RATMers' OT Favorites Survey
Loire21
good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to help
place their opinions on musicals in a broader context. I've made a list of
below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep this
thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not surprisingly,
Musical-
And then,
Song from a musical-
Play-
Movie-
TV series-
Novel-
Poet-
Classical composer-
Painter-
My own responses would be: Carnival; A Very Nice Man from Carnival; Chéri; The
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; I Love Lucy; Madame Bovary; Charles d'Orléans;
Gounod; Fragonard
SoprnoDeva
Musical- that I've seen - Les Mis
Song from a musical- tie: "Old Red Hills of Home," "Heart and Music"
Play- Hamlet
Movie- sorry, I have more than one favorite: Sound of Music, Wizard
of Oz, Tarzan (among many others -- I thought I'd just give you a "sampling" :)
TV series- Felicity
Novel- Jane Eyre (C. Bronte)
Poet- ---
Classical composer- ---
Painter- Monet
-Julie
Brooke Pierce
> After reading the posts of the regulars in this newsgroup, one forms a pretty
> good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
> interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to help
> place their opinions on musicals in a broader context.
What a terrific idea for a thread! I look forward to seeing everyone's answers.
I know it's supposed to be our all-time favorites, but I'm going to go ahead and
blame it on my age and say that I haven't been around long enough and explored
enough of everything to be sure of absolute favorites yet. So I'll list a few in
each category, if that's okay.
Musical: (a little of the old) West Side Story, Gypsy (a little of the new)
Parade, Ragtime
Song From a Musical: I'm not even going to dignify this question with an answer
;)
Play: Six Degrees of Separation, Amadeus (I just saw it, so I'm thinking about
it), Equus, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Movie: The Sound of Music, Casablanca, Henry V (Kenneth Branagh's), pretty much
any movie Spielberg ever made
TV series: The Simpsons
Novel: Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger), To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
Poet: Poe, Whitman, Shakespeare
Classical composer: Rachmaninoff, Beethoven (I'm assuming composer of classical
music, not from the Classical period, per se)
Painter: Van Eyck, and most of the boys from the Rennaissance period for that
matter
Brooke
Vbankny
STATE FAIR
>Song From a Musical:
"I Loved You Once In Silence" from CAMELOT
>Play:
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!
>Movie:
"Meet Me In St. Louis" & "Back To The Future" (tie)
>TV series:
The Simpsons
>Novel:
Green Eggs and Ham
>Classical composer:
Mozart
>Painter:
Monet and Me (tie)
Eric
Jason Robert Brown
this seems like a brilliant way to kill a couple of minutes! Grazie, Loire!
Musical: (well, present company excluded...) West Side Story. I was trying
to think of something "hipper," but facts are facts and it's the greatest
score in the world.
Song from a Musical: How can anyone choose? But *today*, for example, I'd
say "Finishing the Hat" (Sunday in the Park with George). Yesterday, it was
"Bill" (Show Boat). Tomorrow, for fun, it'll be "Cast of Thousands" (Three
Postcards). Or maybe "Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here" (On A Clear Day).
Play: Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" is still one of the most magical moments of
my life in the theatre.
Movie: Terry Gilliam's "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen"; Alfred
Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" and "North by Northwest."
TV Series: I don't even have a television, so I'm a little out of the loop.
It isn't "TheatreTalk," I can tell you that right now.
Novel: "The Eighth Day" by Thornton Wilder.
Poet: I should be obscure and say Denise Levertov; or throw everyone off and
say Allen Ginsberg; or annoy everyone and say Clement Moore; but alas, it's
good old Emily Dickinson, and who cares what you think about it?
Classical composer: I bounce around a lot on this... Let's say four, and
maybe someone will get interested in them: Charles Ives (check out the
"Orchestral Set No. 3," or the String Quartets); Aaron Copland ("Appalachian
Spring," obviously, and the Third Symphony); Steve Reich ("Sextet," or
"Drumming"); and Benjamin Britten ("Les Illuminations" or the War Requiem
will get you started) - I already mentioned Bernstein with the "West Side
Story" reference above, so I'll let it go at that, though the Serenade for
Solo Violin, String Orchestra and Percussion is, in my opinion, his greatest
non-theatrical composition. If I had to pick someone from before 1900
(why?), I'd go for Mendelssohn - I go for the Jews every time.
Painter: I have to say, this is not my expertise, and my taste runs more to
"illustrators" (Maxfield Parrish, etc.) than to what are conventionally
considered "artists," but I'll again hit some 20th century faves: Botero and
Picasso.
Ah shit, I'm done. I guess I have to go back to work now. Maybe I'll just
sit here and check my email six times a minute until something shows up.
Like you haven't done that.
Jason
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In article <19991213225935...@ng-fr1.aol.com>, loi...@aol.com
(Loire21) wrote:
>After reading the posts of the regulars in this newsgroup, one forms a pretty
>good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
>interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to help
Koon-Cosgrove
Song from a musical- "No more candy!" [She Loves Me]
Play- Angels In America; Part I [The Millennium Approaches]
Movie- Moonstruck
TV series- Seinfeld
Novel- Make way for Lucia.
Poet- Emily Dickinson / Walt Whitman
Classical composer- Vivaldi
Painter- Ingres / Corot
Mila
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Loire21 <loi...@aol.com> wrote in message
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David!
or exciting. I'm a bit of a boring old soul, even though
I'm only 21...
