The Official Greg Jbara Love Thread PART 2!!!!- Page 94

[Traci]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:07pm

Bye Greg.

[Elphaba984]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:08pm

ok jamie. yeah i'll be around tonite. hehe... maybe we will get some andrewness later.

[movieinmymind]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:08pm

lol, meg, we'd better!

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:10pm

Shoot!! I just remembered that I forgot to ask him about the tattoo! ... *sighs* lol

[Traci]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:12pm

I'm beginning to think that we may never know where the tattoo is.

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:12pm

It's okay, Kay. I've been put on tattoo duty by Liz and Cat. I'm going backstage Saturday night.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:13pm

Haha... make sure you find out!! It's the longest running Greg secret. Also check out the puzzle cube... at the very least, it gives Whip and Whipette something to play with.

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:15pm

I will do my best to remember!

[Traci]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:17pm

Now he does his make-up.

[movieinmymind]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:18pm

hey, guys, just wondering...where did mr. potatocakes come from?

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:18pm

Greg, you rebel!

[Elphaba984]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:19pm

:::shakes head at greg::: tsk. tsk. greg.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:21pm

I think... Mr. Potatocakes... just appeared one day?

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:21pm

Moleless!

[Elphaba984]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:23pm

ooo.. moleless.

[movieinmymind]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:23pm

lol. i should draw in a mole and walk to school w/it just to see what people would say

[cserannie]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:25pm

and I still want to know about the box above the shirts...

Updated On: 8/31/05 at 02:25 PM

[cserannie]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:28pm

no mole...Greg, Greg, Greg. What would happen if John went on stage without the wig?

[movieinmymind]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:29pm

....he'd be bald?

lol, anyways, i gotta go to mb practice, now! tell me what happens later!

and if any good images (w/andrew AND greg) come up, please save em for me! thank you!

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:30pm

The funny thing- until that video feature, I had NO idea that John even had a wig in the show.

[cserannie]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:35pm

lol. Are you serious?

[Elphaba984]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:35pm

haha yeah i can see if john went on stage without the wig. hehe! "since when is lawerence balding?"

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:35pm

Soooo... story time!

As mentioned before, I had great seats for last night's show... Row K, pretty much dead center. Ideal seats to see everything going on onstage as well as facial expressions, etc. Didn't miss a thing. Also, the entire listed cast was in- no understudies last night!

The audience was really in to the show- people were even commenting when I went backstage how awesome the crowd was. I don't think any of the jokes fell flat. And it was nice to FINALLY experience all the things from the cam... the pencil joke, the robe, champagne bucket and handcuffs, (prehaps my FAVORITE moment in the entire show... more on that in a sec) the beef jerky, the tango cross... the list just goes on and on. Nothing out-of-the-ordinary seemed to happen last night except a cute moment right before "Nothing is too Wonderful to Be True." I don't think Norbert was supposed to drop the fork- if it was staged, it looked VERY natural- and Sherie kinda broke a little. He bobbled, had it for a sec, bobbled again and it dropped to the floor with a ping. Norbert messed with Sherie when she gave it back to him by holding his spoon in a "suggestive" spot below the belt while she sang. Much giggle-singing insued.

I also think my boyfriend's "least favorite song" in the show has now changed. He didn't quite understand why "Love is My Legs" sounded so unlike the rest of the score- very pop-ballad. I told him that it made sense with the staging, but he didn't believe me... until he saw it. VERY nice sendup of the "POWER BALLAD!" right there.

Post-show my boyfriend Packy and I went to the stage door and were directed up a flight of stairs to Greg's dressing room. I saw John's name at the end of the hall and had a cam-reverse moment where I was expecting Greg's dressing room to be to the right of the door, but DUH, yeah. It's left. I knocked a bit shyly and came around the corner to be met with a BIG Greg smile, "Kay? HI!!" I'm still smiling BROADLY as I'm remembering it. The first thing I did was give him the puzzle cube, which he seemed pretty fascinated by- hoping he remembers how it unfolds! We chatted for a few minutes about the cam... how he hovers his feet for us by hoisting himself up on the bar above the mirror... the sink... missing shoes... and then he left me to "babysit" the chimps (and have some jellybabies or pistachios) while he went out to greet the adoring public. We watched the autograph proceedings from the window- for those who don't know, his dressing room is literally RIGHT over the stage door. Watched Joanna sign and heard this loud cheer from the crowd when we knew Greg had made his appearance.

While waiting, Jack (the lovely dresser himself) came in and I think he was surprised that I recognized him. I pointed to Greg's computer in explanation and he smiled. We talked college theater stuff for a few minutes before he went on his way with the laundry basket. John also had guests last night- Loretta Swit from M*A*S*H was there ("Hotlips Houlihan") and gave Greg a big hug when he returned. I had a moment of vague recognition- sad to say, I haven't seen a re-run of M*A*S*H in a long time. :-

After Greg had locked up his dressing room he took us out on to the stage to see everything from the palm trees to the turntable (which endlessly fascinated my boyfriend). I saw the quick-change station on stage left as well as how the set pieces are literally lifted up in to the air when not in use. Ahh, fly-space. How I wish half the theaters *I* work in had that kind of room! We also talked a bit about how everything on the stage has "bling" (Greg's words). I don't think there's a set piece without some shimmery... SOMETHING... I really noticed it on the umbrella used in "Dirty Rotten Number". To his bling comment, I responded with, "I'll get my SET all pimped out!" and he laughed.

There's also a nice little white plastic bin on stage right labled "Greg- JEWELRY!" He explained that it's from wardrobe- I guess early in the run, he'd set the jewelry (taken off the ladies in the first number) on a table, but it kept getting misplaced. They finally gave him something obvious to stick stuff in and not a piece has gone astray (usually) since then. While there we also saw "the champagne bucket" that goes with the robe and cuffs. He told a great story about nearly killing a member of the pit during the San Fran tryout when the lid of the bucket fell off, bounced on the stage and careened in to the pit. They've since glued on the lid. No one was hurt- it was more shock and a LONG 45 second break of laughter while they just stood there with their mouths open. Greg leaned over and offered the champagne bottle to the member of the pit he'd hit as a "peace offering". I believe he ad-libbed the usual line from "I found ze champage!" to "I zink we may 'ave to 'ave a few orchestra members up to ze room..." (paraphrasing horribly here- anyone else who knows the story wanna kick in?) Whatever the case, it sounded priceless... lol

We snapped a couple pictures on the set and Greg signed both of our playbills... and then all three of us headed out the door. He directed us back to Grand Central Station and, sadly, my DRS night was truly finished. But it was SO nice to have such a unique opportunity to see the front AND back of a show!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, Greg!!!

[ilovedrsandNLB]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:36pm

hey guys i'm back!!!
did i miss anything good, other than the fact that Greg is being a rebel and not putting on his mole?

[ilovedrsandNLB]

Posted: 8/31/05 at 2:38pm

HI GREG!!!!