Some of Nimoy's Stage Credits

Listner Phil really knows his theater.  I asked him what he knew about Nimoy and stage and he

sent me back a "did you know" list:

Here are just a few stage shows that Leonard Niemoy was in and parts he played.

Musical Theatre

Melody Top Theatre Milwaukee, WI (Regional Theatre)

Camelot - Arthur (1973)

Fiddler on the Roof - Tevye (1974)

My Fair Lady - Henry Higgins (1976)

Oliver - Fagin (1972 - 1973)

The King and I - The King (1974)

Dramas

Atlanta Theatre Guild, Atlanta, GA (1955)

A Streetcar Named Desire - Stanley Kowalsky

University of Alabama Town and Civic Center Clark Memoiral Theater

Cat on A Hot Tin Roof - Brick

Town and Gown Repertory Theatre - Birmingham, AL. (1959)

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Randle Patrick McMurphy

Little Theatre on the Square - Sullivan, IL. (1974)

The Fourposter - Michael (1975)

BMU #440 is now online "Goodbye Mr Spock"

This week I start with the less than enviable task of marking the passing of science fiction's most favored son, Leonard Nimoy, known to a whole generation as Mr. Spock, of Enterprise and Star Trek fame.

To catch my breath, I play the closing music to the anime series "Good Luck Girl".  I don't know about you, but I needed something kick ass, just to get running again.

Next, I trundle back to the blog for some other articles of interest.

First off, papers have been filed with arguments against there being a Big Bang.   NASA's Dawn spacecraft is just a few days out from Ceres.  I found an article where on the surface it seems like such a simple and straight-forward question.  Given that there were no obstacles, would you take a trip into space?

Finally our story for the after-noon is a spooky tale of loneliness and wish fulfillment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Guess Who Was 80 Saturday!

Herb scooped me on this and it is corroborated by Trek Movie website, yep, I totally spaced that our favorite Vulcan Leonard Nemoy celebrated his 80th birthday Saturday March 26 2011. While we are on the subject of Mr. Nemoy, here are some interesting facts, from the TrekMovie.com site:

• Began acting at the age of 8.
• His wife Susan Bay is Transformers director Michael Bay’s cousin
• Has authored seven books of poetry
• Born only four days after William Shatner
• Is a very competent photographer. Studied photography in UCLA in early 1970s and considered changing careers to photography full time
• Has a master’s degree in education
• Only actor to appear in every episode of original Star Trek

Many more facts on the trekmovie.com site here as well as some really great video shorts.

Leonard Nemoy explains origins of Vulcan greeting

Now here is a piece of tv history that I am sure that the hard core Star Trek fans know but the averave viewer may never have picked up on. The history behind the Vulcan greeting. Here is Leonard Nemoy with the background info.

Thanks to SF Signals for the original post

Nimoy Narrates Dawn Video

Does anything more need be said? Nasa has produced a beautiful new, thirteen minute long, video about the asteroid belt and Dawn's mission to visit Vesta (in 2011) and Ceres (in 2015), the two largest objects in the belt. I'm much more excited about Ceres, but both asteroids should provide good science.


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