tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post6300323643010161802..comments2024-03-28T19:36:39.783-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Murder, They PublishedJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28883319998747045552012-01-14T14:14:01.660-05:002012-01-14T14:14:01.660-05:00Joe Stockdale's e-mail address is jstockdl@aol...Joe Stockdale's e-mail address is jstockdl@aol.com<br /><br />Donald BainDonald Bainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8835635206675289992012-01-11T18:29:57.578-05:002012-01-11T18:29:57.578-05:00Hello,
I'd like to get in touch with mister J...Hello,<br /><br />I'd like to get in touch with mister Joe Stockdale who was a director at Loeb Playhouse, regarding a book about actress Frances Farmer that he personnaly knew and directed. <br /><br />Please, in case someone knows how to get in touch with him, my email is hugo.bartoli@orange.fr<br /><br />BestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16819493770392849742011-12-29T16:38:01.946-05:002011-12-29T16:38:01.946-05:00Thanks Jungle Red Writers for the warm reception. ...Thanks Jungle Red Writers for the warm reception. Regarding Lucy Burdette’s question about Edie Falco--I really can't take credit for the success of any student who has paid tuition to be taught and who ends up teaching the teacher. I was lucky enough for 42 years to share a classroom or rehearsal hall with hundreds of talented young men and women, including Edie, many of whom went on to successful careers in theater and motion pictures.<br /><br />You Jungle Red writers have been around long enough to know that "success" is equal parts talent, sweat, persistence and luck of the draw, being in the right place at the right time. That’s true of me with Taking Tennessee to Hart. It was luck of the draw that Don Bain was a Purdue student and I was directing one of the first college productions of A Streetcar Named Desire. He was a perfect Mitch. Sometimes people say, "It’s amazing the way you keep up with former students." But there is no action that I can think of other than falling in love that is more conducive to bonding than doing a show with someone.Lynn, you mentioned your experience in Midland, Texas which has one of the top community theatres in this country. You know what I’m talking about.<br /><br />Deb, I’m glad you like the title but in truth it wasn’t mine. Mine was Cry, Baby after the Janice Joplin song until Johnny Depp did a film by that name. Then Stuart Howard, who I learned a lot from when he took his MA degree at Purdue University, suggested Taking Tennessee To Hart – which I love, too, because it succinctly sums up the story. And Hank, you mentioned that the play Arcadia "blew you away." Yeah, me too. I’ve always loved Haviland Morris who played Chleo, one of the talented kids I worked with at SUNY Purchase.<br /><br />Thanks again for your well wishes and support for my novel. Oh yes, Irishoma, you will recognize the name of every street in Calvary Cemetery and its overall description. My wife Robin took notes for me on the research trip, and Calvary was a major part of that trip. Thanks for listening Jungle Red Writers, and wishing you all a splendid, successful new year of good writing.<br />Best, JoeJoe Stockdalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60368995599312568522011-12-28T23:23:21.885-05:002011-12-28T23:23:21.885-05:00Hank, it's not so much that I hide stuff. Well...Hank, it's not so much that I hide stuff. Well I sort of do a few things. It's more that I am not one to hang around once I see the writing on the wall. And I'm so old I've had a ton of time to to avoid many wall messages and do a lot of different things that I forget a lot!Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60012741254574746132011-12-28T23:18:44.283-05:002011-12-28T23:18:44.283-05:00Reine,TLC is a family, and a family is Forever. I ...Reine,TLC is a family, and a family is Forever. I WILL believe that! We are a Committed Family!<br /><br />Hank, I would much rather be who and what I am now, rather than the eleven year old me! (Although I must say that I often think that I'm 25...)Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58249982479535130502011-12-28T22:51:37.732-05:002011-12-28T22:51:37.732-05:00Reine, you are a wonder of hidden secrets!
ANd De...Reine, you are a wonder of hidden secrets!<br /><br />ANd Deb..aww.. Yes, 11 was a long time ago. and aren't we happy to be ourselves, now?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46096989854073812102011-12-28T22:11:55.286-05:002011-12-28T22:11:55.286-05:00Deb, never alone here, no never. No, no, no. We ar...Deb, never alone here, no never. No, no, no. We are in a committed après TLC relationship. Aren't we?Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17439925094630413272011-12-28T22:01:03.466-05:002011-12-28T22:01:03.466-05:00Hank, now you have me singing those two songs in m...Hank, now you have me singing those two songs in my head! I don't remember enough of them to be able to "hear" the melody!<br /><br />The original child "lead" in The Music Man was child actor Eddie Hodges. I had the HUGEST crush on him!! I was so disappointed that he was no longer in the play by the time I saw it. I fell in love with his photos from the album cover, saw as many movies as I could that he was in, and I read everything I could find about him - and I never, ever told anyone how wonderful I thought he was, because this was my special secret; I was afraid people might laugh at me! Eleven years old was a LONG time ago!<br /><br />(It makes me feel so good to see other people from TLC here. I keep worrying that I will be the only TLC person hanging around here!)Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22102588013641788742011-12-28T21:28:44.857-05:002011-12-28T21:28:44.857-05:00Hi Hank,
I did act. I started in summer stock and...Hi Hank,<br /><br />I did act. I started in summer stock and then repertory theater in Boston and a couple of bit parts in movies. When Sidney Sheldon told me that the the lead in <br />Me Natalie was mine -- if Patty Duke or Patty McCormack didn't want it -- and Patty Duke did, of course, want it (and did a fantastic job). I thought, well I'm not spending the rest of my life picking up roles the Patties don't want, so I hitched a ride down Santa Monica Boulevard and enrolled in a few classes at LA City College until my grades were good enough to transfer to a four-year.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91072469115961859792011-12-28T21:02:34.577-05:002011-12-28T21:02:34.577-05:00Deb Romano, that is SUCH a great memory!
