David Cassidy, no foolin'. But, mid-30s, you avoided the concert itself.
Sounds right. You need to be a little older to be a DC groupie. "I Think I
Love You" is a darn good song, however. And I believe DC had at least one
other well-regarded 70s hit that I can't think of at the moment.
Anyway, that's a pretty good story you've shared. "Grazi."
"MaryLyon" <MaryLyon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jun 19, 11:13 pm, "Andy on Long Island"
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> wrote:
> Alright, enough with the Tonys. ("Cry Baby" is closing?)
>
> Anyway, I have to say that I'm a sucker for Joseph's ADWD with those
kids
> doing back-up (the "ah-ah-ahs"), and I think I like Donny O's version
> best.
> So I happened upon this rather enjoyable "compilation clip" of the piece
> with its reprise added on:http://youtube.com/watch?v=1MRWocDU9qI.
>
What fun! I must confess to a childhood obsession with "Joseph," owing
primarily to my enormous crush on a fellow in the cast named Doug
Voet. He played Joseph Off-Broadway, but was replaced by Bill Hutton
when the show moved to Broadway, and was demoted to the role of
Zebulon and understudy for the lead. I saw the show three or four
times as a youngster and, amazingly, Voet was always in the lead. When
the rest of my friends were drooling over Rick Springfield, I was over
the moon in love with Voet, and used to wait outside the stage door
for him. He was extremely nice to me (my excessive fawning probably
made his day), and I still have this very sweet letter he sent me with
advice on how to be a successful musical theatre actor (take lots of
dance, etc). He faded from the scene after "Joseph" closed, but
through the magic of Google, I discovered he recently worked as a road
manager or something for David Cassidy. When Cassidy performed in New
Orleans about 5 years ago, I dragged my best friend through a real
Lucy and Ethel style adventure to try to avoid the concert but still
see if we could find Voet. I was able to get word backstage that "an
old friend from New York" wanted to see him, and he emerged from an
obviously raucous backstage party, too curious to blow me off. I asked
him if he remembered the starstruck 13 year old who used to wor****p
him - he did, and he was clearly shocked to see that it was me!
(Probably shocked, frankly, that I was now in my mid 30's). We had a
nice chat, and it was really fun to see him again and to know that he
remembered this weird little kid from his past. I still snoop on him
via Google occasionally, and last I saw, he was working as a manager
for a musical theatre company in Dallas. I'll never forget how nice he
was to me.
Anyway, I will always love "Joseph" because it played such a huge and
bizarre role in my young life. I love to see productions of it - but I
have the staging of the original Broadway production memorized and
gilded in my head, and nothing will ever compare - except my high
school production of it, which was, as I recall, truly spectacular by
any standards (I was the narrator, natch - but unfortunately, this
being high school, I had to share the role with 3 other girls).
Cheers!
Amy :)
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