Let's catch up on a number of items posted here in the last week or three…
- Remember that gaffe-filled production of A Christmas Carol that I attended? Well, a blog over at the L.A. Times has been covering its aftermath, including reports that due to dreadful box office receipts, many of the folks who worked on the play have not been paid in full. Here's the latest item and if you're really interested, the links in that posting will take you to earlier reports.
- Alan Burnett (thank you, Alan) sent me this link to a longer report on the recent Stephen Sondheim-Frank Rich interview. At least, it's longer than this one to which I linked.
- There seems to be a lot of debate around the 'net regarding Patti LuPone breaking character and stopping a performance of Gypsy because someone was taking photos from the audience. Some say it was unprofessional because it ruined the show for the rest of the theatergoers. I don't know that that's true. It was probably a split decision with some hating it and others thinking, "It's about damn time." You'd probably have to have been there to have a valuable opinion on it but from afar, it doesn't sound awful to me. People are writing, "Patti spoiled the mood because she came across as an arrogant diva." That's kind of what you're supposed to be when you play Momma Rose…
- Lastly: The item about U.S. Airways paying $5000 to each of the passengers on the infamous Flight 1549 brought some notes from folks more cynical than me. They suggested the airline was trying to buy the folks off; to obtain releases in order to avoid lawsuits that might be more costly. Perhaps. But it sure seems smart to me of U.S. Airways to at least make that kind of offer and make it swiftly.
And, oh yes: I just checked and George W. Bush is still the ex-president. I intend to check often, just to make sure.