Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on November 20, 2025, 12:11:22 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of classic cast recordings compared to today's dead-sounding recordings, and now it is time for you to post until the cast album cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PRODIGIOUS!
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Good morning, all!
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This morning is my second assessmrnt for home healthcare. The iterview is supposed to last around an hour. I will be Zooming with a different interviewer.
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I slept rather well. I had a long dream in which Leonard Bernstein was cleanng out a storage area, and he gave me copies of everything he had ever written for Candide Then, I had questionms about "Oh, Happy We," which went through several sets of lyrics, so I walked out of my parents; house in Middletown, Ohio, and crossed the street. I walked up to the house where the Schultheises lived in the 1950s and knocked at tghe door, and Felicia answered it. I asked in Mr Bernstein was home and she said no, so I walked back to my parentrs' house. Then I woke and "Oh, Happy We" ran through my head until I woke. Something tells me there was a part of the dream I do not remember involving a staging of Candide and the cut Infant Casmira sequence of the Auto-da-fe.
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i must needs put together a small grocery delivery today.
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I think they are all Columbia recordings:
The Sound of Music
Gtpsy
Li'l Abner
Juno
Camelot
My Fair Lady (original 1956, not the stereo redo)
CandideKean
On the Twentieth Century
Cabaret
Kismet
Nope!
Carousel (RCA, 1966)
Kismet (RCA, 1965)
The Music Man
Tenderloin
Annie Get Your Gun (RCA, 1966)
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I never thought much of the sound on Capitol and MGM, much as I love the score for She Loves Me. The sound on early RCA recordings is terrible; compare the OBC of Brigadoon with Goddard Lieberson's more complete studio cast with Shirley Jones.
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Good morning, all.
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DR Elmore's list is great.
I love those Lincoln Center RCA's, too. Haven't listened to them in forever. Must get them out.
Maybe add Bye Bye Birdie to the Columbias?
Agree re Capitol, MGM, etc., but when I compared the She Loves Me CD against the LP, the LP won by a long shot. Horrible CD transfer. Also recently listened to RCA's On a Clear Day CD and thought that sound was crappy.
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Good morning.
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We've been getting more rain this week. Of course, we were out in our little camping trailer. We finally just came home early for reasons.
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Today I'll go over to the church with all the tablecloths and set out tables for the Thanksgiving Potluck this weekend. Tomorrow the pastor's wife and I will set the tables and whatever.
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I'm going to make gnocchi in brown butter with fried sage leaves for the dinner. Plus roasted veggies.
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TOD: Besides recordings where BK was involved:
I'm biased of course, but whatever Skip's set-up here in the apartment was in the mid-2010s, I think he really was able to hit that feeing BK mentioned with his tracks of the then-full score for VIVA MAX! (our musical version of the Alamo-based novel by Jim Lehrer), some of which are here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cp64RFa6t4
and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnEz0SBblk
At the time, a number of Jim Lehrer's family members had said the demos sounded as good as many original cast recordings they'd heard.
Looking back on how things went in the years after that, it's probably too bad we didn't try to get the extra work done to release that score while CDs were still "in".
(The Kritzerland recording of LAST STARFIGHTER vocals were done in a recording studio in 2005.)
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I don't know if we're really going to do Thanksgiving here at home. My DIL might have to work that day. She did last year, and it was really hard for her to work Wednesday night, come here, and go to work Thursday night. I'll still cook a turkey that day anyway. Just cuz.
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TRADITION!!
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We've been getting more rain this week. Of course, we were out in our little camping trailer. We finally just came home early for reasons.
"came home early for reasons" sounds mysterious. Was it just due to the rain? Hope everything was OK.
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DR elmore3003: you didn't ask Felicia if you could borrow a cup of sugar?
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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~~~SECOND ASSESSMENT VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003!!!
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DR George:
Lefse is a traditional, soft Norwegian potato flatbread that resembles a thick crepe. It is particularly popular in the American Midwest due to Norwegian immigration, and is a staple during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
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It is sometimes used as a punchline around these parts.
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This morning is my second assessmrnt for home healthcare. The iterview is supposed to last around an hour. I will be Zooming with a different interviewer.
