I really hate open calls. I mean, I know it's great and all that I don't have to wait for the Equity people to go first, and we all have the same opportunity, yada, yada...but there is always just this spirit of frenzy and desperation that drives me to drink. Well, coffee, at least. I started the morning EARLY (because you have to go earlier for these crazy open calls) at Chelsea Studios, signing up on the non-eq tour auditions for Annie and 42nd Street. Both are not shows completely great for me, but I figure at least I could play Grace Farrell in "Annie." Or not. Anyways, I was lucky to find a chair in the teeny-tiny holding room for Annie (because at open calls, there are no rules, and no one really cares) and waited and waited. My morning entertainment came in the form of a 6 foot German woman named Uta who was just visiting NYC and decided to come to an open call for the experience. Hey folks, it's the newest tourist attraction. One day you do the Sex and the City tour, the next day you go to the Met, the following day, hit an open call with a bunch of crazy actors who enjoy suffering! Hilarious! She was so funny and kept asking me lots of questions. At one point she asked if I had a "rubber?" I suggested that she might not want to use that term so early in the morning! She meant an eraser, of course. :) I ended up singing for 42nd St. first and did great on my idea of my more belty song "de-lovely" but then was asked for more of a belt to which I suggested "not afraid" my poppy song that I had screwed up the day before. Well I screwed it up again!!!! Because again, I was trying on the singing and not on the acting! Oh well. They were nice at least. I sang "de-lovely" for the Annie people who were peculiar in that they actually wanted you singing to their faces...this is usually an audition no-no as most auditors feel assaulted if you communicate at them directly. It was an odd experience especially since the two people in charge were looking at eachother and my resume which made it hard to look at them....but whatever. I sang well and they seemed to like it "really nice pipes", bla bla bla, but no callback.
Kat met me there and we went uptown for an audition on the West Side for Millbrook Playhouse, a summer stock theatre in PA. I was so excited to walk out of the elevator and see Carolyn, Seri's sister-in-law, as the monitor. So fun! She just got a new job assisting Stephen, the artistic director of Millbrook and Vital Theatre Co. I love that it is such a small world. Carolyn came into my audition and I have to say it made me really nervous. I think I care a lot more about what she thinks about me than what they did. Because I'm getting used to singing for the anonymous "them" you know? I sang my ballad "jam" and then they asked for something more contemporary...I pulled out that pop mess again and sang all the right words! Woo hoo! Victory. Judging by their reaction and Carolyn's I didn't think I was stellar but then a few hours later Carolyn left me a message and said I was called back!!! yay!
I had one more audition appointment that afternoon, back at Chelsea, and I was sad that it was right smack in the middle of Bible Study. But an appointment is a grand thing! I was auditioning for "06880 the musical" about wealthy CT high school kids. They seemed to like me but no call-back. That's the thing...everyone seems to like you, you know...but are they just being overly nice? Hmmmm. The excitement there was that I saw Kate from Grease Academy. She was auditioning for Maine State. I wish I had heard her sing through the door! I'm sure I'll be seeing more of her and the other Grease castaways in the days to come!
Earlier in the day, an abandoned building had collapsed on 116th street and Lexington and because of that the East-side subway line was totally screwed up. They shut down service uptown for a while and by the time I went home it was a real mess. I couldn't even get on a train at 28th street because of the crowds and ended up walking to Grand Central before getting on an express train. I needed to go only 2 stops and the ride took about 35 minutes! Craziness. But we had beautiful beautiful weather. At one point I even considered walking the 70+ blocks. Spring definitely came alive on Tuesday...I loved walking past all the opened restaurants and seeing joy spread all around...Adrienne and I celebrated with some Tasti-D!
Friday, March 30, 2007
first paying gig!
Monday started nice and early with a 5:55 am wake up call. I've found that if I don't get to the gym in the morning, I likely won't get there...and I need to get there! Plus, I like doing my hair routine in the locker room...I don't have to worry about clogging up our shower with all that finger combing! Too much information?
Anyhoo...I was first in the EMC line (this is becoming a theme, eh?) at The Depot Theatre's EPA at Ripley-Grier. It was actually pretty empty and I would have gotten to sing in the first or second group except that their scheduled pianist didn't show up and they had to call someone else and ended up starting an hour late! I still got to sing by 11:30 but I was awestruck by how one person's error can alter the pace of so many poor actor's days! I didn't feel like I was very warmed up but I used the opportunity of singing with a really great pianist to try out a more character-y song....the good news is that I was leaving they asked me about my June availability and said they had a different project for which they would keep me on hold. Yay! Anything is better than "Thank you very much."
