Actually my favorite movie Goldbergs are in NIGHT WORLD (that guy is so on the money--I'm just like him) and ONE HOUR WITH YOU, but that's another story altogether.

Ha, Revolution. The British are gonna wipe their butts with you. Go offend the French, they're offensive enough.

Sign me up for Alexander Hamilton, for if I revolt, I want to do it aristocratically, snuff, snuff.

Quickly man, where do you stand on the issue of casting Martha?

Attn: Lou Munshin

Hamilton isn't even a member of this Congress!

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Jefferson, that's NOT FUNNY!

If you make Joan cry one more time, I shall meet you at dawn with pistols, sir!

Lorien, the moniker's fine.
(I'll speak to the printer about it later)

TO: L Bloom
FROM: M Bialystock
SUBJECT: Rev. Witherspoon, Dr. Franklin

Re Lorien--

THAT'S OUR WITHERSPOON! Outstanding entrance into this thread. He keeps talking like that & nobody's role is safe (except for Jefferson & Dickinson).

And serious consideration must be paid to S. Rutherford for a possible upgrade from McNair to Franklin. Received the most marvelous 'gratuity' in the form of a spanking crisp CDR of Obsession with previously unreleased material. Turned the volume all the way up that so that even the denizens of LittleOldLadyLand could hear it minus Beltones.

Please forward unopened package containing The Human Comedy to Mr. Rutherford at your convenience. He has indicated a desire to see this classic with its fine Stothart score per snippet included on (drum roll) "Mr. McKone's 'Cinema Paradiso'".

Which reminds me, the Times theatre critic has received the customary stipend. Have reiterated that if he continues to enjoy the show, "there's plenty more where that came from."

Yours, yours, yours, yours,

Max

NP: CANDIDE (Leonard Bernstein and Dorothy Parker) (okay, I'm not REALLY playing it, but there ARE some decent little show tunes out there ... I grew up on CANDIDE, believe it or not ... the Emmy-winning off-Broadway version [there were several, all from the same team] is indelible in my consciousness. The dad of one of my best kindergarten friends designed the thing! I am NOT kidding!)

Bialystock, WHEN was my wife EVER cast as Abigail?

I thought we already cast Lazlo as Abby!

And I have such a nice bosom ready for him...

Man, that was hard to write out!

Good God, man!
WE NEED TO KNOW!

During the 20th performance of the York Little Theatre production of Dracula, the bat-on-a-wire, which had battery-powered flapping wings, suddenly became caught in mid-stage, hovering and flapping for about 30 seconds, and then dropping to the floor.

A partial listing of THE CAST, in order of appearance:

John ADAMS..................PETERK
Abigail ADAMS...............Bonita KINSINGER
Benjamin FRANKLIN...........John MAHER
Richard Henry LEE...........H ROCCO
Lyman HALL..................BULLDOG
Andrew MCNAIR...............Shaun RUTHERFORD
Stephen HOPKINS.............SPOR
Edward RUTLEDGE.............MWRUGER
Caesar RODNEY...............logieD
Thomas MCKEAN...............Lou GOLDBERG
John HANCOCK................Eric PADDON
John DICKINSON..............Chris KINSINGER
James WILSON................Luscious LAZLO
a COURIER...................JoeInSANDIEGO
Rev. Jonathan WITHERSPOON...LORIEN
Thomas JEFFERSON............Howard L
Martha JEFFERSON............joan HUE

understudy for Ms. hue: DEX

TO: L Bloom
FROM: M Bialystock

H Rocco requested ham, you don't get 'em any hammier than RHLee. Goldberg perfect for Col. McKean, likes to whitewash history. Nix on Abigail/Lazlo, this isn't La Cage Aux Patriot.

Max

Hey, Mr. L, the 'chanter needs a role. How'sabout you give HIM Thomas Jefferson? It's not that easy to direct and act at the same time, as I see you're hoping to do. (I know, it's not my business to dictate whatever your capabilities may be.)

Rocco...you gotta see this show!

Oh wait. I think I was supposed to go to a post titled "The Trouble With TRIBBLES, pt.8"

Whoops. My mistake. You're doing a history play, eh? Hmm. I'm trying out for a musical stage version of "Major League 3: Back To The Minors." Well, I'm sure your production will be good too.

Thomas McKean was one of the three Congressmen from the fair state of Maryland.

I think PeterK outshines Lukas in every way in his debut as Adams, although I wasn't too pleased with the way he kept looking at Abigail...as if undressing her with his eyes!

Maher, your Franklin was perfection!
And Rocco! Your leap onto the chair was exquisitely done!

Joan! Your smooching scenes with Howard were positively toe-curling! There's real chemistry there!

Now, Howard...about that one line during "The Egg", when Ben sang "And just as Tom here has written..." and you & PeterK joined in, "We say to hell with Great Britain!" ...I could have sworn that you sang I SAY TO HELL WITH THAT BRITON!

WHOM did you have in mind, good sir?

I'M...a COURIER????

how the mighty have fallen...

'Course, I AM tall enough to assay Mr. Jefferson. Next time?

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They tell me that judging from Mr. K's profile photo he'd be the perfect Bacon Face from Maryland!

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One word: NEVUHHH!

A few additional words: There's only ONE reason why Leo Bloom puts up half the cash to DO this show every year, and that's because it's the ONLY way he'll ever get to play John Dickinson, and sing his favorite song in front of a captive audience!
AND there's only ONE reason why Max Bialystock puts up the other half: it's the one day every year when he gets to suck face with a lovely actress! So you can take your Bacon Face idea and stick it where the sun don't shine! Oh, and Howard...cut out the "They tell me" crap, because EVERYBODY KNOWS you've been all over that Member Profile section, drooling over our pictures!
Now get your face in there right away!

"Bacon Face", Grrrrrrrrr...

Joe, certainly your experience riding horseback as the "Sheriff" made you an eminent natural to play the courier. Of course, the Ian Holm look had to go but then again it was 'Momma', not you that was meant to look sharp.

Monsieur Goldberg, take five. The early response about "whitewashing history" was an intentional fun-filled 1776 reference not aimed at you for the purpose of personal rancor. I would have called you a fribble at best or at worst, a LAWYER if the latter was involved. No, and speaking frank-LEE this entire thread is LACED with 1776isms per that last remark to Joe. Perhaps we can arrange that a video of the laserdisc be shipped to your farm up at Braintree so's that you's can brush up on this thoroughly FASCINATING production which made history (okay...minimal literary licenses included) come ALIVE.

My humble & obedient Senator Hatfield:
With a moniker like that how could we have missed your presence in this year's revival?! And double this gross, oh GROSS omission, considering that you are a proven patriot AND a lover! (Lou, there's another 'ism) However, per Mr. K's response above, the roles of Jefferson & Dickinson are of the lifetime variety, my shortness in stature notwithstanding. Perhaps after a short buffo dip in the Raritan River and a few flourishes with the Witherspoon ladies we can consider an alternative resolution.