Pasablanca in the fall ...
It's all, you know, a terrifically big secret, and cast members are never supposed to spill the beans about the plot of, or the local celebrities in, the Pasadena Senior Center's annual fund-raising Pasadena Follies parody musical extravaganza. But Ann Erdman can't actually have us killed, can she? Powerful as she is in City Hall, we won't get tossed into the base isolators during a quake -- will we?
Well, you already know it's called "Pasablanca." Script is by Ann and Barry Gordon . Lyrics by Jerram "Ira Gershwin Ain't Got Nothin' on Me" Swartz, who returns to directing duties this year as well. Curtain goes up sometime after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21. Tickets still widely available.
And you know the mayor's in it, because the mayor's always in it. Mmm -- "Pasablanca." Wonder what part the mayor might play?
But someone slipped me a draft script and I see here that a certain local newspaper editor, in an incredibly self-referential bit of schtick calling back to a skit last year, has the following line: "Oh, the bovinity!" And that a certain city-side reporter for a competing rag -- OK, it's Andre Coleman -- replies, "Holy cow!"
Yes, it goes on like that, and yet you wouldn't miss it.
Others in greasepaint? I don't know, but I heard a rumor that there's a once and future mayoral candidate who managed to poll 26 percent fewer votes than the last guy who became an also-ran ...
Comments
Keep one eye open tonight, buddy.
Posted by: Ann Erdman | September 11, 2007 6:45 PM
Wait..Guido Mendl is in the Pasadena Follies? :-)
I kid, I kid.
You know I only pick on you Larry cause I like you so much.
Posted by: Aaron Proctor | September 11, 2007 7:37 PM
I'm betting Bogaard gets typecast in the Peter Lorre role. Or would playing a backroom dealing manipulator be too close to the real thing?
Posted by: Anonymous | September 12, 2007 11:15 AM
It's easy to post biting, bitter, bogus comments anonymously. Requires no guts but certainly reveals the character of the poster. I'm just sayin'.
Posted by: Ann Erdman | September 12, 2007 3:27 PM
Whenever (not this one) the author is Anonymous, means it was written by Martin Truitt. Whenever it says it was written by Martin Truitt, means him trying to appear as if normal person.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 12, 2007 4:47 PM
Martin would be good for the Louie role. He's always blaming the usual suspects.
Always nice to see the official apologist at work. (Tweak. Tweak) How's everything Ann?
Paul (the real one, not the pretender)
Posted by: Paul (that talker guy) | September 12, 2007 11:33 PM
I'm guessing Bill will play Ilsa (the Ingrid Bergman role) in drag a la Monty Python.
Martin's much more clever than the anonymous poster, btw. If he wrote that it would be funny.
Paul (the real one, not the pretender)
Posted by: Paul (that talker guy) | September 12, 2007 11:38 PM
Why not - instead of Ilsa from Casablanca - "Ilsa: She-Wolf Of The S.S."?
Posted by: Aaron Proctor | September 13, 2007 10:05 AM
Because I'd much rather see Bill gaze longingly into Sid Tyler's eyes as (s)he listens to Sid deliver that amazing, "hill of beans" monologue on the airport tarmac. (With Martin standing in the background smoking a cigarette and Tom Coston (in the Paul Henreid role - think about it) waiting on the ramp for Bill. of course, Tom would have to be carrying his accordian instead of a suitcase.
Paul (the real one, not the pretender)
Posted by: Paul (that talker guy) | September 13, 2007 2:04 PM
That's almost as homoerotic as my crush on Steve Had.
Posted by: Aaron Proctor | September 13, 2007 3:13 PM
Don't you people realize you are being used by Ann? The truth is they don't have a script and are in a panic. Another day of these posts and the entire script will have been written by you! Ann did this once before, right after FAX machines had come into style. All of those silly chain FAXes were an elaborate scheme to have a script created by the unknowing public.
Posted by: Tom | September 13, 2007 6:27 PM
Nope, we had the read-through last Saturday and all (well, almost all) is well. Each skit is bound to offend somebody in the audience, which means my work is done.
Posted by: Ann Erdman | September 13, 2007 9:52 PM
Oh, and hi, Paul. Drop by and see us sometime here in the hallowed halls of local government.
Posted by: Ann Erdman | September 13, 2007 9:54 PM
Aaron, you need to distinguish between homo-erotic and absurdist. (Yes, there is a difference, Tom.)
Hi Ann, I know Tom's right about the script because Tom's always right (if he's the right Tom, that is).
I don't know if I'd recognize those new, spruced up, hallowed halls anymore, but I will try to come by one day soon and say, "Hi."
Paul (the real one, not the pretender)
Posted by: Paul (that talker guy) | September 14, 2007 1:27 PM
I don't think it's the same Tom. He would have called me to say he had posted that.
Posted by: Ann Erdman | September 14, 2007 6:04 PM
mmmm, Tom.
Posted by: Miss Havisham | September 14, 2007 9:42 PM
Paul -
A little bit from column A, a little bit from column B.
Posted by: Aaron Proctor | September 15, 2007 9:46 PM
That's a little too wild for me, I'm afraid.
Paul (the real one, not the pretender)
Posted by: Paul (that talker guy) | September 17, 2007 9:57 AM
Don't sell yourself short.
Posted by: Aaron Proctor | September 17, 2007 3:14 PM
Ann. How soon you forget. Don't you remember those foggy evenings in Morro Bay or the romantic lunch on the beach in Santa Barbara?
Posted by: Tom (not bringing light) | September 17, 2007 5:40 PM
Oh, THAT Tom! Yes, of course. And I recall a lovely meal near the beach at Goleta. And visiting a kid with horses. Seems like only yesterday.
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