does do a good job on "Tell Me On a Sunday", but I've 
heard 4 or 5 versions of it, and each one sounds as good as Bernadette's.  
Also, "Unexpected Song" could stand on it's own, whether or not Bernadette sang
it.  Either way, I still like the music, and don't change my recommendation of
listening to it.

Bosk---Bosk@uiuc.edu

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From: reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher)
Subject: Re: PATRICK STEWART in "A Christmas Carol" -- discount
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 18:06:22 GMT

In article <1ebasjINNpe3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cn577@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Cyberspace Vanguard Magazine) writes:
>
>
>
>
>[NOTE to those on other systems:  Feel free to post this wherever
>you feel it will be seen.]
>
>As some of you probably know, every year Patrick Stewart does his
>own rendition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."  This year
>it will be at the Broadhurst Theater December 15 through January 3.
>This is one week longer than last year, when the play broke box
>office records for a one-man show.
>
>Patrick Stewart is a 25 year veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

I saw Stewart's reading last year, at Caltech.  (It's going to be there
again, for a few days, this year.)  It's a superb reading of the
work, and will be a revelation for those who have never read "A
Christmas Carol", but think you know it from too many film and stage
productions.  Stewart reads the entire work (with minor excisions),
so you get Dickens' marvelous and witty descriptions of people and
places, which are generally missing from other adaptations that only
use the dialog.  In addition, Stewart is a very gifted actor and brings
the work to life using only a handful of props and some rather basic
lighting.  Regardless of whether you like "Star Trek" or not, this is
possibly the best adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" I've ever seen,
and definitely is worth seeing.

-- 
		Peter Reiher
		reiher@wells.cs.ucla.edu

Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: sws8n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Stefan William Sittig)
Subject: Re: "Tell Me On A Sunday" soundtrack
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:36:21 GMT

In article <By27up.10B@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The World Reknown Jason Boskey) writes:
>finkelde@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
>
>>I am desperatly trying to find a sound recording of Andrew 
>>Lloyd Webers "Tell Me On A Sunday"  This show went up with "Song And 
>>Dance" but I am unable to find a copy of it anywhere.  I would 
>>prefer it on tape but anything would do now. If anyone knows were I 
>>can find a copy please let me know.   
>>					Laura
>> 					finkelde@sonoma.edu
>
>I sorta have a copy.  It's not the original "Tell Me on a Sunday", but it
>is the Songs part to Song & Dance.  Bernadette Peters sings the part of Emma.
>Even if this isn't what you're looking for, I recommend listening to it.  
>Bernadette Peters is pretty good, but the songs themselves stand out.
>
>Bosk--jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>

I BEG TO DIFFER!!!  Bernadette Peters is FANTASTIC in SONG & DANCE!!  The songs
I consider quite weak...especially "Married Men" and "Tell Me On a Sunday".  
Bernadette makes most of the songs for me.  You can always tell if a song is
actually good on it's own, when no matter who sings it, you still enjoy something of it.  "Tell Me On A Sunday" is soooo boring, and long...unless BErnadette
Peters sings it!  I would recommend the album for Ms. Peters and if you like
ALWebber's music!
					-Stefan
From: Ann.Feeney@launchpad.unc.edu (Ann Feeney)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Broadway tix.?
Date: 15 Nov 92 19:56:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <1992Nov12.045517.27268@informix.com> junet@informix.com (June Tong) 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?
>

Try going through hotels--often they buy blocks, and don't always require
that you stay there.
Talk to _your_ local newspapers, and offer to do an article or review in
exchange for helping  you with ticket price.
Seduce one of the cast. ;-)
Look in a paper for scalper's ads, but be sure that you get the ticket
before you hand over cash--post-date your check or something.  Some of
them are honest, many of them are honest when they're being watched, and
some are just plain dishonest.  Don't try to outwite them if you think
that something fishy is going on.  And before you hand over cash, call the
theater and ask them to physically describe the ticket--if all second
balcony tickets are pink, and someone is trying to sell you a blue one to
the second balcony, don't buy it!

