What Do Broadway Folks Do To "Fill the Cup?"

I like to get dumped, then I have much more motivation and inspiration to write.

I read that Richard Rodgers would compose while taking a walk.

Not the same cup.

That'll dehydrate you and drain the cup.

Between vices, I'll choose an excess of dark chocolate instead.

Any other ways to "fill the cup?"

Go see a few shows. If they are terrible, I feel better about myself. If they are wonderful, I feel inspired.

And then walk my dog. Or swing on a swing at the park. That helps a lot.

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Updated On: 8/17/06 at 07:06 PM

Who says you have to wait until your show is over to do that?

I know we like to think of Broadway performers as being somehow more centered or balanced than us because they are performers, dancers, etc. But they do all the same things we do and hope to find inspiration in the meantime: hang with their loved ones and friends, look for love (or troll for sex), grocery shop, cook, enjoy hobbies, workout, train, watch bad tv, pet their dogs and cats, take their kids to school, bake cookies, masturbate, order chinese take-out, look for jobs, read magazines, enjoy an ice cream cone or slice of pizza, audition,plan vacations, clean their house (or procrastinate about cleaning). I think they find inspiration and beauty wherever they can and they are probably surpised, like most of us, when they find it. They are just like you and I, only they are trained actors instead of accountants, social workers, teachers, etc.

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Updated On: 8/19/06 at 05:32 PM