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[John G.]

Seven!

[TCB]

I know it is silly, but it made me mad.

What? Are we supposed to get mad at only weighty things? Then I'd have nothing to get mad over!

And it wasn't really silly. It was an unprofessional act and you are a pro. You're also not a diva, I would imagine. Well, maybe not at those times.

I hope I am not a diva.  At least, not all the time.

but really, was it necessary for Mr Lawrence to have a  gold plated wheelchair?

Well, I thought so.

[TCB]

Thank you, John and Vixmom.

Good night, Vixmom and John.

[bk]

Finally back from an exhausting rehearsal - I literally had to stop doing book scenes - she crammed all the twelve page book scenes into one rehearsal and I was going berserk - so the designer run has been put back by six days so I'm not feeling so up against the wall.  Li'l Abner has several long, long scenes in which a lot of dialogue happens with thirty-five people on the stage.  There's nothing you can do but just stick everyone wherever and keep the people in front clear for the dialogue - but when you do all of those in one day, it just feels like you're beating the same dead horse over and over.  So, I restaged the first part of the opening number and that was fun and feels right to me.  I'd come up with what I think is a clever gag for the first two lines and everyone seemed to think it was fun and funny.

[George]

Had some Ives on earlier. Now a little Schonberg for some gentle background music.

They play some Mozart in "Chamber Music."  One of the characters thinks she's Constanza Mozart.

[George]

It will probably sound stupid to you.  Our director (and the school's Artistic Director) is always talking about trying to impart professionalism into the students.  Yet, on Preview night, we were supposed to start at 7:00 p.m., which meant the House was supposed to open at 6:30.  Instead at two minutes to seven he has us on stage while he tries to decide what to do for a curtain call.  Meantime, the people who came as guests for the Preview, are still stuck out in the lobby at five minutes after seven.

  I can totally understand your anger, Tom.  That would be VERY frustrating.

[George]

I think you had  good reason to be angry -  and how did the director not address curtain calls before?  Were there no full dress  rehearsals?
 

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I kept harping about setting a curtain call, and he kept delaying it.

nitwit

Agreed.

[George]

not you, him

Ditto!

[George]

I know it is silly, but it made me mad.

What? Are we supposed to get mad at only weighty things? Then I'd have nothing to get mad over!

And it wasn't really silly. It was an unprofessional act and you are a pro. You're also not a diva, I would imagine. Well, maybe not at those times.

I hope I am not a diva.  At least, not all the time.

Or, at least, without cause.

[George]

I have finished with the entire draft of the thesis. And I have sent 89 pages off to the two readers to get their feedback, comments and corrections. The last time I got comments back from them, it added four pages.

But the hard part of the work on that part is finished.

Now I have to get started on the creative writing project that is also part of this madness. At least I can label that a work-in-progress whenever i have to turn it in in the next two weeks. Obviously I couldn't do that with the thesis.

Daylight is coming soon.

Congrats, John G.!!

[George]

Tonight's "Chamber Music" went quite well.  There were still a few missed lines, but the show is fairly solid.  There were lights and the few sound cues.  Christian, our stage manager (and friend of TCB), ran the show.  I'll find out over the next couple of days what I'm supposed to do.

[George]

Well, I have to get to work early tomorrow, so I need to go to bed early.

Good night, all.