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Awe Contraire: Alan Lerner’s Defense
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Saturday, October 1, 2016. Alan Lerner’s Defense. The origin of the idea for Lerner and Loewe to undertake a musical play based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Been retold many times, with some variation. Apparently, promoter Gabriel Pascal, who owned the rights to musical versions of Shaw’s plays, tried to interest a number of composer-lyricists in the task of converting Pygmalion. Is not without in independent support, I recall reading a high school anthology (my first encounter with Pygmalion.
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Awe Contraire: Plot
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Saturday, October 1, 2016. 8221; of their art in the memoirs and biographies. Rodgers did describe some of his methods, which apparently (apparently? Changed significantly as he moved from collaboration with Laurence Hart to working with Oscar Hammerstein. Lerner, in both his memoirs and in his posthumously published tribute to musical theater, explicitly dodged the issue completely, claiming he did not want to know the “why? 8221; of musical comedy. Has Swain found a pocket of inconsistency in. He sugge...
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Awe Contraire: October 2016
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Monday, October 3, 2016. Music and a Man. In 1957, many theater critics became upset that the massive and distinctive West Side Story. Of Laurents, Bernstein, Sondheim, and Robbins was overlooked for the Antoinette Perry Awards for best musical play; instead the “Tony” went to Meredith Willson's first musical, The Music. Subsequently, the motion picture version of. Was more successful in Academy Award recognition than The Music Man. Version of Romeo and Juliet. Is something more: a classic portrayal of t...
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Awe Contraire: Quixotic
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Saturday, October 1, 2016. Mitch Leigh’s Man of La Mancha. Takes the themes of mythical hero and transformation into a kind of pseudo-realism akin to West Side Story. Where Man of La Mancha. Differs from other major musical plays is the victory achieved by a change which seems to embrace a conscious archetype, rather than transformation from the control of an unconscious archetype. In such plays as. Don Quixote is insane, totally possessed by the hero archetype. In Carousel. The transformation that is Do...
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Awe Contraire: Music and a Man
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Monday, October 3, 2016. Music and a Man. In 1957, many theater critics became upset that the massive and distinctive West Side Story. Of Laurents, Bernstein, Sondheim, and Robbins was overlooked for the Antoinette Perry Awards for best musical play; instead the “Tony” went to Meredith Willson's first musical, The Music. Subsequently, the motion picture version of. Was more successful in Academy Award recognition than The Music Man. Version of Romeo and Juliet. Is something more: a classic portrayal of t...
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R and R's T and T: June 2012
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R and R's T and T. Monday, June 25, 2012. Scottevest is Perfect for a Sailing Trip! I was so blessed at TBEX12 in Keystone, Colorado, when I became the proud recipient of a red Scottevest. It is the ultimate travel vest with 17 pockets in a lightweight, breathable poly fabric. This company is so awesome they provided these vests for all the attendees at TBEX12. Wow, I am impressed with them and have become a loyal follower. I think I'll start a gift registry with Scottevest. Posted by Rita P. So forgive ...
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R and R's T and T: August 2011
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R and R's T and T. Monday, August 15, 2011. To me seeing a horse and buggy was the ultimate Amish viewing. I was not disappointed. They were on all the main highways and my family teased me that I took the same picture of them over and over (from the back) but upon closer look of my pictures, every buggy was different. Ashery Country Store was our next stop in Fredericksburg. They now take credit cards. Rex shows a sample! A nap after lunch! Sampling from salad bar. Neat farms on the hillside. There are ...