EngquistSmallerType.e$S:Layout 1 3/23/10 12:49 PM Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by David Spencer ..............................................................................................................ii 1. The Apostrophe.....................................................................................................................................1 2. Basically, I'm Like Totally Over It, Nome-sayn?...............................................................................3 3. Gorgeous Examples of Terrible Writing.............................................................................................5 4. Defining That’s Confining ...................................................................................................................7 5. Once Upon a Time… ............................................................................................................................9 6. Hope and Exasperation......................................................................................................................13 7. Censorship and Taste..........................................................................................................................15 8. The Music of Kurt Weill .....................................................................................................................17 9. Winners and Losers ............................................................................................................................19 10. The Foolish Notion ...........................................................................................................................21 11. The Need for Song ............................................................................................................................24 12. What Do You Listen To?...................................................................................................................27 13. Alive and Well ...................................................................................................................................29 14. When We Are Most Needed ............................................................................................................31 15. If I Did Indulge in Resolutions…....................................................................................................33 16. Daring To Be Different......................................................................................................................37 17. No Answer but Perseverance..........................................................................................................39 18. Class and Nerve ................................................................................................................................41 19. The Curious Case of Bruce Weber and Little Ham........................................................................43 20. Zorina’s Obituary..............................................................................................................................47 21. Getting Out and Hanging In ...........................................................................................................49 22. Share Something with the World....................................................................................................51 23. Long Term Memories .......................................................................................................................53 Compilation, Illustration & Newsletter Editor: David Spencer 24. Wildly Improbable Things...............................................................................................................55 25. Cinderella ...........................................................................................................................................57 Layout & Design: Patrick Cook 26. Too Young the Curmudgeon ...........................................................................................................59 27. Adaptation .........................................................................................................................................61 Columns Copyright © 1998-2010 by Richard Engquist 28. The Curmudgeon Rants...................................................................................................................63 Introduction Copyright © 2010 by David Spencer 29. Look to the Rainbow.........................................................................................................................65 30. Summing Up......................................................................................................................................67 For their enthusiastic assistance in the completion of this project, thanks go to 31. Things To Do During a Depression ................................................................................................69 Jean Banks and Leslie Morgan of BMI, Frank Evans of Musical Mondays, and especially Jane Brody Engquist. 32. Little Hamline....................................................................................................................................71 33. Build Your House with Care............................................................................................................73 Acknowledgements also to Jim Morgan of the York Theatre and Robert Viagas of Playbill. About the author.....................................................................................................................................75 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by David Spencer ..............................................................................................................ii 1. The Apostrophe.....................................................................................................................................1 2. Basically, I'm Like Totally Over It, Nome-sayn?...............................................................................3 3. Gorgeous Examples of Terrible Writing.............................................................................................4 4. Defining That’s Confining ...................................................................................................................5 5. Once Upon a Time… ............................................................................................................................6 6. Hope and Exasperation........................................................................................................................9 7. Censorship and Taste..........................................................................................................................10 8. The Music of Kurt Weill .....................................................................................................................12 9. Winners and Losers ............................................................................................................................13 10. The Foolish Notion ...........................................................................................................................15 11. The Need for Song ............................................................................................................................17 12. What Do You Listen To?...................................................................................................................19 13. Alive and Well ...................................................................................................................................20 14. When We Are Most Needed ............................................................................................................24 15. If I Did Indulge in Resolutions…....................................................................................................25 16. Daring To Be Different......................................................................................................................27 17. No Answer but Perseverance..........................................................................................................28 18. Class and Nerve ................................................................................................................................30 19. The Curious Case of Bruce Weber and Little Ham........................................................................32 20. Zorina’s Obituary..............................................................................................................................35 21. Getting Out and Hanging In ...........................................................................................................36 22. Share Something with the World....................................................................................................38 23. Long Term Memories .......................................................................................................................39 24. Wildly Improbable Things...............................................................................................................41 25. Cinderella ...........................................................................................................................................42 26. Too Young the Curmudgeon ...........................................................................................................44 27. Adaptation .........................................................................................................................................46