[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Sing-A-Long "Grease"
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:32:14 -0800 (PST)
It sounds like a lot of fun. There was a theater in
L.A. where they did the same thing at nighttime shows
with Rocky Horror Picture Show. Fortunately, it played
for years, so when my girls were finally old enough we
took them.
G.Cindy
--- liz halperin <lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What a hoot! Many of audience in costume, which my
> friend described to me. I
> wasn't able to see the lyrics scrolling by, but
> remembered about half of the
> songs. When we went in, we were handed a small bag
> of props to use during
> certain scenes. A woman in an old formal dress went
> up and explained the
> process, props, what to use when, various things and
> did some practice
> signing with us. She also explained about
> "chair-ography." Like
> choreography for dancers. But when doing the hand
> jive and a few other
> movements we had to keep them small or we'd jab the
> people beside us. So we
> have several run throughs of "chair-ography." Young
> John Travolta. It was
> obvious where Saturday Night Fever started here
> first. And some of the
> names... One of the song writers was Barry Gibb of
> the BeeGees, we were
> easily able to identify which songs. On one song,
> the lead guitarist was
> peter Frampton. Sid Caesar was the then-younger
> athletic coach. He showed up
> in Seattle when the musical Hairspray was being
> developed before going to
> Broadway. There was Eve Arden as school principal,
> and friend and I were
> racking our brains for title of TV show she'd been
> in. We knew our moms
> would know, even through the dementia both suffer.
> But finally my friend
> remembered "Our Miss Brooks," and she was a
> secretary. It was a very early
> version of "Mary Tyler Moore" show or Marlo Thomas
> in "That Girl." Funny
> that now John Travolta is in movie "Hairspray." Now
> I want the sing-a-long
> version of "The Sound of Music" to return. That was
> even more fun!
>
> Liz, hoarse from singing along, off-key as usual
>
> Liz Halperin
> Portland, OR
> lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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