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I'm busy with two anthologies I'm working on. One, tentatively called Poe: New Tales of Suspense, Dark fantasy, and Horror inspired by Edgar Allan Poe is to be turned in by Sunday to my editor at Solaris. I'm in the process of the final line edits, got to decide on story order, and finish up an Introduction then off it goes via email. It's due Monday, the day I leave for London and I'll be seeing my editor the second week I'm there. Also trying to eliminate and thus choose stories for YBFH #21.
But quickly, I saw a matinée performance of Sunday in the Afternoon with George --I'd never seen it before. Not a great musical by any means. No memorable songs (although maybe the title song), certainly no show stoppers. The staging and scenery and costumes were wonderful,and it had terrific special effects. Also, the actors were good. Although...George comes across as pretty wimpy in the first act and I think he's supposed to have more personality. His mistress obviously adores him and another woman mentions his attractiveness...Huh? I didn't see it. I gather that Mandy Patinkin was really charismatic originating the role but then in the second act where the later George is supposed to be a bit more wimpy Patinkin couldn't notch down the charisma and so it didn't work. In the current production the actor was better in the second act. The character of Dot (originated by Bernadette Peters) was terrific. She (for me) felt like the center of the first act, and I'm not sure she was supposed to be.
Finally, the reason I put "how come" in quotes is that the etymology of the phrase has been bugging me for weeks. I finally remembered to look it up tonight (after discussing it at dinner with friends) and voila! we've got it here: (Thank you google. I love you.)
how come
But quickly, I saw a matinée performance of Sunday in the Afternoon with George --I'd never seen it before. Not a great musical by any means. No memorable songs (although maybe the title song), certainly no show stoppers. The staging and scenery and costumes were wonderful,and it had terrific special effects. Also, the actors were good. Although...George comes across as pretty wimpy in the first act and I think he's supposed to have more personality. His mistress obviously adores him and another woman mentions his attractiveness...Huh? I didn't see it. I gather that Mandy Patinkin was really charismatic originating the role but then in the second act where the later George is supposed to be a bit more wimpy Patinkin couldn't notch down the charisma and so it didn't work. In the current production the actor was better in the second act. The character of Dot (originated by Bernadette Peters) was terrific. She (for me) felt like the center of the first act, and I'm not sure she was supposed to be.
Finally, the reason I put "how come" in quotes is that the etymology of the phrase has been bugging me for weeks. I finally remembered to look it up tonight (after discussing it at dinner with friends) and voila! we've got it here: (Thank you google. I love you.)
how come
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