Dear Fans,
On Friday, I was able to browse a copy of Boze Hadleigh's newish book, Broadway Babylon. There are a couple of paragraphs devoted to Keith Prentice in the section of the stage and film productions of Boys in the Band. Nothing was said that was new to me, and I do feel obliged to warn potential readers that Mr. Hadleigh's assertions are not always to be taken as gospel (!) truth.
The 1969 film of Boys in the Band is being released on DVD this November--a bare bones release without any extras, apparently--and there's a rather grainy copy of an original trailer for the movie now on YouTube. At least a couple of brief Keith Prentice scenes occur in the trailer, for those who have never seen it. Bear in mind that he did this BEFORE he was on DS. Hadleigh mentions that Prentice went on to work in another soap after the cancellation of DS--I can't recall which one.
In unrelated news, I'm heading off to spend my annual week at a Farm owned by a lovely gay couple who are friends of mine. I spend a week living in a tent in a field, well off the grid and far away from phones, computers, and all the rest of the so-called modern conveniences. HEAVEN.
Still, I'll probably think of some favorite DS scene at least once. Perhaps while I'm skinny dipping in the pond I'll remember Grayson's scene in End of the Road where Stacey Keach digs her out of the sand at the beach and she giggles in her memorable gurgling drawl and exclaims, "Hi there!" A bit of summer fun from 40 years ago...
cheers! G.