Vibes the Zoom today goes well!
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Good morning, all.
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Not a great night of sleep.
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Still, I feel somewhat rested.
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The back is very sore.
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Two!
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We've been getting more rain this week. Of course, we were out in our little camping trailer. We finally just came home early for reasons.
"came home early for reasons" sounds mysterious. Was it just due to the rain? Hope everything was OK.
We booked the trip before DIL got the job. We need to pick up Grandson at school on Wednesdays and wait until Son gets home. Seemed silly for one of us to sit in the trailer in the rain while the other one did grandparent duty. Then drive back in the dark and rain, just to come home the next morning.
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TOD:
On the 20th Century
Gypsy
A Little Night Music
Anyone Can Whistle
Chess OBC
Merrily We Roll Along
The Rink
Nope:
Pippin
The latest two Gypsy revivals
The Act
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Elmore, I hope your assessment goes well. Or not well. Whichever will get you the services you need.
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Elmore, I hope your assessment goes well. Or not well. Whichever will get you the services you need.
Ooh, good point!
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DR MichaelG, thanks for the heads up on "Pretty Wins"!
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Looking forward to further repors.
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Elmore, I hope your assessment goes well. Or not well. Whichever will get you the services you need.
Ditto, my friend.
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The line for the pantry is lengthy again.
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I hope we can feed everyone.
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Elmore, I hope your assessment goes well. Or not well. Whichever will get you the services you need.
It lasted around 30 minutes, and it seemed to go well. I will hear if I'm good for healthcare in about ten days.
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If any of you DRs have read Annabelle & Thatch and have not posted a review on Amazon, would you please do so?
If you've posted on Amazon, would you cut and paste your review on Barnes & Noble? I could use all the help possible!
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Re TOD: I seem to love every Columbia original and studio cast album made between 1945 and 1980. I just can't remember or post them all! How could I omit the monaural Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or Finian's Rainbow (although I prefer the 1960s RCA recording) or the stereo Bye Bye Birdie, Thurber Carnival, or Anyone Can Whistle among others.
I also love the MGM cast recording of Carnival and the RCA Hello, Dolly!
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Re TOD: I seem to love every Columbia original and studio cast album made between 1945 and 1980. I just can't remember or post them all! How could I omit the monaural Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or Finian's Rainbow (although I prefer the 1960s RCA recording) or the stereo Bye Bye Birdie, Thurber Carnival, or Anyone Can Whistle among others.
I also love the MGM cast recording of Carnival and the RCA Hello, Dolly!
I'm so glad you mentioned the 1960s Finian's Rainbow! Last time I listened to that I was blown away by it, absolutely loved it. And I agree with all the rest of that.
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Feel better vibes for DR JOHN G and DR GEORGE.
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I enjoyed DR MICHAELG's take on Versailles.
Looking forward to the news on Chess.
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TOD:
So many cast albums already mentioned. I enjoy them all.
I also like the London Cast album of Bye Bye, Birdie! with Chita Rivera and Peter Marshall.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uR0AAOSwoKxmZ10f/s-l1600.webp)
I like New Girl In Town - on RCA.
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So many cast albums already mentioned. I enjoy them all.
I also like the London Cast album of Bye Bye, Birdie! with Chita Rivera and Peter Marshall.
I like New Girl In Town - on RCA.
And my late friend Robert Nichols in the Paul Lynde role!
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I like New Girl in Town as well as Take Me Along.
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DR John, I hope you are finding comfort in watching some of Bonnie's favorite films.
Also, I'm glad you are getting some relief for your back with the chair heating pad. I find putting my seat warmer on in the car helps my back. I use all year round.
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Interview vibes for DR John.
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Get well vibes for both DR George & Shelly. Vibes you don't give each other what you have.
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George, thanks for the congrats to Keith.
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From George:
I was prescribed benzonatate, a.k.a.Tessalon pearls (never heard of either).
That is what I was prescribed at urgent care. I too and not heard of it. It helped some and reduced the uncontrollable cough, however, it was the prednisone that really worked since my cough was caused by the GCA.
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Third night of five hours of sleep. Got to reverse that. Maybe back to bed for a bit.