I had an appointment for Arundel Barn where I attempted to sing my more "pop" and "belt" styles...they were really nice and complimentary but we all knew I wasn't right for their season. In singing my "pop" song I totally went up on the words and I realized it's because I was focusing on sounding not like an opera singer instead of focusing on saying the text and meaning it. Note to self: when you don't know what you're communicating, you're going to screw up. Yep.
I ran over to the Redeemer offices after that audition to sing for Miriam and Tom. Redeemer doesn't have a regular choir for its services but employs the professional musicians within the church from time to time to sing in small ensembles, lead worship, play quartets, etc. Laura B. had been bugging me to go sing for them and when we went out to dinner on Saturday with Miriam she had said I could come by. She had totally forgotten and she had never told Tom so I felt it was a bit awkward. But I sang some Handel and then a more poppy show-tune as well as "He is exalted." I think Miriam was more into me than Tom and she hired me to sing in the Easter choir on the East-side...it's all professional singers and we'll be singing Messiah excerpts...yippee! And how funny that my first paid gig in NYC is coming from my church?
I came home and made dinner for Jon and Adrienne before we headed out for the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Spring Concert Series production of "The Authorized Musicology of Ben Folds Five." Oh my gosh! It was AMAZING from start to finish. First of all, I found these half-price tix on Goldstar for only $25 and the Zipper Theatre only seats 300. I felt like we were so priviledged to be there! The theatre is amazing...in the garmet district (thus the zipper theatre, it's right next to a zipper factory)...and all the seats are old train benches or dodge caravan seats....literally, discarded guts of minivans lined up next to eachother....makes for a very comfy seat! The performers, all Broadway stars, were AMAZING! We were especially excited to see Ashley Parker Angel (of MTV fame and now in Hairspray) who sang a really beautiful "Brick." My new favorite from Spelling Bee, Lisa Howard (and CCM grad!) was awesome and I have a new crush on Michael Arden. Basically it was just a straight concert of songs but each actor brought tons of depth to the lyrics and I could see how Ben Folds was made for theatre people! Tons of drama and fun! Will Chase who I'd met when he starred in "Little Princess" at Theatreworks was also awesome and I loved the passion and guts of the pianist. Such a fun night!!!!! I just felt so lucky to be there, soaking up all that talent. And of course, now, I'm a huge Ben Folds Five fan! Amazing songs!
Anyhoo...I was first in the EMC line (this is becoming a theme, eh?) at The Depot Theatre's EPA at Ripley-Grier. It was actually pretty empty and I would have gotten to sing in the first or second group except that their scheduled pianist didn't show up and they had to call someone else and ended up starting an hour late! I still got to sing by 11:30 but I was awestruck by how one person's error can alter the pace of so many poor actor's days! I didn't feel like I was very warmed up but I used the opportunity of singing with a really great pianist to try out a more character-y song....the good news is that I was leaving they asked me about my June availability and said they had a different project for which they would keep me on hold. Yay! Anything is better than "Thank you very much."
I had an appointment for Arundel Barn where I attempted to sing my more "pop" and "belt" styles...they were really nice and complimentary but we all knew I wasn't right for their season. In singing my "pop" song I totally went up on the words and I realized it's because I was focusing on sounding not like an opera singer instead of focusing on saying the text and meaning it. Note to self: when you don't know what you're communicating, you're going to screw up. Yep.
I ran over to the Redeemer offices after that audition to sing for Miriam and Tom. Redeemer doesn't have a regular choir for its services but employs the professional musicians within the church from time to time to sing in small ensembles, lead worship, play quartets, etc. Laura B. had been bugging me to go sing for them and when we went out to dinner on Saturday with Miriam she had said I could come by. She had totally forgotten and she had never told Tom so I felt it was a bit awkward. But I sang some Handel and then a more poppy show-tune as well as "He is exalted." I think Miriam was more into me than Tom and she hired me to sing in the Easter choir on the East-side...it's all professional singers and we'll be singing Messiah excerpts...yippee! And how funny that my first paid gig in NYC is coming from my church?
