When wanting to take a photo of the hanky so to have some meaning I opened a piano music book of Goodman songs to the one that speaks to the larger connection that Evie and Bob shared in their decades of togetherness.
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Copyright: December 19, 1999By: Laura DeniCLICK HERE FOR COMMENT SECTION ANGELS UNAWARE MASTER OF AVIGNON The Guardian Angel Everybody can use a little help. The power of angels has been documented since the beginning oftime. The word Angel is Greek and means messenger.Angels are said to be immortal spirits that live in Heaven. Dionysus the Areopagite in the A.D.400s set up a ranking of heavenly beings. He believed there were nine orders, of which angelswere the lowest and seraphim the highest. As St. Augustine put it: "Every visible thing in theworld is put in the charge of an angel." Many souls are coming forth to proclaim that their liveshave been touched by the phenomenon of angel miracles. GEORGE JONES GEORGE JONES believes angels were watching over him after he had his life threatening wreck last March inFranklin, Tenn.As of way of "thanking the angels" he's recorded a song with gospel queen Vestal Goodman,called Angel Band. The bridge abutment on highway 96 in Williamson Country whereGeorge wrecked his Lexus SUV is the setting for the song's video. Jones opens in Las Vegas inFebruary. DONNY OSMOND was in theshower when he heard an unfamiliar voice clearly tell him - 'Go check on your son.' Ignoring thevoice Osmond again heard - 'Go check on your son.' Again, the performer continued with hisshower. The third time a more persistent voice said - Go check on your son. Osmond gotout of the shower and found that his small son had found an apple, bit into it and was choking onthe peel. The boy had turned blue. Osmond pulled the peel from his son's throat and saved theboy's life. "I know angels exist," strongly stated Osmond. "We all have guardian angels."CHERYL LADD CHERYL LADD Without a guardian angel the former Charlie's Angels stars declared, "I would have beendead."The angel encounter took place in front of her friend's house.Cheryl has just walked out of thehouse and was at the street curb. "I was walking to my car and, as I was about to step into thestreet, someone said, - Cheryl! - and I turned around. A car zoomed by at about 100 miles anhour. But, when I looked - no one was there!""I went back in the house and asked if someone hadcalled my name. She said - No!" The North Dakota native says she "knows there are angels. Noquestion! An angel saved my life." RICHARD KARN who played TimAllen's Tool Time buddy Al Borland on Home Improvement was living in New York in1983 when he received the news that his mother had breast cancer. Devastated, he went intodenial. "One day an angel touched my shoulder. I just stood up and I knew I had to go home. Idiscovered that Mom had been trying to shield me from the truth. She'd been telling me she wasgoing out, meeting people. But she was really bedridden. Three days later, I was with her whenshe passed away. I know it was an angel that led me to her side."DELLA REESE DELLA REESE credits her deceased mother with returning to earth as Della's guardian angel and saving her life.Reese was nearly killed instantly in a freak accident that happened in 1969. Thinking a slidingglass door was open, Della actually crashed right through the door, falling on top of the jaggedbottom piece. The more she tried to changed position the deeper the glass cut. A remaining piecebroke loose and was about to slice her neck. "A split second before that top glass plunged down,my mother Nellie, who died in 1949, reached around from behind me taking hold of my head andshoulders, and lifted me up onto my feet and told me to sit down in a chair."RODNEY DANGERFIELD thecomedian who prides himself on getting no respect now feels his new CD He is gettingsome angelic respect. The religious CD which "talks about God," according to the comedian, hasan amazing paranormal quality and something good happens to everyone who hears it. This timethe comic isn't clowning around. CY COLEMAN: CAMPAIGNINGCOMPOSER CY COLEMAN. Cy Coleman has written scores that have distinguished Broadway musicals for three decades. Inthis second of a two-part interview the composer/producer, who is an ASCAP board member,discusses hot button items on his personal short list including; the Internet, royalties, and the critics. "I'm vice president