Ann "Never pay full price for tickets" F.
--
   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
           internet:  laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
From: by080@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lynne A. Oconnell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Donny Osmond in "Joseph"
Date: 15 Nov 1992 15:46:57 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


In a previous article, sh.chen@fs3.mbs.ac.uk (Sherman Chen) says:

>>>>
>>>>  I heard a while back that Donny Osmond was supposed to be starring
>>>>  in a touring show of "Joseph and the Amazing Technocolor Dreamcoat".
>>>>  
>>>>  Does anyone know if this is still true, and if so what the schedule
>>>>  of cities/dates is.
>>>
>>>
>>>>                        Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>
>>>>                            -- jogle
>>>>                               geigel@seas.gwu.edu
>>>
>>>He is in a tour of Joseph in....Toronto.
>>>
>>>Sherman
>
>>I believe Donny Osmond is in Minneapolis.  I've got tickets for the show on 
>>November 21st, and I'm pretty sure Donny is scheduled to play Joseph.  I'm
>>not positive, just pretty sure.
>
>>-- 
>>         Jeffrey Hellmers            "Trouble is son, the farther you run, the
>>        hellmerj@stolaf.edu           more you feel undefined, for what you have         St. Olaf College             left undone, and more, what you've left
>>       Northfield, Minnesota          behind." Stephen Sondheim, INTO THE WOODS
>
>
>Heard that Joseph will be going to broadway soon.
>
I saw a segment yesterday on the Today show about Donny Osmond.  They said that
Joseph is currently in Minneapolis where it will stay until the end of the
month.  It then moves back to Toronto.  I think they said it is going to 
Chicago next, but I'm not sure of the dates (sorry I didn't pay closer
attention :-) ).
-- 
Lynne O'Connell (oconnell@bcvms.bc.edu)
Department of Chemistry
Boston College
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: gwangung@carson.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Subject: Re: Theater grad schools
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:04:34 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.001613.15076@u.washington.edu> meriel@stein.u.washington.edu (Dance For Me Salome) writes:
>ac@cheshire.oxy.edu (Aileen Cho) writes:
>>  Could somebody give me some info on theater graduate programs? I am
>>considering eventually getting a BFA or MA in Playwriting or Performance.
>>What good schools offer grad studies in theater arts? Would I still be
>>able to take courses in more technical areas as well? At Oxy we have a
>>general theater arts BA, where you get a sampling of performance, writing
>>and technical, but being a double major I haven't gone very far into any
>>one area. I interned for Oxy's theater festival last summer, and, neat as
>>it was, I only got really good at follow spotting and lifting flats. Heh.
>Well, UW offers the PATP-- Performing Arts Training Program, which offers 
>an MFA in Playwriting, Directing, or Acting (and also design fields, too).

	As I mentioned to Aileen in e-mail, she might want to consider the
surrounding theatre community, as well. Seattle, Minneapolis and Chicago
all have VERY good theatre communities, with plenty of opportunities to
work with very decent theatres. And opportunties to intern as well...in
fact, I can almost guaruntee an (unpaid) internship at one theatre...


-- 
Roger Tang, gwangung@u.washington.edu
Producer Emeritus, Asian Theatre at the UW
	"The definition of balls is for a non-singer to go karaoke singing
with the cast of a musical revue."
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Grizabella)
Subject: Re: monlogues wanted
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-27794]: thor
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:48:23 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.210712.9075@scott.skidmore.edu> croth@scott.skidmore.edu (catherine roth) writes:
>well, it's november.  that time of year that every theatre major on
>every college campus worldwide dreads: time to find an audition piece
>for next semester.

