Cooper: Diane, last night I dreamed I was eating a large, tasteless gumdrop, and awoke to discover I was chewing on one of my foam disposable earplugs. Perhaps I should consider moderating my nighttime coffee consumption. 
                        -- "Twin Peaks"

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About me:
* Born in Dayton. Eldest of 10. Lived there 21 years.
* Graduated University of Dayton, 1986.
* Two years in Binghamton.
* Eight years in Chicago area.
* One year in Fort Wayne.
* Back to Chicago area, since 1998.
* 1993: First album recorded.
* 1999: First Regis experience.
* 2003: First theater experience.
* 2005: Eleventh album recorded.

Saturday, November 29th

Cary Grant


Continuing the Cary Grant Project, today's entry is "In Name Only", another movie based around divorce. But this one's not lighthearted or comedic. It's a pretty serious drama with Cary Grant stuck in a loveless marriage and wanting to start again with young widow Carole Lombard; entertaining in a sadly realistic way, but I can't rank it above all the fun-loving, good-time-Charlie romantic comedies and thrilling adventures.



  1. "North By Northwest", 1959, also starring Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
  2. "Bringing Up Baby", 1938, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  3. "The Awful Truth", 1937, also starring Irene Dunne
  4. "Charade", 1963, also starring Audrey Hepburn
  5. "The Philadelphia Story", 1940, also starring Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
  6. "Notorious", 1946, also starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
  7. "People Will Talk", 1951, also starring Hume Cronyn
  8. "Houseboat", 1958, also starring Sophia Loren
  9. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  10. "Father Goose", 1964, also starring Leslie Caron
  11. "Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944, also starring Raymond Massey
  12. "Indiscreet", 1958, also starring Ingrid Bergman
  13. "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", 1947, also starring Myrna Loy
  14. "Operation Petticoat", 1959, also starring Tony Curtis
  15. "Monkey Business", 1952, also starring Ginger Rogers
  16. "Walk Don't Run", 1966
  17. "I Was A Male War Bride", 1949, also starring Ann Sheridan
  18. "Once Upon A Honeymoon", 1942, also starring Ginger Rogers
  19. "In Name Only", 1939, also starring Carole Lombard
  20. "Sylvia Scarlett", 1935, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  21. "Gunga Din", 1939, also starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  22. "She Done Him Wrong", 1933, also starring Mae West
  23. "The Pride And The Passion", 1957, also starring Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren


Dan on 11.29.08 @ 03:59 PM CT [link] [No Comments]

Friday, November 28th

Theater


This is probably the best picture I've seen from the recent production of "Disney's Beauty And The Beast":
Belle-And-Maurice

Meanwhile, Nutcracker is coming up Dec. 9th.


Dan on 11.28.08 @ 05:16 PM CT [link] [No Comments]

Saturday, November 15th

Theater


My 30th show, about a month from now, will be "Nutcracker" -- not the mostly-dance Nutcracker I've been in the last 3 years, but a short children's musical. I'll still be Godfather Drosselmeyer, though. And also Sweet Tooth (a bumbling sidekick to the Mouse Queen) and the ill-fated Mouse King.

But first! "Disney's Beauty & The Beast" runs for 5 performances, starting Thursday through next Sunday.

Dan on 11.15.08 @ 11:54 AM CT [link] [2 Comments]

Sunday, November 9th

Cary Grant


Today's movie was "Once Upon A Honeymoon", kind of a serious comedy, what with the Nazis toppling the countries of Europe as the background. Ginger Rogers even saves a nice Jewish maid and her children.

And that brings the Cary Grant Project up to 22:



  1. "North By Northwest", 1959, also starring Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
  2. "Bringing Up Baby", 1938, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  3. "The Awful Truth", 1937, also starring Irene Dunne
  4. "Charade", 1963, also starring Audrey Hepburn
  5. "The Philadelphia Story", 1940, also starring Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
  6. "Notorious", 1946, also starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
  7. "People Will Talk", 1951, also starring Hume Cronyn
  8. "Houseboat", 1958, also starring Sophia Loren
  9. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  10. "Father Goose", 1964, also starring Leslie Caron
  11. "Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944, also starring Raymond Massey
  12. "Indiscreet", 1958, also starring Ingrid Bergman
  13. "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", 1947, also starring Myrna Loy
  14. "Operation Petticoat", 1959, also starring Tony Curtis
  15. "Monkey Business", 1952, also starring Ginger Rogers
  16. "Walk Don't Run", 1966
  17. "I Was A Male War Bride", 1949, also starring Ann Sheridan
  18. "Once Upon A Honeymoon", 1942, also starring Ginger Rogers
  19. "Sylvia Scarlett", 1935, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  20. "Gunga Din", 1939, also starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  21. "She Done Him Wrong", 1933, also starring Mae West
  22. "The Pride And The Passion", 1957, also starring Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren




Dan on 11.09.08 @ 02:53 PM CT [link] [No Comments]