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Will & Grace I prefer him playing the piano, though :-)

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That's Sean Hayes who I just saw play a fabulous Rhapsody in Blue in his Tony-winning role as Oscar Levant. He's incredible.

From what I remember, I also think Betrayal worked. The thing with Merrily is the book isn't really great and the characters aren't really likeable. Not that a character has to be likeable to work, but it does have to be well written. Something about the book doesn't hang together, but for me, the score totally makes up for it and I'll see the show any time I can. I have a friend with connections at the NYTW and he tried to get me house seats when it was there. Well, actually, he did get me house seats, but after I'd already figured it was impossible so I'd gotten tickets to something else. And we had a friend traveling with us and he could only get 2, so I had to turn them down. It killed me, but at least I get to see it now. I hope you can see it. Speaking of house seats, I have a friend who worked for Disney Theatrical and when Lion King first opened, we joked about me calling her on Saturday morning for house seats Saturday night...and then we laughed and laughed. We'd arrived in town Thursday and she called me Friday to ask what I was doing Saturday night... and yeah, we saw Lion King from the center front mezz. An breathtakingly theatrical show, even though it's not actually very good.

Thanks! I'm okay with the 5 day rest. Our pitchers are tired, so I'm hoping this will give everyone a refresh. Also, I'm fine not having to attend a WC game. I do hope they schedule game one of the ALDS for daytime so as not to put me in Billy Joel/Stevie Nicks traffic.

How bout dem Os hon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're seeing it in January and I'm really looking forward to it! I saw the original production in previews (they were still using the paper swimming pool) and even though I'm sure the show will never work, I absolutely love the score and the old friends theme touches me deeply. I've seen a few productions since the original and it's too bad the book is unfixable. Doesn't stop me from buying tickets each time! The documentary is wonderful.

That's the picture! He insisted on making it personal because, as someone said on the radio today, he didn't think of us as his fans, but as his friends. An amazing man.

My sister worked with Ken Singleton at the TV station here. And since then, he is always referred to in our house as Kenny "he's such a nice guy" Singleton, because, well, he's such a nice guy. My one personal encounter with Brooks was getting his autograph on the picture of him leaping into the air after the World Series win. And he didn't just want to sign his name, so he wrote "Thinking of you" before signing it... which is sorta weird, but really sweet.

I am here at the game tonight. And really sad. Brooks is my favorite player of all time. And a really great guy

Meanwhile, there's a documentary out there about Jon which could be up for an Oscar this season. It will be on Netflix at some point, after release in theaters.

I love everything about this post!! 🧡

I wear mono-lenses and I do need reading glasses and have for several years, so that may not be the cure needed. Although I do second the suggestion to find a new eye doctor. That's what I just did and now I'm going to have cataract surgery next month. We'll see how this turns out.

The last episode that recorded was Jerry Brown, which is listed as episode 6. The Bella Abzug episode is listed as episode 10, so I guess in about a month it should show up.

I didn't watch either, but I've read the answer is a firm "NO"

Postseason baby!!!!!

Not a chance on this earth! 😄 Our seats now are upstairs behind home plate. Just under cover and in the shade. My ideal seats would be the first row of the terrace box seats (above the walkway on the lower deck), or the last row in the club seats (second level), both on the 3rd base side because - shade! Last night we sat in the lower box seats just behind 3rd. Waaaaay too much activity there between the restless patrons and the vendors blocking home plate. No thanks.

While it doesn't seem like my vision has deteriorated quite to the point yours did, I just had a consult with the surgeon yesterday and it seems I will have this done next month. And I'm sure afterwards I'll be thrilled, as everyone else here has mentioned. I'm just a bit nervous though... I've worn glasses since I was 6 and contacts since I was 11 as I was losing sight in my left eye. That's 60+ years and I don't know how I'll be myself if I can actually see. I know that sounds silly, but I have real concerns. At least for the moment (not the least of which is that this will interfere with any postseason Os games that I want to attend. Although with the way they've been playing lately, that may not be a concern at all. But that's an entire other conversation.) Anyway, it's happening and I guess I'll figure it out. Mr. ebk and Brother ebk had this done in the past couple of years and they're both very happy. I'll get there. Glad for the encouraging results from everyone here.

Me too! And I'm kinda not... I'll finish this in the health thread.

Thanks. The evening was fabulous if you leave out the actual game. A bunch of his old teammates showed up, and there was a video tribute from a bunch of other old teammates, along with some of the current team. His family was there. It was quite lovely. The weather was perfect. And then, the game started... ah well. We did rule out another section of seats for next year (we've been talking about upgrading our season seats). At this point, we may just keep the seats we have because they're really fine...and relatively cheap.

It's a beautiful night for a ballgame!!! I hope...

Hope you enjoy them! Looking forward to your thoughts. We're seeing Girl From the North Country in December and Company in March at the Kennedy Center.

Google makes a phone - the Pixel - that I've read only good things about. I think they come in somewhat inexpensive models...maybe? Right now I have a Samsung Galaxy 10+ which I got a bit over 4 years ago and it's still going strong. But when the time comes that I will need a new phone, I'm leaning strongly towards a Pixel.

I was going to post this story, but couldn't figure out how to do it without being shouty and ranty - and still not actually surprised.