|
|
Friday, May 9th, 2008
| |
1:21 pm - May it be
|
It'd behoove me to do a public update every now and then. (^_^)
Let's see...I recently performed at BMI Musical Theater workshop, doing more work on Carl Kissin and D.D. Jackson's (wait for it...okay let's go with) descriptively titled musical, "Depressed, Depressed." I've worked on several incarnations of this piece, and it's always a blast.
If anyone knows of reasonably-priced one-bedroom or studio apartments in nice areas of Brooklyn (Park Slope, Cobble Hill, etc.) or Manhattan (prefer lower), please e-mail me (there's a clicky button on my website if you need my e-mail). I'm looking to move June 1, though there is a tiny bit of flexibility. Roommate situations will certainly not be dismissed out-of-hand, though I'm primarily looking to move by myself.
Hope everyone is doing well!
I'll leave you with a photo of my most recent knitting creation:
current mood:  optimistic
|
|
(5 comments | comment on this)
|
| Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
| |
9:58 am - Word has it, I oughta be in pictures
|
Walking up Madison Avenue in midtown yesterday, a stranger started gaining on me to my left, and I noticed that he was trying to say something to me. I subtly turned my head toward him and he asked,
"Were you in the parade today?"
Me: "Oh, oh no. I'm just on my lunch break."
He: "You're a redhead!"
Me: "I know."
He: "Redheads are very rare, you know."
Beat.
Me: "I know."
He: "Research shows that redheads are going to be extinct by the year 2020."
Me: "That's terrible!"
Beat.
He: "So you'd better get lots and lots of pictures of yourself."
I chuckled at that point. Mostly because I was so glad he didn't go where I thought he was going with that...
current mood: amused
|
|
(7 comments | comment on this)
|
| Friday, February 29th, 2008
| |
2:20 pm - I'm off to the ACPT!
|
I'm leaving for the Marriott shortly. May I say, I am totally excited, and every bit as giddy as last year (my first time in attendance/competing). I use the word "competing" here lightly - I'm hoping to beat my personal placement, percentage-wise, but I haven't been in intensive crossword training lately.
I have, however (sandwiched between small bites of the very entertaining book "No Applause - Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous") been enjoying Amy Reynaldo's book and Peter Gordon's Hall of Fame Crosswords.
I'm so excited to see a bunch of you...in just an hour or so! Much luck to everyone. A special shout-out and virtual rabbit's foot (or charm of your choice) goes to the one whose nom rhymes with Munch Toy.
current mood: happy
|
|
(5 comments | comment on this)
|
| Monday, February 18th, 2008
| |
2:34 pm
|
My arms are hopelessly bruised, yet happily so, from my first several days of trying to learn how to juggle clubs.
current mood:  sore, but pleased
|
|
(13 comments | comment on this)
|
| Monday, January 21st, 2008
| |
4:27 pm - Evil I did dwell, lewd did I live.
|
Congratulations to Palindrome, MIT Mystery Hunt 2008's constructing team (and last year's winners). Your hunt was lots of fun, and my first, so you hold a special place in my heart. Naturally.
Lorinne likes to take photos and have photos taken (that's not a palindrome, but anyone wanna attempt one along those lines? My nom totally lends itself to bookending one).
Go Midnight Bombers!!! Click through for my flickr photoset (rather Evil, she chuckled amiably):
More writings to come. BOOM!
current mood: ecstatic
|
|
(1 comment | comment on this)
|
| Monday, January 14th, 2008
| |
12:58 pm - Someone bought a new camera...
|
|
| Saturday, December 29th, 2007
| |
11:47 pm - Knott's Nostalgia
|
I suppose there are only a few folks on my flist (though, to be fair, who knows?) who remember the place, but I just discovered (several years late) this sad news:
They removed the Haunted Shack attraction (originally built in 1954) from Knott's Berry Farm in 2000. I discovered this tragic happening while reading the Wikipedia page on Knott's Berry Farm, which was up because of a conversation ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lunchboy and I were having about theme park mascots (Knott's has used Peanuts characters since the early 1980's). Then I discovered that the exciting and weird Wacky Soap Box Racers were also gone (and I hadn't realized that they, so retro-seeming at the time, were themselves a replacement for the earlier Motorcycle Chase ride, 1976)!
