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The Marx Brothers Weekend – Sept. 9th – A Video/Photo Excerpt

Post author By Jim R. Moore
Post date September 13, 2017

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The Marx Brothers and World War I

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The Trivia Section of the day at 2:00 pm with Brett Leveridge

Noah Diamond displays one of the Prizes for Trivia winner. Marx Brothers Comic Book.

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Marx Brothers Sing-Along

Marx Brothers Singalong: “Alone”

There are two kinds of people: those who would enjoy a group singalong of Marx Brothers songs, and those who simply don’t know how to have fun. I assert that you have not truly lived until you’ve heard a room full of people singing Chico’s version of “Everyone Says I Love You,” in glorious unison. This video documents another of the Singalong’s many highlights: “Alone” (by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, from A Night at the Opera), led by Bill Zeffiro on the keys. (Noah Diamond contributed this and all other text for this post.)

Marx Brothers Singalong: “Dr. Hackenbush” and “Lydia the Tattooed Lady”

The Singalong concludes with a pair of Groucho specialty numbers. The penultimate selection is “Dr. Hackenbush” by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, one of Groucho’s favorite musical signatures, despite its unfortunate exclusion from A Day at the Races. The Singalong concludes with the immortal “Lydia the Tattooed Lady,” by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, from At the Circus, led by Bill Zeffiro and me.

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Deep Dive Into Cracked Ice: Duck Soup Before Duck Soup!

Cracked Ice is an early draft of Duck Soup, written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Grover Jones. It has some obvious similarities to the finished film, but it also reveals the more characteristically Marxian (and notably darker) comedy that was being planned before the director Leo McCarey imposed his vision on it. The first day of Marx Brothers Weekend ended with this cold reading, featuring Kathy Biehl, Melody Jane, Brett Leveridge, Jonny Porkpie, Matt Roper, Trav S.D., Seth Shelden, Matt Walters, and me. (Noah Diamond)

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“I’ll Say She Is” – The Lost Marx Brothers Musical at The Connelly Theater

Post author By Jim R. Moore
Post date June 19, 2016

First of all…there is this wonderful NY Times review!

“Mr. Diamond himself plays Groucho, and he might as well be Groucho. Matt Roper’s Chico and Seth Shelden’s Harpo are also meticulous, and Matt Walters completes the quartet with the less well-known Zeppo, the male romantic lead in the story but certainly not the center of attention.”

Next..you better get tickets NOW before it is TOOO late!

I was delighted at be able to photograph the show early in the run. I did the NY Fringe Festival two years ago and again this year with the ‘full production’.

Here are some moments for this funny, charming, hilarious, musical, Marx Brothers show!

The chorus line is wonderful!

Matt Roper (Chico), Seth Shelden (Harpo) and Noah Diamond (Groucho) are great!

Singing and dancing and fooling around. What else would you want from an evening of theater?

Noah Diamond (Groucho) in a moment of distress.

Melody Jane (Beauty) sits and watches in amazement at Seth Shelden (Harpo) and Matt Roper (Chico) dance a bit!

Melody Jane (Beauty) sits with Kathy Biehl (Ruby) in the drawing room ‘love chair’.

Melody Jane (Beauty) with Matt Walters (Zeppo) singing one of the original songs from the show.

So many other great shots of the show BUT I suggest you see it for yourself!

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Musical Direction and Arrangements: Sabrina Chap
Choreography: Shea Sullivan
Directed by: Amanda Sisk

“it reminds us how brightly the Marx Brothers’ brand of lunacy once blazed.”

NY Times

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ONLY UNTIL JULY 2nd, 2016

Tickets and more information here!

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“I’ll Say She Is” – A collection of stills from the video shot at the 2014 Fringe Festival

Post author By Jim R. Moore
Post date August 27, 2014

THE MARX BROTHERS LEGENDARY 1924 Production returned to the stage for the first time in 90 years!

Video taped on the last night of the Fringe Festival’s production of “I’ll Say She Is” by Jim R Moore

Stills excerpted from the video by Noah Diamond.

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“Welcome to the lowest dive in the city, where creatures of the underworld drug their brains with poisonous poppy.”

Pictured are: Melissa Roth, Kita St. Cyr, Emily Turner Marsland, Francine Daveta, Amber Bloom, Alexis Thomason and Lefty Lucy.

“They are devastating the dining room. I fear for the silver.” with Kathy Biehl and C.L. Weatherstone.

“We’re alive, and what a thing to be!”

with Amber Bloom, C.L. Weatherstone, Kita St Cyr, Aristotle Stamat, Francine Daveta, Kathy Biehl, Bob Homeyer,Melody Jane, Melissa Roth and Alexis Thomason.

The Inception of Drapery.

with Melody Jane, Kathy Biehl, Melissa Roth, Kita St Cyr, Emily Turner Marsland, Lefty Lucy and Alexis Thomason

Thrills: The beautiful chorus of “I’ll Say She Is,” the beautiful choreography of Helen Burkett, the beautiful musical direction of Sabrina Chap, the beautiful costumes of Jlz Kro!