You want to hear something good about Amsterdam? How about that Amsterdam High School Drama Club, under the able direction of Mr. William Nelson for some years now.

Tonight Mary and Anna and I witnessed a most delightful evening of theater, a production of Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls, one of my all-time favorite shows and one I've been in ( Read more... )

Having seen the Amsterdam High School production of The Sound of Music twice this weekend, and viewed the videos from the third (see previous post), I'm beginning to develop some perspectives on the work, and I hope you won't mind if I think out loud here a bit ( Read more... )

The genius of Rodgers and Hammerstein and the abundant enthusiasm of the Amsterdam High School Drama Club combined to make one heck of a delightful evening at a packed house in the Bert DeRose Theater tonight for a production of The Sound of MusicHighlights included seven adorable children who proved to be absolutely fearless on stage, an able ( Read more... )

So, I see where the Congress is talking again about banning "waterboarding" when interrogating terrorists who, by the way, happen to reject all norms of International Law and slit innocent people's throats on television, not to mention blowing up Downs Syndrome women and hailing them as Suicide Bombers ( Read more... )

Maybe you haven't got time to watch the musical version of The Producers. Here's a shorter version by a girl from Fresno who pretty obviously can do it all. Enjoy.



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(slowly)
There's no business like show business,
Like no business I know.
All made up and soon you'll be appearing---
Every bit of nervousness is gone---
(pick up tempo)
And the sound that's music to your hearing:
To hear them cheering when you come on!

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Annie Get Your Gun happened this weekend, which is why I've mostly been away ( Read more... )