Friday, December 9, 2011

Watch a Grease Reunion

I got an e-message from Jim Canning, who last wrote when I asked him about Saint Augustine.  (I'll quote him on the saint later.)  He said that they (the original NY cast)  had a reunion  of Grease in New York last weekend.  He reminded me (though I didn't need reminding) that I was at the original opening of the show!  He said, "You know all these people!"  He also said that it was a wonderful weekend, "a perfect blend of nostalgia for a glorious past and and pride in a pragmatic present."  He said he remembered taking me to Sardi's after the show "to hear the decidedly mixed reviews."  I was then on my way to Spain. I remember reading the script and thinking, "Oh, dear, this is really dumb.  It's going to be a real flop.  But it's an honor to be in a New York play even if it is a flop."  It went on to be the longest-running off-Broadway play, though that record has been broken.  Here's another record--a recording of Jim singing, and I think he's very good!  Now, of course, he's teaching Latin at a boys' school in Connecticut.

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