[Magdalen] Leonard Cohen +RIP+

[Jim Handsfield]

I first heard Hallelujah at the end of Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman.

Jim Handsfield
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> On Nov 12, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Apparently his songs were in 50 movies. I googled this earlier today after reading a rather uninformed biography in The Houston Chronicle this morning. 
> Lynn 
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> On Nov 12, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net> wrote:
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> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Most of Cohen's songs were better sung or better known by other artists. No
>> shame in that.
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> My initial and basically only connection with Cohen came last year when I
> directed *The Gin Game* for our community theater.  The playwright, Don
> Coburn, called not only for a specific song but also a specific recording
> of Cohen singing it.  Initially, I did not like the song, *Take This Waltz,
> *but after umpteen rehearsals I grew rather fond of it.
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> Oddly, it was not in the initial Broadway run (Jessica Tandy/Hume Cronyn).
> But Coburn was later persuaded to include a brief moment of dance and
> music.  It was the idea of Julie Harris, who was in an early revival.
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> Mike M.