There was a time when holdyourbatboy and I would discuss rollercoasters a lot, and Disneyland, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and Knott's were very important places. Anything "Haunted" was of great importance to me - which brings me to another subject: the fact that they re-theme Disneyland's Haunted Mansion every Christmas. And to that I say, with true holiday (wait for it...) spirit (groan): "Oy."
current mood:  thoughtful
current music: "It's a Business" - Curtains
|
|
(1 comment | comment on this)
|
| Monday, December 17th, 2007
| |
12:37 pm - Take pains. Be perfect. Adieu!
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream closed on Saturday night. Thanks to all who came!
Here's our esteemed cast after the final performance:
To show our simple skill, that is the true beginning of our end.
current mood: thoughtful
|
|
(comment on this)
|
| Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
| |
11:31 am - Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
|
I'm a busy busy bee right now (and yes, I know you're very sensitive to bees). *grin*
Would you like to come see Lorinne Lampert perform/sing/dance/wear funny and/or pretty costumes/manipulate puppets/ham it up?
Of course you would. Would you like to see her do that in a theater setting? "Yes", again, is your inevitable answer.
First up: Thursday, November 29: A Flanders and Swann House Party (our second reading of the show, this time at the York Theatre). It's absolutely charming and the puppets (there are new ones since the August show, too) are stunningly cool.
Next: Opening Thursday, December 6 and running through Saturday, December 15: A Midsummer Night's Dream (9 performances). I'm so, so proud to be a part of this. It's Tuckaberry's biggest production yet, and is brimming with entertaining performances and fabulous creative energy from our director and designers.
For the holidays: A Very Tuckaberry Christmas (first engagement on Saturday December 16, then at the Impact Theater from Thursday December 20 through Saturday, December 22). Come spend an evening with the Tuckaberries and festive silliness, pretty holiday harmony, and...more puppets.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! I hope you can attend one or all of these fun shows. If you're out of town, well...I'll keep you in the loop. *smiles*
current mood:  productive
current music: What's up with the lack of Thanksgiving holiday songs?
|
|
(5 comments | comment on this)
|
| Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
| |
4:40 pm - Masters, spread yourselves!
|
Hi everyone!
I'm very excited to announce that I will be appearing in Tuckaberry Productions' winter presentation:
A Midsummer Night's Dream!
First read-through was last night. It's a wonderful cast, and the show is sure to an absolute blast to be in and to see. I'm playing Petra Quince (Peter Quince), the well-intentioned but rather inept director of "Pyramus and Thisbe", as well as Peaseblossom the fairy.
I'm also excited to applaud my friend Aaron Zook - he has his photo in the New York Times today in the review of his current show, "Twelfth Night of the Living Dead". I'm planning to see it tomorrow.
As far as Halloween, well, I was extremely pleased with my costume. Amusingly, it so happens that
miriam1978 (independently) came up with the same costume idea this year. We're hoping to get pictures together tomorrow...:-).
current mood: smiling
current music: "Cheer Up, Hamlet"
|
|
(2 comments | comment on this)
|
| Monday, October 8th, 2007
| |
1:19 am - Now we're gonna shuffle, shuffle off to [insert city here]
|
|
| Thursday, October 4th, 2007
| |
3:36 pm - "When you help others..." (I'll let you all finish that one)
|
The following is an invitation to an exclusive Tuckaberry event starring many amazing performers. I'll be singing with both znufrii and lunchboy, and lunchboy and I will be performing a tap number we choreographed together. dametuckaberry will be making sure you get "Lucky". What more do you need for an evening's entertainment?
(Side note: AAAAAHHHH Bob Saget as Man in Chair in Drowsy! Okay, done now.)
Tuckaberry Productions Presents:
The 2nd Annual Fantastic and Amazing Fundraiser Extravaganza Gala Event: Viva La Variety!
Friday, October 5 from 8:00 P M to 11:00 PM
Featuring: Prizes! Raffles!! Libations!!! A silent auction!!!! Poker!!! Live entertainment!! Me!
Admission to this event is $15, and all proceeds go directly to the production of this season’s shows! Please join us for an evening of revelry, amity, art, and fund-raising. Also, you'll be hip, because it's Brooklyn.