Musical- Cabaret
Song from a musical- Don't know, for the last couple of
hours, 'It Would Have Been Wonderful' from Annie
Warbucks
Play- 13, Rue De L'Amour, one of Feydeaus's funniest
farces (Monsieur Chasse)
Movie- Evita or Bladerunner
TV series- Star Trek: DS9
Novel- Lord of the Rings, probably
Poet- hmmm, not sure. Shakespeare
Classical composer- Greig
Painter- Constable
David
--
Random out of context quote:
"There's actually a pair of Greek twins..."
James C. Kaufman
Nice idea....I'm not a frequent poster, but I've been around for six years
now (yikes)....
>
> Musical- Sweeney Todd
>
>And then,
>
> Song from a musical-too many
> Play-Arcadia, Tom Stoppard
> Movie-House of Games or All That Jazz
> TV series-ER/NYPD Blue/Simpsons
> Novel-The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
> Poet-A. E. Houseman
> Classical composer-Mozart
> Painter-Magritte/Munch
>
>
:-)
j
>My own responses would be: Carnival; A Very Nice Man from Carnival; Chéri; The
>Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; I Love Lucy; Madame Bovary; Charles d'Orléans;
>Gounod; Fragonard
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Jaime J. Weinman
pretty
> good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
> interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts
to help
> place their opinions on musicals in a broader context. I've made a
list of
> below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep
this
> thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not
surprisingly,
>
> Musical-
Guys and Dolls-- conventional choice, I know, but it just seems to
combine everything I like about musical comedy and do it all better than
almost any other musical comedy does.
> And then,
>
> Song from a musical-
At this exact moment, probably "It's Got To Be Love" (On Your Toes).
It'll be something different tomorrow, of course.
> Play-
Favorite Drama: "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (Eugene O'Neill)
Favorite Comedy: "Bell, Book and Candle" (John Van Druten).
> Movie-
"The Merry Widow" (Ernst Lubitsch) or "The Rules of the Game" (Jean
Renoir)
> TV series-
"WKRP In Cincinnati" or "The Phil Silvers Show"
> Novel-
"Big Money" by P.G. Wodehouse
> Poet-
Robert Browning (I can't resist those absurd rhymes of his, for one
thing).
> Classical composer-
Haydn (for orchestral and chamber), Handel (for vocal)
> Painter-
Degas
Jaime J. Weinman [all choices are "favorites" and are not to be
construed as representing the official positions of Weinmans. Inc., if
there was such a thing as Weinmans Inc.]
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Jaime J. Weinman
"Jason Robert Brown" <newyo...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Ah shit, I'm done. I guess I have to go back to work now. Maybe I'll
just
> sit here and check my email six times a minute until something shows
up.
>
> Like you haven't done that.
Only six times a minute? Never. I have to check it at least *eight*
times a minute. :)
Jaime J. Weinman
Kdowe7321
> Song from a musical-Move On (SITPWG)
> Play-Art, Pygmalion
> Movie-Singin' in the Rain, Beauty and the Beast
> TV series-The Practice, Dick Van Dyke Show
> Novel-The Phantom Tollbooth :-)
> Poet-Am I allowed to say, "my brother?"
> Classical composer-Copland
> Painter-Klee, Miro
Biff McKeldin
>
> After reading the posts of the regulars in this newsgroup, one forms a pretty
> good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
> interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to help
> place their opinions on musicals in a broader context. I've made a list of
> below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep this
> thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not surprisingly,
>
> Musical-
"Carousel"
>
> And then,
>
> Song from a musical-
Some Girl Is on Your Mind from "Sweet Adeline" (Kern & Hammerstein)
> Play-
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
> Movie-
"Vertigo"
> TV series-
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
> Novel-
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"
> Poet-
Emily Dickinson
> Classical composer-
Beethoven
> Painter-
Magritte
Of course, these are favorites -- not "bests" (though in a couple of
categories I wouldn't attempt a "best" list -- through lack of
knowledge).
Biff
Tim Gowen
>> Song from a musical-
"West End Avenue" at the moment, not that I know the rest of the show.
>> Play-
Much Ado About Nothing
>> Movie-
Stalag 17
>> TV series-
Ally McBeal or Deep Space Nine or Buffy TVS
>> Novel-
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Can't name a poet or painter, I'm afraid.
Tim
--
Tim Gowen
MinNY
Musical- Les Miz, Ragtime
Song from a musical- *way* too many to choose from
Play- can't think of a good one I've seen...something Shakespearean, I
guess
Movie- The Sound of Music, WSS, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast
(Disney's), Schindler's List
TV series- The X-Files, The Simpsons
Novel- David Copperfield (Dickens)
Poet- E.A. Poe, Shakespeare
Classical composer- J.S. Bach, Mozart
Painter- Monet
L Chandler
Song from Musical:Stars,Javert`s Suicide (Les Miserables)
Play-MacBeth, A Man For All Seasons
Movie-Shadowlands
TV Series- Beauty and The Beast, Great Performances, I Love Lucy
Poet: Elizabeth Barett Browning, Shakespeare.
Classical Composer-Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Debussy.
