Back from a completely sold out matinee - took everyone by surprise, in fact we had to add chairs as there was overflow. Show wasn't a sharp as the two previous performances and the theater was too cold, which is a huge bugaboo with me because audiences that are too cold will not laugh. I warn of this every time. So, the new rule is seventy-three and no less and seventy-four if it still seems chilly.
The audience was fine, but cold. I'm going to send a few actors notes for next week. Our one gal who mangles lyrics was back at it again after two perfect shows, and the lines she screwed up were so easy and kind of impossible to screw up if you actually know what you're singing about. She covers herself simply by slurring and not really saying words at all. And she was slow in her second scene. Several actors were tripping over lines, too, which is baffling two weeks into the run. But the audience really enjoyed it and the talkback after was fun. The Shermans loved it and after the talkback we went to Ca Del Sol, a nice Eyetalian jernt, since Tony's Bella Vista didn't open until four-thirty. The food was very good. So, a fun afternoon and now I'm listening to music.