I came home and made dinner for Jon and Adrienne before we headed out for the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Spring Concert Series production of "The Authorized Musicology of Ben Folds Five." Oh my gosh! It was AMAZING from start to finish. First of all, I found these half-price tix on Goldstar for only $25 and the Zipper Theatre only seats 300. I felt like we were so priviledged to be there! The theatre is amazing...in the garmet district (thus the zipper theatre, it's right next to a zipper factory)...and all the seats are old train benches or dodge caravan seats....literally, discarded guts of minivans lined up next to eachother....makes for a very comfy seat! The performers, all Broadway stars, were AMAZING! We were especially excited to see Ashley Parker Angel (of MTV fame and now in Hairspray) who sang a really beautiful "Brick." My new favorite from Spelling Bee, Lisa Howard (and CCM grad!) was awesome and I have a new crush on Michael Arden. Basically it was just a straight concert of songs but each actor brought tons of depth to the lyrics and I could see how Ben Folds was made for theatre people! Tons of drama and fun! Will Chase who I'd met when he starred in "Little Princess" at Theatreworks was also awesome and I loved the passion and guts of the pianist. Such a fun night!!!!! I just felt so lucky to be there, soaking up all that talent. And of course, now, I'm a huge Ben Folds Five fan! Amazing songs!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
So you think you can dance?
Sunday morning we had a pretty early call for the Redeemer Choir. We sang at the East Side Morning Service which attracts about 2000 people in the Hunter College Auditorium. It was fun to be on stage and feel a part of the service. Our songs went really well and it was a really joyful and intense experience of worship. I forgot how much I love to sing in a choir. Fun, fun. The service itself was so different from my usual West Side AM and I remembered why I chose that one! The East siders do only hymns with organ and there is just a much more old-school feel to it all. Now that Redeemer added 5 services, Tim only speaks at 4 and so one service gets a rotating pastor. John Lin did a really good job but I have to feel bad that he knows that everyone is disappointed to miss Tim. This service had a very elaborate coffee hour at the Hunter College Student Center...several stations of coffee with multiple flavors of coffeemate to boot. Fancy! I ran into my West Side AM buddy Julia which was so fun because I had missed her the last few weeks being out of town, etc. I also met an opera singer couple who are friends of Jenny. They were fun to talk to and I loved how they were wearing orange accessories that complimented one another. So cute. I walked home from Hunter (68th and Lex) and noticed how much cuter the delis and cafes are in the 70s than in the upper 80s and 90s....we're going to have to work on that!
When I arrived home I basically prepped and worked myslef into a tizzy about my upcoming dance call. What to wear, what to stretch, yada yada. I discovered that Broadway on a Sunday afternoon between 34th and 26th is not the safest place to be. I think there are flea markets nearby on Sundays so there were all sorts of characters around that I was not used to seeing. I arrived in the room and just felt suffocated by the string beans stretching our their splits and adjusting their worn-in leotards. Oh dear. What did I get myself into? It ended up taking a very long time to be seen...the guys group was running late ahead of us and the most redeeming aspect of the afternoon was watching their "Hairspray" combo in action. So cute. I was in the 2nd group of 2 girls' groups...they taught us original Jerome Robbins choreagraphy of "America" and about 64 counts of it!!! Kill me now. It moved so fast and it all moved to the left, where I was standing in my group, so I never really had a good view or a good opportunity to practice the steps. And then, they ran our of time and called my group up first. We totally fell apart and none of us got asked to stay any further. I was actually pretty humiliated and disappointed especially because the choreagrapher is a teacher that I've taken class from at Steps. I am just so embarassed at how poorly I did and I wonder if I'll be able to go back to class! I swallowed my sorrow in the form of a Pinkberry treat before heading home for pizza night with special guest Eric. I made one of my best pizzas complete with goat cheese and sauteed onions. Yum. We had fun seeing the ones that we wanted make it to Broadway!
