Well anyway, I got through at least the first Greg thread in documenting all my stories and such. I'm so glad, I was rereading a lot of them and saw things that I totally wouldn't have remembered. If you guys ever have some extra time (meh, you're on BWW, that's usually a given) you should try going back to earlier threads and stuff--it feels like a time warp.
So now that I'm in a better mood...
My pit rehearsal ended at 4:30. While writing this, I realized I was writing a lot that didn't need to be written, so maybe I'll learn to be a tad briefer. Anyway, first time ever I've been there that Joe wasn't first out. Someone was there to see him...sister maybe? so I didn't plan on saying much more than hi and bye...he still wasn't near being the last one out, but it was cute, the door was like peekly open and I could see the cast saying bye to him and stuff.
And being the fantastic person that he is, I said hi and he came over and hugged me and still proceeded to talk to me quite a bit despite someone waiting for him. So let's see. He doesn't have anything specifically lined up as of now, but is exploring different things, expects to be in something again soon, taking a tad bit of downtime I guess. We discussed Feeling Electric a bit...there's a workshop being done soon and if plans with that moved forward, he'd do it in a heartbeat and be thrilled. I really can't imagine with the cast and fanbase that that show has, it wouldn't end up off-broadway. I really hope it does with the same cast. Such a great show.
Oh, and then he asked if I left him an audio boot of FE. Of course I didn't, and he said he didn't know, someone gave it to him...he thought it was one of his friends, but I guess it wasn't, so then he thought it might have been me. So yeah...did any of you by chance give him a CD? It's kinda amusing that he has no idea who gave it to him.
Umm, we chatted a bit more and then he was getting ready to head out and I was like OMG wait, I don't have a picture with you...and I go in my bag to get my camera...to realize it's not there. Good job Panda.
So I wished I could have been at the show, but I'm glad I was in a position where it was easy to drop by the stage door.
I will miss his bike ride across the stage at curtain call, but here's to him moving on to bigger and better things, and very hopefully Feeling Electric!
Barb, thanks so much for the montage of him! You...are so awesome. I have friends who are webmasters, but if there was an award for webmaster of the year, you have my vote, hands down. No one works as hard as you to work on that site, protect its copyright, shill the site, shill and support the actor, and do things for his fans like make a Joe montage. Thank you so much for all your hard work. You rock
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