Backstage Stories

by Barbara Baker | Professional & Technical | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0826492479 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Flossie771 of Villa Rica, Georgia USA on 1/2/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by Flossie771 from Villa Rica, Georgia USA on Monday, January 2, 2012
Tagging Vekiki for the wishlist tag game.

Journal Entry 2 by Flossie771 at Villa Rica, Georgia USA on Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Released 12 yrs ago (1/3/2012 UTC) at Villa Rica, Georgia USA

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Journal Entry 3 by Vekiki at Greater London, Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, January 13, 2012
recieved :) thank you!

Journal Entry 4 by Vekiki at Waterstones Piccadilly in Piccadilly, Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Released 11 yrs ago (1/13/2013 UTC) at Waterstones Piccadilly in Piccadilly, Greater London United Kingdom

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I'm taking this along to the BC meet - if no one takes it from the table it will be wild released somewhere around the area (not in the bookshop, obv!)

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Journal Entry 5 by wingkirjakkowing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, January 19, 2013
From Waterstone's to Helsinki. I'll always remember the meeting by the DIY Naughty Garden Gnome I got as a present!
While in London I saw two musicals and one farse, so reading backstage stories will be interesting.

Journal Entry 6 by wingkirjakkowing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, February 14, 2015
Finally began to read this and came here to comment that I don't like Bergerac's i.e. John Nettles' s wife Joyce all that much. Seems like a person I'd like to avoid, so luckily I'm not a British actor who would depend on her for getting a job (she is a casting director).

Journal Entry 7 by wingkirjakkowing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, February 14, 2015
Everybody here praises theatre and its atmosphere, but it is such a pity that great performances are -puff - gone once the show is over. They stay in the minds of the audience for a while, but then they are gone forever. So film actors have that immortality as a big plus. Could they not film theatre shows, too, so they could be enjoyed again? Well, some shows have been filmed, but on a regular basis?

Journal Entry 8 by wingkirjakkowing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, February 17, 2015
One third read and it seems that one thing is mutual to all these people - passion about what they do. Are you all like that, Vekiki? Some people are born with the "fault", like choreographer Susan Stroman who has always visualizer music. When she hears music she sees whole scenarios, with costumes, and fights and story. Perhaps she is the "Rainman" of theatre.
In America everything is much bigger, like their mottos: "God plays, popular prices." (The Lincoln Center Theater). What? Oops, it reads "Good plays, popular prices", my mistake ๐Ÿ˜Š.

Journal Entry 9 by wingkirjakkowing at Wien Bezirk 01 - Innere Stadt, Wien Austria on Friday, February 20, 2015
A few chapters ago I read about Sir Richard Eyre directing the Broadway version of Mary Poppins and now we, the book and I, are in Vienna and I just came back from seeing Mary Poppins, the musical. I had always loved the film and much of it could not be done in theatre, but this performance exceeded all my expectations. It was brilliant and luckily it had English sub-titles, because I don't speak German. But it made me laugh and cry and thoroughly enjoy myself.
Tomorrow the cultural shock will be delivered in the form of Spanish Riding School in the morning and Italian opera I've never even heard of in the evening (why am I thinking of 'Friends of Italian opera' from Some Like it Hot?). And in between we'll have Releanna the bookcrosser as our city guide โ˜บโ˜บโ˜บ.

Journal Entry 10 by wingkirjakkowing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Monday, February 23, 2015
Back home again, this was my read during the flight. ENVY lifted it's ugly head when the dresser told that she had dressed Jeremy Irons ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ˜ˆ. I could do that for free ๐Ÿ˜.
Although flying director Ben Haynes explained how Bert was able to walk up the wall and step-dance against the ceiling like there were no laws of gravity in Mary Poppins, I still can't grasp how it was done. But it looked superb from the audience, a piece of magic!

Journal Entry 11 by wingkirjakkowing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, February 28, 2015
Finished. I think I will offer this to Amynita, who might be interested in it. It's not that often we meet, though.

Edit 2018: If not dressing up, now I have at least seen Jeremy Irons on stage! A Long Day's Journey Into Night. Jeremy was great, the play not so.

Journal Entry 12 by wingkirjakkowing at Kampin kauppakeskus in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, February 6, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (2/7/2016 UTC) at Kampin kauppakeskus in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland

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Haven't seen Amynita in ages, so will take the book on offer at a meet-up at Cafรฉ Johto.

Journal Entry 13 by wingAnneliswing at Kerava, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Monday, February 8, 2016
Hah, Amynita is coming to tomorrow's meet-up. I'll take the book with me in case she likes to read it.

Journal Entry 14 by wingAnneliswing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (2/9/2016 UTC) at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland

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I take the book to the monthly meet-up in Helsinki.
Happy reading!

Journal Entry 15 by Amynita at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Thank you Kirjakko for thinking of me! Looking forward to reading this!

Journal Entry 16 by Amynita at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, August 15, 2018
I read this book ages ago, but just never got around writing about it here. I quite enjoyed the stories! Some had very familiar aspects in them.

Journal Entry 17 by Amynita at HEO Portsin alakerta in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Thursday, August 29, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (8/30/2019 UTC) at HEO Portsin alakerta in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland

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I'm leaving this book on a shelf at an adult education college for the drama students to enjoy.

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