A Little Complaining (Dec.22)
i am tired.
it is 10:28am on Friday and i am dreading getting up. yesterday just felt like one of those days where it never ends...
started a little earlier than regular because i went to go pick up Dad, Karen, and Brian from the airport Hilton to take them to the Hyatt Regency near Union Square. get to my car and notice that someone jimmied the lock open and stole a credit card from my glove compartment (who cares, i canceled it right away and they didn't even use it), and ALL my Hanukkah gifts i was going to give my family. i was so pissed and honestly, quite annoyed. i mean, they didn't take my big booklet of CD's, they didn't take my radio out of the dash, they didn't take some clothes i had in the back...they had to take the freaking gifts...really upsets me.
but...it was so great to see "the fam" - wish my brother Rob could come out too but he's in Florida.
from there, got to the theatre a little early so decided to just grab some Chinese food at some local place. it was horrible. i mean, they weren't even trying. i think i had chicken...it resembled chicken. i honestly have no idea if it was chicken.
back to the theatre by noon and understudy rehearsals started. first music with Andy. then dance with Danny. then back to staging starting with Act One. only thing is, Bob Gaudio doesn't come into Act One until about 20 minutes or so into the act...and we were starting a stopping a lot...so suffice to say i didn't get to hit stage until almost 4pm.
and...on top of it all, it rained all day. and i forgot an umbrella.
but dinner was nice (highly recommend the Daily Grill - the skirt steak was GOOD) and the show was a really good one last night. i finally am starting to get into the pacing i need as "Hank". it's a small role, but i get a little bit of freedom to ham it up a little.
but anyway...back to where i was:
i'm tired. understudy rehearsal again today at 1pm. but this time Des will be there our last 2 hours to give notes and a little more direction. don't get me wrong, West (assistant director) and Richard (production stage manager) have been GREAT with notes and suggestions...they have really helped me find some nice moments as Bob...but it will be good to have our Captain back...two-time Tony award winner i'm talking about folks!
few last things:
self-promotion? oh yes.
1) go right now to the Jersey Boys Blog and check out my interview that was posted with Susie (the wonderful lady that runs this great site). also, if you ever wanted to know anything about Jersey Boys - this is the place to go!
2) want to wish everyone a happy last night of Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas this Sunday. we have Sunday and Monday off from the show so i plan to spend that with Sarah and Toby - and probably a full day of Chinese food and movies.
3) for any of you hard-core JB fans - you might want to send birthday greetings to a few of the people in the cast: Nate Klau (Dec.23), Melissa Strom (Dec.26) and Erich Bergen (Dec.31). and though she is not in the cast, Sarah's is on Dec.27...
okay folks - time to get up and get motivated for today's rehearsal.
it is 10:28am on Friday and i am dreading getting up. yesterday just felt like one of those days where it never ends...
started a little earlier than regular because i went to go pick up Dad, Karen, and Brian from the airport Hilton to take them to the Hyatt Regency near Union Square. get to my car and notice that someone jimmied the lock open and stole a credit card from my glove compartment (who cares, i canceled it right away and they didn't even use it), and ALL my Hanukkah gifts i was going to give my family. i was so pissed and honestly, quite annoyed. i mean, they didn't take my big booklet of CD's, they didn't take my radio out of the dash, they didn't take some clothes i had in the back...they had to take the freaking gifts...really upsets me.
but...it was so great to see "the fam" - wish my brother Rob could come out too but he's in Florida.
from there, got to the theatre a little early so decided to just grab some Chinese food at some local place. it was horrible. i mean, they weren't even trying. i think i had chicken...it resembled chicken. i honestly have no idea if it was chicken.
back to the theatre by noon and understudy rehearsals started. first music with Andy. then dance with Danny. then back to staging starting with Act One. only thing is, Bob Gaudio doesn't come into Act One until about 20 minutes or so into the act...and we were starting a stopping a lot...so suffice to say i didn't get to hit stage until almost 4pm.
and...on top of it all, it rained all day. and i forgot an umbrella.
but dinner was nice (highly recommend the Daily Grill - the skirt steak was GOOD) and the show was a really good one last night. i finally am starting to get into the pacing i need as "Hank". it's a small role, but i get a little bit of freedom to ham it up a little.
but anyway...back to where i was:
i'm tired. understudy rehearsal again today at 1pm. but this time Des will be there our last 2 hours to give notes and a little more direction. don't get me wrong, West (assistant director) and Richard (production stage manager) have been GREAT with notes and suggestions...they have really helped me find some nice moments as Bob...but it will be good to have our Captain back...two-time Tony award winner i'm talking about folks!
few last things:
self-promotion? oh yes.
1) go right now to the Jersey Boys Blog and check out my interview that was posted with Susie (the wonderful lady that runs this great site). also, if you ever wanted to know anything about Jersey Boys - this is the place to go!
2) want to wish everyone a happy last night of Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas this Sunday. we have Sunday and Monday off from the show so i plan to spend that with Sarah and Toby - and probably a full day of Chinese food and movies.
3) for any of you hard-core JB fans - you might want to send birthday greetings to a few of the people in the cast: Nate Klau (Dec.23), Melissa Strom (Dec.26) and Erich Bergen (Dec.31). and though she is not in the cast, Sarah's is on Dec.27...
okay folks - time to get up and get motivated for today's rehearsal.
posted by The Guter at 12/22/2006 10:27:00 AM
1 Comments:
It was nice meeting you last weekend. Excellent interview on JBB. Your blog gives us new insight into theater. I did not know there was so much rehearsing after the show opens.
Stay away from bad Chinese food and always, "Walk Like a Man".
Dale
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