Showing posts with label shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shows. Show all posts
Monday, May 9, 2011
The Normal Heart
People, go see THE NORMAL HEART. It's beautifully acted, it's moving, and it's important. Plus, when's the next time you'll have an opportunity to see the incredible Joe Mantello on stage? Go. Bring tissues. Not kidding. I was sobbing in the street afterwards. Go.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
I'm not very good at summing up with a grand, sweeping statement
I did it last year, and I'll do it again! A summing up of my year in the way that most makes sense to me - in shows! I'm including whatever workshops and readings I remember as well.
2010
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (workshop)
Dash Dexter (reading at MTC)
Don't Tell Mama's Cabaret
What Would Woody Do? (reading at The Flea with Tony Shalhoub)
A Tipsy Cabaret (at The Sonnet Theatre/The Producer's Club)
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (with Musicals Tonight!)
Romeo & Hamlet (with GayfestNYC at The June Havoc/Abingdon)
Una, La Whore Del Mundo (reading at The Flea)
Office Hours (reading at The Flea with AR Gurney)
Scam (reading at Random House)
Unlawful Gatherings (at TAI, with my Sunday Playtime crew)
As Bees in Honey Drown (with Twin Tiers Theater Festival)
Boeing Boeing (with Twin Tiers)
Into the Woods (with Twin Tiers)
The Rocky Horror Show (with ReVision Theatre)
Scam (reading at New York Theatre Workshop)
Looking at Christmas (dialect coach - The Flea)
All Our Best for the Holidays (with Cape Rep)
A Marginally Christmas Cabaret (at the Royal Theatre/The Producer's Club)
And, as I began rehearsals for it in 2010...
Nine (with SpeakEasy Stage)
I'm missing a couple of readings in there from February. Can't remember project titles. Old age. It comes so quickly.
Wow, looking back on that, I was really fortunate this year. I met some crazy awesome people, and got to play two bucket list roles within the space of a month (Gretchen in BOEING and The Baker's Wife in WOODS).
Dialects I was hired to use in performance this year: Russian (2x), RP, Cockney, German, and Faux-Russian (hello, Magenta).
Favorite piece of theatre I saw is probably JERUSALEM in London with Mark Rylance - and it's coming to Broadway, folks!!! I also loved BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON at The Public and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on the BroadWAY.
Other marvelousness with regards to my friends includes my brother performing regularly and hilariously with his Harold team Sandino at UCB, Hannah performing at The National Theatre in London with THE WHITE GUARD, Nick Adams booking a big ol' Broadway lead in PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, and Nikka Lanzarone making her Broadway debut in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!
Ten points to anyone who knows what the title of this post references.
I'm starting the new year by seeing a show at SpeakEasy, then coming home to do some work on NINE on my own. We've worked through all of the music in the past few days, and have our first read through/sing through tomorrow! Huzzah! Onward.
2010
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (workshop)
Dash Dexter (reading at MTC)
Don't Tell Mama's Cabaret
What Would Woody Do? (reading at The Flea with Tony Shalhoub)
A Tipsy Cabaret (at The Sonnet Theatre/The Producer's Club)
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (with Musicals Tonight!)
Romeo & Hamlet (with GayfestNYC at The June Havoc/Abingdon)
Una, La Whore Del Mundo (reading at The Flea)
Office Hours (reading at The Flea with AR Gurney)
Scam (reading at Random House)
Unlawful Gatherings (at TAI, with my Sunday Playtime crew)
As Bees in Honey Drown (with Twin Tiers Theater Festival)
Boeing Boeing (with Twin Tiers)
Into the Woods (with Twin Tiers)
The Rocky Horror Show (with ReVision Theatre)
Scam (reading at New York Theatre Workshop)
Looking at Christmas (dialect coach - The Flea)
All Our Best for the Holidays (with Cape Rep)
A Marginally Christmas Cabaret (at the Royal Theatre/The Producer's Club)
And, as I began rehearsals for it in 2010...
Nine (with SpeakEasy Stage)
I'm missing a couple of readings in there from February. Can't remember project titles. Old age. It comes so quickly.
Wow, looking back on that, I was really fortunate this year. I met some crazy awesome people, and got to play two bucket list roles within the space of a month (Gretchen in BOEING and The Baker's Wife in WOODS).