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George, it is good your lungs were clear. Having had broncititis too often, and issues with my lungs, I always think it is good to get them checked when I have a bad cough, or more importantly, a tight cough.
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All the Columbia cast albums mentioned are great - from the mono era I'd add the Lieberson recording of On Your Toes with Portia Nelson and Jack Cassidy and certainly My Fair Lady. Stereo - it doesn't get better than Subways are for Sleeping, then all the ones folks have mentioned, but even the flops like Mr. President sound amazing.
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I remember getting the CD of She Loves Me and thinking it was the worst recorded show ever - so it's interesting that ChasSmith says the record is better. The CD was one of two or three that some guy named Larry Lash did - who that was or is I have no idea and since he probably had zero experience with tapes, who knows what he used or how it was mastered. I know he also did Whoop-Up. I do remember Baker Street sounding pretty good on LP. RCA was hit and miss, but when they hit they were very good, as with Take Me Along and I Do! I Do! and quite a few others. If playing the CD versions, I find those to not always be great - some distortion that I don't recall from the LPs - hard to know if they were being lazy and using the album masters or if they went back to the three-track tapes.
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Capitol did some nice-sounding cast recordings - again, hit and miss, but their Molly Brown is great, so is Funny Thing, I recall Tovarich and Gay Life sounding very good, The Music Man was one of their first if not first stereo albums and it could have been better. Love the album for Little Mary Sunshine and and Funny Girl, Fiorello, and Golden Boy are all very good albums (despite Sammy's laryngitis).
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Back to Columbia - of course, I love A Thurber Carnival and also Lieberson's recordings of plays like Virginia Woolf and Luv. Flower Drum Song is a great cast album, even though I like the movie orchestrations way better. The Most Happy Fella is an all-time fave, and boy was it a shame it wasn't stereo. One must mention Camelot, West Side Story, 1776, Annie, all the Columbia Sondheim shows, flops like What Makes Sammy Run, Here's Love, Bravo, Giovanni, etc. all produced beautifully.
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As much as I've always loved the recording, I always - even as a kid - found the reverb-y or echo-y ambience on The Music Man a little much -- if that makes any sense, because I'm not sure it does.
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I think the one Columbia cast recording I do not like is Bells Are Ringing. The movie soundtrack is so much better.
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Also have to agree with BK on the Columbia (especially Columbia, but a few others, too - Mercury is one) recordings of plays such as Virginia Woolf and Luv. These are absolutely precious, and one of the favorite parts of my collection.
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Of course there are scads of Caedmon play recordings, lots of Shakespeare on Argo, etc. I haven't even tried to capture all of those. I'd need more shelving, for starters.
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A few more to love:
Street Scene
Sweet Charity
All-American
Destry Rides Again
Flahooley
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It was very busy this morning at the pantry because of the holiday. But they were processed.
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Caedmon. Great label.
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TOD: Camelot, Flower Drum Song, Abner, West Side Story, are all Columbia Masterworks.
The Happy Time and Take Me Along are good RCAs
I do not like the sound of RCA’s Hair original cast LP.
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Whew indeed.
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We've been getting more rain this week. Of course, we were out in our little camping trailer. We finally just came home early for reasons.
While not the best timing for rain I'm glad you have it.
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I'm going to make gnocchi in brown butter with fried sage leaves for the dinner. Plus roasted veggies.
That sounds good.
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I don't know if we're really going to do Thanksgiving here at home. My DIL might have to work that day. She did last year, and it was really hard for her to work Wednesday night, come here, and go to work Thursday night. I'll still cook a turkey that day anyway. Just cuz.
I can understand that.
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The back is very sore.
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We've been getting more rain this week. Of course, we were out in our little camping trailer. We finally just came home early for reasons.
"came home early for reasons" sounds mysterious. Was it just due to the rain? Hope everything was OK.
We booked the trip before DIL got the job. We need to pick up Grandson at school on Wednesdays and wait until Son gets home. Seemed silly for one of us to sit in the trailer in the rain while the other one did grandparent duty. Then drive back in the dark and rain, just to come home the next morning.
Is this the job she recently interviewed for, and different than the job she worked last Thanksgiving?
