Back home from a wonderful Kritzerland show - completely sold out and a great, GREAT audience. There were so many laughs in this show, it was just way too much fun. And the ballads were all stellar, too, but it was the funny material that made this show really special. Oh, what a cast this was - Sandy Bainum doing gorgeous work, Zachary Ford thrilling everyone with his beautiful voice, Maddy Claire Parks, Jenna Lea Rosen and Sami Staitman absolutely KILLING with the opening number - they did Dreamgirls - it was hilarious, of course, but more than that they nailed the damn thing - and with great choreography by Heather Hoppus-Werner - plus they each shone in their solo song, too - Maddy with It Might as Well Be Spring, Jenna with Pulled from The Addams Family, and Sami with Some People - Shannon Warne bringing the house down with her number about a performer nailing singing auditions then blowing the dance auditions, and Robert Yacko getting huge laughs with Something, which is Mr. Karp's answer to Nothing from A Chorus Line, and then doing one of my What If parodies - What if Frank Loesser, instead of writing Guys and Dolls had written Sweeney Todd - it was great. Add to that the magic of Andrea Marcovicci, and one of the highlights of my entire life - premiering the song I wrote with Richard M. Sherman with him playing and getting an incredible ovation after we finished. What a night! All accompanied by the wonderful Lloyd Cooper (Shelly Markham did the honors for Andrea). Next up - the May show.
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