Stephen Quint and the ZOMBIE MIKADO

not much goin' on round these parts.

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Steve reports that the NYGASP performances in (where? Somewhere that isn't here, that's all that really matters) are definitely happening. He didn't really say if they were good or bad but if you've got both Alan Hill and Paul Sigrist in the show, at least the men's chorus is entertaining.

The mother of Steve (and myself) has been in the hospital for something like 12 days now. GACK! If you know her and want to send her a card, email me for her new address. dougquint @ yahoo.com

In my own exciting news, some of you loons might know Katie Geissinger, whose name seems to get an incredible 19,100 hits on Google. Most of those hits are probably for her Japanese school-girl porn, but still, it must be nice! Anyhow, tomorrow night I have the pleasure of playing in the orchestra for Honegger's KING DAVID and Ms. G knocked my tits off at rehearsal last night. Here's a link in case you're inclined to come sniff her. I mean hear her.

http://www.dessoff.org/new/

And lastly:

Love,
DOUG

Southern Pirates

Stop the presses! Here's news worthy of interrupting my unprecedented streak of non-blogging! The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, giving vitality to the living legacy of Gilbert of Sullivan, aren't dead yet! And we're a-goin' on a SOUTHERN TOUR this Thursday, November 13, 2008, through Wednesday, the 19th. It's an all - (NYGASP) star cast featuring everyone you'd expect including me, in a red jacket so you can't miss me, and including ALAN HILL, an actual Southern boy.

Here, torn bleeding from the NYGASP website, is our schedule:

November 13, 2008 7:00pm The Wand'ring Minstrels

Troy Arts Council- Troy University, Troy, AL

The Wand'ring Minstrels perform their cabaret version of The Pirates of Penzance, with a second act of mixed selections from the Gilbert & Sullivan canon. Visit Troy Arts Council for more information.

November 14, 2008 7:30pm The Pirates of Penzance

River Center for the Performing Arts, Columbus GA

www.rivercenter.org

November 15, 2008 The Pirates of Penzance

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, Savannah GA

Lucas Theatre for the Arts

November 16, 2008 The Pirates of Penzance

The University of Georgia,, Athens, GA

Performing Arts Center

November 17, 2008 The Pirates of Penzance

ABAC Arts Connection- Tift Theatre, Tifton, GA

Visit Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection

November 18, 2008 The Pirates of Penzance

Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC

School of Fine Arts

November 19, 2008 The Pirates of Penzance

Newberry Opera House, Newberry, SC

2 performances! Newberry Opera House

I hope that some of my Newberry friends will make themselves known.
The "Wand'ring Minstrels" is me and four other people, with piano. In the second half we take audience requests! Exclusively G&S, of course, but if some wise guy wants to ask for "People Will Say We're In Love" it wouldn't be the first time, and we'd have our private little joke. All the rest of the performances are the full company, with a hired local pick-up orchestra of non-802 AF of M members.

In other NYGASP news, MICHAEL GALANTE was the winner of this year's Isaac Asimov Award for being with the company a while and excellence and stuff like that. Also, if you follow the company's misadventures at all you probably know that we are not doing our customary January season at City Center, for reasons mostly involving potential financial disaster.