ok, here is part of it. Will post the other half of the day tomorrow.
yeah, my post is going to be long.
Ok. So, I got to the theatre with my parents and we all signed up for the lotto. I called Amanda to see where she was. At first, she was suppose to meet me at a parking lot at 11. She called me when I was on the train saying that she was just leaving the house. So we were going to meet at the theatre at 11:30. I called her when I got there and she said that she tried to be smart and find street parking, which failed. While I was waiting for her and my parents (who took a walk), I saw Harvey Fierstein walked past me. I was looking at him, wondering if it really was him and I sort of smiled and he smiled back. I watched him continue walking down the street, cross it and go into the Fiddler on the Roof theatre, which was on 45th street, same as DRS. So then I knew it had to be him. If I had heard him speak, then I knew it was him. But he didn’t say anything.
Finally, Amanda came with 3 minutes to spare. Oh, and I found out what the guy at the lotto does in the show. Supposedly, he does the lotto and a few odd jobs in the theatre but the lotto is his main thing. He says that it pays the rent, so it must pay alright. Such a cute guy I must add.
So, the first two names called, the people weren’t there so then my name was called and I went in to buy the tickets. Then Amanda’s name was called like 2 after mine. So, she got tickets for my parents. (Oh, and my mom was a DRS virgin so she had to see it.)
Then, Amanda and I went for lunch then came back and decided to stand at the stage door before the show started. We got there and Laura (who was playing ‘Christine’) Of course, Amanda knew her and said hi. And Andrew and Joe came by and said hi. Then Norbert came out of the stage door and I looked up at him, right when I was putting on chap stick and smiled and waved at him. He smiled back and walked across the street to get coffee. Then, we saw Sara (‘Jolene’) about to go in the stage door and Amanda, of course knew her from softball, and asked her if she could sign her poster (which she needed like 5 more signatures for). So she did and we chatted for a while. Then we saw Greg come out of a taxi and said hello to people who were waiting for him, then he saw us before he went in and gave Amanda and I both hugs and kisses. (he is so sweet!) Yeah, he said that he wouldn’t be able to come back stage after the matinee or after the evening because he had guests coming both nights. And he asked us where we were sitting and we told him the box seats near Norb’s entrance. So he left and we went to the front and got to our seats.
The box seats looked good! And we sat in the front two seats so that Norbert would see us. It was sort of blocked view since a huge speaker was in front of us, but that was ok.
So, the show started and we were going to clap for Greg but we waited for each other to start clapping and neither of us did so poor Greg didn’t get an applause. (Sorry Greg!) Oh, and we found out that John wasn’t in because Jonathon Pryce was going to be at the evening show since he was asked to take over John’s role later. So, they wanted the whole cast to be there, even Sherie who is on vacation. And so, it seemed like John wanted to rest his voice and body and mind so that he could put on a great performance tonight.
So, Dennis was on for John. The last time I saw DRS, I saw it with Traci and Dennis was in that time. He was ok then, and it was his second time playing the role. He did mess up a line in Ruffhausen with Schuffhausen, but other than that, he was fine.
The show was awesome as usual. Norb came in and smile and Amanda did a funny face and saluted him when he left. That was cool. Joanna and Greg were great and Sara did great too in her scenes.
At intermission, Amanda and I went down to the front row since no one saw sitting there. It was center. And fantastic! The women behind us were a suspicious about the whole thing, but, if you have read the thread, seats that haven’t been taken by intermission are up for grabs.
It was quite exciting and if Amanda wants, she can go into details about the show. One thing is that Greg almost forgot his first singing line in ‘Give Them What They Want.’ And Amanda doesn’t remember this, but I looked at her and she looked at me and just frowned. But he covered it up quite well.
Well, this time with Dennis, not only did he mess up a line in The More We Dance, but he completely forgot a verse and half of the chorus to Dirty Rotten Number. He started to sing it, then stopped, then sang a word, realized he sang it on the wrong note and stopped again. Since Amanda and I were in the front row at the time, we actually heard the conductor (Jan not Fred this time) sing a bit of it to help him out. Didn’t help at all. Finally he caught on. But, later, I listened to the song on my iPod and figured out he forgot 40 seconds of the song. 40 seconds! While this was going on, I couldn’t look at the stage so I had my head down with my fingers rubbing the top of my nose. Later on, I found out that Amanda had looked up as so not to look at the stage. Must have looked really funny us doing what we did.
At the curtain call, Amanda stood up for the ensemble. I didn’t cause I know I’m tall and might have blocked a few people. But the woman behind us told Amanda to sit down. Amanda didn’t want to start a fight so sat down. When Norbert was about to take his bow, the woman told us that we could stand up now. That made us furious, along with a certain part of Dennis’s performance.
So, after the show, we went to the stage door. Amanda got a few more signatures for her poster (she still needs three more: Joanna’s (duh), Greg Graham (dance captain) and some other ensemble member that I can’t remember the name of.) Then Laura (Christine at our performance) came out and talked to us for a little bit, but then told us that she had to go back in and meet Greg’s friends and that she just wanted to come out and say hi to us. That was really sweet of her. Then, David Yazbek came out. Hell yeah! Amanda can go into detail about that. Then finally Greg came out, finished talking to his friend and then said hey to us and met my mom for the first time and recognized my dad. And I know Amanda wants to go into detail about what he said to her, cause it just made her day.
Ok, I’ll post what happened at Rent and the other stage door experiences tomorrow. Amanda, you can go into detail now about the first show. Our posts will be shorter that way. Lol.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Updated On: 10/17/05 at 10:49 PM
i had such a good weekend...you can't even believe. friday night was SO fun (as you can read on page..369) and then the rest of the weekend was extra super fun!! lol it was an awesome time...but it kinda reassured me that i wanna transfer. i gotta get back to nyc...and out of tn. lol i'm just too far away. 
that's cool about david yazbek. he's the man, man. lol
