Well, dear readers, it was a harried Monday for reasons I no longer recall. I do know that I didn’t fall asleep until two in the morning and then I do know that I arose at eight but refused to get out of bed until nine. So far, so harried. I then did the four-mile jog, went and had a sandwich and no fries or onion rings, then bought another external hard drive for Outside The Box, which I delivered to the editing room. Then I picked up one package and an important envelope, did some banking, and came home.
All that harried activity contained in one, short compact paragraph. Hours of stuff in nine lines. Go know. Once home, I began enlarging my patter for Lost and Unsung to a size that I’ll easily be able to read. Once I have that done, I’ll print out and assemble in a notebook. After that, it was time to go to LACC for rehearsal, and another day went by without my buckling down, Winsocki and writing liner notes, which I will damn well do today, harried or not.
Then I was on my way to LACC. I got there early and played with some staging ideas for the final number of Unsung Musicals – act two, which is Make The Most Of Your Music, sung by Damon. Since it’s the finale, I thought I’d work in the company. When the first five people had arrived I put them on the set and tried five or six different approaches, all of which I hated. I then just tried them singing the ensemble part from the score, and I hated that, too, so it will just be a big, loud solo from Damon and we’ll have to make the staging for him very dynamic. I could still try and work in the cast just moving and not singing, but I’ve already been there/done that for the end of act one, where that really works like gangbusters.
The boys were up first – they’re quite a lot of fun to work with and we went through their solos several time and I did some subtle directing. Then our gals arrived and we ran their solos – it was instantly apparent that they hadn’t worked on their stuff on there Sunday off and when I asked I learned I was right. So, I asked them to please think about and run their stuff every day before rehearsal, otherwise it’s like going back to square one. This is especially critical with the five days we have to take off for Thanksgiving – when we return there’s simply no time to have to bring it all back to performance level – it has to be there. And that’s in two short weeks. But, after a few goes they were back with it and I’m really quite fond of them all. It’s scary turf for all of them, but if they concentrate, focus, and give it their all, I’m confident they will all do very, very well. These are really talented gals, but then they get excellent training in the department.
After we finished, I stopped at Gelson’s and got some lobster salad, which was rank but I ate it all because I was hungry, and I got three small chicken tenders, also rank. I would have been better off stopping at Jerry’s Deli and having their chicken tenders, which are not rank, but quite yummilicious. I think my Gelson’s days for snacks is a thing of the past.
Obviously, I had no time to watch anything on Blu and Ray or DVD or any other format. Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must try and get a good night’s beauty sleep.
Today, I hope, will be slightly less harried. I shall, of course, do the four-mile jog, finish enlarging the commentary for the LACC show and assemble said enlarged commentary in my show book, hopefully pick up some packages, eat something light but amusing, write some damn liner notes, and attend a rehearsal. It’s an important one – the assembling of the show, from start to finish. I’m sure it will be slow going, as I’ll probably run everything twice for entrances and exits and I’ll be reading the commentary, too, so everyone gets used to it. I love the way the show opens, and we have to get everyone used to that, as it involves two brief snippets of songs and entrances and exits, including mine own.
Tomorrow will be more of the same, as will Thursday and Friday – I’m hoping I can announce our new soundtrack at some point by Friday, and I would also like to start pre-orders for the cast album we’re releasing. So, a busy rest o’ the week.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do the four-mile jog, I must enlarge commentary and assemble in a show book, I must hopefully pick up packages, I must eat, I must write liner notes, and I must attend a rehearsal and assemble a show. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite old saws? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the harried road to dreamland, where I shall repeat my favorite old saw until I’m asleep – you can’t look a gift horse in the mouth.