Yes it was. Isn't that a nice family? (lol)
(I got a critical error message awhile ago. )I guess A2K's in good working condition again. How about you?
That's a lovely family!
Same here (critical error message, then got back in). Fingers crossed.
I have to do some work for a while. Maybe this afternoon I'll have some time to think of a new question.
OK I guess I'll do some much dreaded work (house), too.
Maybe she misunderstood when someone told her to "break a leg" ...
I feel bad for Christina Applegate, but even so, I thought the last sentence of this article (from today's New York Times) was pretty funny.
'Sweet Charity' Gets New Star After Applegate Injures Foot
By JOEL TOPCIK
The Broadway veteran Charlotte d'Amboise will be starring in the revival of "Sweet Charity," replacing Christina Applegate, who broke her foot this past weekend in a pre-Broadway performance in Chicago, the show's producer said yesterday.
"I'm so sad for Christina," said Barry Weissler, the producer, "but it's about time someone paid attention to Charlotte d'Amboise."
Ms. d'Amboise is now starring as Roxie Hart in the New York production of "Chicago," which is also produced by Mr. Weissler. "If she's not the best Roxie Hart we've had," Mr. Weissler said of Ms. d'Amboise, "she's up there."
"Sweet Charity" is scheduled to start previews on Broadway April 4 and open April 21, after a short run in Boston. Ms. d'Amboise, along with two other new cast members, will go to Boston this week to start rehearsals, said John Barlow, the show's press agent.
On Sunday, Solange Sandy and Natascia Diaz, who played Charity's best friends, were dismissed and quickly replaced by Kyra Da Costa and Janine LaManna.
The revival has received mixed reviews so far, with some critics wondering whether Ms. Applegate's voice has sufficient power for a large Broadway house. The Chicago Tribune called it "sweet but tentative."
According to Mr. Barlow, Ms. Applegate broke her foot during the opening scene in Central Park: "She was swinging around the lamppost, and she heard her foot snap."
Walter Bobbie, the director of the show, said in an interview: "It was one of those freak things. There was no choreography, no big dancing thing."
A statement released Monday initially expressed optimism that Ms. Applegate would return to the show in time for the first New York preview. Mr. Weissler dismissed the idea and said he was unaware of the statement.
"I didn't know that had gone out," Mr. Weissler said. "That's a little crazy, don't you think? She broke her foot." (He subsequently explained that the release was written before the extent of the injury was known.) He confirmed that Ms. d'Amboise will open the show until Ms. Applegate is well enough to return.
The show's capitalization is $7.5 million. According to Mr. Weissler, advanced sales are "in excess of $2 million."
This is not the first time a Weissler production has stumbled during out-of-town previews prior to Broadway. In 1995, Tommy Tune broke his left foot during a performance of critically mixed "Busker Alley" in Tampa. After attempts to find a marquee-name replacement, the show was canceled at a loss of $6 million.
In Mr. Weissler's telling, the mishaps are virtually identical. He described how Mr. Tune broke his "left foot, fifth metatarsal" while executing a twirl on a lamppost. "The moral of the story?" Mr. Weissler said. "Never put a street lamp in a musical."
Yep, that last line made me laugh. Mostly because I've dealt with so many lamp posts on stage! They're always a pain - tall, unstable, hard to anchor (especially if someone's going to swing on it).
That's funny.
When I was very very young, I had a crush on Jacques d'Ambois (Joseph Jacques Ahearn ). It was the Carousel Waltz that was responsible. Anyway, I do hope his daughter gets her much deserved break. (oops)
I remember seeing her in something on TV. (Maybe a Kennedy Center Honors program?) And she was wonderful.
Charlotte and her brother danced together when Jacques was honored at the Kennedy Center Awards. Jacques was delighted. He beamed. Love that guy.
I wonder if our busy Bree has had time to think of a new question!
Oh, and she's married to Terrence Mann - think of the genes their kids have inherited!
I don't have a new question yet, but I do have a photo of a 20-year-old Jacques d'Amboise (a publicity photo from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, with Virginia Gibson), which I hope will do instead!
Oh, thank you. That will do. Just as I remember him.
Delightful image! Oh, did I tell you that after I visited the aviary, I visited the building across the street and saw:
Lana Turner
Joseph Cotten
George Sanders
Michael Caine
John Malkovich
Ah yes, that would be the museum or portrait gallery across the street from the aviary, whose collection includes:
Portrait in Black (Lana Turner)
Portrait of Jennie (Joseph Cotten)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (George Sanders)
Mona Lisa (Michael Caine)
The Portrait of a Lady (John Malkovich)
You've been there too? Yes, delightful images, all.
I'm embarrassed to admit I got four of them right away, but it took me forever to find Mona Lisa!
Well, now I owe you two questions. Maybe I can repay part of that debt later today, but for now I must look at some regulations the dang IRS just saw fit to release.
Which reminds me, my tax forms are waiting on the other end of the table.
Darn!
But before I forget, I have to tell you that I also went to the flea market that day. I bought everything except one item.
Teresa Wright
Virginia Grey
Sir John Gielgud
Alan Ladd
Jeanne Crain
(and that's the end of a perfect day. (Not a hint, just the end of my story )
I'll bet that, when you got home from the flea market and put on all your purchases, you looked fetching in your
The Red Coat (Teresa Wright)
Leather Gloves (Virginia Grey)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (Sir John Gielgud)
The Red Beret (Alan Ladd)
but, with your fashion sense, you probably chose not to buy
The Tattered Dress (Jeanne Crain)
If you don't mind some advice, I think maybe Moira Shearer would work better with that outfit, instead of John Gielgud -- but that's just my opinion!
But that would have been too easy - although you don't seem to be having any problems.
Wow!! Just popped in and zowie! What a wild new tack you folks are off on! Quite fun! I'm off for the rest of the day, but will try to check in later to see what I'm missing!
Mac, I'm with you on streetlamps in shows!
But if you think that's tough, I had to design a [supposedly] outdoor basketball hoop strong enough for swinging off of during slam dunks!! We ended up drilling a large hole in the floor and anchoring a 4" pipe in the basement 15' below the stage floor as well as to the underside of the stage. It was nerve-racking when the actors came in to test it, but held through 7 performances a week!
Of course, we had to check the bolts every show just to make sure.
