Posted by Mrs. Dionysius O'Gall on 5/9/2008, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Re: 5 Tony Noms for Jane!"
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What a great post. I am sure that everyone enjoyed your insider's view of some of the world of Paul G. and your description of he and John C. figh.....I mean, having a good ol' discussion was wonderful.
And thanks for your take on Richard Thomas. I have been lucky enough to see him on-stage (he played Thomas Paine) about 20 years ago. He was wonderful and I always thought that his career might have been very different if it weren't for the onus of John-Boy Walton hanging over his head.
Thanks again. Please keep on posting with us.
--Previous Message--
: Well, hello Mrs O'G!
:
: Nope, I wasn't at The Front reading, but I
: did do about a year's work of transcribing
: Paul and Jay's work to create a piano/vocal
: score for them. I've so enjoyed being Paul's
: "scribe" because I find it very
: exciting to be in on the birth of a musical,
: and because I value Paul's work so highly.
: I've been lucky enough to transcribe
: Daddy-Long-Legs, The Circle, Emma, and The
: Front in various stages of their creation
: for various workshops. I even got to play
: piano for a few Daddy workshops: one in
: London in Feb 2002, a three week one in
: Florida with Parsons Dance in 2003, one in
: LA and one in NY. Jayne Paterson is so
: delightful to be with and John Caird is
: incredible fun to work for. And then there's
: that Paul Gordon character. He and John love
: to argue until the wee hours over good wine
: about everything under the sun, and they
: disagree about most things, so it's quite
: dynamic and entertaining. Their debates are
: for the most part civil, and usually end in
: a draw with both parties believing they have
: won!
:
: I think The Front is a great show! I would
: love to play in that pit!
:
: Richard Thomas was a doll to work with in
: the workshop of A Man of No Importance. Even
: though his singing voice isn't that well
: trained, his acting chops are very fine, and
: I actually liked him better than Roger Rees
: in the roll. He is as kind as you would
: imagine, a very warm, comfortable person to
: be around. That workshop was special to me
: and to Faith Prince because it was two weeks
: long and occurred during the final week of
: Jane Eyre and Faith's show Bells Are
: Ringing, and the week after. Obviously the
: end of the first was emotional with all the
: show closings (A Class Act and a couple
: others I believe closed that same week) but
: it was so nice to be in a great workshop
: with Richard, Faith, Stephen, Lynn and
: Terence the week after my Jane Eyre Broadway
: debut closed!
:
: By the time Man of No Importance opened at
: Lincoln Center I was working for Music Arts
: Technologies, the keyboard programming
: company who's gear was in most Broadway pits
: at the time. I got to program the keyboards
: for the show I played a workshop of! Strange
: how those things work...
:
: Warm regards,
: Steve
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: --Previous Message--
: Hey, Steve,
:
: Thanks for remembering such a nice thing
: about "Jane".
:
: Were you at the readings of "The
: Front" that took place in New York a
: couple of months back? If you were, I wish I
: had known. I would have said hi t you.
:
: Also, how was Richard Thomas in the workshop
: of "A Man of No Importance"? I
: loved Roger Rees in the role, but I bet
: Thomas would have been lovely as well. I
: think that show is wonderful, even if Paul
: Gordon didn't write the music!!!
:
: Thanks.
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