And I re...Deb Romano, that is SUCH a great memory!<br /><br />And I remember how fascinated I was when someone revealed that Seventy-Six Trombones and Goodnight My Someone were the same melody.<br /><br />Reine, did you act?<br /><br />And Rhys is hosting a whole house full of guests..she says hello and xox. Too bad she's not here..she's such a performer and a wonderful singer!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28564538838393966872011-12-28T21:02:26.343-05:002011-12-28T21:02:26.343-05:00Deb Romano, that is SUCH a great memory!
And I re...Deb Romano, that is SUCH a great memory!<br /><br />And I remember how fascinated I was when someone revealed that Seventy-Six Trombones and Goodnight My Someone were the same melody.<br /><br />Reine, did you act?<br /><br />And Rhys is hosting a whole house full of guests..she says hello and xox. Too bad she's not here..she's such a performer and a wonderful singer!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92181079990712316092011-12-28T21:01:25.505-05:002011-12-28T21:01:25.505-05:00Deb Romano, that is SUCH a great memory!
And I re...Deb Romano, that is SUCH a great memory!<br /><br />And I remember how fascinated I was when someone revealed that Seventy-Six Trombones and Goodnight My Someone were the same melody.<br /><br />Reine, did you act?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40591928635880879252011-12-28T20:11:46.113-05:002011-12-28T20:11:46.113-05:00I've seen a number of plays but my favorite wi...I've seen a number of plays but my favorite will probably always be the first Broadway play I saw - The Music Man. Bert Parks played the lead. It was summer vacation, and I was eleven years old. I was supposed to have gone to Girl Scout camp that summer; however, I had a nasty case of whooping cough at the very end of the school year, and the family doctor advised my parents not to send me to camp. I was devastated,and moped around the house for DAYS. I was thrilled when my parents told me that they would use the summer camp money to pay for me to go on the train to NYC for dinner and a play with my mom and some of my aunts! We owned the album - my parents bought a lot of albums from Broadway musicals - and I sang the music for the rest of the summer whenever I was alone! I was too shy to sing in front of anyone,even family, so I would ask my mom if I could stay home whenever she took the younger kids out to go shopping. Then I put the album on the record player (remember those?), turned up the volume and SANG.<br /><br />Joe - one of my uncles was a psychology professor at Purdue. He retired back in the early seventies.Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52580578497697579732011-12-28T16:39:11.264-05:002011-12-28T16:39:11.264-05:00Oops . . . I didn't mean to diss all musical t...Oops . . . I didn't mean to diss all musical theatre-- just all the ones that look and sound the same! I actually did a lot of summer stock when I was a kid. Fun times, they were.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32556792957681221942011-12-28T16:04:40.914-05:002011-12-28T16:04:40.914-05:00Mary Martin in Peter Pan!