Painter- N/A
L.Chandler
(Lorraine)
pretty
> good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
> interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to
help
> place their opinions on musicals in a broader context. I've made a list of
> below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep
this
> thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not
surprisingly,
>
> Musical-
>
>
> Song from a musical-
> Movie-
> TV series-
> Novel-
> Poet-
> Classical composer-
> Painter-
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Karen Horn
Song from a musical- [hard to pick one, but for the moment -
I'm Still Here, Rose's Turn
Play- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Odd Couple
Movie- Gone with the Wind, Stalag 17
TV series- [current] Law & Order [all time] I Love Lucy
Novel- Brideshead Revisited
Poet- Dante
Classical composer- Beethoven
Painter- Ilya Repin, Monet, N. Rockwell
Karen
Robin Kyin
> Musical-
The King and I and many many others
> And then,
>
> Song from a musical-
Being Alive and Where or When
> Play-
Pehaps I had others but after the indescribable experience I had seeing the recent
revival I'd say -- Death of a Salesman.
> Movie-
Beauty and the Beast and Fear of a Black Hat -- HA! If anyone of you even knows
what the second one is email me!!
> TV series-
X-Files even though I haven't seen it in years because I stopped watching TV after
coming to college
> Novel-
East of Eden
> Poet-
Not a huge poetry fan, it would probably be Shakespeare too
> Classical composer-
I won't even pretend to having extensive knowledge of classical music so I'll just
list the two that I actually do know and like -- Vivaldi's Four Seasons and one of
Brandenburg's (I'm not even sure which one, a friend gave me a copy to listen to
while I study -- I ended up liking it so much I can't use it to study anymore!!!)
> Painter-
Edward Hopper and Salvador Dali as far as painters are concerned. Individual
paintings are a little bit more varied -- Fuseli's The Nightmare, Wyeth's
Christina's World, and gosh darn it...can't remember the exact title but Vasquez'
painting of those midgets strangely fascinates me. Oh! and Goya's (I think it's
Goya) Saturn Devouring Man or something like that ...pretty frightening piece of
art there.
Deborah Overes
Song from a musical- I Had Myself a True Love (St. Louis Woman)
Play- Angels in America (Parts 1 and 2); The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie- Godfather trilogy; Cyrano de Bergerac (w/Depardieu); White Christmas
for sentimental reasons
TV series- Oz, X-Files (and still mourning Homicide: Life on the Streets)
Novel- A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving); The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy
Poet- Eichendorff (for "Mondnacht" in particular)
Classical composer- Mozart, Verdi, Mahler
Painter- Rembrandt; Kandinsky and my 4 year old nephew Noah
CMF
Loire21 wrote in message <19991213225935...@ng-fr1.aol.com>...
>After reading the posts of the regulars in this newsgroup, one forms a
pretty
>good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
>interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to
help
>place their opinions on musicals in a broader context. I've made a list of
>below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep this
>thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not
surprisingly,
>
> Musical-
>
>
> Song from a musical-
> Movie-
> TV series-
> Novel-
> Poet-
> Classical composer-
> Painter-
>
everyone is around here...:-)
These can change over time but here's how I feel on Tuesday, December 14th
at 11: 45 AM. I'm notoriously indecicive about this sort of thing so I've
taken the liberty of giving two answers to each...hope you don't mind.
Musical: the current frontrunners would be "The King and I" and "Nine".
Song from a Musical: (way too many to give a coherent answer, but today's
choice would be "Someone In a Tree" from "Pacific Overtures"...Yesterday it
was "The Money Tree" from "The Act". (Tomorrow it will be something
else...)
Movie: (these are fairly constant) Ken Russel's "Women In Love" and the '63
Robert Wise version of "The Haunting" (not that God-awful version that was
in theaters this summer...).
TV Series: The Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Novel: John O'Hara's "Appointment in Samarra" or Henry James' "The Turn of
the Screw"
Poet: Walt Whitman or Edwin Arlington Robinson
Classical Composer: (depends on the mood...) Franz Schubert or Benjamin
Britten (okay, maybe he's not "classical", but go with it anyway).
Painter: Paul Cezanne or Edward Hopper
This was fun...
Regards,
CMF
CMF
CMF wrote in message <3Ku54.3519$7n.3...@news1.epix.net>...
>
I forgot to add my favorite play (or, in my case, plays).
Play: Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" or August Strindberg's "The Dance of
Death" (especially Part I).
Jeeze, doesn't that make me sound like a happy camper....
Regards,
CMF
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Doc Bender
Song from Musical: "Bess, You is My Woman Now." (Porgy and Bess)
Play: "Twelfth Night" (Shakespeare)
Movie: Either "Ivan the Terrible" (Eisenstein) or "City Lights" (Chaplin)
TV Series: "The Honeymooners"
Novel: It's a toss up between David Copperfield by Dickens, The Castle by
Kafka and Ulysses by Joyce.
Poet: Shakespeare, Dante, Rimbaud
Classical Composer: Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Berg
Painter: Van Gogh, Reubens, Bruegel
Doc Bender
cdol...@my-deja.com
Song from a musical- (Currently) Pal Joey's "I could write a book"
Play- (Non-Shakesperean or Chekovean, right?) Whitemore's "Pack of
lies"
Movie- 2001: a space odyssey
TV series- Seinfeld
Novel- (This is TOO hard! I will just pick one novel from each of my
favourite novelists) Nicholas Nickleby, Pere Goriot and The Devils (The
Possessed)
Poet- Shakespeare
Classical composer- Wagner
Painter- Titian
Carlos - carlo...@aol.com
Amanda Pressnell
Musical- Chess
Song from a musical- ATM it's "I'm Not Afraid of Anything" (Songs For
a New World)
Play- The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie- Dead Again
TV series- Whose Line Is It Anyway?, X-Files
Novel- To Kill a Mockingbird
Poet- Robert Frost
Classical composer- Copland, John Adams
Painter- Monet
Amanda
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Tom Schopper
Song from a musical- [if I had to pick only one]:
Till There Was You (The Music Man)
Play- Lend Me a Tenor; Marvin's Room
Movie- Serious: It's A Wonderful Life
Purely for Fun: Blazing Saddles
TV series-It's My World And Welcome To It (just kidding!)
