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Who are you?
When I'm not doing homework, going to plays, cleaning my room, or working on my websites,
I can usually be found reading,
playing piano,
proofreading anything in sight,
trying to convince everyone to use serial commas (or else!),
taking pictures with my nifty SLR camera,
studying languages (Spanish, Hebrew, and Italian),
making fun of bad movies,
singing along with my CDs (only in my car),
and fondly recalling my glory days as coeditor of
my high-school yearbook.
The technical details.
The fine print.
The acknowledgements.
Please email comments, questions, or suggestions to MarlaSite@yahoo.com.
So glad you asked.
I’m a college student in the U.S.
In case you couldn't tell, theater is one of my passions.
I enjoy almost every show I see (why pay $50 or more to have a bad time?),
but I've only fallen in love with a few, including
Jane Eyre,
Parade,
Les Misérables, and
Ragtime.
Likewise, there are many performers whose work I admire, but only a few whose talent truly
astounds me—Marla Schaffel (obviously),
James Barbour,
Audra McDonald,
Brian Stokes Mitchell, and
Ivan Rutherford come to mind.
I created this website with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, Microsoft Notepad 1998, Microsoft
WordPad 1998, Microsoft Paint 1998, a trial version of PaintShop Pro 7, and lots of time that
I should have spent doing homework. Most of the JavaScript was adapted from
The JavaScript Source and
Webmonkey, with considerable help from
The JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman.
This site is completely, utterly, and totally unofficial. I created it because of
my respect for and admiration of Marla's many talents. I don't pretend to have any inside
information. The content on this site was gleaned from the internet and various publications.
I have credited the original creators wherever possible. If you feel credit has not been
properly given, please notify me and I will amend the
situation immediately. No copyright infringement is intended. I have not received, nor will I
receive, any financial benefit from the content on this site.
First and foremost, I'd like to thank Marla for her dedication
to musical theater and for not making me take this site down. Thanks are also due to Faith,
FreakyMartian, Melissa, Michelle, Farin, Karen, Lyn, Cheryl, Seth, and Lulu for their moral and
technical support of this endeavor.
Paul Gordon and John Caird deserve extra-special mention for writing the incredible
musical that first brought Marla (and James,
and Mary, and so many other talented performers) to my attention.