Weekend Update
Or maybe it should be more like 'week-long'.
In any case, things are going much better down at the theatre. Either Patrick is slowly learning to conduct or more and more of us are ignoring him. Take your pick, really. But the shows (for the most part) have been decent. Perhaps the biggest boon is that we've hit our walk-in goal for Miss Saigon. Each show, the theatre sets a 'goal' to reach in order for us to make money on the show. It's only based on walk-ins, not season ticket holders. So to reach a goal of (like Miss Saigon was) $35,000 is a fairly hefty chunk of change considering that seats are between 12-20 bucks... that's a lot of seats. Well, as of September 18th we had reached our goal which is fabulous. Normally we're just reaching goal the day before the show closes.
Yesterday was, once more, another 10 hour day at the theatre. Andrew is back in town and he and David are doing a two night composer/lyricist concert. Which, hi, to play with Andrew again? Funnily, it started out as a 'string quartet' and has since mutated into a full-blown orchestra. But last night, sick though I may have been, it's the most fun I've had down there in ages. It was like the old times once more. For the first time in nearly a year, the Playhouse felt like home. I did have to be down there even longer as dad's running this powerpoint thing, so I spent the rest of the evening turning pages for Andrew. Harrassing him when he hit wrong notes and all the stuff we used to do. I haven't stopped smiling since, really.
As per the sick comment? I'm currently getting over a bout of food poisoning. NO idea what I ate as this started... friday night I think but food poisoning can be what you ate an hour ago to a WEEK before. All I know is my stomach (and lower end for that matter) are currently not liking me one bit. /TMI
Shall make work OH so joyous this morning.
In any case, things are going much better down at the theatre. Either Patrick is slowly learning to conduct or more and more of us are ignoring him. Take your pick, really. But the shows (for the most part) have been decent. Perhaps the biggest boon is that we've hit our walk-in goal for Miss Saigon. Each show, the theatre sets a 'goal' to reach in order for us to make money on the show. It's only based on walk-ins, not season ticket holders. So to reach a goal of (like Miss Saigon was) $35,000 is a fairly hefty chunk of change considering that seats are between 12-20 bucks... that's a lot of seats. Well, as of September 18th we had reached our goal which is fabulous. Normally we're just reaching goal the day before the show closes.
Yesterday was, once more, another 10 hour day at the theatre. Andrew is back in town and he and David are doing a two night composer/lyricist concert. Which, hi, to play with Andrew again? Funnily, it started out as a 'string quartet' and has since mutated into a full-blown orchestra. But last night, sick though I may have been, it's the most fun I've had down there in ages. It was like the old times once more. For the first time in nearly a year, the Playhouse felt like home. I did have to be down there even longer as dad's running this powerpoint thing, so I spent the rest of the evening turning pages for Andrew. Harrassing him when he hit wrong notes and all the stuff we used to do. I haven't stopped smiling since, really.
As per the sick comment? I'm currently getting over a bout of food poisoning. NO idea what I ate as this started... friday night I think but food poisoning can be what you ate an hour ago to a WEEK before. All I know is my stomach (and lower end for that matter) are currently not liking me one bit. /TMI
Shall make work OH so joyous this morning.