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Different job. Same schedule, I believe.
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I hope she is happy with her new employer.
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Re Bells Are Ringing - I believe that was Columbia's first stereo cast album - I really don't like the orchestrations at all and agree that Previn's for the movie are brilliant and far superior. Even the smaller shows Columbia did sound great - Ernest in Love, Dames at Sea, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - had all those - and lest we forget, Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris.
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Had Pad Thai for food and a lot of it. I'm VERY full right now.
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I do not like the sound of RCA’s Hair original cast LP.
Oh yeah, that's not a good one for sound. My favorite way to hear the Hair score is the movie soundtrack. I love that film and even like it better than the show. I got to play in the pit for a college production once.
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I find most (certainly not all!) cast albums are fine for sound. So the ones I love are based on the shows and the performances. For instance, take Merrily in the OBC, the Off-Broadway revival, and the Broadway revival. Sound-wise I think all are fine, though the OBC may have some excessive reverb based on a spot check. But I'll take the Broadway revival anytime because each recording had a better cast than the one preceding it. Plus I have a soft spot for productions that I saw in the theater.
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I'm curious about bk's listening environment. Headphones? Speakers in a relatively dead room? Speakers in a relatively live room?
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I remember back in electronic music class where we were taught to be cautious with reverb, because the listening space will add its own.
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As further proof that YouTube's algorithm knows me so well, it just brought me:
The dancing duo known as "twinsauce" dancing to "Play that funky music, white boy"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DuJdEDyUqno
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I like twinsauce.....that was fun DR FREDDIE.
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Now I want to listen to all of my OCB Lps.
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CAUTION - SHILLING FOR YOUTUBE VIEWS AHEAD :)
Any reason for a parody song cue.
Today is the 100th birthday of Kaye Ballard, who was the first person to record "Fly Me to the Moon" - which may be my favorite song ever to parody.
This is my Newark Airport security scanner take "Fly Me In the Nude" - but don't worry, it's G-rated despite the parody title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJvlkzntBg
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And then there were the cast albums on United Artists, the most successful of which was Promises, Promises, and also the most problematic, which we finally fixed a decade ago. Sugar we also fixed. A Family Affair sounds awful on CD because DRG couldn't find tapes and did it from an LP, a real shame. I knew exactly where not only the album masters were, but the original 35mm recording - which I would have used. House of Flowers was not anything special (the revival, although we issued it anyway). Illya, Darling turned out to be a fine-sounding thing when we located the original three-track tapes, which also had several missing from the LP things. That one turned out well. Anya was not a great recording but we did it anyway. That's quite a few UA cast albums we did. Am I missing other releases?
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All these posts and we're still on page three???
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How can that be?
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I think I see page 4 somewhere nearby.
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PAGE FOUR!
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DR FREDDIE LOL that is a very funny song.
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MR BK how could I forget ILLYA DARLING!
Loved the original LP....and the CD you released was wonderful.
On the LP I really loved side one.....side two not so much.....but it was so much fun!
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Circle Centre Mall in downtown Indy has told its remaining tenants to kick rocks.
https://fox59.com/indiana-news/shops-told-to-vacate-circle-center-mall-by-end-of-year/
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Let's not be unseemly. :)
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Unseemly is not the thing to be.
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So, DR John G., do you anticipate juggling teaching AND Trader Joe's at the same time?
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If so, you will be quite the busy boy.
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:)
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DR FREDDIE LOL that is a very funny song.
Thanks, Jrand, and also thanks for commenting under the YouTube!
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Wow, that’s a big stage at the Imperial Theatre. Here we go!
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Keith got Wordle in four.
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TOD: Besides recordings where BK was involved:
I'm biased of course, but whatever Skip's set-up here in the apartment was in the mid-2010s, I think he really was able to hit that feeing BK mentioned with his tracks of the then-full score for VIVA MAX! (our musical version of the Alamo-based novel by Jim Lehrer), some of which are here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cp64RFa6t4
and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnEz0SBblk
At the time, a number of Jim Lehrer's family members had said the demos sounded as good as many original cast recordings they'd heard.
Looking back on how things went in the years after that, it's probably too bad we didn't try to get the extra work done to release that score while CDs were still "in".
