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| RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: writerkev 03:07 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| Link | NY Times obituary |
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| Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:35 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - writerkev 03:07 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| After I saw the recent movie version of the Ryan Murphy production of THE BOYS IN THE BAND, I commented in more than one forum that I was sorry one of the lines had been changed to reference Joe Allen (the restaurant) rather than a more high-toned, pretentious restaurant (I think maybe it's Lutece or some place like that in the original script), because the change didn't work in terms of the meaning of the line. I still feel that way, BUT now I guess it doesn't bother me as much, because I think it's sweet that Mr. Allen and the restaurant have been honored in that way :-) | |
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| re: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:37 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND - Michael_Portantiere 11:35 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| I agree about both. The challenge was to find a place that is resonant now but that existed then. Ironically the resonant choice also conveyed the wrong connotation. | |
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| re: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 09:41 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND - ryhog 12:37 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| "The challenge was to find a place that is resonant now but that existed then. Ironically the resonant choice also conveyed the wrong connotation." Agreed, but as I've said before, there are at least a few high-toned, extremely expensive, very well known Manhattan restaurants existing today that also existed in 1969. They might have changed it to 21 or La Grenouille, to cite only two examples. |
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| re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 03:13 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - writerkev 03:07 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| I hope Joe Allen’s reopens when this pandemic finally ends. | |
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| re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:59 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - lowwriter 03:13 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| The restaurant is not called “Joe Allen’s.” It’s just “Joe Allen.” | |
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| re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: Deirdre 03:31 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - lowwriter 03:13 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| Me too. | |
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| re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:40 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - Deirdre 03:31 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| One of the greats. What a life and career! May he rest in peace. | |
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| re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: Ann 09:29 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - Michael_Portantiere 03:40 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| Agree! I have many memories in my limited years of going to New York, including almost being knocked over by Alan Bates at Joe Allen and having dinner with (well, next to) Stephen Sondheim at Orso. Many good drinks and dinners (and never an apostrophe s ať either place!) |
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| re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:11 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - Ann 09:29 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Right, no need for apostrophes. Beauty in simplicity :-) | |
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| He Missed Nothing, according to Joel Grey | |
| Posted by: Clancy 04:32 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - Michael_Portantiere 11:11 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera, Kelli O'Hara, and others reminisce about Joe Allen in The Times. | |
| Link | NYT: ‘He Missed Nothing’: Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera and Others on Joe Allen |
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| And don't forget Orso's | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue 08:26 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - Michael_Portantiere 03:40 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| He started it with his daughter. Both restaurants (and the unsigned Bar Centrale upstairs) were always cheerful, welcoming places. Some of the front of house staff I'd seen there for over twenty years of Broadway trips. How did he do that? That's not easy. |
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