of ASCAP and we're constantly fighting for our copyrights," hedeclared."What I see is that our rights are diminishing. That is very important, because you're not going toget anybody to become a writer if they're not be able to make a living," he fumed."The Internet is a big problem," continued Coleman. "I feel that we have to find a way of gettingpaid. We also have to educate the public to know that this is somebody's effort - and you getpaid.ADOLPH GREEN, BETTY COMDEN AND CYTheir collaborations included The Will Rogers Follies. "You pay - just like you pay for a suit of clothes. Writing is not a whim. We all studied, workhard and work to support our families."Eventually, there will be a lot of lawsuits regarding the free download of music," hespeculated. "Nobody does anything for free. I don't know why intellectual property law is sucha mystery, but it is."It's a shame and that's why we have to go to Washington and have some laws passed. We havelaws in place and we have people who are championing us, but we need more laws passed. Thereare too many people who want their own salaries, but deny us ours."Part of the problem is enforcing the laws. We had a guy from M.I.T talk to us and he said -"Yeah, we're stealing your work, but that way it gets to a broader range of people so they areeducated.MIMI QUILLIN, ALLISON WILLIAMS, BEBENEUWIRTH, AND STEPHANIE POPE perform Big Spender from the 1986 revival ofSweet Charity. Coleman wants composers to get their fair share of theloot. "I said - How would you like your work to be done that way? It's very important or thiscountry is going to be importing one of our biggest exports - music - because our music is allgoing to other countries."We were talking about coding on the Internet and the man from M.I.T said - Well, you cancode it, but there is no lock that hasn't been picked."But they are going to have to find some way of protecting our rights," heemphasized. "It is a hard problem. You don't want to see the creativity dry up in this country. Wehave to protect the creative talents the same way we would protect the steel industry."People seem to look at the problem one of two ways: One way is - they don't have any respectfor it. The other attitude is - Oh, they are all billionaires. They look at the Beatles or they look atIrving Berlin. The average person who is writing is having trouble paying his rent. You knowhow far it is in between hits? Even if they get one? That's the important thing!MICHAEL CRAWFORD takes a tumble performing"Black and White" from Barnum. Coleman doesn't want writers taking a financial tumblebecause they don't get proper royalties."We're trying to safeguard those rights. Writers deserve compensation for their work. Somebodymakes money off of their work and they deserve to be paid."As for Coleman he doesn't do a project unless he's " in love with it in some way."He's given his heart to several. "There is one coming with Larry Gelbart and David Zippel, whichis going to be Napoleon and Josephine. Then there is another one - an old one that hastaken a lot of time - 13 Days to Broadway. There is one I wrote with Michael Stewart justbefore he died, Nothing But the Truth.Coleman has developed mixed feelings about the critics."Unfortunately, we don't have anybody critiquing the critics," he lamented. "We're getting these gossipy kind of reviews before we start. The fact of the matter is, not everyone whocritiques is qualified to do it. Anybody that gets up and has an opinion can vilify. There were a lotof critics that I had a lot of respect for. They have dwindled in numbers. Critics putting in theirown agendas is getting a little boring. People who come in with their own agendas and criticizeaccording to those agendas are not really equipped to criticize what is on the stage," hecharged.Recently one of Coleman's efforts, Exactly Like You, received some critical barbs."That was a spoof," he answered about the show and the critics that didn't know the differencebetween a farce and a musical comedy. The Life is a great show," said the composer defending his Broadway show that will openin London. "Some of the critics didn't like it because it was a show about prostitution. We gotcriticized because we were showing 42nd Street the way it was. We were doing inter-city life.And, we called it The Life. SCENE FROM THE LIFE"Some of the reviews were amazing to me. Some were outlandish and some were wonderful," herecalled. "We won every prize