Current fave: The Sopranos
All-time fave: Honeymooners/Odd Couple (tie)
Novel- The Shining
Poet- Kipling
Classical composer- Vivaldi
Painter- Norman Rockwell
Regards,
Tom.
RBuck406
>Musical- Cabaret/Sweeny
> Song from a musical- 'Someone in a tree'/ or' It Must Be so'(Candide)
> Play- Skin of our teeth.
> Movie -Beautiful thing
> Novel- Tom Sawyer
> Poet- Emily D.
> Classical composer- Bach/ Mahler
> Painter-H. Bosch
Jason Smiley
Musical - Follies
Song from a musical - "I Wish it So" from Juno
Play - Our Town
Movie - The Color Purple
TV series - (all time) I Love Lucy, (currents) Judging Amy, Will & Grace, Law &
Order (I obviously watch too much tv)
Novel - Fahrenheit 451, Are You My Mother? (childhood favorite)
Poet - don't have a favorite poet, but my favorite poem is "Some Days" by James
Baldwin
Classical composer - Bernstein
Painter - does Hirschfield count? I love his drawings.
Take care,
Jason
MaryLyon
My favorites:
Musical-
"Most Happy Fella"
And then,
Song from a musical-
Too many to choose only one, but the first thing that pops into my head is:
"Soon/Later/Now" from A Little Night Music
Play-
"Uncommon Women and Others" - maybe not the "greatest" play ever written, but
my hands-down favorite anyway
Movie-
"Life is Beautiful" or "Annie Hall"
TV series-
"St. Elsewhere" - greatest TV series ever. Also "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
Novel-
"Divorcing Jack," "The Secret History"
Poet-
Shakespeare
Classical composer-
Not really "classical," but I'm a huge Aaron Copland fan. Also partial to Bach
and Mozart.
Painter- some of you may cringe, but I'm a huge devotee of Keith
Haring. Anybody see his retrospective at the Whitney in 1997? Fabulous!
Great idea for a survey!
Best, Amy :)
Jennifer Randall Crosby
Fun!
Musical -- West Side Story
Song -- Egad, too many choices. WSS Quartet, Giants in the sky, Stars and
the moon
Play -- Fires in the Mirror
Movie -- Say Anything
TV series -- Buffy, old X-Files
Novel -- The Poisonwood Bible, Beloved, Sound and the Fury
Poet -- Shel Silverstein (hey, I do acting for kids, and there's nothing
more useful!)
Painter -- Haring, Seurat
Jennifer
Stephen Farrow
>
> I thought it might be
> interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to help
> place their opinions on musicals in a broader context.
OK, here goes. I'm not good at playing favourites, so most of these
change on a day-by-day basis, or according to mood etc (and I can't
always pick just one), but there are some things I keep coming back to.
>
> Musical-
That I've seen in the past year? 'Parade'. Ever? More difficult.
'Company', 'Show Boat' or 'Guys and Dolls', in no particular order.
Yes, I'm indecisive.
>
> And then,
>
> Song from a musical-
Far, far too many to choose from, but 'Anyone Can Whistle' is a song
that means a great deal to me.
> Play-
Sheridan's 'The School for Scandal'. Other than that, 'Machinal', Terry
Johnson's 'Dead Funny', pretty much anything by Christopher Durang,
Jules Feiffer etc. And I loved 'How I Learned to Drive'.
> Movie-
That I've seen this year: 'American Beauty', hands down. Favourite movie
ever, guess what, is harder. Probably 'Ordinary People', because I've
seen it God only knows how many times and I'm always very moved by the
performances.
> TV series-
There is *nothing* on Canadian television that I would make a point of
watching, let alone name as a favourite. In fact, I don't remember the
last time I switched my television on.
Since I moved here I miss Victoria Wood. Probably her BBC sketch series
from the mid-80s, 'Victoria Wood As Seen On TV', would be my favourite
(although her live act's even better).
> Novel-
Recently read - Richard Russo's 'Straight Man', an alarmingly
true-to-life, screamingly funny academic satire. Ever? Zola's 'La Bete
Humaine'. Henry Fielding's 'Joseph Andrews'. 'The Great Gatsby'.
Margaret Atwood's 'Cat's Eye'.
> Poet-
John Donne.
> Classical composer-
I tend to love individual pieces rather than composers, and I listen to
choral music more than anything else. Allegri's 'Miserere' touches me
very deeply. John Tavener's 'Hymn to the Mother of God' and 'The Lamb'.
A lot of Britten, but particularly the Spring Symphony and the Te Deum.
William Walton's 'The Twelve' (very exciting indeed to sing,
particularly the long antiphonal passage at the end).
> Painter-
Not my area of expertise. Probably L.S. Lowry, because that's where I
grew up and his paintings remind me of home.