I have another question along these lines... I hae never auditioned for
a play where you had to have a prepared monologue. (All I've done is high
school stuff where they hand you the script for the play you are auditioning
for and say "Here-- read Emily's part".) How long should these monologues
be? Should you research the play specifically to see what type of play it
is (comedy, drama... etc.) and prepare a monologue of that type?
I am taking a theatre class this semster, and I have had to prepare a
monologue as an exercise in class. I really like the one I'm doing..
it's from the movie _Listen To Me_, but we haven't performed yet, so
I have had no feedback. By taking this class, though, I have discovered
that I terribly miss being on stage,so I want to audition for some of
next semesters plays-- but I don't know anything about the procedure.
Thanks for your  help.

Meow...
-- 
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	 made up of fools         ||        |  __  |_/   |    /
   and philosophers." --Extreme   ||         \_/   | \   |   /__
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From: andrew@chemeng.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Ku)
Subject: Discount tickets to touring shows in SF
Organization: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:02:48 GMT

Sorry if this gets out beyond the "Bay Area".  

Does anyone know if there is any way to get discount seats to
touring shows (non-Les Miz) - for example at the 1/2 price STBS/TIX
booth at Union Square, student, or rush seats?  I called the Carol Shoren-
stein Hayes office and they were coy about the existence of discount
tix.

San Francisco already has some of the highest ticket prices on the
touring circuit, and they never advertise rush seats, unlike LA
where $10 rush seats to Six Degrees of Separation and The World
Goes Round are available.

The show I'm interested in, BTW, is Six Degrees; they are charging
$42 here, $2 more than Broadway.

Andrew
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The World Reknown Jason Boskey)
Subject: Re: New Recording of "Jesus Christ"
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:30:09 GMT

I've only heard the one disc highlights.  I happen to like it.  A lot more
Rock n' Roll sounding.  As an example, in "Heaven On Their Minds", the bass 
at the beginning is extremely pronounced.  I haven't heard the 2 disc version
but I will be soon and post as soon as I have an opinion.

Bosk--jab55062@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Organization: Freshman, Drama, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 13:42:16 -0500 
From: Michael Voytko <mv2b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Theater grad schools
	<1992Nov20.025834.14122@lclark.edu>

Don't quote me on this 'cause I'm not sure, but I think Carnegie Mellon
has no graduate acting program, just design/production and I believe
playwriting. Check out the other Consortium of Conservatory Theatre
Training Schools as well: Boston University, SUNY Purchase, and NC
School of the Arts. Again, I haven't got deatils about the programs, but
it's a start. and if you find any good grad schools in technical
theater, post them here so I can check them out as well.

Good luck,

--Mike Voytko
  freshman, design/production
  Carnegie Mellon University Dept. of Drama
  mv2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Re: Showboat CD recording recommendation wanted
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:04:13 GMT

In article <BxvnBK.M3r@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> dmnhieu@sobolev.math.purdue.edu (Duy-Minh NHIEU) writes:

>I am planning to buy the Showboat (just the songs) on CD.  There are many 
>different ones out there.  I would like some comment from you guys out there.
>Thanks

With most shows, recommending just one recording would be hard.  With
SHOW BOAT, it's easy:

The EMI/Angel recording, conducted by John McGlinn.  It has everything:
all the musical numbers (most recording leave out lots of it), a
fabulous cast, and impeccable rightness of style and spirit.

I'm not sure what you imply by "only the songs."  If you insist on a
single CD, EMI has produced a "cast album" excerpted from this
recording, that is essentially the material that would have been on the
original-cast album of the original production.  But I would *strongly*
recommend going for the full 3-CD set, which has everything included
cut numbers and numbers added to later productions.  This is one of the
pinnacles of show recording, and nobody should be without it.

Jon Alan Conrad
From: mac@cats.ucsc.edu (Michael C. Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: The Rink
Date: 19 Nov 1992 15:32:36 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


Recently ran across a CD for a musical called The Rink.  Can anyone give
me any background/thoughts on it?  

One of the things I am most curious about is that it is labeled as a 
"limited edition" and is listed at $40, for a single CD (it's on TER).
Why the exorbitant price?  What does "limited edition" mean on a CD
release?  Etc.

mike
mac@cats.ucsc.edu


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