with the exception of the Tony." Quipped the composer, "I guess - that's life."As to whether there is a place for new composers, the veteran thinks the up and comers have aneasier time of it than the established tunesmiths."There is always room for new composers," said Coleman who began his own career as a childprodigy. The son of immigrants, Coleman's voice resonated with pride when he discussed hismother. "My mother was a remarkable woman. She was an immigrant, but she was a businesswoman and she drove a car!"CY COLEMAN AND DOROTHYFIELDS. His mother, who owned a building in the Bronx, had a border who skipped out on the rent,leaving behind a piano. Cy's mother carted the piano into the family residence where four-year-oldCy instantly became infatuated with those 88 key, displaying a talent what wasn't fullyappreciated by his carpenter father, who nailed the lid shut in order to obtain some quiet aroundthe house.The determined carpenter's son managed to get the lid undone. Harmony was restored when thefamily milk man suggested piano lessons, and then encouraged the family to permit Cy to turnpro. Between the ages of six and nine Coleman was performing at the piano in Steinway, Townand Carnegie Halls. The guy who wrote Witchcraft and The Best is Yet To Comethinks of himself first and foremost as a piano player. "There are people who have written wonderful music that don't go to school. I just happened togo to school and I'm glad I did," said the well-educated composer, who expressed an opinion ofprejudice towards the old guard.JAMES NAUGHTON AND GREGG EDELMAN asthe gum shoe and the scribe doing the witty You're Nothing Without Me from City ofAngeles. Cy used some of his profits to build a swimming pool "There is more room for new composers than old composers," he charged. "There is a prejudiceagainst the old guard. It's always get the broom and sweep them out - bring in the new - which isunfortunate, because you can combine the two. When I got started I worked with DorothyFields," he said of the late gifted lyricist who teamed with Coleman on Sweet Charity, andTwo for the See Saw."She was quite a few years my senior. And, out of that came Sweet Charity. There is toomuch corporate money involved. It's like the rest of the world. It's getting more and moreconcentrated in the hands of a few.That doesn't mean Coleman is crying poor mouth. Those with the hits have perks notpermitted by poverty. He's even named the rewards he's reaped."I have a good life. I have a house in South Hampton. I go out to the beach and play tennis. Ihave a Sweet Charity pool, a City of Angeles tennis court, a Barnumhot tub, and The Will Rogers home improvements in my house in the city. If you make afew bucks, do something with it. Enjoy it." Broadway To Vegas is supported through advertising and donations. Priority consideration is given to interview suggestions, news, press releases, etc from paid supporters. However, no paid supporters control, alter, edit, or in any way manipulate the content of this site. Your donation is appreciated. We accept PAYPAL. Thank you for your interest. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION JAMES CAAN AND KIRSTEN DUNST in Vegas for a five-week shoot of Luckytown an independentfeature. The storyline deals with the character played by Dunst wanting to track down her father,played by Caan. Vincent Kartheiger co-stars.SHOWTIME brought theircameras into last Thursday's Los Angeles performance of Bash which stars CalistaFlockhart, Ron Eldard and Paul Rudd. The taped performance will air on the cable channel in thespring.DOLLY PARTON has purchasedthe movie rights to the book The Jew Store, a true story about a Jewish family whorelocated from the Bronx to a Tennessee town ruled by the Ku Klux Klan. Parton would like toplay Miss Brookie, the townswoman who serves as the bridge between the Jewish family and the anti-semitic town. Ironically, in 1994 Parton was accused of being anti-Semitic. In discussing a proposed TV series about a gospel singer who died, Parton was quoted in Vogue assaying " people in Hollywood are Jewish. And it's a frightening thing for them to promoteChristianity." Parton apologized. SWEET CHARITY KAYE BALLARD was roasted at theIndian Wells, California Country Club in a benefit for the AMC Cancer Research Center inDenver and the Cancer Center at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA. Thoseskewing Ballard included Shecky Greene, Ralph