50th Performance (Jan.21)
Well folks...today was our 50th performance. 50 performances since opening night that is, not including our preview performances.
So how was the 50th performance? Honestly, very much like our 49th...and I'm guessing pretty much like our 51st will be. Actually though, it was a Sunday matinee...which means the entire cast had been through 7 other shows this week, as well as some understudy rehearsals...so i guess today felt more like our 500th show.
All kidding aside, yes it was a rough show due to exhaustion on many of our parts...but at the end of the show, I was still able to look into the audience - into those people in front whose faces i could see smiling - and see the experience they had for the past 2 1/2 hours. And after the show, to see the bunch of people waiting for us for autographs, to say hello, to just tell us how much they loved the show...it was a great show.
Speaking of autographs...
So my mom came to the show yesterday matinee driving in over four hours from the San Luis Obispo area, and with her, came her entourage of over 30 people from her work. It was great seeing her again and to see her friend's faces after the show and getting to meet all of them. Even her boss, Pete, showed up with his wife (actually the second time he has seen me on stage - he came to a Forbidden Broadway a few years back), and I can't tell you how nice it was not only seeing all these great people coming to see the show...but also to show their support to my mom and show her that they too were proud of me. so a HUGE thank you to those of you at Morro Bay High School!
oh...!!!!!
another great autograph story: so Saturday matinee, my good friend Miles (Aubrey) gets approaches by a gentleman and is told that "he loved the show". He continues to say "please, if you don't mind, sign my playbill to my wife and write a little note to her and date it."
so he writes a few lines down, pauses, and says, "you know sir, i didn't play Frankie Valli." he looks at him and says, "oh, really, who did you play." "Well", he replies, "Norm Waxman, and also the guy that gets shot in the car, and Charlie - the new guitar player for the Seasons." the guy then looks at Miles, smiles, and takes the pen and playbill back without a word and before Miles can finish what he was writing.
moral of the story: there are about 14 guys in the cast. the majority of us are anywhere between 5'6" to 5'10", all have brown hair, and all look alike. our headshots are in the program next to the roles we played. nuff' said.
so this next week rolls like many of the others. tomorrow is our day off so it's time to do some wedding errands with Sarah, go to the gym, and all in all, just relax a little. Tuesday starts the next week in shows, the next week in understudy rehearsals (back to the Tommy DeVito track), and the next 8 shows in what should be our never ending line of shows.
life is good.
So how was the 50th performance? Honestly, very much like our 49th...and I'm guessing pretty much like our 51st will be. Actually though, it was a Sunday matinee...which means the entire cast had been through 7 other shows this week, as well as some understudy rehearsals...so i guess today felt more like our 500th show.
All kidding aside, yes it was a rough show due to exhaustion on many of our parts...but at the end of the show, I was still able to look into the audience - into those people in front whose faces i could see smiling - and see the experience they had for the past 2 1/2 hours. And after the show, to see the bunch of people waiting for us for autographs, to say hello, to just tell us how much they loved the show...it was a great show.
Speaking of autographs...
So my mom came to the show yesterday matinee driving in over four hours from the San Luis Obispo area, and with her, came her entourage of over 30 people from her work. It was great seeing her again and to see her friend's faces after the show and getting to meet all of them. Even her boss, Pete, showed up with his wife (actually the second time he has seen me on stage - he came to a Forbidden Broadway a few years back), and I can't tell you how nice it was not only seeing all these great people coming to see the show...but also to show their support to my mom and show her that they too were proud of me. so a HUGE thank you to those of you at Morro Bay High School!
oh...!!!!!
another great autograph story: so Saturday matinee, my good friend Miles (Aubrey) gets approaches by a gentleman and is told that "he loved the show". He continues to say "please, if you don't mind, sign my playbill to my wife and write a little note to her and date it."
so he writes a few lines down, pauses, and says, "you know sir, i didn't play Frankie Valli." he looks at him and says, "oh, really, who did you play." "Well", he replies, "Norm Waxman, and also the guy that gets shot in the car, and Charlie - the new guitar player for the Seasons." the guy then looks at Miles, smiles, and takes the pen and playbill back without a word and before Miles can finish what he was writing.
moral of the story: there are about 14 guys in the cast. the majority of us are anywhere between 5'6" to 5'10", all have brown hair, and all look alike. our headshots are in the program next to the roles we played. nuff' said.
so this next week rolls like many of the others. tomorrow is our day off so it's time to do some wedding errands with Sarah, go to the gym, and all in all, just relax a little. Tuesday starts the next week in shows, the next week in understudy rehearsals (back to the Tommy DeVito track), and the next 8 shows in what should be our never ending line of shows.
life is good.
posted by The Guter at 1/21/2007 10:25:00 PM
2 Comments:
aww man...that guy was so mean to Miles! haha anyone can see that he didn't play Frankie! When he gets shot and has to spit out all that blood, how does that work? How does he talk the whole time before that with blood in his mouth?
Great blog as usual and congrats with the 50th performance (even though it could have been 500 for you guys) !
Congratulations on your 50th performance. I wish you many more exciting performances to come. Keep up the great work and determination. Memorize those Tommy lines!
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