Good morning, all!! I had such a nice visit with my sweet Elmore yesterday - he looks happy and robustly healthy, which made me so glad after what he has been through in the past several years. The years just folded up into another dimension, and it felt as if we might have met at Artie's just last week.
I got the special info about certain musical numbers from Roberta - I do love Jerome Kern... his music is so darn SINGABLE, and the melodies are sublime. So I'm overjoyed for Elmo that he gets to spend some quality time with that score in the next several months.
I got the stories of amazing synchronicities surrounding his great success in Dublin - strange coincidences that resulted in his dream cast, and the happiness surrounding the whole project.
I heard about the new project that resulted from some traditional holiday song arrangements - again, just too strange how charmed a life our Elmo lives... and I'm meeting his collaborator on said project this afternoon, with the hope and anticipation that he'll find me old enough and fierce enough for a killer role they've written... since several cast members of the new show will be required to play guitars and banjos, I'm feeling WAY confident -
Best travel vibes for our pals who are traveling today -
Oh, life is grand, isn't it!!!