This is Carl writing to you this month. Lynne has kindly agreed to let me be the "guest movie diva" for September. I thought it would be a nice tribute to Tom if the club were to choose a film that he would have loved.
We could have gone in several directions with this: He loved the cast recordings of certain musicals (Fiorello, Annie Get Your Gun, and Mack and Mabel to name a few). And there were certain performers he was fond of, such as Carmen Miranda and Marlene Dietrich. He also loved anything by Stephen Sondheim, so I considered A Little Night Music and Follies knowing he was fond of those two musicals. He actually thought Sondheim was more talented than The Beatles... which I suppose is proof that he wasn't always right.
The winning choice is an Emmy-winning 2008 episode of the PBS Great Performances series: a revival of Sondheim's huge 1971 hit Company. The songs in this musical are outstanding and the reviews of this particular performance are stellar. I think he'd approve!
I'd like to show this performance at our house, 228 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, on Saturday night 9/7 at 6:00 pm. The menu will feature some of Tom's favorite choices: Ham rollups (of course!), shrimp, Cape Cod chips, Greek chicken and orzo, Greek salad, Greek spinach and rice, and tangerine marmalade cake. Let me know if you can join us that night and raise a toast to Tom.
Thanks,
Carl
PS - If anybody would like to borrow July's movie, Sitting Pretty, let me know. It's hard to find... but I tracked it down.
Click here for Company in IMDB.com