When I arrived home I basically prepped and worked myslef into a tizzy about my upcoming dance call. What to wear, what to stretch, yada yada. I discovered that Broadway on a Sunday afternoon between 34th and 26th is not the safest place to be. I think there are flea markets nearby on Sundays so there were all sorts of characters around that I was not used to seeing. I arrived in the room and just felt suffocated by the string beans stretching our their splits and adjusting their worn-in leotards. Oh dear. What did I get myself into? It ended up taking a very long time to be seen...the guys group was running late ahead of us and the most redeeming aspect of the afternoon was watching their "Hairspray" combo in action. So cute. I was in the 2nd group of 2 girls' groups...they taught us original Jerome Robbins choreagraphy of "America" and about 64 counts of it!!! Kill me now. It moved so fast and it all moved to the left, where I was standing in my group, so I never really had a good view or a good opportunity to practice the steps. And then, they ran our of time and called my group up first. We totally fell apart and none of us got asked to stay any further. I was actually pretty humiliated and disappointed especially because the choreagrapher is a teacher that I've taken class from at Steps. I am just so embarassed at how poorly I did and I wonder if I'll be able to go back to class! I swallowed my sorrow in the form of a Pinkberry treat before heading home for pizza night with special guest Eric. I made one of my best pizzas complete with goat cheese and sauteed onions. Yum. We had fun seeing the ones that we wanted make it to Broadway!
Fun with Redeemer Girls!
I woke up early (masochist, I know) to go to they gym before Redeemer Spring Volunteer Choir Rehearsal! Yay! So fun! Laura B. conducted us and asked me to come sing and I would do anything for her and I was so excited to meet some new folks and sing! My first NY performance. Over 50 people showed up to sing, more than they've ever had, including some past and present stars of Broadway. One guy is in the ensemble of Les Mis and had two shows and still came to rehearsal. We sang an excerpt from the Dubois "Seven Last Words of Christ" as well as a Craig Courteney piece. After rehearsal I killed some time on 8th Avenue before heading to an audition appointment I had for a play. Yes, a play. I did my schizophrenic teenage monologue that so needs to hit the recycling bin. And now I know why people say they see me and don't know what to do with me! Late 20s woman who could pass for ethnic/exotic doing monologue by a schizo-teenage-cheerleader. Seems simple, right?
Laura B. had organized a girls night out and we met up for dinner at Dallas BBQ before heading to a Mary Magdalene one-woman show. It was such a fun group and I met Miriam, the music director of the East Side Redeemer service, as well as Kathy, an opera singer and Allison, a musical theatre gal. Allison not only has a very cute daughter named Gracie but is actually married to the Burger King. Yes, the guy in all those commercials is her husband! Dallas BBQ is on 42nd Street and boasts perhaps the largest dining room I've ever seen. It's pretty cheap to eat there and it attracts an "exciting" crowd. Great fun was had and we were happy campers heading to Mary's story, a Christian musical staged at the Salvation Army's Theatre. The theatre is actually really beautiful and the singer was also lovely and a CCM grad! We thought the show could use some work and a bit more variety. One woman shows where the receiver is ever only Jesus are perhaps just a little harder for the audience. That's my guess. Kathy is covering Mabel at New York City Opera so she had to stay in town until 10:30 so we all supported her by stopping in at a Starbucks where i ran into my friend DaRon who works there. I was excited to hear some of his great callback news.
I took the train home by myself, not many of the music types live on the East side, and was happy to talk to Charile :) when I returned home!
Laura B. had organized a girls night out and we met up for dinner at Dallas BBQ before heading to a Mary Magdalene one-woman show. It was such a fun group and I met Miriam, the music director of the East Side Redeemer service, as well as Kathy, an opera singer and Allison, a musical theatre gal. Allison not only has a very cute daughter named Gracie but is actually married to the Burger King. Yes, the guy in all those commercials is her husband! Dallas BBQ is on 42nd Street and boasts perhaps the largest dining room I've ever seen. It's pretty cheap to eat there and it attracts an "exciting" crowd. Great fun was had and we were happy campers heading to Mary's story, a Christian musical staged at the Salvation Army's Theatre. The theatre is actually really beautiful and the singer was also lovely and a CCM grad! We thought the show could use some work and a bit more variety. One woman shows where the receiver is ever only Jesus are perhaps just a little harder for the audience. That's my guess. Kathy is covering Mabel at New York City Opera so she had to stay in town until 10:30 so we all supported her by stopping in at a Starbucks where i ran into my friend DaRon who works there. I was excited to hear some of his great callback news.
I took the train home by myself, not many of the music types live on the East side, and was happy to talk to Charile :) when I returned home!
Magic day of auditions
After the heart-ache of Thursday's misses I was due for some good audition karma, if there is such a thing! I was first in line for the Maine State EPA and in about 20 minutes made it up and back to sign up for an audition at Shetler Studios. I got to sing around 10:30 and got called back for their internship program...17 weeks in coastal Maine and 17 EMC points! But, there was something in their handbook about cleaning toilets....the things we do for those EMC points. I was stoked to get 2 callbacks in one week! Yay!
