Well, it's been a VERY busy week, but I'm pleased to be blogging again! Last weekend I saw 2 musicals with Natey J. (He is Husband to my friend the lovely Lo- Girl who won that big Broadway reality TV show last year!) So while Lo-Girl was doing her big Broadway show , her hubby & I went to see Adding Machine on Friday night and then went to see Glory Days on Sunday afternoon.
I have to say that I was very excited by Adding Machine! It was a very dark show that was kind of a combination of Sondheim and Adam Guettel & Jerry Herman. And I really felt like each of the songs were a monologue instead of a song.... Was very good! And so dark! And the story is super relevant today - Man works counting numbers for same company for 25 years, gets replaced by an Adding Machine and kills his boss. (that last bit isn't too relevant - but being replaced by technology is pretty relevant!)
Then I saw Made of Honor on Saturday night - with my girlfried M.Stryker. (I love her last name - and the joke it makes. When we first met she introduced herself and I said "Strike her! But I just met her!) Bad joke, but a good friend!
We thought the movie was especially cheesy but it was fun to see the NYC locations that pretty girl & Mc Dreamy go to! (and there's this one bakery that's like a mystery bakery -it's not Magnolia Bakery or Amy's --- it has a brown awning and looks very village-ish... If anyone can figure it out, I'll buy you a cupcake there & overnight it from NY!)
So Sunday I went with Natey J. again to see Glory Days. (or Glory Day as the critics are calling it). The show closed on it's opening night. Sad. I feel bad that they even produced it on Broadway - it was good for off Broadway or off-off Broadway, but really who ever thought that was a good idea also probably thinks that reviving Floro Dora is a good idea....
Onto the week! Was a pretty good week!
Auditions:
- Oklahoma at Papermill Playhouse. I gave myself a 9 on a scale of 1-10 as far as auditions go! Felt really good about it!
- Cohoes Music Hall for their season. This was a 10 for sure! I rocked it out.
- The Guys and Dolls chorus call for Portland Stage. I gave my audition a 9 here. It was good, I sounded great & was funny - they thought I was charming... AND... GAVE ME A CALLBACK! I'm going to the "invited dancers" call on Tuesday morning! (Fancy that - me! And "Invited Dancer!" ... is that like a Private Dancer?)
So all in all a good week of auditions - and a sad week for our musical theatre class -- was the Last week of the 7 week class I've been taking! The casting director is my doppelganger - at least so I've been told! (by like 50 people - but I think she's very nice looking, so I'll take that as a compliment) So we'll call her the Telsey Twin, as she is from Telsey casting!
She enjoyed my songs and I hope she will shove me at who ever is in charge of casting Wicked. I'd give my left boob to play tree number three in that show!
Do you by any chance know Nicole Chapman? I know she is friends with Laura from back in Minnesota. I went to college with Nicole, and we were in a production of Cinderella together (she played the title role, I played one of her stepsisters).
ReplyDeleteI actually don't know Nicole, but I'm sure I've met her at one of the parties at their house! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you reviews Made of Honor. I've had a crush on Patrick Dempsey since Can't Buy Me Love. I expected it to be cheesey, but hey, I travel a lot by myself...I need something to do.
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