Saturday, December 15, 2007

a funny thing happened on the way to the forum

A performance of songs from <i>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum</i>, <i>Company</i>, <i>Merrily
We Roll Along</i>, and <i>Follies</i>.
We met up
with Kj outside the gloriously rococo Forum, once a cinema, and now a
great comcert space with banquettes up the back and a gents like a
Scottish baronial castle….we didn't fancy Dave Graney… ...
A
performance of songs from <i>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum</i>, <i>Company</i>, <i>Merrily
We Roll Along</i>, and <i>Follies</i>.
This is a
picture of Jack Gilford (in the white) and Zero Mostel (in the red),
in the 1966 musical comedy, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum.' Larry Gelbart, if you're reading this, I will work for you for
free on a sequel ...
Well not really it happened at work. Me and B
were having lunch in the canteen. I was mixing a dyruletic (sp?)
because I am just getting over a severe stomach bug. The following
convo ensued. B: What does that taste like? ...
All was going well on
my way over to Paris. The flight was emply, I had a row to myself and
the metro strike was over. I should have known something was about to
go wrong. I reach the apartment. The building looked good, ...
A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is nearly fifty years old. How
has this early Sondheim musical held up? Boston Theatre Works makes a
case for it an intimate production.
So last night, I gave my bi-annual
lecture to our local mountaineering school on fitness. It's always a
great lecture, lots of good questions and sets the winter training
months for a good effort by all the students to get in shape for
...
It's got all the funny moments and the songs are great (although
apparently they cut a lot of songs) but the editing makes me want to
shake the editors, one by one, until they cry. Montage, montage,
montage - acceleration, slow motion, ...
This is a picture of Jack
Gilford (in the white) and Zero Mostel (in the red), in the 1966
musical comedy, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.'
Larry Gelbart, if you're reading this, I will work for you for free on
a sequel ...
comp.sys.cbm: A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the
Forum.
Culver City, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2.
Zero Mostel
portrays a conniving slave who uses his wiles to attain his freedom
during the days of the Roman Empire.
Performances are Oct 31 - Nov
4.
So last night, I gave my bi-annual lecture to our local
mountaineering school on fitness. It's always a great lecture, lots of
good questions and sets the winter training months for a good effort
by all the students to get in shape for ...
The truth is the
SF/F-loving world embraces as much social interaction as any aspect of
humanity, and one way both readers and writers of SF/F interact is
through the large number of specialized online forums. There's a long
tradition ...
The truth is the SF/F-loving world embraces as much
social interaction as any aspect of humanity, and one way both readers
and writers of SF/F interact is through the large number of
specialized online forums. There's a long tradition ...

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