In my continuing obsession with West Side Story, I watched it again this weekend, and surprised myself by bursting into tears in the last scene. Natalie Wood brings it in that scene. (Richard Beymer kicks ass as well.) She is just barely holding herself together when she's pointing the gun at the rest of them--you can hear the tears in her voice ( Read more... )

Had a wonderful night last night. I was exhausted through the day--I got home late from auditions Wednesday night because I went over to Ashley's apartment to chat afterward and even though I caught the last bus back into the city, I still waited quite a long time for a train going into Queens. So I was dragging yesterday and dozed off on the ( Read more... )

Check us out on Michael Dale's Showtime blog on BroadwayWorld.com! And don't Tybalt and Mercutio just EXUDE badassness!


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One Weekend Left! 4 More Performances!

This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet...

Holla Holla Productions

presents

Romeo and Juliet

Directed by Jason Specland
Stage Management by Stefania Schramm
Fight Choreography by Nicholas Santasier

Clinton Cove Park is transformed into ( Read more... )

The two performances of Romeo and Juliet today are cancelled. Shows will resume tomorrow as scheduled.

Romeo and Juliet is sliding into place, like a massive cruise ship docking :) We are starting full runthroughs today and are still putting together costume pieces. The show's look is pretty simple--black and white (men are black, women are white), and red and green (Capulets are red, Montagues, green). I wanted to emphasize how strict the ( Read more... )

This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet...

Holla Holla Productions

presents

Romeo and Juliet

Directed by Jason Specland
Stage Management by Stefania Schramm
Fight Choreography by Nicholas Santasier

Clinton Cove Park is transformed into fair Verona, where "two houses, both alike in ( Read more... )

I have not had much of a chance to post about Romeo and Juliet so far--it's been terrific fun. Mercutio is a BLAST to play, and perhaps one of my greatest challenges. It is not easy for me to play a believable man/young man. I can do gamine, I can do musical-theater-male (George, Strephon) but actually playing a male, a believable, cocky, ( Read more... )

I had a great meeting with Dave Z. today. We talked about the next couple of seasons--I started off by pitching, hard, Hair, a show that I really want to do right now and have been thinking about for the past couple of weeks. I have most of it blocked in my head already! In particular I know exactly how I want to do the finales of both acts. I ( Read more... )

As far as I can tell, everyone in this apartment has vomited at least once in the past week ( Read more... )