I Need a Nap.

Cough, cough, cough...  Lovelies...

I - cough - am SO sick!  (and sick of being sick!)  I've been dealing with this cold for the past week and have been high as a kite on Mucinex for the past 2 days.  Uugh.  Will it ever end?!  

At 4 am last night I finally fell asleep.  After coughing non-stop for the past 5 hours...  I was finally in a deep slumber when the old alarm clock went off & reminded me that I had to truck it down to the Equity Building at 7:30 a.m.  

And silly me - I kept hitting that snooze button.  When I eventually did show up at the audition for the New York Theatre Festival I found (to my dismay) that all the slots were taken for appointment times!  Aaak - CURSES!  So, I smartly signed myself up on the alternate list in one of the later time slots and hoped that they wouldn't call my name until after lunch, as I had my hair appointment that morning in SoHo.

Well, lovelies - I went & had a lovely cut, color & blow-out.  It was magnificent.  And I am once again the blonde bombshell I want to be!  BUT - I got a little cocky and decided to go to Vicki's for undies & a bra and also to stop at Dean & Deluca for cheese samples (Taleggio, Midnight Moon Goats milk Testun Al Barolo, if you're interested) & free bread!  

What's that you say- "But Miss Musical, don't you have an audition to get to?!"  

Why yes, lovelies, I did.  

But I whittled away my time, took the R train back up to 46th street only to find that they had called my name 5 MINUTES BEFORE I GOT THERE!!!!  

I can't win.

(But that said - I have a great job, a great family & friends who love me!  And I sang at the Algonquin Hotel Artists Salon last night -that was a great time!)

And can one really be that sad when this movie comes out today?!

Auditions are fun! (and time consuming)

Lovelies, I am very proud of myself because I just did 3 auditions in 3 hours (with a 4th coming up at 4:50) and I've also got a bad case of the coughing/runny nose sort...  

And let me tell ya - I was FANTASTIC in every one of them!  First I went to the Actors Equity building to sign up for the New York Music Theatre Festival.  (as they say in [title of show] "The Festival!  The KING'S FESTIVAL?!" -- 5 points for anyone who knows the other musical that's from..) 

After that I trucked my cookies down to Ripley Greer to audition for The Little Mermaid at 10:10 - so that was fun.  Then I came back to Equity, sang at the NYMF audition and that went GREAT - I sang my song from "I Love Lucy" - it usually goes over really well because it's funny & sweet!

Then I went to Nola studios & got my time slot for the Bristol theatre company - they're doing Spitfire Grill - one of my most favorite shows.  (Tangent: I wanted to write favourite in that last sentence, the way that the British spell it.  Isn't that so much nicer than plain-jane American favorite?  I think so.)  

And finally it was off to the York Theatre company where they're doing a musical called "In Transit".  I sang well, but the director was not that into me.

Que sera, sera - you can't win 'em all!  (but you sure can try to have fun at them!)  Here's to auditioning when your sickly!  (cough, cough...)