Well, it really couldn't have gone better - this was a very difficult show to put together - to keep it all moving and fresh and get it in the right order. But we had a great cast, and everyone delivered in spades, even the one number that I had to get a little tough about - the performer delivered it flawlessly. Only one singer went up on a lyric and I don't even think anyone really knew - he just kind of moved around while Grant and Tom cleverly vamped and then Tom threw out the lyric to the singer who picked up and went right on. It was a very large crowd, very responsive, and the patter, which wasn't as easy as doing Lost in Boston or musical theater commentary, came off really well, I thought. Doing Don Knotts was so much fun - it really came out of the blue, but when I was talking about people who'd recorded Newman songs early on I mentioned Tammy Grimes - and then I did a little impression of Miss Grimes, which I do REALLY well and have done since I was a teen. Then a little later when I said that the first version of I Think it's Going to Rain Today that I ever heard was by Joel Grey, I did my Joel Grey impression. And then I just went to Don Knotts land. I also had some really fun interplay with Grant Geissman. Just such a fun evening all the way around.
