HOLY MOLY has it been a busy couple of weeks since my last post! Thanksgiving came and went, and I just seemed to completely lose track of the blog. I haven't forgotten you, though! Lots to talk about...
First of all, some of you may have read my
last post in which I (unoficially) reviewed
Level Ground Arts' production of
Crushing Grain. It seems that the Higher Powers that Be needed me to see that show and find a catharsis I didn't know I so desperately needed. If you'll recall, the show dealt on one level with the JFK assassination, but was mostly about cancer. A little over a week after I saw this play and just
wept from the pure emotion it brought out in me, my brave and wonderful aunt passed away from lung cancer. I feel certain that, had I not seen this play and gotten out a lot of the emotion I had been storing up inside, that weekend would have been much harder for me to handle. So...my family is strong in their faith and has banded together during this holiday time (now missing so many loved ones), but that has been one reason for my lack of blogging.
I've written a couple of reviews for
The Column lately as well, which can be found online at PegasusNews.com
here and
here.
Also -- I have been a busy little Christmas bee working backstage on the HILARIOUSLY funny production of
A Tuna Christmas at Denton Community Theatre. The two brilliantly talented men in this show, Justin Harmon and Buster Maloney, are both actors with whom I have had the pleasure to share the stage this year (in
Crazy For You and
Company, respectively). The show has been selling out, and there is one more weekend of holiday hijinks in Tuna, Texas before it closes. I suggest you try to get your tickets ASAP before you miss it!
Also Also -- Did I mention that I've been cast in
Show Boat at Lyric Stage in Irving, Texas?? Yep, remember when I blogged about auditioning for that way back
here? Well a few weeks ago, I
finally got a call that I've been invited to be part of the cast. It's looking like a stellar cast of people, and I cannot wait to perform this beautiful music next month on that gorgeous stage with a
40-piece orchestra under the baton of Jay Dias!
Finally -- You guys? The FIRST EVER PERFORMANCE of One for Mahler is
TOMORROW NIGHT! I am really ridiculously excited about this. We've gotten a lot of unexpected publicity, including an interview on a recent
This Week in the Arts podcast! (The interview begins around the 30-minute mark.) The singers are myself, Tyler Donahue, Aaron White,
Shane Strawbridge, and Stephanie Felton, and we are accompanied by Aaron Albin on piano. There are
19 SONGS on the program, including favorites such as "For Good" from
Wicked, "Always a Bridesmaid" from
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, "Adolpho" from
The Drowsy Chaperone, and MANY MORE.
Please plan to come out to Art Six Coffee House (located at 424 Bryan Street in Denton, TX) tomorrow night (Wednesday, December 16th, 2009) from 9pm—11pm and hear some great tunes & drink some great coffee!
That's it (I think!) for now! Happy Holidays to you all!
June: ENCORE II: CALLBACKS
Video on YouTube of segment:
October-November: TALKING OF MICHELANGELO
December: A TUNA CHRISTMAS
December: One for Mahler (a musical cabaret)
I also wrote the following reviews for John Garcia's THE COLUMN:
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