"3,500 miles away...what would you change if you could?"

Okay, so a record number of posts on that topic. So lets stay in the same vein. 1995 was a heckuva year for me as well, as it marked the year USM first took an ACTF show to the Kennedy Center - CATFISH MOON starring yours truly, Ben Craven (who's off getting laid somewhere as we speak) Canady Vance-Thomas (newly married!) and C. Glenn Matthews(who's probably never taken the time to come to our little site!) Our TD was frequent poster and BOONE vet Scott Mc. It was a hell of an experience. Weirdly enough (and many of you know this so bear with me) at the Region IV ACTF fest in Greensboro, NC that year was UK's version of LEND ME A TENOR (with Laurie Genet, and directed by Mike Freidman) and Christopher Newport U's THE FABLE (staring our own Rick St. Peter). When I came to work at BOONE for the first time in 96, Mike Freidman gave me endless shit about "keepin me from going to the Kennedy Center, you bastard!" and years later while having drinks at the Rosebud Laurie and I would also make the connection (with an almost unison "I KNEW I had seen you before!")... ditto with me and Rick at his welcome to Lex party at Russell and Mere's last year. Small friggin world, people... Anyhoo, that summer was intersting as well cause I did the Summer rep for the first time at USM (also w. Scott Mc, and the DIVA master, and too many others to mention...)
SOOO....what's your memories of the summer (or any other time, for that matter) of 1995? I daresay most of you were out of single digits by then...unless of course Dakota Fanning Googled herself recently and is lurking the boards... and also, if any of you were in said season of SAT or at siad ACTF fest, I'd love to hear your rememberances...
BTW- Fletch tied things up with the GOV'T CHEESE reference...so it's he and Nat neck and neck w. 6 big point, but we still have a ways to go to the BIG PRIZE!!!!! This one is definitely a 90's joint....

"Come on back to Bowling Green and marry me!"

Hey ya'll! Hope everyone's had a great weekend. Mine has been filled with all the joys that fatherhood can bring (playing with my kid, watching him grow and learn new things, worrying incessantly over money, etc...). Also been surprised to hear of a rash of weddings of late. Of course our buddy the Coach, who's honeymooning as we speak in FLA, but also congrats to Andrea Crowe- Purkey, and Canady Vance as well! A big ole diva smooch to all of you! For those of you in Lex-town, Joy Parks and her betrothed JD are fixing to tie the knot soon as well...gosh, must be something in the water! Also, good luck to Diva's Ben Craven and Jen Courtade-Duran on their moves to the big apple! Break lotsa legs and keep in touch.
Some interesting responses to the last philosophical type question, and PLEASE if you still want to weigh in on that, or any other issue, feel free. BUT, I'm gonna keep it light on this one. This,being the summer of 2005, is the 20th anniversary of something the fletch and I (and various other Peanut Gallery members) like to refer to as THE SUMMER OF LUST (for reasons I, and probably he, will expand on later- legalities notwithstanding!) Tell me- What is your best memory from the summer of 1985? It CAN be theatrical, if you so desire, but it can also be secular (lol)...Hit me with your best shot!
ps- as far as scores, Natalie has burned past Fletch with a 6 to 5 lead...allthough if Fletch can re-energize some of those lost 80's brain cells, he might be able to get this one...and some of you KY locals who remember the 80's music scene in these parts ALSO might have an edge (BIG hint)...

"Captain, I canna' change the laws of PHYSICS!"

Jimmy Doohan , Mr Scott to the TREK world, died today. Gonna miss him: I'm an avid TREKKER and Scotty was always one of my favorites. I especially loved the way he used to call Shatner out for being such a prick (even though I DO love Bill Shatner!) It was refreshing to see a guy NOT beat around the bush, in typical Hollywood fashion...
A few things about him...he was CANADIAN, believe it or not. Served with the Canadian military, and landed on Juno Beach during D-day, where he was machine gunned, and took SIX slugs (four in the leg, two in the chest- one that would've hit his heart were it not for, swear to God, a SILVER CIGARRETTE CASE!) When he got out of the service, he won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed Neighborhood Playhouse, where his fellow students included Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone, among others. Not bad company. He was a master of dialect, and we he got cast in TREK, went through about seven different accents before he decided to go with the obvious, and make Scotty and Scotsman... We'll miss you, Mr Scott. One to beam up....

btw- no one ever said BEAM ME UP SCOTTY on any of the trek shows or films. It's kinda like the "PLAY IT AGAIN SAM" thing w/ Bogey...
SO, keep hitting the last question. I want some more talk back on this one.

"The Road goes on forever..."

So I'm back from my trip down to sweet home Alabama (my GOD it was hot down there!) and our good friend the Coach is officially married. I had a great time, but it got me to thinking about some things. At one point , all the groomsmen and best men and ushers, etc, were in a tiny room giving the coach the business about how "horrible" marriage is and how he was "throwing away his freedom" etc, etc...then it got kinda mean-spirited with a couple guys telling the "my wife is so stupid" stories (btw coach- i'm not refering to your best men, as they were cool about this!) - you know the type. "Oh she's got BOOK sense, but no COMMON sense "(whatever the hell that means!) And I thought to myself "Well hell- my wife's pretty cool! I even (gasp!) still LOVE her!!!! You guys are pathetic, bald, fat bastards and should be happy a woman will even co-habitate with your sorry asses!" I didn't say that- but I should've! My wife is a beautiful, amazing woman and she deserves as much...and as I was driving home, staring out at the beautiful middle Tennessee landscapes, drinking in the clear, blue sky and listening to Robert Earl Keen on my cd player, it occured to me: Life is pretty damned swell and I don't often thank my lucky stars, or my maker, enough for that!
So enough with the testemony- here's the question folks: In Robert Cohen's THEATRE: A Brief version, he says that "ultimately, theatre is a celebration of life".
What's that mean to you? And don't be afraid to be specific...
BTW- for this song reference, I need artist, song title AND the next line of the sonG! AND it's worth FIVE BIG POINTS! and believe it or not, when I wrap up this contest next month there WILL be an actual prize! So get crackin!