I then took the train to the Upper West Side at another theatre within a church, this one for the equity national tour of "My Fair Lady." I literally got seen right away and even though I told my pianist the cut I wanted he played the whole song for me...oh well! I'm feeling like "Somebody, Somewhere" is definitely my new jam. It's in a really comfortable place. Yay!
I left with my "thank you very much" and headed back downtown for another non-equity summer stock audition. Again, I literally got to sing right away, and I did my new jam and got some nice compliments and nothing else. But 3 auditions down by 12:30...amazing!!! I love my life!
I was on such a roll that I decided it might be a good idea to prepare for my Sunday dance call for Maine State by attempting another dance call that afternoon. I headed over to Equity where I ran into Annie P, my dancer-friend from elementary school. We had fun stretching and waiting before being turned away at 3:30. Alas, it couldn't be a perfect day.
I went to Trader Joes not thinking that Friday afternoon would be such a horrible time to navigate that mess. It was, but hey, the things I do for that Kashi cereal. (On a side note, tonight, 3/29, Adrienne took me to Eli's this really, really fancy grocery store and they sell my cereal for $5.99....$2.49 at TJs....isn't that crazy???)
I was so, so, so tired from my crazy 3 days of auditions following nights of little sleep that I couldn't do anything, not even blog on Friday night. I literally sat in a stupor watching "Miss Usa" with Adrienne and Jon.
I then took the train to the Upper West Side at another theatre within a church, this one for the equity national tour of "My Fair Lady." I literally got seen right away and even though I told my pianist the cut I wanted he played the whole song for me...oh well! I'm feeling like "Somebody, Somewhere" is definitely my new jam. It's in a really comfortable place. Yay!
I left with my "thank you very much" and headed back downtown for another non-equity summer stock audition. Again, I literally got to sing right away, and I did my new jam and got some nice compliments and nothing else. But 3 auditions down by 12:30...amazing!!! I love my life!
I was on such a roll that I decided it might be a good idea to prepare for my Sunday dance call for Maine State by attempting another dance call that afternoon. I headed over to Equity where I ran into Annie P, my dancer-friend from elementary school. We had fun stretching and waiting before being turned away at 3:30. Alas, it couldn't be a perfect day.
I went to Trader Joes not thinking that Friday afternoon would be such a horrible time to navigate that mess. It was, but hey, the things I do for that Kashi cereal. (On a side note, tonight, 3/29, Adrienne took me to Eli's this really, really fancy grocery store and they sell my cereal for $5.99....$2.49 at TJs....isn't that crazy???)
I was so, so, so tired from my crazy 3 days of auditions following nights of little sleep that I couldn't do anything, not even blog on Friday night. I literally sat in a stupor watching "Miss Usa" with Adrienne and Jon.
the wrong place at the wrong time
On Thursday there were 6 auditions that interested me and sadly, I bet on the wrong horses. I was the 2nd EMC in line for the "Sunday in the Park with George" Roundabout (on Broadway!) call and I left, thinking that I would have to wait awhile to be seen. I headed to Equity to see about singing in some chorus calls. By the time I returned to "Sunday" three of the EMCs behind me in line were lined up to sing and I had missed my number! So then, you get moved to the end of the list. Long sob story short, every EMC ended up getting seen and I never got to sing. And I was too busy waiting to go back to the chorus calls. The bright side is that my friend from my small group, Michelle, who is also an opera singer had come in to wait on the non-equity list and we ran into eachother on the elevator and enjoyed chatting while we waited and wondered when to give up hope. I headed uptown for my coaching with Laura B. which was great as always, working my mix-belt and running through new songs.
Just for some added torture, I headed back to "Sunday" where I was so pleasantly surprised to run into my dear friend Nora from CCM. I had not seen her for a few years and I had no idea she was also dipping her toes into the theatre pool. We had so much fun catching up and sitting without a chance of being seen. It all goes back to my theory of these equity calls...the later in the day, the less chance you'll have to get seen...which is why I should have NEVER left! Alas! I dragged Nora up a few flights of stairs for a non-Equity audition that I had an appointment for. We both sang and helped some really rich lost people find their way to a studio down the hall that was hosting a producers' meeting for a new musical. The fun thing about these audition spaces is that you never know who will be down the hall, rehearsing, auditioning or signing a check! My friend Jenny just met Ben Vereen at a different but similar studio because he was directed into her room by mistake! Fun.
