Helloo all, back late from 6 of 7 WSS performances and then went out to diner with most of the pit after. But slightly amusing story...there was a brief power failure during the overture. We're in the middle of somewhere, and then our little lights go out. Me being the pit geek I am has almost the entire score memorize so I continue to play but then get yelled at. So we're just kinda sitting there in darkness, the audience is laughing, the director saying this is a first. Finally the lights came back on, we applauded, but then redid the entire overture. And they quickly blinked during Balcony Scene, fortunately our lights came on right away but Tony and Maria were singing in complete darkness for a couple of seconds. Amusing night.
And the age thing...I was all ready to put 18, what's new etc...and then I was like OMG...I'm 19! And I can say that and i was asked that and..yaay!
I've gotten a couple of things out of Norbie. The first time I saw the show and stage doored, actually I was still pretty shy, so I had to rehearse this lol, but I told him I now agree with lots of people who think he is a shoo-in for the tony and he said something like aww thank you soo much sweetie and I remember being really excited he called me sweetie...then at the giveaway again knew I'd hafta rehearse stuff, decided to say something similar b/c he wouldn't remember me...this time I told him it would be a tragedy if he didn't win the tony and I think this time he said thank you that is so sweet of you or something...
Threadjacking my own post, but also of interest from this day is my first encounter/convo w/ Greg..he was on the end being his personable self, I saw him talking w/ lotsa ppl but couldn't think of anything to rehearse to say to him...so he just says hi, how are you...and very shy nonrehearsed me at the time couldn't think of anything better to say but...good, how are you? I was soo mad at myself that day...guess I made up for it by now lol.
And then I think one more time I asked if he got the poster and I'm sure he thanked me but all I remember is him assuring me that he didn't mind that it said congratulation without the s. Hehe.
Between show, pit party in the afternoon, and family dinner, I'll highly doubt I'll be here at all tomorrow, but be sure to let me know of updates in the new Gregcam mystery series "Murder By Pencil."
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
that is SO BEAUTIFUL! and, aw, nobody's said anything nice about my hair before! 
cuz we all told him we love him and to be happy
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