Young, Peter Marshall, V. J. Hume. The benefitalso honored Dr. Karl Schultz.CHRISTMAS FROM BROADWAY aholiday revue benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS continues at Sam's, New York'soldest theater bar and restaurant, through December 23. Christmas from Broadway is createdby Ken Lundie and Michael Davids and hosted by Dale Badway.The holiday show features songsfrom Broadway including We Need A Little Christmas, Hard Candy Christmas andSing a Little Song of Christmas plus original holiday music by Rick Crom, Bob Ost and BradRoss. Starring in the musical revue are Angela Covington, Anthony Galde, Doreen Montalvo,William Reinking and Sam Riegel with Bryan Gallagher, Christian Stuck and Dawn Ward. Thereare also nightly surprise guests including: Rick Crom, Bob Evans, Michael Kubala, Eric MichaelGillett, Douglas Ladnier, Faith Prince, Ken Prymus, Ernie Sabella, Steven Sein-Granger andothers. All proceeds from the show donated to BC/EFA. OTHER PEOPLE'SMONEY . ANDRE AGASSI announced thatthere will not be an Andre Agassi Grand Slam Concert next year. The fund raiser, held in Las Vegasevery September, benefited the Agassi Children's Charities. The tennis great explained the eventwas a massive undertaking, time consuming and it was becoming more and more difficult to "goback to the same people for the financial support." He promised he still intends to raise money tocomplete a charter school in Las Vegas and indicated "we're halfway there."LOSS OF CITY FUNDING andpoor ticket sales resulted in the four day - December 29-January 1 Jazz Til January, at IndianWells, CA being canceled. The event would have featured top jazz and blues artists, includingNancy Wilson, Rod Piazza, Marcus Roberts and La Vay Smith. SEX MAE WEST starred at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas in1954. was a 1926 play which starredMae West, who also authored the work. It also got the star arrested on an obscenity charge andshe spent eight days in jail.The Hourglass Group has revived the play, which opened last Thursday in the Living Room of theGershwin Hotel, NYC. Carolyn Baeumler stars in the Mae West role of blonde prostituteMargy LaMont, who advances from a Montreal brothel to a rich man's Connecticut mansion.West was born in Brooklyn in 1892. Known for her half-mast eyelids, come hither voiceand no-nonsense seductiveness, she was a living American institution. At 14 she began appearingin vaudeville and in Broadway revues - it was West who introduced the shimmy on stage. She wasalso a male impersonator. Her aggressive sexuality and comic genius established her as a diamondstudded star. She also had a business head. In Las Vegas she purchased about a half-mile piece ofdesolate but prime Highway frontage, located between what would become theDunes and the Tropicana Hotels. AMADEUS starring David Suchet asAmadeus and Michael Sheen as Mozart opened last Wednesday followed by a star studded partyat Sardi's. Those offering congratulations included; Kate Beckinsale, Elizabeth Berkeley,Matthew Broderick, Jessica Lang, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Debra Monk. Peter Shaffer,considered one of Britain's foremost modern playwrights has been making the talk show rounds,discussing Amadeus, his Tony Award winning classic, which chronicles the ferociousconflict between Mozart and his envious rival, composer Antonio Salieri. AlthoughAmadeus premiered over twenty years ago, opening November 2, 1979 in the NationalTheatre, London, Shaffer has recently made changes to the play for this revival. THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY opens December 22 at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago. The production has enjoyed a long run inLondon's West End, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award. Buddy tells the18-month story of Holly from his balladering beginnings in Lubbock, Texas, to the fateful danceparty in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959, after which Holly, Ritchie "La Bamba" Valens andJ.R."Chantilly Lace" Richardson (a.k.a. The Big Bopper, died in a plane crash. Holly is portrayedby Van Zeiler in this Alan Jones retrospective. The Buddy Holly Story runs through January 9th. The Buddy Holly Story opens at the Las Vegas Hilton on February 22th.CARRIN BEGINNING produced bythe Riverside Stage Co., written by W. August Schulenburg and directed by Brian Feehan hasbeen extended through January 9, at the Chelsea