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From datalounge, posted a few days ago: Broadway actors etc have been tweeting support for Lauren Lew's go fund me, too. So far, $123,000 raised for the Lews, and $283,000 for the Blumensteins. Broadway really does take care of its own. Now the Ruthie Ann Fund is $389,556. Thank you, @Benjamin_Nicholas

Vulnerability, Lesbian Subplot, and Skeet Ulrich Role Cut from American Crime Story The Assassination of Gianni Versace star reveals what’s missing from the series. by JOANNA ROBINSON MARCH 7, 2018 11:24 PM Fans watching American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace will have noticed that the episode running times tend to fluctuate in length. This week’s episode, “Ascent,” clocked in at around 77 minutes with commercial breaks. Next week’s installment will be even longer. But in a wide-ranging interview with Richard Lawson on Vanity Fair’s weekly podcast Still Watching: Versace, series star Darren Criss reveals that, as is often the case, the first cut of each episode was initially much, much longer—and entire subplots and characters wound up on the cutting-room floor. “I’d be curious to see the director’s cut because a lot of episodes ended up at 90, 100 minutes,” Criss explained. Whether viewers will ever see a director’s cut of the series or not, Criss shared a few of the gems audiences might be missing. For one thing, there was an entire sequence involving Riverdale and Scream starSkeet Ulrich as a porn czar who rejected Andrew Cunanan’s attempts to find work in the industry. (According to Maureen Orth’s book Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History,Cunanan was obsessed with pornography.) Criss explains: There was this really interesting scene in the second episode where [Andrew’s] already on the lam. He hasn’t killed Gianni yet, but Andrew goes into—this happened, apparently—a small boutique porn studio . . . looking for work. Shout-out to Skeet Ulrich, who got cut out of it. I really, really enjoyed his performance. He played this . . . porn Ziegfeld guy, producer dude, with his cigarette, sort-of-skeezy dude. For more of what that Ulrich plot entailed—including Andrew going into a “berserk” rage that caused Criss to injure himself on set—you can listen to the complete interview. Though Ulrich mentioned having a part in American Crime Story in interviews last year, the actor was snipped out of the marketing material for the show entirely. But Criss points out that you can see vestigial remains of some of the other cut story lines in trailers and promotional photos. Take, for example, this character portrait of Orange Is the New Black star Dascha Polanco, who played a Miami investigator in the first two episodes of the series and will likely return for the finale. Vanity Fair

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Welcome @Moondance. Wonderful to have you posting here.:)

I know that Cole Porter wrote songs for musicals that did not always make much sense. Mary Martin wrote in her autobiography about reluctantly turning down "Kiss Me Kate" because her voice had changed since Porter's "Leave It To Me." Were all the songs for the film "High Society" written for that specific cast, including Grace Kelly? Or were some of the songs written years before? Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald sang dozens of Cole Porters songs. Merman too because many of his songs were written for her.With Ms. Fitzgerald, it went far beyond just her Cole Porter songbook.

My dislike of Jerry Herman is really about the subject of his musicals. I like "Milk and Honey" and "Mack and Mabel." I saw little reason to add music and lyrics to "Auntie Mame" or the French film that became Broadway's "La Cage aux Folles."

Very few people get the president they really want. Perhaps once in a lifetime. Agree about the second paragraph only. Brilliant explanation.

Writing so much is absolutely worth the effort for Cole Porter. Perhaps not for Jerry Herman.

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