Kismet

[ceebeegee]

Someone on "All That Chat" is saying Encores! may be doing Kismet this year. *Drool*...LOVE that show. One of my all-time favorite scores. When I did Me and My Girl, Amy Brackman and I used to sing "Rahadlakum" together all the time. "Let's discuss the nature of virtue...Virtue is its own reward....On days when my lord groweth restless/And bored with his sword and his gloom...'Tis sweet with the meat of the leechee nut/Combined with a kumquat and riiiind/The kind of confection to drive a man out of his Mesopotamian miiiiiind!"

I would LOVE to play Lalume, Wife of Wives. Marsinah has some great songs, but Lalume is much sexier.

Such wonderful poetry in that score. Sure, the music is great--you can't go wrong with Borodin. But the lyrics are incredible--"Strange spice from the South/honey through the comb, sifting/Imagine these on one eager mouth/And this is my beloved..."

Comments

[melebeth]

EEE!!! Love Encores! Love that show! Think you should go to the open call so I can see you in it!!!!

[wonderpanther.livejournal.com]

What did you play in Me and My Girl? I did it twice. I was Lady Battersby and Lady Something Else that Began with B. I was pissed that I did not get Jackie the first time because the girl who got it could not sing but the director wanted her bod. The second time, Jackie rocked the house so I was cool with my role. The director of the first show actually reviewed the second show and wrote that Jackie in our show (who was insanely amazing) was too old for the role. In reality, she was younger and looked younger than the girl that director cast.

[dje2004.livejournal.com]

I actually saw this play. My folks took me to a college production when I was young (actually, come to think of it, they used to take to a lot of plays - West Side Story, California Suite, Mame). I remember liking it, though I barely remember anything about it. It did add the word "kismet" to my vocabulary though.