Where: A.R.T. NY’s South Oxford Space (138 South Oxford Street)
When: Fri., October 5 at 8:00 PM
How to get there: Take the M, N, Q, R, W, 2, 3, 4 5 to Atlantic/Pacific Aves, OR the C to Lafayette, OR the G to Fulton Street
How much: $15 per person
Please Note: Alcohol will be served at this evening event.
Pay at the door with cash or online with a credit card at:
http://www.tuckaberry.com/fundraising.html
(Be sure to print out your receipt and bring it with you!) |
current mood: yay!
current music: "I'm feelin' kinda lucky tonight..."
|
|
(2 comments | comment on this)
|
| Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
| |
10:09 am - Tuckaberry Productions Press Video
|
dametuckaberry created a Tuckaberry promotional video (it runs 5:56) with her bare hands. Go to the YouTube page or watch this embedded one (I was going to say that it's a rare gem and it's finely displayed here in a "channel setting", but is that too much metaphor?).
Herein are clips from Polly Princess and the Penniless Fry Cook (2005, original production), Rudy Rutabaga and the Terrible Dragon of Amsteryork (2006), Kip, the Enchanted Cat (2006) and Peter Piper Picks a New Profession (2007). Since joining Actors' Equity in October 2006 (I had a waiver for Kip), I'm now mostly choreographing and performing in fundraisers for this fabulous company.
Pertinent info about the clip, Egotist style: at 0:52 I say, "But there's more!", at 2:05 Adam and I kick our left legs really high, and at 3:21 I laugh in a way that made Bette Davis hate Celeste Holm.
current mood: nostalgic
current music: "Happy Ending" - Polly Princess and the Penniless Fry Cook
|
|
(1 comment | comment on this)
|
| Friday, September 14th, 2007
| |
12:59 pm - Gleeful performance tonight at Hurley's
|
Hi everybody! I'm performing with Francis tonight as part of his 20-minute set of delight. He's doing a few of his most popular songs, and I'm singing a brand new one! It's for a lovely cause, it's right here in midtown, and here's the info:
Friday, September 14 at Hurley's
232 West 48th Street, between Broadway & 8th Avenue
Hurley's (where they have "an extensive saloon menu")
8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
$10 cover, cash bar, live music
Your hostess: the wonderful Veronica Newton
Celebratory, fun music by:
Rosemary Loar
Holly Ellis
Francis Heaney (assisted by Lorinne Lampert)
Unkle Dave Monster
Aaron "Captain Danger" Steinberg
The benefit for the Sara Schroer Memorial Fund (in memory of Veronica's sister). Your tax-deductible entry fee will assist families affected by cancer in Veronica's sister's community of Northwest Arkansas.
current mood: excited
current music: Glee
|
|
(comment on this)
|
| Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
| |
5:09 pm - Time for a game!
|
Really quick! Why is this funny? I don't know why this is funny. If you click through (to my Flickr page), you'll see my hypotheses. But I don't know. I want answers.
UPDATE! (6:17 p.m.) It appears that there are plenty of explanations cropping up in the comments over there. No worries. Speak your mind, if it pleases you, in whatever location you choose to set your soapbox.
My first thought (and the reason I picked this up) was: "Veronica is asking for a two top table, expecting Archie and Betty to share a chair, because it would amuse her to watch them sit there and be uncomfortable, but they won't refuse, because hey, she's their ticket into this joint."
current mood: contemplative
current music: "Two Ladies"
|
|
(8 comments | comment on this)
|
| Friday, August 24th, 2007
| |
1:15 pm - To wield a lordly loofah is a joy I can't express
|
|
| Friday, August 17th, 2007
| |
12:01 pm - Plurals in lyrics
|
In song lyrics, there are often couplets that rhyme perfectly well, but one of the two (or more) rhymed words is pluralized - making it, in fact, not rhyme. This is fairly common in popular music, and certainly not unheard of in the musical theatre oeuvre.
In sort of searching out other internet conversations on this topic, I found this forum (which seems to be in the context of rap lyrics, which is only tangentially relevant, but even so, interesting):
"But on the subject of 'multis'... It's generally accepted these days that you can rhyme a plural with a non-plural. And how the hell does 'multi' not rhyme with 'faulty'?
It does. I'll start a poll if you want but it'd be academic."
