Steve Schwartz wrote: > Because my parents loved me, they took me to a performance > of the original production of Birdie, so I got to see Dick Van Dyke, > Chita Rivera, and a man who became an instant hero, Paul Lynde, purveyor > of wickedly funny comic timing before Bewitched sugared him up for TV. > At 12, I considered myself a connoisseur of musicals. What Steve modestly fails to mention is that a few years later he himself essayed the Van Dyke role -- brilliantly, I might add -- in a high school production of Bye Bye Birdie. I was there! Art Scott Livermore, Cal. *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html