Comments on: Broadway, the Tonys, and the fountain of youth https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: TXRed https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-171324 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:07:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-171324 I think the cult of youth is another more recent addition to the “why they mic.” Women’s voices tend not to really mature until we are in our 30s, and heaven forbid that a 30+ woman have a lead in something major. I went to a traveling company’s production of “La Boheme” and all I can say is that yes, I could believe that the female lead was dying of TB, at least judging by her lack of vocal depth and breath control. But she was cute and could act, which was more important to whoever cast the role.

]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170996 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:23:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170996 Tatyana. Ah. Thank you. We’re fun to be with in a group.* None of us act much anymore. My father was the best of us, and we’re losing ground over the generations.

*Well, we have fun at least. Other people trying to get the foor, not so much.

]]> By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J. https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170963 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:04:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170963 “J.J. – Does carrying a spear and looking for wholly mammoths help?”

If it gets you off the couch, it couldn’t hurt.

A short story. I have a friend, a high school classmate, who became a veterinarian in Alaska. A strong monster of a man who was always physically active. He even killed a polar bear Eskimo style – with a spear. (Just an example of his physicality.) In later life his knees began to go. He quit moving much and became quite obese. Now, with knee replacements and daily walks, he has lost 200 pounds, left his diabetes behind, and is in better health than he has been in 20 years. Just one story of many.

]]> By: Tatyana https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170954 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:46:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170954 AVI, by “dynasty” I meant your family. You said:
“I was a character actor, like my father and brother and my sons after me. ”

Family/dynasty of actors. Like Barrymores…

]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170946 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:55:21 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170946 Tatyana: “I’d love to see her on stage!”

Yes you would. I saw her go from playing 20 y/o Fiona in Brigadoon, to 80 y/o Maria Josefa in House of Bernarda Alba back-to-back.

As for part of a dynasty, not really. It was a small department, and everyone knew everyone and did something on most shows. I had a small part in the first, ran lights for the second, and was never an intimate of Glennie’s. Few were, partly because of age, perhaps, though she had a polite aloofness, a “chill” if you will, that few crossed. She and her husband Cabot were splitting at the time, and some in the music or theater departments were closer to him. Glennie was a year ahead of me, her career-long personal secretary was a year behind – the latter would be more likely to remember me at this long remove.

]]> By: Richard Saunders https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170938 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:32:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170938 ElMundo — The theater audience has gotten older, and new people are not coming in the replace us. And we can’t hear so good!

]]> By: Richard Saunders https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170937 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:29:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170937 J.J. — Does carrying a spear and looking for wholly mammoths help?

]]> By: Don https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170931 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:33:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170931 I’ve always adored Bernadette Peters. She is an extraordinary talent but of course my crush on her derives from a relatively minor effort: Opposite Steve Martin in The Jerk.

]]> By: Curtis https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170913 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:45:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170913 What is missed these days is not one whose physical beauty lasts a bit longer than others; what is missed is the devotion to artistic and technical mastery which results in beauty, a beauty which resides as much in the viewer as the giver. Beauty always shows and will endure glitz. If jollywood and electronic showmanship have replaced nuanced human communication, it will pop us somewhere else as long as there are beautiful viewers.

]]> By: Patrick https://thenewneo.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170887 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:38:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/10/broadway-the-tonys-and-the-fountain-of-youth/#comment-170887 google images of her from past 30 years. NOT a tan one in the bunch. All the other stars of her era have spent half their time making sure they had the sun glow. She seems to have skipped that and stuck with near alabaster beautiful kin.

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