Author: Kathleen David

I don’t like Spam. I don’t like the potted meat nor do I like the dumping onto Peter’s website much less mine. I spend almost an hour getting ride of over 1000 hits trying to get onto our web sites. There is no simple way to do this because of the way that these morons try to get around the various firewalls that have been set up to prevent the site from being flooded with non-relevant information. Unfortunately some other people who DID have legitimate comments to post got held up in the filter as well. I think I have sorted everything and everyone out. There has been no censoring of anyone comments but a cluster “f” that I hope has been flushed.

The Wife Speaks
Well I saw a couple of copies at my local Barnes and Noble so I will take that as a sign that the book has been released. Which is great since I read this as he was writing it and had to hold my tongue all this time. So there maybe spoilers in the comments section and I am warning you before hand that they are there.

So what did you thing of it?

Yes. The news is true.
Peter has signed an exclusive with Marvel.
He is quite happy about it.

“Fallen Angel” & ‘Soulsearchers and CO.” were grandfathered into the contract as was his Spike mini-series.

Oh I am very happy about it too but then I have been happy about it since last year. *grin*

Peter is making a big announcement at WonderCon today. Once I know he has made it (he’s gonna call me on the cell to tell me) then I will announce it here. It will probably will not be before 7 pm (REVISED time) EST.

Revised: I can tell you that it is not a new sibling for the David Girls. But it was a nice thought Shana.

So what did you think?

So on the spur of the moment, we wound up driving into the city to take in a Broadway show or two. I had promised Ariel I’d take her to see “Fiddler” with Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O’Donnell in the leads, and the hope was that Kath would take Caroline to see her very first show which would be, with any luck, “Lion King.”

Well, no luck there, although it was a long shot at best. We then went for our fallback, which was “Beauty and the Beast.” That they had tickets for, and I’ll let Kath talk about that in her own blog as I’m sure she will.

Ariel and I had no trouble scoring tickets for “Fiddler.” I had no sure idea of what to expect from it. I know that Danny Strong and Adam Busch (Jonathan and Warren from BtVS) went to take in a production of it. The moment that Harvey opened his mouth and growled, “A Fiddler on the Roof,” Adam turned to Danny and said, “Let’s go.” Danny insisted they stay put (interestingly, two of Tevye’s daughters realized that 2/3 of the evil trio was sitting front row. They made eye contact in a fairly subtle manner and there was some serious unspoken flirting going on that naturally the audience didn’t notice since–when Harvey’s on stage–all eyes are on him.

Harvey didn’t make me want to sprint out of the theater, and I liked him better in the role than I did Alfred Molina, who played the role when I saw it as if he had a train to catch. But the problem is that I didn’t feel as if I was seeing Tevye, so much as I was seeing Harvey playing Tevye. His up and down vocal variations were great for “Hairspray,” but here I was wishing he’d pick a voice–preferably in the lower register, since that was the most effective–and stick with it. Rosie, on the other hand, was a delight. Running her family like a drill sergeant, but still capable of displaying tenderness. She missed her calling; she would have made a terrific Jewish mother.

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Hi all-
The play I have been working on opens tonight and will run the next couple of weekends. It is a really good price for a New York show and you can eat and drink while watching the show. Almost like having theater in your dining room.
Information can be found at
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/115475
or
http://unyyc.org/
which is the offical site of the company.

Kath
Wife, Mother, Stage Manager, Puppeteer