T.O.D.
First Cast Album: ANYTHING GOES (Eileen Rogers)
First Movie Soundtrack: BEN-HUR
(Let me think about the rest.)
In February of 1964, after about nine years off and on in Junior Theatre, I got cast in my first mainstage show at the Tacoma Little Theatre. I was cast as Nick in the production of A THOUSAND CLOWNS. Being cast in one of the main stage productions immediately changed my status from just one of the kids, to one of the regular crowd involved with the theater. The first production after A THOUSAND CLOWNS was ANYTHING GOES, and since I was now with the
in crowd, I used to take the bus down to the theater on Friday nights, because I could hang around backstage and watch the show from the wings. Naturally, the cast recording became a very important part of my youth, because it reminded me every time I played it, that I was no longer an audience member or a Junior Theatre kid,; but I was now an
actor.