(The Kritzerland recording of LAST STARFIGHTER vocals were done in a recording studio in 2005.)
Still great, Freddie!
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Keith got Wordle in four.
Congrats to Keith!
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Gratuitous Post #104! ;)
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TOD: Besides recordings where BK was involved:
I'm biased of course, but whatever Skip's set-up here in the apartment was in the mid-2010s, I think he really was able to hit that feeing BK mentioned with his tracks of the then-full score for VIVA MAX! (our musical version of the Alamo-based novel by Jim Lehrer), some of which are here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cp64RFa6t4
and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnEz0SBblk
At the time, a number of Jim Lehrer's family members had said the demos sounded as good as many original cast recordings they'd heard.
Looking back on how things went in the years after that, it's probably too bad we didn't try to get the extra work done to release that score while CDs were still "in".
(The Kritzerland recording of LAST STARFIGHTER vocals were done in a recording studio in 2005.)
Still great, Freddie!
Thanks, and thanks for listening, George!
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DR George:
Lefse is a traditional, soft Norwegian potato flatbread that resembles a thick crepe. It is particularly popular in the American Midwest due to Norwegian immigration, and is a staple during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
Thanks for the info, Singdaw!
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TOD: Besides recordings where BK was involved:
I'm biased of course, but whatever Skip's set-up here in the apartment was in the mid-2010s, I think he really was able to hit that feeing BK mentioned with his tracks of the then-full score for VIVA MAX! (our musical version of the Alamo-based novel by Jim Lehrer), some of which are here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cp64RFa6t4
and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnEz0SBblk
At the time, a number of Jim Lehrer's family members had said the demos sounded as good as many original cast recordings they'd heard.
Looking back on how things went in the years after that, it's probably too bad we didn't try to get the extra work done to release that score while CDs were still "in".
(The Kritzerland recording of LAST STARFIGHTER vocals were done in a recording studio in 2005.)
Still great, Freddie!
Thanks, and thanks for listening, George!
It was my pleasure!
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Elmore, I hope your assessment goes well. Or not well. Whichever will get you the services you need.
Ditto, my friend.
~~~DITTO, TOO!!~~~
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If any of you DRs have read Annabelle & Thatch and have not posted a review on Amazon, would you please do so?
If you've posted on Amazon, would you cut and paste your review on Barnes & Noble? I could use all the help possible!
Still reading it...slowly, but surely.
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Feel better vibes for DR JOHN G and DR GEORGE.
Thanks, Jrand!
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Get well vibes for both DR George & Shelly. Vibes you don't give each other what you have.
Thanks, Jane!
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I'm further out from the worst of mine, but Shelly's just getting over the worst of hers. She still has a way to go, but she does feel a bit better today.
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George, thanks for the congrats to Keith.
You're welcome, Jane.
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George, it is good your lungs were clear. Having had broncititis too often, and issues with my lungs, I always think it is good to get them checked when I have a bad cough, or more importantly, a tight cough.
Thanks, again. I do feel fortunate to have clear lungs even though I'm still coughing. :P
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Dozed off for about twenty minutes.
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Shaved and will shortly shower.
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It's been raining but seems to have stopped.
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Whew indeed.
Yup!
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Page four???
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What a bore.
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Page five - but alive, but alive.
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CAUTION - SHILLING FOR YOUTUBE VIEWS AHEAD :)
Any reason for a parody song cue.
Today is the 100th birthday of Kaye Ballard, who was the first person to record "Fly Me to the Moon" - which may be my favorite song ever to parody.
This is my Newark Airport security scanner take "Fly Me In the Nude" - but don't worry, it's G-rated despite the parody title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJvlkzntBg
;D
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I'm now off to work concessions for a comedy competition. We'll see how funny they actually are!
Until later!
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Act I was fabulous. The audience is really into it. Here’s hoping for Act II!
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Good evening!
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I know how it feels, DR George!
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Keith got Wordle in four.
Great!
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My Wordle results: 5/6
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I shall shortly be on my way to the theater.
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Keith got Wordle in four.
Congrats to Keith!
Thanks.