Barbra is Funny Girl! Wh...Mary Martin in Peter Pan!<br />Barbra is Funny Girl! Whoa. I must say, that's some iconic theater.<br /><br />I'll add--I did see the original Camelot, with ...Julie Andrews, Richard Burton and Roddy McDowall, and Robert Goulet. I think i was-0--13? And I cried for THREE WEEKS afterward.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27743429143540063982011-12-28T15:51:48.307-05:002011-12-28T15:51:48.307-05:00Thanks for this post, Joe. My first Broadway play...Thanks for this post, Joe. My first Broadway play (when I was maybe 11 or 12) was "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand. That's because we moved from New Orleans to Long Island for a few years, due to my dad's job, in the bldg. now called 30 Rock, in NYC!<br /><br />I'd previously written little plays and coercered my brothers and neighborhood kids to act them out--we actually charged money sometimes (a nickel or a quarter) for our "audience" to attend.<br /><br />Then I worked in a Community Theater in Midland, TX, of all places, where I discovered I love the behind-the-scenes action---I could do props, make-up, costumes,painting and tearing down sets, etc. Anything but ACT, which I'm not good at! (DH disagrees, and calls me Tallulah, when I get dramatic, lol.)<br /><br />But one of the most memorable of several plays for me, was seeing "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail", at the Dallas Theater Center. My in-laws treated us, and it was very moving.<br /><br />Have had lots of other enjoyable experiences with those on the stage.<br /><br />Thanks for the post!<br />Your book sounds very interesting!Lynn in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624333137637840905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43174359743605619972011-12-28T15:13:15.919-05:002011-12-28T15:13:15.919-05:00Your book sounds like fun and I'm glad it'...Your book sounds like fun and I'm glad it's fiction because I hate the thought of moving Tennessee Williams from Calvary Cemetery in my hometown of St. Louis.Donna Volkenannthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540727800410234483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80074748438473469042011-12-28T14:58:32.456-05:002011-12-28T14:58:32.456-05:00Not vying for the book, of course, which I think y...Not vying for the book, of course, which I think you're all going to love, but I did want to ring in on the subject of plays. The first Broadway production I ever saw was "Peter Pan" with the fabulous Mary Martin in the title role (showing my age here). I'm not sure my parents were pleased with their choice, however, as I spent many days afterward jumping from one piece of furniture to another trying to fly. But alas, I didn't have any pixie dust.Renee Paley-Bainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26514621846038329262011-12-28T13:07:11.051-05:002011-12-28T13:07:11.051-05:00. . . omg, omg . . . this is great . . . brilliant.... . . omg, omg . . . this is great . . . brilliant way to start the day! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I cannot wait to read TAKING TENNESSEE TO HART.<br /><br />Theatre that changed my life . . . corner of Tremont and Boylston 1996(?). Theatre Company of Boston. Harold Pinter's BIRTHDAY PARTY. David Wheeler directing. Changed my life by experiencing it and knowing, learning, that theater does not have to be mindless singing and dancing numbers that all sound and look alike. Introduced me to thought as art. Now saving my crip-art behind.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39773674517762360742011-12-28T12:10:21.673-05:002011-12-28T12:10:21.673-05:00Joe, your book sounds wonderful and is going on my...Joe, your book sounds wonderful and is going on my list.<br /><br />And I LOVE your shaggy dog of "how I got my idea for the book." Because it's never simple, and I'm never very good at picking out a soundbite when I'm asked the same question.<br /><br />But that's the charm of it, isn't it? All those little bits and pieces that are unique to a writer, things that no one else would put together in quite the same way...<br /><br />Oh, and I love your title. Irresistible! Best of luck with the book!<br /><br />PS: My captcha was "phable." Nice.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75264013487579331242011-12-28T10:32:22.248-05:002011-12-28T10:32:22.248-05:00Welcome, Joe, and what an inspiration! Not to ment...Welcome, Joe, and what an inspiration! Not to mention I love the premise of the plot. Plays...so many to chose from but I'm going to pull out an ancient one originally produced at Actor's Theater of Louisville, "Talking With...", a play of monologues all delivered by women. I was lucky enough to play Big Eight in the production at the Fort Knox Music Dinner Theater WAAAAAY back in the day. I also have to mention another chestnut, "Arsenic and Old Lace." <br /><br />Best of luck with this next phase of your career! And thank you, Jungle Reds, for introducing us to such a lovely man.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6506678850890270092011-12-28T09:30:47.460-05:002011-12-28T09:30:47.460-05:00And sorry, gang, for the fiesta of fonts.
(I kno...And sorry, gang, for the fiesta of fonts.<br /><br /> (I know I should put it all in rtf (thanks, whichever Red suggested it) but I couldn't figure that out and as a result..well, you see...)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21609545703312952522011-12-28T09:26:07.716-05:002011-12-28T09:26:07.716-05:00OH, Angels in America--yes, terrific. Breathtaking...OH, Angels in America--yes, terrific. Breathtaking.<br /><br />But I'm a Tom Stoppard girl. <br />ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, and JUMPERS, of course.<br /><br />But it was ARCADIA that blew me away. I bet I think about that..well, maybe not every day, but certainly every week.<br /><br />On the other end of the spectrum, WICKED. Oh, and LES MIS. Yes, I know they're both almost cliches, but what can I say. And WONDERFUL TOWN. <br /><br />Well, now I'm really thinking about plays. URINETOWN, did you ever see that? And SLEEP NO MORE?<br />There are so many great ones...<br /><br />And yes, Joe, more stories!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73637805739385243682011-12-28T08:19:08.149-05:002011-12-28T08:19:08.149-05:00ANGELS IN AMERICA really took me to another level ...ANGELS IN AMERICA really took me to another level of appreciation. That and more recently, WAR HORSE involved me in the play. I felt that I was on stage and a part of the play. I look forward to reading TAKING TENNESSEE TO HART.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28873227836087425572011-12-28T08:01:32.327-05:002011-12-28T08:01:32.327-05:00Hi Joe,
I have a copy of your book which I plan t...Hi Joe,<br /><br />I have a copy of your book which I plan to read over the holidays.<br /><br />I'm not into plays, but my favorite theater production is The Lion King, followed by Cats.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.com