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[jgroffdaily]

@merrilyonbway New old friends + original old friends = a special moment in #MerrilyOnBway history.

📸: @andyhenderson

[clarasteam]

Jim Walton, the original Franklin Shepard, sings "Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along at 54 Below

[mthguy]

Stephen Sondheim’s Follies  

The legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical Follies was presented by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. 

The thrilling - and possibly historic - New York Philharmonic concert version of Follies presented at Avery Fisher Hall was a reunion of sorts, albeit one with a happier ending. To cast this all too transitory event, the producer Thomas Z. Shepard brought together veterans of Sondheim musicals stretching from the 1964 Anyone Can Whistle to Sunday in the Park With George - among them, Lee Remick, Elaine Stritch, George Hearn, Liz Callaway and Mandy Patinkin. They were joined by other stellar musical-comedy hands who exemplify the Broadway heyday whose passing Follies mourns - Barbara Cook, Carol Burnett, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Once this company paraded before the orchestra to the glittering melody of the opening song, ''Beautiful Girls,'' it was impossible to separate the fictional show-biz reunion dramatized in Follies from the real one unfolding on stage. The audience, more than willing to let the distinction slide, simply erupted into pandemonium.

The cheering rarely subsided thereafter, and not without reason. Mr. Shepard assembled this evening to record the complete Follies score, which was mangled on its original Broadway cast album. Although there were still a few elisions (mainly of dance music) in the concert, this version was as complete, gorgeously sung and sumptuously played as Mr. Sondheim or his fans could wish. But there were other reasons for the thunderous response as well. Even in concert, Follies proved much more than merely a star-studded recording session. The performance made the case that this Broadway musical can take its place among our musical theater's very finest achievements. (Frank Rich, The New York Times)

[whileiamdying]

Suspect is a 1987 American legal mystery thriller film directed by Peter Yates and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, and Liam Neeson. Other notable cast members include John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Fred Melamed, and Philip Bosco.

— Wikipedia

[dichromaniac]

Another morning, another unhinged ad spot

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[dwobbitfromtheshire]

Will and Gareth? Will and Gareth?! WILL AND GARETH?!! I did NOT know this was a ship I needed until now. No offense to Mike "it's not my fault you don't like girls," Wheeler, but Will deserves better. I have a feeling that Gareth can be a bit of a grumpy bear like Hopper, and Joyce notices when Will brings him around.

"It looks like we have the same taste in men," Joyce joked.

"Mom!"

Though Will was the one who started calling Gareth his grumpy bear, Joyce loved that and started to call Hopper that as well.

"Aw, look at our grumpy bears!"

"Joyce! We can hear you!"

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beloveds

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[jgroffdaily]

Jonathan and original Frank Jim Walton in 2008

Wayman Wong: Last November, you went to see Merrily We Roll Along at the New York Theatre Workshop. What did you think?

Jim Walton: I went with some other original cast members, and it was terrific! I've seen Merrily a couple of times since I did it. It's always sort of a mixed blessing. It's hard to forget our production, and there have been changes made that are generally good. It was emotional to see it now that Hal and Steve are gone. I love the show. I really love the score. We had a great time, and all the performances were fantastic, especially Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez. Jonathan is a great Franklin Shepard. He's handsome, honest, and committed throughout. And we got to chat with him onstage after the show.

WW: Jonathan told me you were "impossibly generous and kind. It was so encouraging to get the thumbs-up from Jim, especially since we were so early in the process. I have been a fan of his forever." But that's not the first time you two met.

JW: Right. We remembered meeting [in 2008] at your wonderful Leading Men III concert at Birdland. And there's a photo.

WW: It was a benefit for Broadway Cares, and you sang "Good Thing Going" and "Not a Day Goes By" from Merrily, and Jonathan was on the bill, too. He says: "I remember marveling at Jim's kindness and gorgeous voice. The sound of him singing on the original cast album of Merrily is absolute perfection. It's been such an honor to play the role he so brilliantly created."

Frank is a tricky role. In the wrong hands, he could be such a sellout and jerk to his friends. Was Frank a tough part to play?

JW: Yeah. It was hard to get a grip on Frank. You have to go from 43, a man in midlife crisis, to 20. I was so young that I couldn't identify with Frank. I still looked like this tall, skinny 22-year-old kid. That's why it was easier for me to play Act II; it got closer to who I was ... In the new revival, Jonathan's a very talented actor who makes you sympathize with Frank. He's created this likable guy who's lost and trying to find his way. And Jonathan's got a great voice. His "Growing Up" is so beautifully sung.

[12timetraveler]

Collection from Deadwood. Everyone I got a picture with. Every single one was an absolute joy to meet. Not a bad apple in the bunch they're all so genuine and sweet

[sleepynegress]

Random... On Walton Goggins

Taking it out of the tags because to me it's hilarious. Walton Goggins basically formed his career being typecast as Klan member #12 in pretty much all of the old Black history media that used to rerun in Black households... And I think this is hilariously ironic because when they are repeatedly hired for that kind of media (especially when it's Black people BTS) it's because they are deemed safe to play that kind of thing. And now, that I've pointed this out... You're gonna recognize him in all the 90's Black history stuff, playing "Hick Bigot #21" and pouring spaghetti on some teen's head sitting at a segregated lunch counter or something. But anyway... yeah it's so odd to watch him be the it guy now, having known him from that.

[gravedust412]

George Walton Lucas Jr., David Robert Hayward-Jones, & James Maury Henson

[dichromaniac]

Ok here's the preview clip y'all

[morning66]

Rover the peacock 🦚🦚 ❤️❤️