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I'm further out from the worst of mine, but Shelly's just getting over the worst of hers. She still has a way to go, but she does feel a bit better today.
Good.
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My Wordle results: 5/6
Still good.
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Interview seems to have gone well. We’ll see.
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Back pain is worse right now. 90 minutes of dancing probably didn’t help.
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No word from my sister with the broken wrist about her husband, who had heart surgery today.
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Goodness!!
~~~HEALTH VIBES~~~ FOR BOTH YOUR SISTER AND HER HUSBAND!!!
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Interview seems to have gone well. We’ll see.
Fingers crossed that it goes your way!
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Back pain is worse right now. 90 minutes of dancing probably didn’t help.
Sending feel-better vibes!
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No word from my sister with the broken wrist about her husband, who had heart surgery today.
And vibes for your sister and her husband, too.
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Fun finance tip seen on Facebook:
Make sure to bring up politics with your family at Thanksgiving dinner. That way, you'll save money on Christmas gifts.
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Fun finance tip seen on Facebook:
Make sure to bring up politics with your family at Thanksgiving dinner. That way, you'll save money on Christmas gifts.
I saw that. Priceless.
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It’s raining here.
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It doesn’t do that much anymore.
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It’s strange here. We’ve been going through a second spring.
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I saw wildflowers alongside the road the other day.
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At church, they have a gargantuan clump of pride of Barbados, which are back in bloom.
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It’s nearing December and it’s over 80 every day.
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Can’t wait to see how happy my plants will be in the morning.
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Page turn!
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Six!
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Hi, MichaelG!
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How was Act II?
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Act II was excellent as well, if not quite as good as Act I. The Cold War framing isn't as effective.
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I love that Chess score.
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Why are people praising Lea M’s Nobody’s Side so much?
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Overall, I loved it. They made the three main characters more attractive by softening the men a bit and having Florence make more choices rather than having stuff happen to her.
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Why are people praising Lea M’s Nobody’s Side so much?
Because it was out of this world?
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Was it?
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Yes, I wasn't kidding! It comes out of the dramatic situation in a believable way, and she sings and acts the heck out of it.
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I was worried about Tveit's voice being too low for Freddie and Christopher's too high for Anatoly, but no problems there. They have wider vocal ranges than I knew. Some small transpositions, but nothing that diminishes the effectiveness of the songs. I think Pity the Child was down either a half or whole step, and that's just fine.
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And Hannah Cruz, OMG.
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Have you seen Judy Kuhn rip right through it?
https://youtu.be/QMCqxx4sAYM?si=H8qG6sSkuiidEPyQ
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I’m jealous.
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Yes, some of the new book didn't quite work, but much of that would be fixable with dialog cuts.
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Hard to compare recordings to sitting 6th row center, but I'll watch that over the next couple of days. I have the concept album, the Broadway version, and the Chess in Concert recording in my collection and will surely add this one when it arrives.
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I listened to the concert album. I found Idina’s voice a little thin.
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I liked both Idina and Josh, but I liked these performances better. It helps when it's fully staged and they've had a month of previews to really get into these songs. Christopher isn't as buttery a voice as Groban but that's not a bad thing for Anatoly.
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Spoilers ahead if, like me, you don't want to know about changes before seeing it:
They cut Embassy Lament and the first part of Endgame. I love them musically but totally get it dramatically. Svetlana has a new-to-me song, He Is a Man, He Is a Child, which I guess was added in a previous Swedish production. Three songs precede Merano now, opening with Difficult and Dangerous times - quiet apropos given the book's tilt away from chess towards the Cold War. Someone Else's Story is now the 10 o'clock number (shows don't go to 11 anymore).
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Props to Bradley Dean as a fabulous Molotov, Sean Allen Krill as an effective Walter, and Bryce Pinkham as the Arbiter / Narrator. He gets the thankless task of delivering some bad and unnecessary jokes but does great with his big song.
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The ensemble was great - I've sung those parts, I know how tricky some of them are. They danced very well, which we didn't have to do in our concert production.
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I don't know how much sleep I'll get before my flight home tomorrow, I'm so jazzed to have seen such a great performance of this. The rest of the audience was having a great time too.
