Well, dear readers, I’m home quite late and the notes are overdue and I must now write them lickety split or, at the very least, split lickety. Have you ever had your lickety split? It’s quite painful, but occasionally necessary. In grammar, for example, the split lickety is most unseemly. Can you believe it? Here I am trying to write the notes lickety split and instead I’m going on about split licketys. I gotta tell you. Well, I must not tarry or dally or even tally or darry. I must dive right into these here notes with nary a look back nor a split lickety. Speaking of a split lickety, yesterday was one long day. I did manage to get a really fine night’s sleep, then got up, jogged, and toddled off to rehearsal to whip The Party Animals cast into shape. While they’d gotten a little bit rusty on the dances (and our choreographer got them back on track very quickly), I was happy to see that they were really solid on the book scenes. I gave a few notes, made a few adjustments, and even added a couple of new staging things. It’s going to be an even better show this time, I think. After our four-hour rehearsal (at which I didn’t talk all that much because of wanting to rest Ye Olde Voicebox), I came home, did a few things that needed doing, and then toddled off to the theater.
When we arrived, we got another page of so of cuts, which was a good thing. I’d e-mailed the author and director earlier, suggesting that they set up the play for the audience so there wasn’t so much confusion about what was going on at the beginning. They took the suggestion and I must say it really helped the opening of the show. We had about thirty people in the audience and they were, thankfully, alive, which is more than you could say for our previous audience. This audience was with the show from the beginning and they were appreciative and laughed quite a bit. Once you start hearing that, then everything gets easier and the show moved along a bit faster and it was fun timing the laughs. I even ad-libbed a couple of lines that got nice laughs. The company was on top of the material and a good time was had by all. It really is a wonderfully nice group of people, so in that regard it’s been a worthwhile experience, as difficult as it is to get used to performing again in a role this large. Our very own Miss Adriana Patti showed up to see it, and I think she enjoyed it okay. After the show, a few of us went to the West Hollywood Jerry’s Deli, where we had a splendidly splendid time, sharing stories and laughing a lot. In attendance were Mr. Barry Pearl, Miss Bridget Hanley, and Miss Lisa Robert, who plays my attorney and sometimes girlfriend in the show. I had some chicken soup (which is very soothing when your voicebox is as tired as mine was), a lot of Diet Coke, and some fries. After that, I finally came home, where I sat in front of my laptop like so much fish.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because we’ve got to get to the next section lickety split.
You see what happens? I split my lickety and now part of my lickety has gone missing. It’s getting a little surreal around these here parts, isn’t it?
Today, I must get up, jog, do a couple of errands, and then go to the Avalon on Vine to do a run-through of The Party Animals and see if I have to restage anything for the new venue. I’ll also work with the lighting guy and write the cues for the show, and our stage manager will be there, too, which should make everything go pretty quickly. That’s a four-hour rehearsal, then I’ll come home, do some errands, and get ready for our final performance. There’s a little cast party afterwards, at Mel’s Diner in Hollywood.
Tomorrow belongs to me. And I intend doing exactly nothing, since I haven’t had a day off in two weeks. I should have some new DVDs to watch and I shall just relax and smell the roses or the coffee or the linoleum.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, jog, rehearse, drive about in my motor car, do our final performance, and attend a cast party. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask me or any dear reader any old question you like, and we get to give any old answer we like. So, let’s have loads of lovely questions and loads of lovely answers and loads of lovely postings, and let’s have them lickety split, shall we?