Weather Depression, Ragtime Callbacks
It takes such an effort just to function when you're outside in this kind of cold. I think this is why as soon as I get home I want to stuff my face with fattening, yummy foods--I feel I deserve a reward or something. It's exhausting.
I was very stressed about making it to my show tonight (I was coming from Hoboken, starting around 7:00) to the extent I had a nightmare last night about missing my show. But it went well, and I pulled into Port Authority at 7:28, 8 minutes late but still, I made it to the show.
Callbacks--I arrived at callbacks around 6:10 and went into the bathroom which was warm. Very, very warm. There was another woman in there with whom I chatted for a bit--she was called back for Mother and Emma Goldman (and looked very Emma-ish, albeit a bit young). I went into the auditorium and chatted a bit with Dave while she read with Peggy, and she also learned "He Wanted to Say," "Back to Before" and (I think) "Goodbye, My Love." Lovely voice--nice belt and interprets the songs beautifully. I see her more as an Emma because she's more of a belter than a legit soprano but she did a decent job with both. I really liked her musicality, though.
The other Evelyn (at least for that time period) arrived; she seemed very sweet and friendly. I asked if I could go first, as I had a bus to catch, and she was very nice about it. We learned "Atlantic City" which has the same tune as "Crime of the Century" but different lyrics, and of course takes place during a different time in the show. She was quite good, and I think it's 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other. I will say, I think I have a slight edge on looks, but she was pretty, nice figure and a lovely voice. I think I was a little more cartoonish than she--I think she was playing it straighter. *Shrug* It's in the air, now.
Ran to the bus-stop and then shivered for ten minutes before a 126 bus arrived. When I got to the show, the theater was quite cold--we had to change in the bathroom on the 12th floor. Backstage was absolutely miserable, except right around the radiator. Absolutely fucking miserable. It was brutal. The first scene is my first scene, as Titania, where I'm dressed skimpily--I was pleasantly reminded of how warm lights can be. So it wasn't so bad out there, just backstage. I draped my costume pieces across the radiator so I'd have some warmth when I put them on.
Brrrr... I'm so glad I'm home, here in my warm apartment.
I was very stressed about making it to my show tonight (I was coming from Hoboken, starting around 7:00) to the extent I had a nightmare last night about missing my show. But it went well, and I pulled into Port Authority at 7:28, 8 minutes late but still, I made it to the show.
Callbacks--I arrived at callbacks around 6:10 and went into the bathroom which was warm. Very, very warm. There was another woman in there with whom I chatted for a bit--she was called back for Mother and Emma Goldman (and looked very Emma-ish, albeit a bit young). I went into the auditorium and chatted a bit with Dave while she read with Peggy, and she also learned "He Wanted to Say," "Back to Before" and (I think) "Goodbye, My Love." Lovely voice--nice belt and interprets the songs beautifully. I see her more as an Emma because she's more of a belter than a legit soprano but she did a decent job with both. I really liked her musicality, though.
The other Evelyn (at least for that time period) arrived; she seemed very sweet and friendly. I asked if I could go first, as I had a bus to catch, and she was very nice about it. We learned "Atlantic City" which has the same tune as "Crime of the Century" but different lyrics, and of course takes place during a different time in the show. She was quite good, and I think it's 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other. I will say, I think I have a slight edge on looks, but she was pretty, nice figure and a lovely voice. I think I was a little more cartoonish than she--I think she was playing it straighter. *Shrug* It's in the air, now.
Ran to the bus-stop and then shivered for ten minutes before a 126 bus arrived. When I got to the show, the theater was quite cold--we had to change in the bathroom on the 12th floor. Backstage was absolutely miserable, except right around the radiator. Absolutely fucking miserable. It was brutal. The first scene is my first scene, as Titania, where I'm dressed skimpily--I was pleasantly reminded of how warm lights can be. So it wasn't so bad out there, just backstage. I draped my costume pieces across the radiator so I'd have some warmth when I put them on.
Brrrr... I'm so glad I'm home, here in my warm apartment.