[lbo-talk] Antiwar mov't gets another boost

[C. G. Estabrook]

I can dance to this tune.  I agree about Hart, and about Assassins.
Usually, a little bit of Sondheim goes a long way with me, but he outdid
himself with Assassins.  I had a role in a local production of it several
years ago -- for a talented director who convinced a grudging me that it
was worth doing.  He was right. --CGE

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, andie nachgeborenen wrote:


> 
> Rogers and Hammerstein. Hammerstein was the Oscar. Rogers was the
> Richard. Hammerstein wasn't a patch on his predecessor, Rogers'
> previous lyricist, Lorenz Hart, but there is a R & Ham song that might
> fit the bill here:
> 
> Shall we dance
> On a bright cloud of music
> Shall we dance . . . 
> 
> from The King and I.
> 
> Incidentally Hammerstein sort of gave Stephen Sondheim his start as a
> music theater composer/lyricist, thoygh Sondheim is the complete
> andi-Hammerstein. NY LBOsters should be on notice that Sondheim's
> Assassins is being revived on B'Way this Spring -- an unlikely musical
> about people who have assassinated, or attempted to assassinate,
> various Presidents of the United States. Also about the dark side of
> the American Dream. Emma Goldman is the good guy in the show, so our
> anarchist comrades will like it. This one's definitely worth seeing,
> even at B'way rates. Or maybe you could get Hot Tix.
> 
> Meanwhile . . . shall we dance?
>