In other very preliminary news, I was contacted by the artistic director of some theater in LA who wants me to come direct a revue based on the songs of Newley and Bricusse - she'd heard about the Kritzerland show, loves my work, and so we'll be meeting on Monday to discuss the particulars. The daunting part is that she wants to open the show in early November - which means if it works out I have to actually create the show in the next three weeks - certainly I've done it before with What If and I do have the Kritzerland show as a basis, but would have to expand that, figure out a structure and what the patter would be and how it would work. I think we'd keep the cast small and do it very simply with either a trio or maybe even just a piano. I told her that if we can work out all the details, that I'll do it. She knows I'd have to be gone for three days in mid-October, and that our Kritzerland rehearsal days would have to be worked around, but that shouldn't really be a problem. It would be an eight to twelve week run and while they have a group of actors, I would not be forced to completely cast the show from within their company and could therefore bring in a few people, which would be great.
