Tut Tut! Tsk! Tsk!

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I attended the third ScriptLab Sing and Tell at Gerald Isaac's (Zazu in The Lion King) studio last night, and once again, had a great time. There were some new faces (new to me at least!) and some repeat attendees (like moi).

Patrick Rose was there, who wrote Jubalay (later renamed A Bistro Car on the CNR for an off-Broadway run in 1978 starring Tom Wopat -- yes, that Tom Wopat from Dukes of Hazzard and many Broadway musicals including Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters). Sadly he said he hadn't written any musical theater in over 20 years, concentrating more on the jingle business (read:mortgage/wife/kids). But now that the kids and mortgage were gone, (wife still around!), he was going to get back into it!

Gerald Isaac and David Warrack played a great song from David's musical Tut Tut, done in 1979 in conjunction with the big Tut exhibit (remember lining up for that?). It was a great number, when Tut takes his first chariot ride. It was Ben Hur on 88 keys! Gerald was amazing. He and David hadn't done that number in over 20 years (Gerald had played Tut) and it was flawless! But tsk tsk -- the show hasn't been done since then. Shame on us! David told us a funny story about how the house was packed and how the audience loved the First Act. Then when intermission came everyone started to leave, so David rushed down to tell the audience to stay 'cuz there was a whole Second Act.

The group said they really enjoyed it but had to leave to make their Tut exhibit timing (you've heard of dinner/theater, I guess this was theater/museum). So the Second Act never got performed!

I performed "Simpler Times" from Plane Crazy and had a blast. I'm so sad there is only one more of these meetings left...tsk,tsk.
By Suzy Conn on February 1, 2005 4:29 PM | | Comments (0)


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