Birthday remembrance - Franz Waxman. 🎶 #BrideOfFrankenstein #Rebecca #SunsetBoulevard #APlaceInTheSun #Stalag17 #RearWindow

Day 5 Stalag 17. Set in an allied prisoner of war camp in WWII during a particularly brutal winter, it follows the trials of American POWs trying to survive, stay sane and escape the camp, while trying to figure out who has been informing to the Germans. This was a fun one. Casting 21 guys in a show might not seem like a big deal now, but it was a huge accomplishment in suburban 1987. Half the cast was the football team, so it broke down a lot of clique barriers. We had an all female crew, and one fine Sunday morning they literally kidnapped all of us and took us to Denny’s for Breakfast. I had just gotten home a few hours earlier because theatre had finally given me a social life, and had fallen asleep in my clothes, so I was ready to go. While it was truly an ensemble show, it was the first somewhat lead-ish part I had, only by the metric that it was the “William Holden” role. It also continued the trend of me getting beat up on stage. I also got punched in The Runner Stumbles. By a priest. In the first picture you can see the words AHH WARM taped to the ground to remind us all that outside was freezing and inside was warm and to act accordingly. On one of our four performances, those doors got jammed and we had to reblock the second act on the fly. Stalag, while having moments of levity, is the more serious source material for Hogan’s Heroes. #retrospective #stalag17 #1987 #glenbardeasthighschool #theatre #alifeinthetheatre #actorslife #performer (at Glenbard East High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/B363u-Lpo0b/?igshid=9tz1o5xab8s1

#williamholden #septon #stalag17 #billywilder (at Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2W3uoHpJiB/?igshid=1sqcychaw0fbx

Sister Nancy Bam Bam: this 1982 dancehall classic has roots going back to the mid 60s. The chorus comes from an old Mayatls tune and the rhythm is one of my all time favorites Stalag 17. This classic was an early song adopted by hip hop dancehalls then cousin and has been sampled by a plethora of golden era artists the first I heard use it was my brethren @xplargepro for the classic Hangin Out. More recently Jay-Z used it for Bam and Kanye West for Famous. I read that Sister Namcy never received any royalty’s for this song and only south legal action in 2014 after it was used sans her permission on a Reebok ad thus she was awarded a performance fee and 50 pct of the songs publishing whcih she could only trace back 10 years prior. Subsequently she has received proper payment on all newer uses of the song. Crazy story right? Apparently this tune has been sampled or incorporated into no less than 94 dongs including Lauryn Hills Lost Ones and Peter Rocks The Basement. Love this tune since I was Youth! #Dancehall #Stalag17 #SaluteSisterNancy #HangingOut #SuperDiscoBreakin’ (at Los Angeles, California)

Blog Update: Published in Playbill! George Price: Dancing in the Barracks buff.ly/2N9VhJe #GeorgePrice #Stalag17 #Playbill

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