Playhouse, NYC. Set in a 1927 Donegal, Irelandpub, the production stars Norman Allen, Dawn Denvir, Katrina Ferguson, Stephen Guarino, MaryJo McConnell, Kevin Kraft, G. W. Reed, and Cara Stoner. Sets by Jennifer Collins, costumes byMira Goldberg, and lighting by Rick Belzar. Choreography by Mary Beth Griffith. MATTHEW BRODERICK AND PARKER POSEY will co-star in Taller Than a Dwarf, a new comedy by Elaine May.Dwarf, about a man who refuses to work, opens this spring at the Longacre Theater,NYC, with Alan Arkin directing.THE SOUND OF MUSIC starringRichard Chamberlain opens at Jones Hall, Houston Texas on December 21 for a six night run. SPLASH UNDARMAA DARIHUU doing the ultimate stretchlooks like a modern art sculpture. the production show at the Riviera hotel in Las Vegas reopens on December 25 with a completelyrenovated version.Three specialty acts will be featured including contortion artist Undarmaa Darihuucu.Born and raised in Mongolia, Undarmaa toured with the Mongolian State Circus before joiningthe world-famous Ringling Bros.' Barnum & Bailey Circus. The five foot-four inchartist began her study of contortion at the age of ten. WHO'S WHERE THE COLORS OF CHRISTMAS PEABO BRYSON stars Peabo Bryson, James Ingram, Dionne Warwick and DenieceWilliams.This Stig Edgren production has become a holiday tradition. With six successful tours of theUnited States, the show spawned a holiday album of the same name, on the Windam Hill label. The four superstar performers unite to sing traditional Christmas classics and feature solospotlights of their hit singles. The unique concert, which attempts to show what life would be like if the spirit of Christmas waskept alive year round, features a 21-piece orchestra. Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas December 22.MICHAEL CRAWFORD willspend Christmas in the Holy Land, singing O Holy Night as part of Dr. Robert Schuller'smulti-denominational Bethlehem church service.SUSAN LUCCI who was set tomake her Broadway debut on her birthday, December 23, isn't having an easy time of it. The soapopera diva missed so many rehearsals because of the flu that her Broadway gig in the 1999 Tonywinning Annie Get Your Gun has been pushed back to December 27. Lucci will performthrough January 16. The vacationing Bernadette Peters returns to her role on January 18.ALLY SHEEDY who had beenstaring in Hedwig and the Angry Itch at the Jane Street Theater, NYC, has suddenly leftthe production after a showdown last Wednesday with the producers. Sheedy had been slated toplay the transsexual German rocker until February 4. Kevin Cahoon has assumed the role in this hitoff-Broadway musical. KATHLEEN TURNER willmake her London stage debut next spring in The Graduate. The play - about a young manwho is seduced by a middle-age woman and falls in love with her daughter - opens at the GielgudTheatre in London on April 5. The 1967 movie starred Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman asBenjamin Braddock. In the London stage version Braddock will be played by MatthewRhys.GABRIEL BYRNE will make hisAmerican stage debut in Eugene O'Neill's Moon for the Misbegotten at the Walter KerrTheater in March. BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY House of Blues, West Hollywood, Calif, December 20. GARTH BROOKS in limbo. Thepoor guy doesn't know if he's performing or not. Periodically he feels compelled to announce that- he's retired, will retire or might retire. Frankly, we don't care. We just wish he'd stop talkingabout it. And, this PR stunt is getting old. If Garth feels he repeatedly needs to take theaudience's temperature, think up a different gimmick.THIS AND THAT MADONNA'S OLD LAME' BUSTIER is one of the items on display in a glittering array of rock star fashions.Arranged by the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC and theRock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, the exhibition runs through March 19 atthe Metropolitan Museum of Art.SIEGFRIED AND ROY who are usually surrounded by white tigers and lions are surrounded by Santa's helpers Celebrating the 40th anniversary of when Siegfried and Roy started performing together, theillusionists, who perform at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, send magical, mystical millenniumand Christmas greetings. We at Broadway To Vegas may not be magical or mystical but we also send - Seasons Greetings! 2ff7e9595c
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