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A support deal has been worked out, it seems. Related.

Welcome, heartofadancer, from a fellow west coaster!

DanceSpirit posts this clip of Wilder getting dance lessons from Baryshnikov.

Yes, "The Producers" is very much like the little girl with the curl. Mel Brooks' work tends to be uneven generally, "The Producers" is just more so. "Young Frankenstein" is Brooks' most consistent piece of work and I'm sure Wilder's contribution had a lot to do with that. Wilder had Alzheimer's and so this was probably a release for him, so I try to think of it that way. If you make it to 83 you've done pretty well. "You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know...... morons."

“SEDAGIVE?!?! Very sad news. Many jollies from Wilder over the years (quite a few clinkers in there as well, but it happens). I would tend to give the crown to his Baron von Frankenstein. It’s my understanding that the “Puttin’ on the Ritz” routine, one of the funniest bits ever put on screen, was his idea. I never much liked “The Producers” but he remains the ultimate nebbish. “I’m in PAIN…. And I’m WET….and I’m STILL HYSTERICAL!” (All from memory.) And of course, his sheep-enamored doctor in “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex…..” Hard to digest that he was in his eighties. Of course, Robert Redford just turned 80 and that piece of information still doesn't compute. As Cygnet noted in a now-deleted thread, he had been married to the late Gilda Radner, who died untimely. RIP to both.

Posting just to say that I am enjoying all of these reviews and appreciate the candor.

What rg said. Many thanks to Helene, who as far as I know did all of the heavy cleaning.

A report from Ilona Landgraf.

mimsyb, I forgot to ask you this. When did you have the opportunity to work with Nixon? What was it like?

Thanks for the heads-up, sandik. Never thought of Hemsworth as a twinkle toes!

Thanks for posting, Mme. Hermine. Sorry to hear this. It’s a shame that her name became synonymous with dubbing and eventually helped to give it a bad name, because when dubbing is done right, as in the films of Jacques Demy, it can work just fine. As Deborah Kerr and Nixon also demonstrated, the technique can be effective when actor and singer work together. When such a collaboration is reluctant, as with Hepburn, or nonexistent, as with Wood, the end product suffers. The actor has to acknowledge her own limits and put her ego aside, as Kerr did.

Interview in the LA Times:

Thank you for that nifty quote from Markova, which I hadn't come across before.

I add my thanks, California. I hope if anyone does see it they will report back in this space.

Thank you for the explanation, AshtonFan.

He agreed to call the referendum as part of a deal with the anti-EU wing of the party, essentially gambling the nation's future to resolve a persistent intra-party factional dispute, because he thought he would win - understandably to a point, because he usually does. To quote Gore Vidal, it looks like Hugh Bris was back in town.

Let’s hope that Hamrick has considered all of that. There’s also the possibility that she could return to dancing post-pregnancy, even if not at ABT. (It's wandering off topic, but under U.S. law Melanie's child could still inherit a significant sum even without specific mention in the will. Much depends on the language of the document.)

That is my understanding as well and as far as I know none of the various mommies have had to chase him down for child support. He seems to acknowledge all the babies graciously, in the Charles II manner.

I certainly do get that, AshtonFan. I had read that “Bregret” was not widespread enough to actually risk putting the issue to the voters again any time soon. I like your metaphor of the family car. Not much of a revelation at this point.

Thank you for posting, AshtonFan. Yes, I have read that the referendum is non-binding, and constitutionally speaking there is an argument that Parliament could override it if it chose. As a practical political matter, however, there would seem to be a good deal of risk in ignoring the voters’ voice, especially as the vote was not really that close (another reason not to call another referendum, at least not for awhile; at present, there’s no reason to be sure that the result would be different). As you say, the strategy seems to be to hold off pulling the trigger as long as possible. But even if nothing happens for several years, as seems likely, arts organizations, like businesses, have to plan ahead. To say nothing of foreign-born individual artists...... A few pluses for visitors this season:

I think he's starting to look a little silly at this point, but I'd be willing to look silly for those amounts of money, I expect. Music royalties are not what they once were, after all, and now there's another mouth to feed, so plenty of motivation to get out there and shake some senior citizen booty.

This aspect of the Brexit enterprise hasn't gotten much attention. Here are some articles. I'd be interested to hear from Ballet Alerters on the other side of the water (and others, of course). Also to thank them for making our own election season seem slightly less insane. Related. Related.

Thank you for the link, canbelto. I hope she had a great day. This Daily Mail reprint of the AP story has some nice photos. Still looking beautiful. Who knows, atm711 - maybe she would have liked it if you had just said something briefly about how much you admired her in "The Heiress"! But it was nice of you to respect her privacy. I do hope she gets to that book. I recently saw Flynn and de Havilland in "They Died with Their Boots On," their last movie together. It is interesting to observe how de Havilland matures and develops during the series of pictures they made together, from the teenaged ingenue of "Peter Blood" to her Libbie Custer -- tender, quiet, and devoted, but also a person of considerable force. Flynn wasn't quite the same without her (and Michael Curtiz). She wasn't the most naturally gifted of actors, but James Agee put it very well: ".....her playing [in "The Dark Mirror"] is thoughtful, quiet, detailed, and well sustained, and since it is founded, as some more talented playing is not, in an unusually healthful-seeming and likable temperament, it is an undivided pleasure to see."

Thanks, Anthony_NYC. I hope people do go.

McDonald was always supposed to leave the show, but only for the summer when it was thought the box office would be strong enough for the show to survive without her. Now she’ll be out for the fall and winter, too – not good. The show was also, inevitably, run over by the Hamilton freight train at the Tonys, not even winning for best choreography, which was something of a surprise. They'll close at a loss, but by closing sooner rather than later the investors will get some portion of their money back. I'm sorry for all the performers who will be out of work.