Tomfoolery Report 4/11/07

by philrw
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Another full house tonight. They weren’t as loud as last night but they did enjoy the show—a good crowd overall. Deb skipped more than half of the first verse in “Wernher Von Braun,” she said the pages stuck together and she panicked. Also the martini glass broke on the stem when I set it down on the prop table US of the piano. More noise from backstage—props clunking and people talking/whispering—but I don’t remember exactly when.

Tomfoolery Report 4/1/07

by philrw
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Film/TV/Theater
Best crowd ever tonight! They laughed at everything, even when not appropriate. Or rather, especially when not appropriate. Full house. Hank said that about 35 of them booked months ago as soon as they learned of the Tom Lehrer show. Only flub was Nick saying “friendship” instead of “love” before “I Got It from Agnes,” but he covered well. Oh yes, also Robin added a couple beats in a measure of “New Math.” I did have to shush the excessive noise backstage during my song “She’s My Girl.” They really need to shut the heck up back there.
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The Reluctant Grownup: In Defense of Organized Religion

by philrw
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Personal

My cousin’s wife, so I guess that would make her my cousin-in-law, is an avid blogger. She hasn’t been blogging as long as I have but she writes more and her writing is a bit deeper than my blog. 😉

Anyway, here’s an interesting article about organized religion. I’ve been thinking about these issues myself lately and it’s good to get another person’s thoughts on this from inside her brain.

http://gilliangaladriel.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BBC33760B6EF0BC!1227.entry

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That Sat Mat a Go-Go

by philrw
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Film/TV/Theater

So we’re definitely adding a Saturday matinee on the 14th. That makes 7 shows in 6 days, quite possibly the longest contiguous number of shows I’ve done yet.

Benedict has good taste in cars

by philrw
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Auto

The Pope’s previous car, a 1999 VW Golf, is being auctioned off on eBay for charity. Here’s the link. I’m not Catholic but I can agree with them on one thing: VW Golfs. 🙂 What a promotion for VW.

Tomfoolery Report 4/8/07

by philrw
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Film/TV/Theater
We had over 50 folks in the audience and it felt like a mostly full house. They were a good crowd but a little more reserved. I’m pretty sure we got all of our lines right. I was a little hungry going into the show. Nick felt ill during intermission, probably the result of a low blood sugar situation, and he rested and drank a Coke and got through Act II. I noticed that both 10A and 10B were patched at the same time during intermission again, I don’t know why.
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Tomfoolery Report 4/7/07

by philrw
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Film/TV/Theater
Our second Saturday went well. Full house. Nick randomly spaced on the first words to the last verse of “College Days,” and didn’t do the repatch in Act II for the end of “Œdipus Rex,” consequently Deb’s solo spot was instead leaves. Tonight’s crowd, unlike last night, got more warmed up as the evening progressed and were very much into it by the time “Dope Peddler” rolled around. We took our first second bow tonight to a standing ovation. The light cues for “Hunting Song” were way early tonight and we’ll practice them tomorrow before the house opens.
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Tomfoolery Report 4/6/07

by philrw
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Personal
Full house for our 2nd Friday night. They were a good crowd to start but they eventually cooled off by the end of Act II. Nobody went up on any lines or lyrics. A classmate of Tom Lehrer’s from Harvard was in the audience tonight. Nick’s mother and brother also showed up. Pat said there was a strange light that came on tonight DSR when it was supposed to be only on the piano CSL for “Dope Peddler.” Also the light cues during “Hunting Song” were early again tonight.
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