1. Passed Lauren Molina in a hallway. (Laura Molina is a big Broadway actress--in name, not size! In size, she's actually pretty tiny. Today she was wearing large amounts of eyeliner.)
2. Felt a lot like Karen in Smash.
3. Inhaled a Shake Shack burger.
4. Watched as dozens of hopeful actresses sat in a hallway waiting their turns to audition for the role of Mary Jane in Broadway's Spiderman.
5. Looked down across Lincoln Square from inside the LDS church building while practicing the piano.
6. Popped popcorn.
7. Eaten the whole bag (of popcorn).
8. Considered the possibility of signing on as the keyboardist with a Broadway national touring company.
9. Sat in a room and talked, one on one, for over an hour with Todd Ellison (Broadway legend and music director of Spamalot).
10. Analyzed a Debussy piece and finished some Italian homework during a workshop of a show that I didn't particularly like.
11. Chatted with a producer and listened to the sage advice of Dean Pitchford (lyricist of Footloose and Fame).
12. Vented on the phone.
13. Sat on a fence (a literal, not a figurative one! It was on 46th street.)
14. Been re-inspired to write a wholesome, uplifting Broadway hit.
15. Witnessed a fist fight that took place right in the middle of traffic.
16. Learned that the guy who wrote "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" still makes $250,000/year from that one song alone. Holy moley! (I wonder if I could do that well with a variant like, say, "Almonds Sizzling in a Closed Grill". . .)
17. Accidentally shattered a bottle of liquid makeup which, it turns out, is as about as clean-up resistant as wall paint!
18. Learned that Elphaba in Wicked used to sing a typical "I Want" number before leaving for Shiz--a number that Stephen reworked for five workshops before his son finally pointed out that the song just didn't work.
19. Made plans to visit the Metropolitan Museum and see the matinee performance of "Once" tomorrow.
And, finally, I have. . .
20. Gone to bed! (Or I will. . .soon. . .)
'Night, all. :-)
2 comments:
My sister, Elizabeth, is living in NYC right now! She is living with some friends and trying to find a job, whilst experiencing the city & auditioning for plays. :)
How fun! I hope she's enjoying the city.
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