"the [title of show] show" - Episode 4
Squeee!
Hunter with his shirt off again! w00t!
Saw Israel Horovitz on the street on my way to my Katherine & Friends meeting. Thought that was a nice omen.
Meeting was odd- Michael from The Director's Company gave me some advice about the play- namely that I don't clue the audience in to what I'm doing, and therefore he was confused about whether it was supposed to be funny or serious. The word "spoof" was bandied about. Hal Prince was mentioned.
Reminded me of the Richard Nelson speech about playwrighting.
On the whole they all liked it.
carasol and I went to see Emma in the NYMF. It was adorable- music was in operetta style, which was totally appropriate. The ending got a little bogged down, and there were one or two weird moments, but on the whole it was pretty solid. Kara Boyer as Harriet nearly stole the show out from under Leah Horowitz as Emma- she was hilarious.
The kids in front of us were making Clueless jokes at intermission.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Buddhist legend, the udumbara is a rare flower that blossoms unexpectedly every few millennia. It portends the imminent arrival of a miraculous breakthrough, as it did when it appeared near a lake at the foot of the Himalayas before the birth of Buddha. Many people in Fremont, California believe they recently saw the udumbara blooming on an oleander tree, its threadlike stalks erupting with tiny white blooms. Was it real? Alas, no scientists were on hand to confer the blessing of authentication. But that doesn't matter for my purpose, which is to let you know that you'll soon have a close brush with the equivalent of an udumabara. Be alert. Don't be so lost in your fantasies that you're blind to the fantastic omen that's right in front of you. You've got to actually see it in order to be ready for the wondrous event it foreshadows.