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Obsessed With Broadway: July 2010

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Contemplating the history of a forever disappearing art form. Thursday, July 22, 2010. Brief Interruption: A Little Night Music Re-Opens on Broadway. On July 13th, 2010, Trevor Nunn's revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, A Little Night Music. Originally produced and directed by Harold Prince on Broadway in 1973, re-opened after a two-week hiatus. The Broadway-transfer of which recently bested Night Music. For the Tony as the season's Best Musical Revival. The Meiner Night Music. The prod...

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My Oracle: shall we all meet in the autumn?

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Sweet phoenix of the dawn. Friday, August 15, 2008. Shall we all meet in the autumn? Here it is, only mid-August, and the leaves are already changing. It's very subtle, but there is a dustiness to the maple trees that border my home, and I know enough to know that it won't be too long before the fireworks begin. I'm curious about the effect of this drought on this year's autumnal palette. In other, more banal news:. I'm not working today, and will try to have a "no driving" day. Life in America is hard, ...

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My Oracle: October 2007

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Sweet phoenix of the dawn. Wednesday, October 31, 2007. For Halloween, we have a selection from one of my favorite horror movies of all time:. Carrie: [coming down from upstairs, Margaret has called her down after the phonecall she received] Mama? Who was that, that called? Margaret White: You're a woman now. Carrie: Why didn't you tell me mama? Margaret strikes her over the head with the "Woman's Bible" and begins to read a verse]. Carrie: Why didn't you tell me, Mama? Margaret White: Say it. Margaret W...

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My Oracle: what i did in provincetown this summah

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Sweet phoenix of the dawn. Friday, August 08, 2008. What i did in provincetown this summah. When I told everyone that I planned to spend six weeks in Provincetown this summer, they all asked the same question: What are you going to do for six weeks in Provincetown if you're not working? To that end, ladies and gentlemen, here is my very, VERY long list of Things I Did in Provincetown this Summah:. Saw Varla Jean Merman’s new show, Victory Lap Dance and was amazed by it. Got an amazing tan. Looked at some...

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Obsessed With Broadway: The Glums

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Contemplating the history of a forever disappearing art form. Wednesday, December 19, 2012. When the musical stage version of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel,. What would become its best-known adaptation, the musical stage version, had its genesis in the late 1970s. According to Edward Behr's The Complete Book of Les Misérables. Alain Boublil, who would ultimately create the original French lyrics/libretto of the musical. Initially thought of adapting the property after seeing a London revival of. And following...

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Obsessed With Broadway: April 2008

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Contemplating the history of a forever disappearing art form. Sunday, April 27, 2008. One Brief Shining Moment. Jackie Kennedy, Life Magazine. December 6, 1963. When Theodore White's "Epilogue" containing these words from the First Lady, widowed one week before, appeared on newstands. The national tour of Camelot. 132) In later years, many would question the "Camelot myth" that surrounded the JFK presidency following the assassination, and some wondered if the story had not been a figment of the grieving...

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Obsessed With Broadway: July 2012

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Contemplating the history of a forever disappearing art form. Thursday, July 12, 2012. The final scene in the original 1971 production of. In the introductory liner notes of the. PS Classics 2011 New Broadway Cast Recording. Of the Stephen Sondheim/James Goldman musical. Would not prove significantly more popular than its previous New York productions, particularly the spectacular original. The new production, which originated in May 2011 at the Kennedy Center, began Broadway previews in August, open...

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Obsessed With Broadway: December 2012

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Contemplating the history of a forever disappearing art form. Wednesday, December 19, 2012. When the musical stage version of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel,. What would become its best-known adaptation, the musical stage version, had its genesis in the late 1970s. According to Edward Behr's The Complete Book of Les Misérables. Alain Boublil, who would ultimately create the original French lyrics/libretto of the musical. Initially thought of adapting the property after seeing a London revival of. And following...

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Obsessed With Broadway: March 2013

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Contemplating the history of a forever disappearing art form. Thursday, March 7, 2013. April Harr Blandin and Lewis Cleale in. At the Signature Theatre in VA in 1996. Literally translated as "the disheveled ones." Like the French bohemians, the. Movement rebelled against conventional and accepted cultural norms, challenging Victorian romantic ideals in favor of an approach more like the new realism emerging in France. But Tarchetti died from typhus before completing the final installment. A friend an...