Stephen
--
What goes up must come down - but don't expect it to come down where you
can find it.
- Murphy's law applied to Newton's.
L Chandler
Les Miserables(Victor Hugo), Jane Eyre(Charlotte Bronte)
God Bless,
L.Chandler
(Lorraine)
Loire21 <loi...@aol.com> wrote in message
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pretty
> interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to
help
> below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep
this
> thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not
surprisingly,
>
> Musical-
>
>
> Song from a musical-
> Movie-
> TV series-
> Novel-
> Poet-
> Classical composer-
> Painter-
>
>
Melanie Lynch
Musical - Showboat & Ragtime
Song From a Musical - I Wish It So
Play - I Hate Hamlet
Movie - Anything with Bogart or Cary Grant
TV Series - Law & Order, Frasier, X Files
Novel - Anything by Pat Conroy (generally I read non-fiction)
Poet - T. S. Eliot
Classical Composer - Handel
Painter - John Singer Sargent
--
Melanie
Stephen Farrow
> "Jason Robert Brown" <newyo...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Ah shit, I'm done. I guess I have to go back to work now. Maybe I'll
> just
> > sit here and check my email six times a minute until something shows
> up.
> >
> > Like you haven't done that.
>
ability to procrastinate increases in direct proportion to the volume of
work I need to finish. Right now I should be writing a paper. And two
proposals. And a journal of readings. And a seminar. And several letters
to friends in other parts of the world who I'm told are starting to
think I'm dead.
But I'm not.
I *am*, however, listening to 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', and I think
'Wig in a Box' might just become my favourite song for the day.
Scott
Song from a musical - "The Lady is a Tramp"- Babes in Arms
Play - Our Town, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman (You can tell I am a huge
Miller fan!)
Movie - Shakespeare in Love
TV series - Friends, Frasier, Will and Grace
Novel - My Antonia (Willa Cather), Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow), The Autobiography
of My Mother (Jamaica Kincaid)
Poet - Robert Frost/E.E. Cummings/Mary Oliver
Classical composer - Schubert
Painter - Love Monet's work at Giverny (hate the later works), Matisse
(especially the years after blindness struck), and I love Edward Sorel's
sketches.
MjrDobbin
> Song from a musical: Epiphany from Sweeney Todd
> Play: A Doll's House
> Movie: Shadowlands
> TV series: Get Smart
> Novel: Vanity Fair
> Poet: William Carlos Williams
> Classical composer: Copland or Puccini
> Painter: Manet, Hopper, Pollock
MjrDobbin
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Fryman-Maddern
>
> Musical- West Side Story
>
> And then,
>
> Song from a musical---right now? I guess it would be "Something's
Coming"
> Play-"A Long Day's Journey into Night"
> Movie-"Young Frankenstein"
> TV series----of all time? "I Love Lucy" right now? "Ally
McBeal"
> Novel-"The Source" by James Michener
> Poet-Dorothy Parker
> Classical composer-Mozart
> Painter-Da Vinci
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Jason Robert Brown <newyo...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Ah shit, I'm done. I guess I have to go back to work now. Maybe I'll just
sit here and check my email six times a minute until something shows up.
Like you haven't done that.
Jason
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Nope. Haven't a clue what you're talk about. brb. :)
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Monica
franck2
Song from a musical- "CHANSON" From THE BAKER'S WIFE
Play- HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, CLOUD NINE, OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD...and A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Movie- Classics: THE WIZARD OF OZ, GONE WITH THE WIND, Kid's classic
:WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, Wacky comedies: THIS IS SPINAL
TAP, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, Woody Allen: BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Romanitic
comedy: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, Scarey: ALIEN/ALIENS, other: PULP
FICTION, FARGO, CLUELESS...this year: AMERICAN BEAUTY & SOUTH PARK
(I LOVE MOVIES!!!)
TV series- Classic: MARY TYLER MOORE!!!!
Current: FRIENDS!
Novel- THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
Poet- Dorothy Parker
Classical composer- Vivaldi
Painter- John Waterhouse, Van Gogh. Degas, & William Adolphe
Bouguereau...oh, I know they are not painters, but my favorite 2
illustraters are Maurice Sendack & Hirschfeld
More unsolicited favorites:
Favorite kid's books: THE GIVING TREE, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, THE
LITTLE PRINCE, LITTLE WOMEN & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGRET.
Alison
> My own responses would be: Carnival; A Very Nice Man from
> Carnival; Chéri; The
> Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; I Love Lucy; Madame Bovary; Charles
> d'Orléans;
> Gounod; Fragonard
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Katharine F. Hayes
Musical- "Sweeney Todd", "Cabaret"
Song from a musical- "Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd
Play- "Death of a Salesman"
Movie- "Becket", "Dr. Strangelove", "Life of Brian"
TV series- "Seinfeld", "Frasier", "St. Elsewhere", the original
"Muppets" series, Dame Edna's (forget the name)
Novel- "Stones from the River"
Poet- William Blake
Classical composer- Beethoven, Dvorak, Bernstein
Painter- Bosch, Dali, Daniel Merriam
Tim Dunleavy
Song from a musical- Right now I'm in a sentimental mood, so it's
between "A Quiet Thing" and "Being Alive." When I'm in a more silly
mood, perhaps "It's All Right With Me" or "You Took Advantage of Me."
Play- Since I was so wowed by this year's revival, I'll say Death of a
Salesman.
