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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

You Know How It Ends by Timothy JSP

I've loaded the song that tells the story for you, just so you could get an idea of how fun this musical is.  This song gives you the plot and storyline.  Remember, Palma does ALL the parts in this, her conductor's CD.

Enjoy this, and read more, below!

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Sunday, August 07, 2011

So, so much to write about!
~(and that's a good thing)~

Hi Readers,

So I kept asking myself over this past week - "which one of these musicals do I write about?"  I have written a bit about WHAT THE HELL NELL at various points within this blog, and I've written a bit about Did You Talk To Him Today? as well....There's a third magnificent musical Palm wrote called "Bachelor Buttons" and I will certainly write much about that, too as it is also filled with special, fabulous music......so, "what should I do?" I wondered.....
Palma Pascale

It has been a significant amount of time since I wrote anything about WHAT THE HELL, NELL! and though I had indicated in previous blog posts that I was going to be writing about "Did You Talk To Him Today?" first - I just don't think I'm ready as yet to do that.

I will share with you, however,  that I have now seen the production of "Did You Talk To Him Today?" in its entirety.  The DVD I have does not want to play past "Oh That I Could," (one of the beautiful musical numbers), on its own....so I tried it in many DVD players, until I found the one it would (mostly) play in all the way to the end.  I still missed a few things, but I got the gist, I think.

Poster for 10-10-10 production of
Did You Talk To Him Today
And so,  I have now seen the ending too; it was nice.  I have plenty of questions before I blog about it that I need to ask either the show's Production Supervisor, or the Creative Director/Choreographer.   Alas, everyone's time seems much more limited these days.

Though I'd thought once I'd seen the entire program I would write more about it immediately...after some thought, however,  I think I will keep it on the back burner for a time.  I'm still not sure how the play took on a life of its own or how the order of the songs came to be, and believe me when I say this; I have so many more questions that, as of this writing, I just don't have answers to.  I wouldn't be able to write about the show intelligently with insight, as has been the case from the start.  I feel like I'm on the outside, looking in.

For now, then, I have decided to continue to write about something I DO know a lot about, having discussed it with Palma herself, time and again.  See, Palm was really proud of this musical, too -  and by all rights, she certainly should have been.  I would love, someday, to see the actual score, and the "play" that this clever group of 23 songs was built around (Palma having rewritten the play from the original musical called "Gold In The Hills)."  Yes, not only did she compose the music, she re-worked the entire spoken play as well. And, as I said, she liked the outcome.
Palma Pascale's Conductor's Version
WHAT THE HELL NELL! CD

When she sent this one to me, only months after we'd first met, its creativity and genius kept our conversations alive time and again.  We had a lot of fun and many, many laughs discussing it.  And it still grabs me today, just like it did back in 2006.   Diving into her work as I have done...well, there's so much to study.

I was listening to this fun, energetic, truly incredible collection of songs again today, and it occurred to me how much more I have to say about it.  I believe I stopped writing about NELL in Feburary of '08.  That floors me, frankly - that it was so long ago.  I'd done one introductory blog, then the February '08 blog about NELL.  Seems I got all the way to the third song!!!!  :-)   See what I mean?  There's just so much here that I want to comment on and write about.  Palma's musical capabilities, and her storytelling is one of those things I will never be able to fully understand...I mean to say, I know I couldn't do it like this, and for it to come to her as easily as it did still just astounds me.  What a creative mind........what a true talent.........it's just......BRILLIANT!!!!

Having said all of this, be aware that I have begun more musing about this magnificent piece of work.  It won't be long before I'm back to writing about it in as much detail for you as I can.  Stick with me on this fun ride....I believe you'll be glad you did.


All my best,
Martini~