"Ding, Dong the bells are gonna chime..."

Well, the storm has mostly passed, and all our gulf coast friends came out w/ nary a scratch, including the DIVA MASTER , who bravely rode out the storm at DIVA HQ with only a case of Boones Farm Strawberry Hill and a loaded 30 ought six to scare off any potential looters or mutant zombies that might have been awakened by the wrath of Mamma Nature. (course I hear there's lots of those types just roamin' freely in South Mississippi! lol)
Anyhoo, I'm headed back down south to my good friend and sometime blog troller the Coach's wedding. For any of you in the gulf area that might be interested, there will be a reception Sunday on the coast. Holler at me if you want details.
SO- as I take off for a few days, here's a good question for all of you to ponder-if you could have your own theatre what would it be like? Where would it be? What kind of season would you do? What shows? Would you do original work? Equity, non, or a mix? (If you happen to work as an AD of MD, feel free to talk about your dream situation...and if you HAVE your own , or like Dustin and Joy are in the midst of starting one, tell us what it'll be like) Let's really get some good chatter going on this one folks.
BTW- Point totals as follows
Anon in the boro (Fletch) FIVE big points (nailing that John Connely reference really pulled him out front)
Natalie-1
Dustin-1
Mikey-1
Diva Master- 1
Fletch is pulling away with it! This next one is easy, if you like musicals :)

"Thinkin about what I been missing in the city..."

Greetings all...well, I'm officially "on the back side of 30" , to quote an old county song...or the tail end of it, to be more precise. But, according to John Mellancamp, a man's not really worth a damn till he;s in his forties, and ole Johnny Cougar's NEVER wrong, is he?I'll say this...I wouldn't want to be any other age at any other time, cause right now is pretty good, from where I'm standin'...thanks to all who came to the b-day bash at el toro. NOW I remember why I stopped drinking Tequila!
AND , on a serious note, a shout out to any and all DIVAS in the Gulf Coast area. Baton down the hatches and God bless...I've been through one Hurricane (well, numberous, if you're counting the Pat O'brien types! lol) and I know how devistating they can be. Our thoughts and prayers are with the DIVAMASTER and all our South Mississippi folk...
So, for those of us on higher ground, here's a new topic to ponder...in your experience, what's the best town/city for theatre? and no, we won't count NYC or LA LA land as that would be too easy...and the points game is getting interesting, with Mike T. joining the fray by nailing the last lyric right out of the gate. This one is my little shout out to the folks on the gulf...

My Daddys Pre-Midlife Crisis Get together

Hello Friends of my Daddy....this is Logan. I am guest blogging for my daddy. Well actually it was my mommys idea....daddy doesnt know that she knows his password....but i guess now ive blown that. Anyway....
I know its short notice but my daddys birthday is tomorrow and me and mommy are trying to arrange a little get together to hopefully take the edge off of him turning 39. Mommy says that is an important milestone for big fellas for some reason...she said that next year i should not be surprised to see daddys gray hair start to disappear overnight as well as him drop a few pounds and possibly buy himself a motorcycle. She calls it a phase or crisis or something....anyway we would love it if you could come out and help celebrate what is sure to be the last sane birthday daddy ever has.

WHERE : El Toro Mexican restaurant on Nicholasville Road
WHEN: 6PM
RSVP: to mommy by email or phone 576-1745
BRING: anything that will make daddy feel better about turning 39....your bright shining face would mean the most!!!! I know daddy could sure use a few drinks.

Thanks...hope you can come....my daddy needs some fun!

Love- LOGAN DAVIS ......

P.S. My teeth really hurt.....this cold chew toy is NOT taking the edge off and mommy wont cave and buy me any anbisol....shes like that.......

"The Dogs on Main Street howl, cause they understand..."

Greetings fellow theatre folk! Joy, Logan and I are just back from a nice mini-vacation to the Motherland (Tennessee, if you haven't been reading along) and some nice fellowship with LOTS of family. We managed to spend a nice, quiet fourth here in Lex-ville watching the fireworks light up the sky. One thing I love about this town is that on the fourth there's not ONE good display , but dozens...you have but to look up in the sky in my neighborhood to see fireworks from all corners (and not the little cheap fizzly things they sell here- the REAL stuff). It was a nice evening.
So, all this shit blowing up got me to thinking about one of the great things about live theatre (or not so great, depending on your pov) - the fact that you NEVER KNOW what might happen onstage. On any given night, a glorius happy accident might occur and bring the show to a whole new level, OR something might go horribly awry and screw up the works completely. So I'm interested, Divas, what are your horror/ happy accident stage stories? Lets hear em!
As always, bonus points to the well-learned individual who gets my title reference (Hint* If you know my taste in music at all, this is an easy one...). Herre's the scores thus far:
Fletch in the boro- 2 pts
Natalie- 1 pt
Diva Master- 1 pt
What a life (aka Dustin) - 1 pt