tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post8734677165897038693..comments2024-03-25T03:31:09.538-04:00Comments on markrothmansblog: THE Eaton Magoon Jr.mark rothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-42337463832985085342021-04-25T19:56:29.844-04:002021-04-25T19:56:29.844-04:00That's a touching, and somewhat sad memoir, th...That's a touching, and somewhat sad memoir, thank you. Bob threw everything he had into that showroom, and lost the lot. He lost his beautiful Diamond Head property and also ended up losing his entire family estate in California as well, satisfying his debt to the Aloha financier, a former friend who extracted every last ounce out of the lien. Bob died a couple of years ago in Middletown, with Kerry Zadel and Steve Judd his carers to the end. It was an honour and a delight to know Bob, and I will never forget what I learned from him.Derek Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085136692007300361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-79254950690081567472021-04-24T00:05:58.513-04:002021-04-24T00:05:58.513-04:00The showroom was built on the 4th floor of the roy...The showroom was built on the 4th floor of the royal hawaiian shopping center. I was the general contractor on the project and it was an incredible undertaking. From the sketches to the final set transformed an empty shell to a fibre optic (brand new technology then) volcanoes flow rope bridges and special.fire treated foilage. Complicated right down to a service bar that needed to pump out 2500 drinks in 15 mins. I remember we held our budget while all the sound and light specialists from new york had no shame in tripling theirs. The Grand opening was grand with me. magoon in all his well warned glory....it was short lived as the show he wrote closed within a year. The showroom was then occupied by a manic show which ran for years. Not sure what the space is today. It was an experience I'll never forget. Jack Law and Bob magoon were great clients and interesting people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796589577453644198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-24418005652403883152021-01-21T06:27:03.785-05:002021-01-21T06:27:03.785-05:00Great to hear from you!Great to hear from you!Derek Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085136692007300361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-38945698564411242332021-01-20T23:10:38.775-05:002021-01-20T23:10:38.775-05:00I was in the New Zealand version of Aloha in the 8...I was in the New Zealand version of Aloha in the 80's.First time I was in the chorus,2nd time I was Moma nui.It was an awesome experience.To meet Eaton was very special.Joe Layton directed.WOWAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254167459093799441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-13926616343493029962021-01-03T09:18:56.491-05:002021-01-03T09:18:56.491-05:00I saw "Aloha" when I was living in Hawai...I saw "Aloha" when I was living in Hawaii. They built the showroom for the musical. When my parents came for a visit, I took them and saw it again. Everyone loved it. I wish a video had been made because I would love to see it again.caswordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800333527685930823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-16519146434078333062018-04-02T15:30:17.685-04:002018-04-02T15:30:17.685-04:00Thanks for putting in a positive word. I was musi...Thanks for putting in a positive word. I was musical director for both Australasian productions of his 'Aloha : a musical of the islands', a very much matured evolution from the disastrous flop 'Heathen'. Both were based on Bob's seething anger at religion based prejudice against and mistreatment of gay people and people of colour. Bob felt this deeply, not only with his mixed ancestry of Chinese, Hawaiian and Irish blood, but with his being proudly gay himself. He is still alive, now in his nineties and living in Middletown, near where the old Magoon ranch still is, mostly now devoted to Guenoc wineries. Aloha bankrupted Bob after the Gulf War destroyed its tourist patronage, and so he was forced to sell his Honolulu mansion. As for you, Bob Magoon was a huge role model for me, particularly as to how a gay man could and perhaps should live within broad society, behaving with integrity. LGBT minorities had always been outsiders, and illegal, and I'll always treasure the impact he had on my life.Derek Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085136692007300361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-75852523908324819992017-04-22T17:40:15.721-04:002017-04-22T17:40:15.721-04:00I met him in thre 80s on my way to New York What a...I met him in thre 80s on my way to New York What a cool and interesting Man indeed .I was sharng my travels stories with my family and his name came up .<br />Wonder if he can remember me ? 'Marius' Asst Stage Manager (Civic Theatre Johannesburg) at the time <br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07140561042432124334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-68180194574103038872016-07-31T17:44:41.063-04:002016-07-31T17:44:41.063-04:00I've been living in Hawaii for over 25 years a...I've been living in Hawaii for over 25 years and one of the handful of pure people i've met was Eaton (Bob) Magoon Jr, he's the biggest gentelmen you could ever meet, to this day we are still very close friends.<br />He became my mentor, and i dont believe he relizes the inpack he had on my life. I love him dearly and learned so much from him.<br />As for his musicals, someone from the mainland or anywhere else in the world would probley not like the shows, one would have to know the locale way of thinking to understand the creativelybrilliance of the man behind them shows.<br />He opened up the arms of the islands to the rest of the world, unfortatly thier were not enough takers. He did lose a large chunk of his wealth on them shows, but when your doing something for thr love of it, the money really doesnt matter. Love you Bob, your Huckaberry Tim.TURDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623299835769412030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-85265922373539327552015-11-21T19:02:11.779-05:002015-11-21T19:02:11.779-05:00I'm not planning to write about it, but it is ...I'm not planning to write about it, but it is very thorough and very accurate. I hand a large hand in its editing, and weeded out most of the mistakes.<br />As a result, I have nothing but praise for it.mark rothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-28397268581262220272015-11-21T02:37:48.297-05:002015-11-21T02:37:48.297-05:00Off-topic:
This morning, I took delivery of Bob L...Off-topic:<br /><br />This morning, I took delivery of Bob Leszczak's new book about THE ODD COUPLE in all its various forms, courtesy of Amazon and McFarland & Co.<br /><br />Good stuff (the foreword wasn't bad either ...).<br /><br />(If this is anticipating a future post of your own, apologies for jumping the gun.)Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-50531939160222913272015-11-19T10:16:41.585-05:002015-11-19T10:16:41.585-05:00Article about obscure song from Eaton "Bob&qu...Article about obscure song from Eaton "Bob" Magoon Jr.: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/12/25/news/story4.htmlmetsfanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896940296400628163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-6796567696019219022015-11-18T22:59:49.249-05:002015-11-18T22:59:49.249-05:00It doesn't have that ring to it like, say, Jer...It doesn't have that ring to it like, say, Jerome Kern.mark rothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-14716081224293947912015-11-18T21:55:51.525-05:002015-11-18T21:55:51.525-05:00magoon, what a god awful name.magoon, what a god awful name.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.com