Back from the show and a long night at Joe Allen. The show, which I will not dwell on in the notes, was fine - the singer got nervous and her timing was off, she forgot a lyric on her opening number and why? Because she was so busy waving and pointing at people she knew in the audience that the entire point of the number was lost and it all became amateur and silly and more about the audience than the singer. She was in good voice, but her head was not where it should have been - when she stuck to what we'd done it was fine - when she veered it was painful. At one point her head was so far not where it should have been that she jumped a number. She also drank water after every single number - a total crutch - at every run-through we've had she has not taken one drink of water, let alone fourteen. She dropped many lines, blew laughs, actually stopped in the middle of a very fast and complicated patter song to point out Jason Graae (embarrassing - the pianist literally had to stop till she could figure out how to get back on track), and on and on. Also, we placed the stool so that she would never have to move it - we lit it and all she had to do was take a step backwards and sit. So, what did she do - because her head was basically on another planet, she moved the stool - out of the light - into darkness - then she looks at me and says "am I out of the light? Where should I move the stool?" I tell her. She still is half in and half out of the light, which she was for the entire show because she didn't look at her BIG spike mark and kept standing way to the left of it. Her friends and family loved her and I'm sure she'll come away thinking she was brilliant. Hopefully, she won't be asking me for my thoughts, because if she does she'll be getting them. She's a very self-destructive performer - constant shooting herself in the foot. And all because she can't focus and concentrate and do what we rehearsed. It's a really cute and good act, and I fear she will never get it right, and after last night, I'm not going to be along for this ride anymore.