42nd Street Comes To An End

"Come on along and listen to the Lullaby of Broadway", but no longer at the Cohoes Music Hall. Today, we close 42nd Street, after 7 thrilling weeks in Cohoes. I'm honestly not entirely certain whether or not I am happy to be closing another show. Its always a bittersweet day for me. You would think that after 13 years of performing I would be able to close a show without being overly sentimental. My problem is that I find so much love and care within each cast that I become attached. Sure, some casts hold stronger places in my heart than others, but I care for each nonetheless. This experience was particularly wonderful for me, having performed with a portion of these people in White Christmas. I also had the pleasure of doing a show with Chad again, which I always appreciate. There's nothing more wonderful than sharing a moment onstage with someone whom you love and care for. 

On the flipside, this has been a rather tumultuous production. We had our fair share of drama, though I feel the relationships we built were able to overcome the drama. From the potential injury of our star to the disappearance of our set, we were faced with adversity every day of this process but were still able to create quite a production. We have been well-received by the press and the public, alike, and have been selling quite well this final weekend. Unfortunately, the producers are not quite as appreciative as you would expect. This is maybe why I leave Cohoes with a mildly bitter taste in  my  mouth. I hope that one day they can learn to treat their company with respect and understand that we ARE working very hard, and that we all have a common goal. I refuse to digress on that, however. I want to leave the Capital Region on a positive note, so I will leave it at this: I have made some friends for life I feel and I hope we can all keep in touch in the city. That's where I stand at this point. I'm leaving happy:)

eh....

So, I think it's pretty safe to say that most people in my field go through phases during which we lack self-confidence. I am in one of those phases right now. I think I can credit this to the fact that 42nd Street is closing and I don't have anything else lined up. Also, I just got back to the city last night from our second to last weekend of the show and have been in a funk ever since. I went to Bubba's to check my schedule...let me rephrase that....I battled my way through Easter Sunday gang warfare to go to Bubba's and check my schedule for the upcoming weeks. 4 out of the 5 shifts are during the day. This is exactly the rant I had with one of the managers several months ago. I was only getting day shifts. Am I not pulling my weight at night? What is the deal?! Everyone knows day shifts are crap. Granted, I'll be getting tipshare case they're bar shifts, but really? How am I supposed to audition if I am stuck in that bar from 9-5. The whole point of being an actor working in a restaurant is so I can work at night and have my days free to audition!!!!! 

OK..aside from restaurant life...let's see... I am hoping to work in Idaho this summer at Coeur d'Alene in their production of Les Mis. I have been dying to do this show and have just youtube an audition clip. I probably could have acted at least a little bit in this clip, but it was a very awkward situation so I just sang mostly. I hope they like it.

Here it is:

Aside from that, i will be posting some pics from the show very soon. I just want to take some more first....

I've joined the blogging nation...

so, it's 3:04 AM. I clearly need to be in bed now. But...after a glass of wine (or 2), I decided to create a blog. This may be like the 5th one I've tried to commence, but maybe I'll really get into this one. Whatever happens, I hope it's enjoyable and useful to anyone who may read it. I am, most likely, going to focus on the daily events in my pursuit of a career in theatre. Maybe it will chronicle my auditions or classes. Or maybe it'll detail the events of a production in which I am currently performing....Whatever the storyline, I will try to be faithful and consistent in my postings. Enjoy!