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Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I went to see South Pacific at Lincoln Center today. What a fabulous fabulous revival it was. I was sitting with a lump in my throat and chills down my spine. It brought back memories of when I was young and It was just incredible, from the theater, to the singing to the scenery. I fully recommend it.

I also have found out that they are going to open a revival of my all time favorite movie/show of all time - West Side Story - I think in March of 2009, and also around that time, they are also doing a revival of Guys and Dolls. What a lot to look forward to. YAYYYYY

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
One of the best things about the WSS revival is that Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book and directed the current revival of Gypsy, is directing it.

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
Oh great, now I will be alternating "A hundred and one, pounds of fun, that's my little Honey Bun"... vs "When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way"...
Thanks a LOT!
I love the theater, in particular the musical variety.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Many moons ago I saw Six Degrees of Separation at Lincoln Centre, starring Stockard Channing.

Tonight (in Toronto) we saw the stage musical Dirty Dancing and the cast was terrific, and the set was amazing. We had the best time! The only thing is that the actor playing Johnny Castle looks like a younger version of Quentin Tarantino who I do NOT find good-looking at all. But the gal playing Baby looked like a dead ringer for the gal in the movie.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I saw Gypsy last month, it was amazing.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Dang, I'm jealous, Mame. We get "E-stage" news from Toronto, and they've been advertising Dirty Dancing. Really wish it wasn't so expensive to travel so we could come see it some weekend.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Ginger, who starred in Gypsy when you saw it?

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
OMGolly Teach, if/when you come on down, we'll put out the red carpet for ya! Price tickets for the show keep dropping. They've also got some hotel + show deals:

http://www.dirtydancingtoronto.ca/

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Patty Lupone

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I am still walking around singing some enchanted evening. LOL

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Oh wow, Ginge, Lupone is an awesome belter! Bet they could even hear her in the rafters! I loved her since her tv show Life Goes On.

A millennial ago, I saw Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden in South Pacific. It was great fun! Met him after him opening night at the VIP cocktail party and interviewed her in her suite the following day.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Mame, if you haven't already seen it, here is Patti on this year's Tony Awards (she won lead actress in a musical) doing "Everything's Coming Up Roses." She is simply electric --->>> youtube

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thanks Tish, that was amazing! I'd love to see her on stage. I Haven't been to NYC in ages... maybe sometime this year... who knows.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Must. Not. Click. Link. (but sure as heck wish we could afford it!) I adore coming to Toronto for musicals and EATING! :-)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hey as an incentive, (speaking of eating) if you come down I can probably give you some of DH's yummy fresh/frozen pasta from the factory to take home... as long as you are coming by car and have a cooler. How long is the drive? (Not sure where in Michigan you are located.)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
It kills me that I missed WICKED when it was here in Toronto. I'm hoping it comes back again soon... I also missed Kathleen Turner in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof a while back. :-(

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 4:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Oh Mame, come to NYC

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 5:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Ginge I would so totally love to! Sigh. The last time I was there was about a year or two before we got married. So we are talking about a decade. :-(

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
We live on the Western side of Michigan, so it's a 4 hour car ride (minimum) to get to Windsor, where we usually take the 4 hour train ride to Toronto (after a lovely night in a hotel -- not all in one day or we'd have to leave at an ungodly hour!). If we drove the entire way, it would probably be around 7 hours, and not nearly as relaxing! :-) Besides, if we drove, I wouldn't have as much excuse to use the subway in Toronto which, of course, leads to exploring all the shopping!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Wow Teach, now I understand why it's quite the trip for you to come here. I didn't realize that you were quite so far away! But yeah, the subway system here is pretty cool. Especially all the connected underground malls downtown! :-)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Not really Broadway, but has anyone seen Transiberian Orchestra in concert?
is there a 'better' place to sit?

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Monday, December 08, 2008 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Well, I have just gone on a blitz of getting tickets for Broadway shows.

I am going to see Liza Minelli on the 20th of this Month
Pal Joey in January
Hair in March (I can't believe it is coming out again)
Guys and Dolls in March
and the piece de resistance
West Side Story in May (my all time favorite)
I will be too busy to do anything else!!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Monday, December 08, 2008 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Damn, lady. I am j-e-l-l-u-s jellus! I just bought West Side Story on DVD over the weekend (yes, I got the blistering stare from Colossus. Nevermind I have to sit through zillions of Pink Panther/Godfather/John Wayne reruns per week because of him). I saw the 1982 West Side Story on Broadway with Debbie Allen as Anita. It was great.

I heard someone completely off the likely casting list wants the part of Miss Adelaide, someone way out there like Sharon Stone (but not her, just someone equally unlikely). Wish I could remember. I know Lauren Graham already has the part.

And LIZA! She is looking smart these days, but oh how I miss the days when she was beating up her very hetero husband with drained bottles of Grey Goose. I like my legends bat-shit crazy, I do have to say.

Have fun. I'm still hoping to see Bette Midler in Vegas (a fantastic fit for her).

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Monday, December 08, 2008 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
PS Unless they cut out a million reprises of "Some Enchanted Evening" from the version of South Pacific you saw back in October there is NO WAY I could have sat through that musical again, I don't care if Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza rose from the grave to reprise their roles.

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Monday, December 08, 2008 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
LOL Goddess about Liza and South Pacific.
I "think" for x-mas I am getting tix to see the touring production of "Mary Poppins".
I have been dropping enough hints...