Good morning, all! First of all, enormous apologies to DR FJL, Skip, DR Julie, the glorious-voiced Milla, and the glorious-voiced Guy Haines for skipping out on what I am certain was a glorious meal: not only is Skip Kennon a wonderful musician but he and FJL host the best salon in Manhattan. My biggest mistake was not cancelling yesterday morning after I posted that I'd had a bad evening: I was so looking forward to auditions that I guess I thought the momentum of the day would carry me. However, my health was acting up yesterday, and I spent a bit of time during the day running to and from the men's room. And the room for the auditions was freezing: you could hang meat in that room. For a person who likes a cool temperature, I was quite cold by the end of the day.
Along with that, I can be a complete social boob, and DR FJL and I came to a complete misunderstanding of the time for arrivals and it was my mistake that I thought I was arriving around 6! At any rate I arrived 45 minutes early, not feeling great, but with nowhere to go but a restroom facility. So I called Fred and Skip and cancelled, got into a taxi, and went home. I went to bed shortly thereafter. I feel much better today, although my stomach still seems queazy, and my shame at upsetting several friends I hold quite dear wounds my heart.
DR Jason, your beautiful "Giants In The Sky" was quite wonderful!
On another note, BK, why didn't you work with the Fred applicants a bit to see what you could get out of them? We certainly had the time for it during the day. When Houston Grand Opera did BABES IN TOYLAND, we lost our original leading man, George Dvorsky, and the young actor who replaced him gave a great audition and then moved progressively downhill as an actor.