Who rehearses at 9:30am? The Benicia Ballet,
so up early and
down the I-80 corridor to the
Empress Theater in Vallejo, again,
where the dancers
appear
to be
mostly
of
a
certain
age --
returning
to
resupply
Harriet's
video
library (another sortie through the musicals, including
Alexander's Ragtime Band [Irving Berlin, 1938],
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [1978 / 1982], plus a double-feature of
Born to Dance [Cole Porter, 1936] and Lady Be Good [George Gershwin, 1924 / 1941],
Broadway Melody of 1940 [Cole Porter],
Cabaret [Paul Kander, 1966 / 1972],
Cabin in the Sky [Vernon Duke, 1940 / 1943],
Calamity Jane [Sammy Fain, 1953],
Can-Can [Cole Porter, 1953 / 1960],
Carefree [Irving Berlin, 1938],
A Chorus Line [Marvin Hamlisch, 1975 / 1985],
Colma: The Musical [H.P. Mendoza, 2006],
Dancing Lady [Louis Silvers, 1938],
De-Lovely [2004, re Cole Porter],
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Jule Styne, 1949 / 1953], and
Les Girls [Cole Porter, 1957])
and run other errands. Back to the ballet,
where
the
performance goes well,
and there's time thereafter to attend to the typical musical machinations of the day...
third page pdf of Missa "The a Deux": IV. Sanctus
fifth page composed for Psalm 68
75th orchestrated page of The Countess Cathleen
13th video edited re The Bald Soprano