I bring this up because I am so very amused at the "and they weighs and x-rays" in this Flanders and Swann song (which I will be performing on Wednesday). In order to rhyme with "days", the character's dialect includes the inclination to put an "s" on the end of a verb. That tiny detail adds multitudes of character.
It's ever so nice at the clinic,
As soon as your trouble begins,
They keep you for days,
And they weighs and x-rays,
'Til they're practically sure it's not going to be twins,
It's ever so nice at the clinic,
Enjoying some prenatal care,
You meet all your chums
Who're about to be mums,
Oh, everyone ought to be there!
The doctors and the nursing staff do all they can to spoil.
They give you pills to take away,
And lovely big bottles of cod liver oil.
I hope you won't think me a cynic,
But honest, I'm dreading the day
When it's hail, smiling morn,
My baby is born,
And the clinic will send me away!
I have a fetish for rhymes that is not insignificant, as is evidenced by this LiveJournal post from last October (worth revisiting).
|
|
(10 comments | comment on this)
|
| Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
| |
4:16 pm - A Flanders and Swann House Party
|
A Flanders and Swann House Party You are cordially invited to a reading of a new revue celebrating the witty and timeless songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann With: Margaret Cross, Lorinne Lampert, Paul Nugent, John O'Creagh and Bill Weeden Date: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Snapple Theater Center
50th Street and Broadway
RSVP: TurgidMuck@aol.com
I am so thrilled about this project. Off to rehearsal! I hope many of you can attend!
current mood: ecstatic
current music: "Madeira, M'Dear"
|
|
(3 comments | comment on this)
|
| Thursday, August 9th, 2007
| |
1:39 pm - Refined and reflective, we're completely objective
|
lunchboy and I went to see Curtains at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre last night. After Act I, I'd already the notion that it was exceeding my (previously middling) expectations. By the time we were going home, gleefully jabbering about the performances (and how David Hyde Pierce was sensational, and how Francis would actually be quite good in that role, and how I totally covet the Karen Ziemba role), I'd realized it's quite underrated.
It's full of sensational veteran performers (Edward Hibbert outdoes himself) and zingy dialogue. The choreography is always silly, but certainly imaginative and interesting. But seriously, the number "Show People" was such a poor choice for the Tonys (I suspect that a lot of the other numbers that were Tonys-appropriate simply implied too much about the plot, so, okay, spoilers averted). "Show People" is basically "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Another Openin', Another Show" mashed up, which makes sense since the plot of Curtains is kind of like the characters from Kiss Me, Kate putting on Annie Get Your Gun, add murder and serve to taste. Like shows with a full orchestra, playful costumes, and clever lyrics? Good, grab a ticket.
By the time I woke up this morning, talking at 80 miles an hour to znufrii (who should totally learn "I Miss the Music", as he'd sing it beautifully) about the show and singing all the numbers (and they're all catchy and memorable, if formulaically so), I got the feeling that I really, really liked Curtains. I know that two of the vital members of the creative team are now gone (Fred Ebb, Peter Stone), but this kind of show is still being written, damn it, and I'd like to keep it that way.
My taste in shows, old and new, is pretty predictable. Recent Broadway that I Loved: The Drowsy Chaperone, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. I Decidedly Did Not: Spring Awakening.
current mood: optimistic
current music: "It's a Business"
|
|
(5 comments | comment on this)
|
| Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
| |
6:54 pm - Rows and rows of the finest virtuosos
|
This game could totally work, the concept just needs finessing. I suggest simply upgrading the options of Sousaphone Hero play to include a DDR-style dance mat (but closer to field-size), melding horn-playing with authentic high-stepping, giving a total band camp experience. My favorite Sousaphone Hero song (I used to be a marching band groupie, and this would make me wax nostalgic): "I Wanna Be Sedated".
Excerpt from this article (oh, all right, it's from The Onion):
Professional sousaphone player Eric Winkler of New Orleans called the game "laughably amateurish" and "nothing like" the actual sousaphone-playing experience. "The fingering's completely different, for starters," he said.
Now I feel sheepish about having made this comment about Guitar Hero. I'll have to give it another chance. *grin*
current mood: cheerful
|
|
(4 comments | comment on this)
|
|
|
|
|
bouncy
