Saturday, May 16, 2009
Hoopla Holiday
Try as I might, I think I have to embrace the fact that I can't get my life back til after New York, and possibly not til after Japan in June. Though, I am at least trying to post, visit and comment as much as I can in spite of the pace and the distractions.
The powers that be have been so nice the last week to let me sit quiet-as-a-mouse in the corner of the control booth and watch the parade of auditioners to come through the studio, all vying for one of 3 parts in The Girl With The Unrealistically Long Hair. I think there have been at least 30 to date. In NYC, there will be closer to 150. Oy. The Casting Director is really good at her job.
This week, I most enjoyed hearing all the Broadway people. Most of the people in the control booth, and possibly the studio... had no clue who any of them were. I felt sorta bad for them that more people don't know them yet because they're phenomenally talented. I get so excited; I keep forgetting that theatre is uncool.
The auditions are fun to watch. There's nothing to brag about in this regard... simple hellos, no real personal contact, but just to say to someone that you enjoy their work sort of completes a circle. Meg*n made me laugh so hard. Purely selfish on my part perhaps to tell them how much I enjoy them, because they hear it constantly. But I'm glad I got to let someone know I enjoy their work.
Biggest surprise... hearing an unexpected popstar sing Joni Mitchell's "Help Me." It blew me away. She is not only under-appreciated and underrated as an artist, but I think her record label needs to get her some fantastic song-writers to work with. Just wow.
And while we're in NYC for the cavalcade of auditioners, Broadway and TV's best, with a healthy does of England's top men... we'll be paying a visit or two to this blog's name-sake.
And seeing a few shows that we are excited about. . .
And seeing a few shows that we are excited about. . . 
This break is as good as a "Pause Button." A chance to
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A chance to let the sun shine in, to enjoy being away from the craziness, and to sit back and be sung to by 150 auditioners and escape to 4 Broadway shows. And hopefully.... Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity, A stroll through Shubert Alley or two, A visit to Mackenzie-Childs, Seeing the leaves on the trees in the Central Park. Everyone going seems to have their own plans, which means B and I will be on our own for the evenings (happy face). I have been looking forward to it all more than I dare verbalize (without annoying everyone around me). If I could, I'd stand on top of my house and shout it. That's how happy I am.
Been to NYC so many times... but... this time, I really need it. Will it be enough? Japan is so close on its heels (that one stresses me a bit). But after that... I am going to enjoy a horizon without major events and obligations. And I really need to focus on my writing now. It's time to focus now that the hoopla is over. I need a holiday from the Hoopla.
~Shephard :)
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