March 17, 2009
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That’s Why They Call It Work
All Shook UP opened last week and, after the first 7 shows, I am still standing. I envy the rest of the cast their two days off this week. I of course am at my office seeing patients and doing evaluations. The true test of stamina begins on Wednesday as another 7 shows begins. This time I’ll be working days in addition to performing nights. The results will pretty much determine whether or not professional theatre is a good idea for me. Meanwhile, All Shook Up has garnered rave reviews from the audiences with standing ovations every night. I am proud to be associated with the production, no matter that I have little to do with the enthusiasm of the audience.
Audition last night at Kelsey for Sweeney Todd. I almost canceled. I am just so tired. But I went because I knew I’d be sorry if I didn’t. Now I’m sort of sorry I did. I just was poorly prepared. I tried using a song from the show that I thought I knew but, without time to practice with piano, I did not have the song down tight as I believed and so blew it. The monologue, while okay, was generic and undistinguished. In retrospect I think it would have been appropriate to do a classic monologue for this show. Oh well, the director has seen my work and knows I’m competent. The music director has worked with me before and knows I can sing. We’ll see. I just can’t do everything I want to do as well as I want to do it all the time. Well, the auditions apparently drew over 70 people and so the competition is going to be strong. I’ll be pleased just to get a call back.
One nice thing about auditioning at Kelsey though is the number of familiar faces. It’s nice to be among friendly faces at an audition and I’m always genuinely pleased to see many of my acting buds.
So Wednesday is two performances of All Shook Up and I’m raring to go.
