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Entries from August 2011

Photos by Laurie Simmons

August 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Photos by Laurie Simmons

Doug and Eddie appear in Ventriloquism, a portfolio by Laurie Simmons, published by Editions Ilene Kurtz in 1986.

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Chuff

August 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Chuff

It’s a piano piece; it’s rebarbative; play it!

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Tags: *Music · C

“The Regard of Flight” at Lincoln Center

August 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Regard of Flight was produced at Lincoln Center in 1987.  Since the Vivian Beaumont is classed as a Broadway house, this was officially my Broadway debut, as Mel Gussow noted in the New York Times (5/10/87).  

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Tags: *Music · *Stage · R

Lull

August 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Lull

A bit of quiet three-part counterpoint.

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Sabbat

August 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Sabbat

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An Evening in the Garden

August 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on An Evening in the Garden

I joined “Bob Berky and friends” for this romp through the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art.  I wrote a waltz for the occasion; the guards yelled at us for touching the sculptures.

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Tags: *Music · *Stage · E

The Scenic Route

August 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Scenic Route

A piano reduction of a score I wrote for a dance by Naomi Gruen, long ago.

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Lo!

August 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This was my first foray into Forteana, reading selections from Charles Fort for the Virginia Matthews Dance Company, back in San Francisco in 1985.  And lo, Janice Ross of the Oakland Tribune approved, even if she got Fort’s name wrong (2/11/85).

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Tags: *Stage · *Words · L

The Courtroom

August 19th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Courtroom

  The Courtroom never really got past the “work-in-progress” level, and Bill never revived it after its run in 1985.  What an ensemble that was!  It got mixed reviews, but The New Yorker was happy.

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Tags: *Music · *Stage · C

An Attractive Production

August 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment

I put on An Attractive Production at Dance Theater Workshop in 1985.  It was a busy year, and I was also moving back and forth between NYC and San Francisco.  I’m surprised I got it on its feet at all.  Still, it seems to have gone well.

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