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Category Archives: Literary Lyricism
450 DEGREES OF MORTAL TERROR – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #4
Presently I heard a slight groan And I knew It was the groan of mortal terror It was not a groan of pain or of grief Oh no It was the low stifled sound That arises from the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged assistant cameraman, Austin Lepri, Director of Photography, dolly, Edgar Allan Poe, film set, gaffer, groan, Harry Walker, Henry Borriello, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, key grip, Mortal Terror, music, musicabre, Nicholas Callais, short film, soliloquy, The Tell-Tale Heart
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THE DAY I MURDERED MY HUSBAND – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #3
Welcome back to the “Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” film shoot diary, and the day I murdered my husband. Repeatedly. Take after take after take. Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” centers on a “very very dreadfully … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged assault, Austin Lepri, black and white, chamber piece, cinematography, Ed Elder, Edgar Allan Poe, eye, flashback, Jason Chua, movie, murder, musicabre, musical, Opera, pas a deux, set, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, vulture
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TELL-TALE PEEK INTO THE ON SET MONITOR – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #1
Last week was production week for the short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. One day of set-up, 6 days of shooting, 9-10 hour days that by the weekend became 11-15 hour days. Everyone worked very hard and … Continue reading
A Freaky Little Tell-Tale Tidbit
Listen to this. It’s rather creepy, isn’t it, not just because of the unsettling nature of the text, but because of, well, I’ll explain later, just listen now: I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged death, Edgar Allan Poe, film, musicabre, pre-production, recording studio, short film, terror, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE REVEAL!
So what is the big new deal with “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“? OK! Aright! I know you’ve been on tenterhooks! The suspense has been killing you! But only figuratively. Not literally, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Musicabilia
Tagged Cinema, Edgar Allan Poe, eye, horror, JahRockn, movie, musicabre, musical, nervous, Opera, recording studio, short film, stone dead, The Tell-Tale Heart, vulture
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TELL-TALE OMENS
What is this about? Have I decided to add cartoonist to my jack-of-the-arts-box? No. I am quite aware that my drawing skills are more on the feeble side. These sketches are for practical reasons, which however are … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged cartoon, Edgar Allan Poe, graphic art, music theater, musicabre, o, sketch, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE SIGN…
Something’s coming… Something murderous, mad, musical… A pale blue eye… Cellos signing; moaning; screaming… His hideous heart… It’s all returning… But not the way it was… It will take on a whole … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged cello, Edgar Allan Poe, horror, madness, murder, music, musicabre, musical, Opera, The Tell-Tale Heart
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WIZARDS AT THE LYRIC
My birthday present – my quite extravagant birthday present to myself – was tickets to the two-part all day performance of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Lyric Theatre in New York. And since today is Harry Potter’s … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage
Tagged birthday, Broadway, cgi, Cursed Child, Fantasy, Frozen, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, illusion, J. K. Rowling, Keep the Secrets, Let It Go, Lyric Theatre, magic, Olivier Award, stagecraft, staircases, Time, Time Management, Tony Award
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STILLES ENTSETZEN – AWESTRUCK, AWFUL REGRET – One More Week of the Carl Orff Competition’s Public Voting
“Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes” evokes the lead-up to Orpheus’ fateful turn to glance at Eurydice, the awestruck, awful regret at that moment and its terrible aftermath. “Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes” beginnt kurz vor den fatalen Rückblick Orpheus zur Eurydike, welches stilles … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Literary Lyricism
Tagged Carl Orff, Competition, Eigentum, English, Eurydice, Eurydike, frozen moment, German, Orpheus, property, Rilke, translation
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GETTING KINKY WITH JAKE AND WAYNE
Ed and I originally saw “Kinky Boots” when it was still in previews. We had treated each other with reciprocal Broadway tickets for Xmas, because we had high hopes for a Harvey Fierstein / Cyndi Lauper musical collaboration. The performance … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Al Hirschfeld, Armistead Maupin, Boys Keep Swinging, Broadway, Bye Bye Birdie, Chita Rivera, Cyndi Lauper, Dick van Dyke, drag queen, Gesamtkunstwerk, Harvey Fierstein, House of David, Jake Shears, Kinky Boots, Lea DeLaria, LGBTQ, musical, Wayne Brady, Whose Line is it Anyway
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HAIKU NEW YORK
The sky is paper Bleeding upward from the edge There are ink towers My brother will be There to meet me at the dock Has it been five years? Now there are seagulls Wheeling and diving … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Literary Lyricism
Tagged a cappella, Angels in America, Anita Hollander, Ellen McLaughlin, haiku, harbor, Immigration, Jeannie Im, Lovette George, music theater, New Dramatists, New York, Nicky Paraiso, Patrick Mellen, seagulls, Statue of Liberty, through-composed
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, SAM, and then Play It Again
I took a Swoon Dive this weekend. I read André Aciman’s “Call Me By Your Name” while playing Sam Smith on endless shuffle. It was almost irresponsibly intoxicating. Say It First – Sam Smith I first heard about the Gay … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, Melodies Linger On
Tagged A Room with a View, André Aciman, Armie Hammer, bisexual, Burning, Call Me By Your Name, Community Bookstore, Gay, James Ivory, Lay Me Down, LGBTQ, Love Is A Losing Game, Luca Guadagnino, Lucy Honeychurch, Nirvana, Park Slope, Sam Smith, Say It First, Sundance, Timothée Chalomet
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The Young Lovers’ Path to Speak Easy
Two Fawns in the Wood Dance into the Light Maybe it’s just a dream. Maybe it’s real. Maybe it doesn’t matter either way. For the shame and the betrayal are felt just as acutely. In the musical Speakeasy, an … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, adultery, Alice in Wonderland, Dance into the Light, Dream, Fawn, Fawn in the Wood, Gershwin, Jane Allison, John Allison, Lewis Carroll, magical realism, musical, Prohibition, Queer, same-sex, sexual identity, Speakeasy, Through the Looking Glass, Trial of the Tarts
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SPEAKEASY – The Irony of the Young Lovers’ Duets
Curious Colorful Night – It’s a Dream – Momentary Bliss Three lovers’ duets that are not what they seem to the ear Ah, young lovers’ duets. A hallmark of musicals, especially those of the 1920s and 1930s, and so of … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Curious Colorful Night, curiouser, drag ball, duet, ingenue, irony, It's a Dream, Jane Allison, John Allison, Lewis Carroll, lovers, magical realism, Momentary Bliss, musical, Queer, Roaring Twenties, Speakeasy, Subculture, Wonderland
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