Movie- A tie between Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" and
Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother."
TV series- Current: Ally McBeal. All-time: St. Elsewhere.
Novel- Anne Tyler's "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant." But if I can
include non-fiction, I'll choose Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff," which
first showed me the power of the written word.
Poet- I'll pass.
Classical composer- Mozart.
Painter- John Singer Sargent.
-Tim
atlantis2001
Song from a musical- Oy, Man of La Mancha is ringing in my head right
now...Of course, Being Alive is great, Anything sung by Terrence Mann,
written by Alan Menken
Play- Angels In America (Millenium and Perestroika)
Movie- The Shawshank Redemption (at thsi moment)
TV series- I don't watch that thing!
Novel- The Lord Of the Rings Trilogy, Mario Puzo's The Godfather is perdy
darn good too
Poet- Dylan Thomas hands down.
Classical composer- Vivaldi or Pachelbel. Never underestimate the power of
counterpoint.
Painter- Edgar Degas any day of the week and twice on Sundays
with a thousand sweet kisses,
janet
Karen Horn
:
: Favorite kid's books: THE GIVING TREE, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, THE
: LITTLE PRINCE, LITTLE WOMEN & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGRET.
Mine? HARRIET THE SPY -- Louise Fitzhugh
Karen
Pizzaman95
Song--Old Man River
TV Show--Moonlighting (esp. Taming of the Shrew)
Movie--Casablanca
Novel--Any Clancy book where Jack Ryan saves the world--but does he
look like Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford
Poet--Who wrote There was a couple from Nantuckett?
Classical Composer--you probably won't let me say Bernstein so I'll try Bizet
IUP 36
>sit here and check my email six times a minute until something shows up.
>
>Like you haven't done that.
>
>Jason
That is very funny and I swear I've never done that ; )
Here are my favorites,
Musical- RAGTIME, WEST SIDE STORY, KISS ME KATE
>>
>> Song from a musical- Love Changes Everything from ASPECTS OF LOVE,
New Music and Our Children from RAGTIME (I like many songs though)
>> Play- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, O! PIONEERS (I saw a televised version
on PBS that I liked very much)
>> Movie- THE SOUND OF MUSIC, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SENSE AND
SENSIBILITY
>> TV series-classic........THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, current.....WILL
AND GRACE
>> Novel-I'm not sure it counts as a novel but one of my favorite books
is LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING by Leo Buscaglia, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and BRIDGE
TO TERABITHIA (my two favorite children's books)
>> Poet-Emily Dickinson and Shel Silverstein
>> Classical composer- Copland
>> Painter-Renoir, P. Buckley Moss
>----------
>In article <19991213225935...@ng-fr1.aol.com>, loi...@aol.com
>(Loire21) wrote:
>
>
>>After reading the posts of the regulars in this newsgroup, one forms a pre=
>tty
>>good idea of people's general views on musicals. I thought it might be
>>interesting to find out people's favorites in other areas of the arts to h=
>elp
>>place their opinions on musicals in a broader context. I've made a list of
>>below; perhaps others would care to add additional categories. To keep thi=
>s
>>thread somewhat on topic, I would list as the first category, not surprisi=
>ngly,
>>
>> Musical-
>>
>>And then,
>>
David Levy
I've been avoiding this because I'm not good at narrowing my answers,
but I was inspired by Alison who gave thirty answers for each question,
so here goes...
Musical: The King and I
Song from a musical: "More" from Dick Tracy. If that doesn't count, since
DT wasn't really a musical, then "It Might As Well
Be Spring" from State Fair.
Play: Don't have a favorite, but I adore Paula Vogel's stuff.
Movie: Disney's Tarzan (just edging out Wizard of Oz, Waiting for Guffman,
and others).
TV series: The Muppet Show
Novel: PUSH by Sapphire (runner up: Hitchhiker's Guide)
Poet: Shakespeare (although I like the poems he wrote as parts of the plays
better than his sonnets or the longer poems he wrote)
Classical composer: Does Gershwin count? If not, then maybe Wagner.
Painter: I've never really been taken by a particular painter, although
I once owned a Keith Haring calendar.
--
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!
JCGALLA1
>Ah shit, I'm done. I guess I have to go back to work now. Maybe I'll just
>sit here and check my email six times a minute until something shows up.
>
>Like you haven't done that.
>
>Jason
....and that work would be ????
....and we can see it when ????
the other James
Stephen Farrow
> :
> : Favorite kid's books: THE GIVING TREE, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, THE
> : LITTLE PRINCE, LITTLE WOMEN & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGRET.
>
months is a bit young :) ) he's getting a copy from me (if my parents
don't get there first - it's their favourite children's book as well).
Also - not really a children's book, although it's still published under
the Puffin Plus (early teens) banner for some reason: "Mischling, Second
Degree" by Ilse Koehn. It's an extremely moving, in places quite
harrowing autobiographical account of growing up part-Jewish in Nazi
Germany. I've worn out three copies of this book, it's definitely one of
my favourites (though not a novel, which is why I didn't mention it in
the other post). Her account of the Russian Army's arrival in Berlin is
something you won't forget in a hurry.
Professor Dash
Song from a musical- The Ballad of Booth from ASSASSINS
Play- "Babes in America" by Carole Clement
Movie- "The General" dir. Buster Keaton, The Shining, "Being There",
"Singin' in the Rain"
Movie Director- Kubrick, Scorsese, Richard Linklater
TV series- Young and the Restless (where the hell is Victor?!), The
Price is Right, Rosie O'Donnell, Law and Order, Investigative Reports on
A and E.