Nora walked me to the East Side and I was able to barely make it home to drop off my heavy books before heading back to Theatre 1010's callback. I ended up sitting in a chair that was in the direct line of some intense lights. As the director was explaining that many of the leads were pre-cast I guess I was squinting or furrowing my brow. He totally called me out in front of everyone saying that I looked like that was unexpected information. I quickly replied, "no, it's just the lights" and got a few chuckles. You can't make the director mad before the call-back! It was a pretty interminable experience with groups going down to read and everyone reading several scenes and learning 4 measures of harmony and then each one performing a monologue from the show. I was one of the last to do the final reading and he said, "very good, so much talent, I don't know what to do." I was so happy to reconnect with my friend Kat who was also called back and arrived late. The director said to Kat, "So much talent, I think I'll just throw up all the resumes and see who lands on top." GRRRRRRRrrrrrrreat. Considering the fact that I don't play the clarinet or even the kazoo while some girls had carted in their accordions and trombones, I knew my chances were slim. You don't even need to fast forward to Sunday to find out that I didn't get that job.
Just for some added torture, I headed back to "Sunday" where I was so pleasantly surprised to run into my dear friend Nora from CCM. I had not seen her for a few years and I had no idea she was also dipping her toes into the theatre pool. We had so much fun catching up and sitting without a chance of being seen. It all goes back to my theory of these equity calls...the later in the day, the less chance you'll have to get seen...which is why I should have NEVER left! Alas! I dragged Nora up a few flights of stairs for a non-Equity audition that I had an appointment for. We both sang and helped some really rich lost people find their way to a studio down the hall that was hosting a producers' meeting for a new musical. The fun thing about these audition spaces is that you never know who will be down the hall, rehearsing, auditioning or signing a check! My friend Jenny just met Ben Vereen at a different but similar studio because he was directed into her room by mistake! Fun.
Nora walked me to the East Side and I was able to barely make it home to drop off my heavy books before heading back to Theatre 1010's callback. I ended up sitting in a chair that was in the direct line of some intense lights. As the director was explaining that many of the leads were pre-cast I guess I was squinting or furrowing my brow. He totally called me out in front of everyone saying that I looked like that was unexpected information. I quickly replied, "no, it's just the lights" and got a few chuckles. You can't make the director mad before the call-back! It was a pretty interminable experience with groups going down to read and everyone reading several scenes and learning 4 measures of harmony and then each one performing a monologue from the show. I was one of the last to do the final reading and he said, "very good, so much talent, I don't know what to do." I was so happy to reconnect with my friend Kat who was also called back and arrived late. The director said to Kat, "So much talent, I think I'll just throw up all the resumes and see who lands on top." GRRRRRRRrrrrrrreat. Considering the fact that I don't play the clarinet or even the kazoo while some girls had carted in their accordions and trombones, I knew my chances were slim. You don't even need to fast forward to Sunday to find out that I didn't get that job.
I should have played the clarinet
Even though I got to bed after 1 am, I forced myself to wake up at dawn and live the dream, i.e. stand in line at the Actors' Equity building to audition. Half-asleep I put myself on 2 EMC lists and got to sing in the first group for one of them! amazing! I love it when the Equity actors start getting hired and don't need to be at every audition in the land! Yippee! I sang "de-lovely" and I was told it was excellent and truly de-lovely. But no callback! I'd rather be de-average and called back. Oh well! I didn't get into the 2nd audition and went home to re-charge at the gym before heading back to an audition for a theatre company in my neighborhood. The theatre is in the basement of a Park Ave. church. When we arrived we were individually warned not to leave the holding room because children of diplomats were in the building. But, of course. Wouldn't want to have a run-in with an ambassador's toddlers. The audition was for Kurt Weill's "Happy End." It was an Equity audition but there was a relatively low turn-out so I got to sing without a long wait. Like every other theatre company in the WORLD, they are doing a John Doyle-esque production where the actors have to play instruments. Isn't it enough to sing, dance and act all at the same time? Now you want us to play the clarinet as well? "Happy End" centers around the Salvation Army so I guess they are hoping to outfit a real band. Anyhoo...suprisingly I still got a callback, with or without my kazoo.
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