[78-L] Upcoming shows on PBS for Pledge Drives in March^

[Cary Ginell]

Thanks, Steve. Some really interesting stuff. I wish, however, that they had programmed the concert version of the Broadway show "A Tale of Two Cities" for KCET, the L.A. outlet. Did anyone see it? The author, Jill Santoriello, is a friend of mine and I produced the piano/vocal songbook of the show. The show opened on Broadway in the fall of 2008 and got savaged by the critics as being a "Les Miserables" pretender. Nothing of the kind. The only problems with the show that I saw were that it was too intelligent and was about two decades too late. As a semi-frequent visitor to Broadway for my job, I've discovered that the New York theater scene is now catering to casual tourists rather than aficionados. I refer to it as the "Shrekification" of Broadway. People want a thrill ride; they don't want to think. This is why a superlative production of "Ragtime" closed last week after less than 100 performances. 

But I digress.

Cary Ginell

> From: steveramm78l at hotmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:09:12 -0500
> Subject: [78-L] Upcoming shows on PBS for Pledge Drives in March
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> This is an interesting document I found tonight and was going to share with Cary and Joe Solarno who I know are regular PBS viewers but it's too interesting not to share.
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> This is a list of PBS Fund drive shows for March. You might find Pat Boone or 40th Anniversary of Rounder Records interesting and the FULLY restored T.A.M.I. Show (60s rock) that is coming commercially from Shout Factory.
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> What is most interesting is that there is 30 (!) minutes of pledge breaks in the 90 minute (total including the breaks) Rounder show! And you thought Network TV showed LOTS of commercials!
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> Anyway the details contents of each show are here. Enjoy this document at your leisure:
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> http://www.tracmedia.org/content/files/Jan2010Meeting%5CMarch_2010_PFP.doc
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> Steve
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