Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

In 1993, Southeastern Louisiana University held what was to be the last Summer Music Theatre Camp. The program was later revamped in 2001 as the Opera/Music Theatre Workshop.

The show was Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, originally written as a Live TeleCast Musical in 1957, but subsequently adapted for the stage.

Summer G played Cinderella, Matt R was her Prince Charming. Christina L was the Fairy Godmother, Frances N was the Stepmother, Rebecca B was Joy, the cranky Stepsister, and I was Portia, the sweet but flaky Stepsister. (With a dress like a Crazed English Garden party run amok, my hair in cocker-spaniel-style Ponytail bunches, and a really big bonnet like a Chocolate cake with Mint colored icing/piping.)
SO MUCH FUN! So much drama on and offstage; but I learned important music and theatre techniques from Scharmal Schrock, Gary Bird, Willis Delony, Martie Fellom, Tom Jones, and Larry Gray.

Information from Wikipedia
Cinderella- Musical Comedy
Setting: A Fairy-Tale Kingdom
Written by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Produced by Richard Lewine

Next: Li'l Abner.

On The Town

In the summer of 1991, (July 31 and Aug. 1-4) Mike Rasmussen and the Slidell Youth Art Board produced its second and final show, "On The Town." Directed by Christal Jenneman with Musical Direction by Lori Dewitt, it starred Allison Gendusa as Ivy Smith; Cora Joffe as Brunhilda "Hildy" Esterhazy; John Kimzey as Chip; David Pickett as Ozzie; Melissa Shutt as Claire de Loone; and Gary Welch as Gabey.

I was lucky enough to play "Hildy's" roommate, Lucy Schmeeler. Girl of Mystery.

Other actors, singers and dancers were Cherie Bonnecarrere, Chad Cashio, Marisa Clifton, John Dunn, Jennifer Gray, Aaron Hoppe, Kathryn Hoppe, Dave Hoyt, Melissa Jenneman, Jaclyn Lamarque, Franz Mickle, Robert Miller, Derrick Mittelstaedt, Jennie Pepe, Heather Rich, Jen Steiner, Marjorie Steiner, Angel Venable and Jeni Webster.

If I left anyone out, please remind me.

Show Info from the Internet Broadway DataBase
On the Town
Musical, Comedy
Setting: New York City. 1944 - wartime.
Book by Adolph Green, Betty Comden; Lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden; Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Next up, Cinderella (1993)

Her Maj goes Theatrical

http://www.gocomics.com/feature_items/printable/388990?feature_id=111

Go. Now.
Laugh.
Rinse.
Repeat.

In which we give a list of shows.

It's a jumping-off point.
There may be photos later- there will definitely be commentary on why I liked these shows, or specific memories from said shows.

Romeo & Juliet
Steel Magnolias
Camelot
Assassins
West Side Story
The House of Blue Leaves
Oklahoma!
South Pacific
Me & My Girl
Ecstasy
The Will Rogers Follies
Bed And Breakfast
How To Succeed In Business…
You Can’t Take It With You
Li’l Abner
Cinderella
On The Town
Picnic
The Diviners
A Chorus Line
Buried Child

We will begin with On The Town next entry. (no photos, but tons of name-dropping.)

So much for my Magickal Thinking

AshranKirk got burned march 2007.

If I'd really had any kind of heeelaahhpowaah I'd've known and raced to his rescue, neh?

So much for pathos.

I hope he's getting better and that his healing powers that he believes in are helping the recovery.

Reality sucks. That's why so many of us are suckered into cognitive dissonance by platitudes and othersuch comforting treacle.

Oh, well. "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something."

I'm buying, but it always slips through the fingers and looks messy on the floor.

Ask me about the coincidental lettuce flotsam in the past 48 hours. Maybe I'll start a religion based on incidence of random lettuce flotsam appearing in random spots on the floor and placemat.
That'll do.

Dragon*Con ,here I come!

OK, y'all; I'm taking the Crescent away from the Cone of Uncertainty near the 3RD anniversary of "The Thing," as Chris Rose calls it, and am headed for Eastern Lands where Dragons and Fae and Dark Shadows pay court to Stars (Trek and Wars) and Skeptics (The Amazing RANDI will be there, kids!) and most of us just spend a lot of time saying things like OOOH and Dude! That was Takei! and Which concourse am I on again? and -my favorite- WHY do I have to choose between seeing Haglund Improv and getting Anne to sign my Pern novel?!?!?

Saturday's going to be hinky, folks- I have seen the enemy and it is time.

Everybody on the Gulf take a deep breath and blow heavily out to sea- maybe we can stall Gustav a bit, neh?

See ya soon!