Dialects I was hired to use in performance this year: Russian (2x), RP, Cockney, German, and Faux-Russian (hello, Magenta).
Favorite piece of theatre I saw is probably JERUSALEM in London with Mark Rylance - and it's coming to Broadway, folks!!! I also loved BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON at The Public and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on the BroadWAY.
Other marvelousness with regards to my friends includes my brother performing regularly and hilariously with his Harold team Sandino at UCB, Hannah performing at The National Theatre in London with THE WHITE GUARD, Nick Adams booking a big ol' Broadway lead in PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, and Nikka Lanzarone making her Broadway debut in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!
Ten points to anyone who knows what the title of this post references.
I'm starting the new year by seeing a show at SpeakEasy, then coming home to do some work on NINE on my own. We've worked through all of the music in the past few days, and have our first read through/sing through tomorrow! Huzzah! Onward.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The Year in Shows
Since I worked all of New Year's Day, this glorious January 2nd is my first official day off in AGES. Well, there was Christmas, which was wonderful, but this is a day all to ME! I had a dialect coaching session, finished my statement of purpose for my final grad school application, and am about to work on some monologues before taking a long, cold walk. I might go see a show tonight. Alone time. I've missed it. I also slept an obscene amount last night, so I'm finally feeling more myself!
So, goodbye GREAT RECESSION, and hello, Great Unknown!
Many actors often identify particular times of their lives with whatever project they were working on at the time. This time a year ago, I was KASPAR HAUSER. Ahh, yes, ten years ago I had just been cast as Fiona in BRIGADOON. When I was dating so-and-so, I was working on such-and-such. When I broke my foot, I was doing this program. In the spirit of that, I'm giving you an idea of what my life was like this year based on what I was working on. As you can see, there was a lot of time spent in TriBeCa and in rural Illinois.
2009: A Year in Shows:
KASPAR HAUSER - The Flea
Began rehearsals Dec 2nd, 2008
Ran Feb 12 - March 30th, 2009
CLEANSED - The Flea
Workshop that rehearsed May 18 - 21st, 2009, with the performance on the 21st
HENRY IV, PARTS 1&2 - Festival 56, IL
June 09- Aug 09
THE WIZARD OF OZ - Festival 56, IL
June 09 - July 09
THE LARAMIE PROJECT - Festival 56, IL
July 09
THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Festival 56, IL
July 09 - Aug 09
THE GREAT RECESSION - The Flea
Rehearsed early October 09
Ran Nov 20th - Dec 30th, 2009
Not bad! Throw in two recordings (one of them is my first Original Cast Recording!), a bunch of private dialect coaching, one gig as a production dialect coach, two workshops with Larry Moss, my first mention in the New York Times, and I call it a pretty great year!
So, goodbye GREAT RECESSION, and hello, Great Unknown!
Many actors often identify particular times of their lives with whatever project they were working on at the time. This time a year ago, I was KASPAR HAUSER. Ahh, yes, ten years ago I had just been cast as Fiona in BRIGADOON. When I was dating so-and-so, I was working on such-and-such. When I broke my foot, I was doing this program. In the spirit of that, I'm giving you an idea of what my life was like this year based on what I was working on. As you can see, there was a lot of time spent in TriBeCa and in rural Illinois.
2009: A Year in Shows:
KASPAR HAUSER - The Flea
Began rehearsals Dec 2nd, 2008
Ran Feb 12 - March 30th, 2009
CLEANSED - The Flea
Workshop that rehearsed May 18 - 21st, 2009, with the performance on the 21st
HENRY IV, PARTS 1&2 - Festival 56, IL
June 09- Aug 09
THE WIZARD OF OZ - Festival 56, IL
June 09 - July 09
THE LARAMIE PROJECT - Festival 56, IL
July 09
THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Festival 56, IL
July 09 - Aug 09
THE GREAT RECESSION - The Flea
Rehearsed early October 09
Ran Nov 20th - Dec 30th, 2009
Not bad! Throw in two recordings (one of them is my first Original Cast Recording!), a bunch of private dialect coaching, one gig as a production dialect coach, two workshops with Larry Moss, my first mention in the New York Times, and I call it a pretty great year!
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