Novel- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Les Miserables by Hugo
Children's book- "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
Poet- Keats (my least familliar category...)
Classical composer- John Adams, Philip Glass, Aaron Copland, Gershwin,
Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Mozart, Bartok
Favorite Operas- CAV/PAG, CARMEN, THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE
Painter- Edward Hopper, Richard Estes, Vermeer, Seurat
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I hope I didn't spell too many names wrong!
PROFESSOR DASH
"Soon I'll get the credit I deserve"!
Karen Horn
:
: Novel--Any Clancy book where Jack Ryan saves the world--but does he
HARRISON FORD.....sheesh....is there any doubt?
: Poet--Who wrote There was a couple from Nantuckett?
Sounds like something Ogden Nash would write. ;-D Or a bawdy limerick
writer.
Karen
Harris
Musical- A Little Night Music
Song from a musical- Being Alive, Someone in a Tree
Play- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing
Movie- All That Jazz
TV series- Sports Night, Law and Order
Novel- The World According To Garp
Poet- T.S. Eliot
Classical composer- Ravel, Rachmaninoff
Painter- Seurat, Caravaggio
Bill
Jaime J. Weinman
> Painter-Priam Farll
Despite his attempt to portray the Putney bridge as being in Trafalgar
Square, with a tree and a cow on it. But I've heard he sells better than
Da Vinci or Monet.
Jaime J. Weinman [a rebel and a wrecker]
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Before you buy.
Kaffitimi
Song from a musical-(I, like many, like many. Here's the one going through my
head as I'm typing) "Promise Me a Rose," TAKE ME ALONG
Play-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Movie-La Strada
TV series-Honeymooners / Mary Tyler Moore / Taxi
Novel-Lolita
Poet-Louise Bogan
Classical composer-Rachmaninoff
Painter-Priam Farll
Robin Lebeaux
Song-Put on Your Sunday Clothes
Play-A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie-tough one to answer. I adore Fellini so I'll say La Dolce Vita.
I have a fondness for Audrey Hepburn and Ive always loved Sabrina and
Breakfast at Tiffany's. Best movie I've seen in the past year would be
Happiness.
TV series-recent years Seinfeld. Of all time Dick Van Dyke Show
Novel-recent years American Pastoral by Phillip Roth. Of all time-A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Twain
Poet-W.H. Auden
Classical Composer-Rachmaninoff
Painter-John Singer Sargent.
I'd also like to put in a vote for the photographer Henri
Cartier-Bresson
Robin
Jennifer Randall Crosby
This is the best category. Mine would be Where the Wild Things Are, Can I
Keep Him? Won't Somebody Play With Me? (no, those last two are not
pornos, but wonderful Stephen Kellogg books), Starring Sally J. Friedman
as Herself, A View from a Saturday
On 15 Dec 1999, Karen Horn wrote:
> franck2 (rital...@yahoo.com) wrote:
> :
> : Favorite kid's books: THE GIVING TREE, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, THE
> : LITTLE PRINCE, LITTLE WOMEN & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGRET.
>
Deborah Overes
as both child and adult.
Deborah
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Melanie Lynch
have to be anything by Shel Silverstein -- Light in the Attic, Where the
Sidewalk Ends, and a third whose name escapes me at the moment. He would have
to qualify as my favorite poet, too.
--
Melanie
Whose little red headed niece loves to read Shel Silverstein to her Auntie
Mel.
Fryman-Maddern
Pizzaman95 <pizza...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> TV Show--Moonlighting (esp. Taming of the Shrew)
>
through "Taming of the Shrew." They love it.
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Fryman-Maddern
Karen Horn <kah...@king.cts.com> wrote in message
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> franck2 (rital...@yahoo.com) wrote:
> :
> : Favorite kid's books: THE GIVING TREE, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, THE
> : LITTLE PRINCE, LITTLE WOMEN & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGRET.
>
> Mine? HARRIET THE SPY -- Louise Fitzhugh
>
> Karen
Green Eggs and Ham
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Professor Dash <PD...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Favorite Operas- CAV/PAG, CARMEN, THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE
Aha! Make mine "La Boheme." Interestingly enough, I didn't like Rent that
much.
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Monica
Matthew Winn
> > :
> > : Favorite kid's books: THE GIVING TREE, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, THE
> > : LITTLE PRINCE, LITTLE WOMEN & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGRET.
Tove Jansson: "Moominland Midwinter".
As a little kiddie I read and loved the whole Moomintroll series but
this one book I still find entertaining even [mumble] years later.
It brings back childhood images of mysterious new worlds in faraway
places, waiting to be explored.
Matthew
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"Dobbin of Ours"@aol.commodore64 (MjrDobbin) wrote:
> >
> > Novel: Vanity Fair
>
> >
Humm... Why was I not surprised at it?? :-) GREAT novel!!!
Cheers,
Carlos, aka Osborne, George Osborne ;-) -- carlo...@aol.com
MjrDobbin
LOVE it! ;)
>Humm... Why was I not surprised at it?? :-) GREAT novel!!!
I simply can't imagine why anyone would be surprised at the choice...;) And it
is a great novel. I was pleased to see the A&E version was not a complete
butchering of the novel, as, say, the PBS version of The Woman in White...
