Cast is getting a LITTLE less negative. I've been battling them with Disney Princess attitude all over the place. Finally today - I said something as everyone was complaining about having to do TWO shows. I said something like - I'm thrilled! I GET to do two shows! I love performing and I'm so lucky to get to work on such a beautiful sow!" After I said that - attitudes all around seemed to change which was nice. They were like - oh yeah --- that is cool. Amazing how soon we forget how lucky we are!
Pickering and I went out to dinner tonight (everyone brought their food). Turns our he was the THIRD person VLOG was considering to direct IOLANTHE - which I found hysterical. He's a very sweet 65 year old man who has the same love of all theatre that you wold find in an eager high schooler. He's done many Broadway shows and his "survival" job was playing piano at a nightclub for SALVADOR DALI! WHAT? That's AMAZING!
I've also made friends with the tech crew and the musicians - who are all super sweet - and really the people you want to be friends with! If you stay on their good side they totally have your back! All of the girls were complaining about a backstage light being out but they didn't want to talk to the manager because he was evil. So I said I'd ask - I did - and lo and behold - the light was reinstalled. I hope I STAY on their good side!!! At least the lighting, sound, and props people are impressed that I've spent time on "their end" - I'm not just a crazy actor.
Our audiences seem to LOVE the show. I enter for bows from the audience. As I was waiting outside in the lobby, an old Italian woman who had left to use the bathroom - grabbed my hands and started crying and said THANK YOU ITS BEAUTIFUL. I found this a really sweet touching moment. A couple of ladies asked me if I could change the cockney accent because it was hard to understand - I giggled and explained - that was the point - the cockney and horrible and hard to understand - which is why the English should learn to speak properly! We've had genuine standing ovation every night - and using my incredible stalking skills - I found a few blog entries that gave us raves - even calling us Broadway's post out in Westchester. Truly - the leads are incredible - perfect for the roles - and the dancers are ridiculously athletic and amazing. Intimidating to me - but wonderful for the audience! Costumes are gorgeous - set gorgeous. Just beautiful.
I'm very glad I have Loralee and her boyfriend to come home to. They are such positive people. Cara and Kat also surprised me one morning and brought me telescope binoculars. Miss Danielle guested me into her dance class. I had a wonderful voice lesson with Mary. I'm very happy I have good friends at home, and I'm in a theater where I CAN go home at the end of the day. I think without that - I would go crazy. After the wonderful people I met in CARMEN, it's strange to be around this group of (dancer girls). Maybe it will get better. I asked Mary and some other friends the best way to deal with everything - and they said to be loud by example and behaviour - be incredibly nice to the techies, etc... and I think it's working - it certainly makes me feel happy because I can tell it makes THEM happy! I also leave the conversation/room the MOMENT any "gossip" or angry venting starts. I don't want to get dragged into any of that. I want to see the good in everyone - partly because that's the nice thing to do - and partly because - it's a small small world - theatre - you don't know who you'll work with again and who will be helpful in the future. I hope I can earn people's respect as a fellow performer! (Or even better - that I already have it and can maintain it or build upon it!) As I've said before, I'm there for the WORK - and every day I go in and put in a good day's work and I'm very proud of that! Onwards and upwards from here!:)
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