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July brought the return of my favorite part of working a
show: actually calling it. I see calling a show as an art just as much as any part of the show and I work very hard to make it a beautiful show. There is something about the stress and adrenaline of all of it that makes me feel alive. I was working with my favorite lighting designer and
family (they really can do all the tech…I love them) and we spent something
like seven hours doing cue to cue in order to time the light and sound cues
exactly perfectly. It was wonderful.
I also had an assistant stage manager for the first time
because I was out of town several times during rehearsal and would have to miss
a performance in order to see some of my favorite kids in Pippin. For the most
part that worked out well. Some people may say that I have control issues…don’t
listen to them…they know what they speak of!
This show introduced me to all kinds of fun people I’m glad
to have in my life (including a very talkative teenager from Rome). I also
reconnected with and became closer to some other friends and took full
advantage of not having a day job and stayed out until all hours of the night
just talking. It was a fun summer.
July also gave me the most shows I’ve ever seen in the
shortest period: seven shows in four days (well technically eight shows in five
days, but the others were in NYC). I flew in on a Sunday morning and hit a
matinee and evening show. My best friend flew in Monday and we went to an
evening show. Tuesday we saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II,
which was the most spectacular thing I have seen on the stage. She flew out
early Wednesday and I saw a matinee and evening performance before flying out
and back to rehearsal on Thursday. It was crazy. And it was HOT. New York in
July is not my favorite. We stayed in the West Village at the Jane Hotel (my
home away from home), but it is about eight blocks from the nearest subway
station. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t take advantage of Lyft at least once a
day…
The heat steamed me into…
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