@williambyoung.bsky.social
Not that you don’t believe me, but here’s a screenshot taken just now. (I’m about to Google something else and my last search came up.) AI—what fresh hell is this!
January 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Not that you don’t believe me, but here’s a screenshot taken just now. (I’m about to Google something else and my last search came up.) AI—what fresh hell is this!
See, that’s what I get for trusting Google and AI. I remember seeing that obituary but decided to check before posting my attempt at wit.
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
See, that’s what I get for trusting Google and AI. I remember seeing that obituary but decided to check before posting my attempt at wit.
Yes, but there’s only one Dionne baby left
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Yes, but there’s only one Dionne baby left
I was going to say to say it must have been the only musical of the era Judy Kuhn WASN’T in, but then I pulled down the CD and, nope, there she is too!
January 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I was going to say to say it must have been the only musical of the era Judy Kuhn WASN’T in, but then I pulled down the CD and, nope, there she is too!
They had voices then
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
They had voices then
I’ve never seen it either!!!
December 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’ve never seen it either!!!
My impression of him also, but with limited exposure. The man who directed productions at my college (50 years ago!) had been his assistant, and a production of The Lady’s Not for Burning.
December 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My impression of him also, but with limited exposure. The man who directed productions at my college (50 years ago!) had been his assistant, and a production of The Lady’s Not for Burning.
Does anyone do Christopher Fry plays anymore? Should anyone?
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Does anyone do Christopher Fry plays anymore? Should anyone?
I phrased my reply VERY carefully
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I phrased my reply VERY carefully
Excellent list, in full agreement, and after your comment, I won’t be adding, yes adding, a film that involves a flower and sand
December 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excellent list, in full agreement, and after your comment, I won’t be adding, yes adding, a film that involves a flower and sand
I passed a snow plow on East 79th. But that was about 3:00 pm, hours before any snow had fallen.
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I passed a snow plow on East 79th. But that was about 3:00 pm, hours before any snow had fallen.
Finally thought of one: a Marc Blitzstein score for an adaptation of Pontecorvo’s Burn! I’d want it written at Blitzstein’s Juno peak, which was a decade before the film, and it would be a colossal flop, but a select few of us would treasure it.
December 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Finally thought of one: a Marc Blitzstein score for an adaptation of Pontecorvo’s Burn! I’d want it written at Blitzstein’s Juno peak, which was a decade before the film, and it would be a colossal flop, but a select few of us would treasure it.
When the book writer gets better billing than the songwriters—on the cast album no less.
December 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
When the book writer gets better billing than the songwriters—on the cast album no less.
I’m gonna do a @jondmaas.bsky.social and mention one that got away: Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer’s Member of the Wedding. They wrote almost a complete score and it’s Mary’s best work.
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I’m gonna do a @jondmaas.bsky.social and mention one that got away: Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer’s Member of the Wedding. They wrote almost a complete score and it’s Mary’s best work.
Directed by Herb Ross, who directed the You’re Gonna Hear from Me segment in the film.
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Directed by Herb Ross, who directed the You’re Gonna Hear from Me segment in the film.
Exactly! I almost wrote that in my own comment, but had already taken on Sheldon, Marty, and Betty & Adolph.
December 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Exactly! I almost wrote that in my own comment, but had already taken on Sheldon, Marty, and Betty & Adolph.
The songs she wrote with Sheldon are wonderful. The trouble with Marty, per Mary, is he wouldn’t rewrite. I can’t see the chemistry of Betty & Adolph & Mary working, personally, but who knows?
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The songs she wrote with Sheldon are wonderful. The trouble with Marty, per Mary, is he wouldn’t rewrite. I can’t see the chemistry of Betty & Adolph & Mary working, personally, but who knows?
Was Hot Spot really? I only know from Mary’s stories after the fact and it sounded like “What were they thinking?”
December 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Was Hot Spot really? I only know from Mary’s stories after the fact and it sounded like “What were they thinking?”
I’m with you. Scrolling through other people’s responses, there’s not a one that I thought couldn’t have worked. It’s the ideas that people “think” would make great musicals that turn out to be stinkers.
December 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m with you. Scrolling through other people’s responses, there’s not a one that I thought couldn’t have worked. It’s the ideas that people “think” would make great musicals that turn out to be stinkers.
Please no. But mayI suggest Patricia Routledge if Lansbury or Burnett pass on it.
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Please no. But mayI suggest Patricia Routledge if Lansbury or Burnett pass on it.
MSNOW elected to air it, so I did. It will go down in history as the worst presidential speech ever. And delivered by Crazy Eddie.
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
MSNOW elected to air it, so I did. It will go down in history as the worst presidential speech ever. And delivered by Crazy Eddie.
Company (1970), directed by Sidney Lumet, with Anthony Perkins as Bobby and Dolores Gray as Joanne.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Company (1970), directed by Sidney Lumet, with Anthony Perkins as Bobby and Dolores Gray as Joanne.
I have several of his recordings but don’t listen to them because his plodding conducting drives me crazy.
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I have several of his recordings but don’t listen to them because his plodding conducting drives me crazy.
I’ve been pondering this for hours, and coming upon empty. And I look at other’s lists and go saw that, saw that. I mean I even saw a production of As Thousands Cheer. The one thing I’ve come up with is Dogfight, which I could have seen but didn’t.
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I’ve been pondering this for hours, and coming upon empty. And I look at other’s lists and go saw that, saw that. I mean I even saw a production of As Thousands Cheer. The one thing I’ve come up with is Dogfight, which I could have seen but didn’t.
That was a requirement for hiring.
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
That was a requirement for hiring.