Sunday, April 28, 2019
Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2008. Mattie received a package in the mail from our former neighbors who moved to NYC. They wanted Mattie to know they were thinking of him on his birthday and hadn't forgotten him. This brown paper was what the package came in. It had all sorts of fun and musical messages on it. So we hung it up and put it on display for a day or so! Mattie loved it!
Quote of the day: Best to take the moment present, As a present for the moment. ~ Stephen Sondheim
Typically on the weekends we work the whole time! This was a different sort of weekend, starting with seeing Jay Leno live at the Kennedy Center on Friday. He was stellar, and though he says he is 68 years old, he did one stand up routine after the other for 90 straight minutes. He makes age look like it is all in one's head, as his endurance and wittiness were spot on! He was warm, humorous, and classy! He left everyone feeling a bit lighter, unlike most of the late night comedy on TV today!
At Jay Leno on Friday, we bumped into our neighbors who told us about Curtains the musical. So we went to see a matinee production of it today, by a community theater group. I would say the Arlington Players did a great job given that they had a very spoofy plot to work with. It was light, humorous, and fun. I can see why this show did not do well in LA or on Broadway, as the music isn't memorable and the plot is convoluted and unbelievable. But other than that, it was a great escape from our usual weekend routine.
Read more on Curtains.......
Based on the original book and concept of the same name by Peter Stone, the musical is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when Jessica Cranshaw, the supremely untalented star of Robbin' Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call. It is up to Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan to save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself. Cioffi also dreams of being in musical theater. The show opened on Broadway to mixed reviews, though several critics praised the libretto and the character of Lieutenant Cioffi, who critic Ben Brantley called "the best damn musical theatre character since Mama Rose in 'Gypsy', and the best role of David Hyde Pierce's career."
Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2008. Mattie received a package in the mail from our former neighbors who moved to NYC. They wanted Mattie to know they were thinking of him on his birthday and hadn't forgotten him. This brown paper was what the package came in. It had all sorts of fun and musical messages on it. So we hung it up and put it on display for a day or so! Mattie loved it!
Quote of the day: Best to take the moment present, As a present for the moment. ~ Stephen Sondheim
Typically on the weekends we work the whole time! This was a different sort of weekend, starting with seeing Jay Leno live at the Kennedy Center on Friday. He was stellar, and though he says he is 68 years old, he did one stand up routine after the other for 90 straight minutes. He makes age look like it is all in one's head, as his endurance and wittiness were spot on! He was warm, humorous, and classy! He left everyone feeling a bit lighter, unlike most of the late night comedy on TV today!
At Jay Leno on Friday, we bumped into our neighbors who told us about Curtains the musical. So we went to see a matinee production of it today, by a community theater group. I would say the Arlington Players did a great job given that they had a very spoofy plot to work with. It was light, humorous, and fun. I can see why this show did not do well in LA or on Broadway, as the music isn't memorable and the plot is convoluted and unbelievable. But other than that, it was a great escape from our usual weekend routine.
Read more on Curtains.......
Based on the original book and concept of the same name by Peter Stone, the musical is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when Jessica Cranshaw, the supremely untalented star of Robbin' Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call. It is up to Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan to save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself. Cioffi also dreams of being in musical theater. The show opened on Broadway to mixed reviews, though several critics praised the libretto and the character of Lieutenant Cioffi, who critic Ben Brantley called "the best damn musical theatre character since Mama Rose in 'Gypsy', and the best role of David Hyde Pierce's career."
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