>Carlos, aka Osborne, George Osborne ;-)
:-) Cheers back!
MjrDobbin
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mjrd...@aol.commodore64 (MjrDobbin) wrote:
>I was pleased to see the A&E version was not a
complete butchering of the novel
I'm so really sorry I missed that. I read all about it, though, and I
knew it was a great production. Unfortunately I had to fly back to my
country the day the show was aired in New York.
>
> >Carlos, aka Osborne, George Osborne ;-)
Actually, I have to confess. It's not really George, but Crawley, my
chap, Sir Pitt Crawley, the devilish baronet. :-)
Cheers,
Carlos -- carlo...@aol.com
Richard Sniderman
Song from a musical- The Music that Makes me Dance (Funny Girl)
Play- Millenium Appraches
Movie- Chinatown
TV series- I Love Lucy
Novel- The Great Gatsby
Poet- Auden
Classical composer- Mahler
Painter- Matisse
Richard.
David
Musical: Miss Saigon, Cabaret, Crazy For You
Song from a musical - Being Alive, I Don't Care Much, The Book Report
Play - Antigone (Anouilh), Top Girls, Romeo and Juliet
Movie - Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Ever After, Cabaret
TV series - Dawson's Creek (season 1), Felicity, Friends
Novel - Maskerade (sp?, Pratchett), Phantom (Susan Kay), Paradise (Toni
Morrison)
Poet - C. Day Lewis, Chaucer, Shakespeare
Classical composer- A. Mozart, Beethoven, Bartok
Painter - Monet, Van Gogh, Michaelangelo
Fave. autobiography: My Lucky Stars - Shirley Maclaine, Diary of Anne Frank,
Go Ask Alice
Movie Director - Tarantino, Spielburg, Hitchcock
Children's Book - The Narnia series, the Oz series, and the Chronicles of
Prydain
Operas - The Magic Flute, La Boheme, Marriage of Figaro
Ballets - Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella
Bye
David
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Kaffitimi
> Painter-Priam Farll
Despite his attempt to portray the Putney bridge as being in Trafalgar
Square, with a tree and a cow on it. But I've heard he sells better than
Da Vinci or Monet.
Jaime J. Weinman [a rebel and a wrecker]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I'm so dumb about art that I waited for fifty people to post first. Then I
narrowed it down to Farll... or Sinatra.
Daisy Hilton
Musical: SideShow followed closely by Follies, Sweeney & Ragtime
Song: Send in the Clowns, followed by Serenity
Play: McNally's "And Things That Go Bump in the Night", Equus
Movie: Lawrence of Arabia, West Side Story, Sound of Music
TV series: Law & Order, The X-Files
Novel: The Great Gatsby, Father of Frankenstein
Classical Composer: Orff
Painter: Michealangelo.
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What an interesting choice of favorite plays, Daisy! I haven't seen or read
it in years, but it has always stuck in the back of my mind as a very
special one. Oddly enough it was a reading from "And Things That Go Bump in
the Night" that got me cast in my first acting job, and a pretty horrendous,
as I recall, performance in it that convinced me "not to give up my day
job"!
Mila
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<f...@pipeline.com> writes:
Yes, and darned if Ms. Mazzie doesn't remind me of Ms. Sheppard in
the revival of KMK. I keep looking for the "throwing vases" sign!
Uhhuh47300
SONG FROM MUSICAL: Someone to Watch Over Me
PLAY: Death of a Salesman
TV SERIES: SCTV
NOVEL: Lolita
POET: Percy Dovetonsils
CLASSICAL COMPOSER: Vivaldi
PAINTER: Picasso
Daisy Hilton
never forget it. I was fortunate enough to play Clarence, the guest,
for a month long run at Laurel Highlands Regional Theater. The
director, for once, cast me completely against type, I learned total
and complete onstage disicpline in Act Three (for those not in the
know, Clarence lays dead onstage for the whole of the act) and that led
to my being cast as Nugget in Equus a season and a half later for LHRT.
Young men looking for monologues should check out Clarence's
"Shakespeare, Florence and someone in the Park" speech from Act Two.
L Chandler
1.The Secret Garden(Frances Hodgeson Burnett)
2.Little House On The Prairie and all other books in the series (Laura
Ingalls Wilder)
3.Little Women- Louisa May Alcott
4.Nancy Drew Mysteries-(Carolyn Keene)
5.Black Beauty(Anna Sewell)
6.Winnie The Pooh Stories(author`s last name is Milne, I apologize
for forgetting his initials)
7. Narnia Chronicles (C.S. Lewis)
God Bless,
L.Chandler
(Lorraine)
Melanie Lynch <mailto:melanie@chardonna .org
> wrote in message news:38585906...@chardonnay.org...
David
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> Glad to see another Pratchett reader on ratm....
>
> jennifer
I love Pratchett, especially the books about the witches! I don't like
Rincewind or the Guard, though.
Tim Dunleavy
Clark Kent
These are my favorites
Musical- Cats, The Rocky Horror Show
Song from a musical- Pirates' Hymn (from "Mar i Cel" (Sea and Sky))
Play- Hamlet
Movie- Superman the Movie
TV series- [current] The X-Files [all time] The Greatest American Hero
Novel- The Neverending Story
Poet- Quevedo, Becquer
Classical composer- Mozart, Holst
Painter- Miro, Dali and Velazquez
At your feet,
KalEl el Vigilant