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Safe home, MichaelG!
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I’ll finish that milestone tomorrow.
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Good night, all.
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Why you missed Shaina Taub.
https://playbill.com/article/shaina-taub-to-take-leave-of-absence-from-ragtime-on-broadway
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She was out because she was at the Suffs premiere in LA that night. Her leave isn't until after the holidays. It's still very sad news indeed.
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Back from a fun rehearsal - fixing, futzing, drilling, and doing some new bits.
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After, I got another slice of pizza next door and came right home. I have to say and will say and then will have said that the rain was really coming down. And yet, it seems to have already stopped. But the motor car was being pelted, oh, yes, the motor car was being pelted.
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Guess I should write some notes. The pizza slice was even better tonight - I added onions to the mix.
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So, DR John G., do you anticipate juggling teaching AND Trader Joe's at the same time?
Well, speaking of Trader Joe's, today, I went to TJ's new Lacey location just to look around.
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Oh, look! It's Rupert's Dance of the Seventh Page!!
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Anyway, I wasn't planning on getting anything at TJ's, but I did end up getting a couple of these huge chocolate coins:
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Here's the back side:
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I’ve been listening to the Do Re Mi original cast recording on RCA with its nifty die-cut sleeve.
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I took off the nutrition label from the back, so I don't remember how big it is.
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I’ve been listening to the Do Re Mi original cast recording on RCA with its nifty die-cut sleeve.
Very cool!
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Hello, Rodzinski. :)
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:)
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8152.0;attach=27900)
;D
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I'm now off to work concessions for a comedy competition. We'll see how funny they actually are!
Until later!
Well, I listened to the first four comedians from the lobby.
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What I heard was okay, but no one was knee-slappingly funny.
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I might have enjoyed them more if I had been in the house, but I didn't want to take the chance on getting into a coughing fit and having to leave, so I stayed out.
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After intermission, I just helped clean up and then left.
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The audience seemed to enjoy the evening, so that's what's important.
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Act I was fabulous. The audience is really into it. Here’s hoping for Act II!
That's great, Michael!
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WHEW!!
I know how it feels, DR George!
Yup...we have all been there. ;)
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My Wordle results: 5/6
Congrats, Kevin!
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I'm further out from the worst of mine, but Shelly's just getting over the worst of hers. She still has a way to go, but she does feel a bit better today.
Good.
Thanks.
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Interview seems to have gone well. We’ll see.
~~~Continued Vibes!!~~~
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Back pain is worse right now. 90 minutes of dancing probably didn’t help.
Oh, no!
~~~Back-Feel-Better-Quickly Vibes!!~~~
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Deliberate Post #200!!
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Gratuitous Post #201!! :D
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Goodness!!
~~~HEALTH VIBES~~~ FOR BOTH YOUR SISTER AND HER HUSBAND!!!
~~~DOUBLE DITTO!!~~~
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Fun finance tip seen on Facebook:
Make sure to bring up politics with your family at Thanksgiving dinner. That way, you'll save money on Christmas gifts.
:))
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It’s nearing December and it’s over 80 every day.
It's global warming! It's Climate Crisis!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!! :o
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Act II was excellent as well, if not quite as good as Act I. The Cold War framing isn't as effective.
Interesting. I never really pay attention to the story. I just loved the songs. ::)
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.
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All that and page eight.
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Very nice.
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Very exciting.
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And notes have writing.
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And nice lighting.
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No fighting.
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No kiting.
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Notes right what needs righting.
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And a page eight sighting.
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The notes are biting.
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With no slighting.
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Have you seen Judy Kuhn rip right through it?
https://youtu.be/QMCqxx4sAYM?si=H8qG6sSkuiidEPyQ
I've never seen this live version! I'd love to get the whole concert!
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No dynamiting.
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But plenty of uniting.
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I don't know how much sleep I'll get before my flight home tomorrow, I'm so jazzed to have seen such a great performance of this. The rest of the audience was having a great time too.
Thanks for the Chess report, Michael!
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Why you missed Shaina Taub.
https://playbill.com/article/shaina-taub-to-take-leave-of-absence-from-ragtime-on-broadway
Oh, my goodness! :-\