The end of “The Producers”!

Last afternoon “The Producers” at The Wilmington Drama League ended. It was a fun run, and I had a lot of fun with the run. I was also very glad to be placed in the middle of a very talented and hard working cast. I had it pretty easy during the run of the show, I had almost the least amount of rehearsals to attend (Ed Emmi beat me out for that award) and had almost 45 minutes into the show before I had to go on. My act two was busy, but act one was a dream. I show up, do two songs, leave for a half hour and come back for another five minutes to end act one. There are plenty of photos and videos out and around, and if I feel like it, I’ll try to link a few of them later. I’m going to miss working with this wildly talent cast and crew.

Calorie burn update.

So I burned 400 calories in forty minutes today, which is about what i’m averaging. While this isn’t bad per say, I know i’m going to need to start becoming a bit more aggressive with my routine if I’m going to get anywhere by the end of October.

on a sadder note, I will more than likely be saying goodbye to Leo and K.T. come tuesday now. They’ve been two very good cats and I will miss them both dearly, but I knew this was going to happen eventually. I also know that i’m going to have to move puck over to Suzanne’s because he’s not a solitary sort of cat. big changes are on there way.

The RENT Callback…

went as well as it could go. I got to do the season of love solo (the male solo) which I did not bomb, I could have done better but I also wasn’t expecting to sing it going in) There were people better at it then I so I don’t expect to get that. I feel better about the singing I was able to do for “Gordon” in the life support meeting. All there’s left to do now is wait. I’m no longer stressing about it. I still wish I was able to sing for a few other roles but that’s neither here nor there. I would like to note that in the dance audition for “contact” I was the only guy to play the role of “A”, the submissive part. I’m not saying that can help or hurt but it should point out to the panel that i’m willing to be a team player. There were a few people that did very well, there were some who didn’t. I think i’m going to try and get a vocal coach / voice lessons to really open myself up more, but i’ll need to wait to when I move out of my current home to free up a few dollars to make it all possible. Alright, it’s time for the Gym, Taste of Newark Prep and than the second to last show of “The Producers”!

I made a Fail Blog post(…sort of)!

My submission to http://www.failblog.org

moar funny pictures

So I was walking home from the gym last night and I walked past the 5 & 10 on main street only to see the image above. I neon sign that says “U of D Clothing” in front of a mess of naked mannequins and empty hangers… Of course I had to fail Blog it! To my disappointment it has not made it to the actual fail blog site. a co-worker of mine believes that it didn’t make it to the site right away because it may be difficult to understand. Still, I made it, that has to be worth something (possibly?)  if it never makes it to the website I can at least always say that I tried to make a bold statement on the internet on a failure of store front advertisement.

Where am I?

Hello blog, long time no post.

well what’s new with me?

This weekend is the final weekend for “The Producers” at the Drama League. I’m playing the role of Franz Liebkind. It’s been an interesting run and I’ve enjoyed the role but I can’t help but to think I can do more with it. Don’t get me wrong, no one is telling me anything in relation to this thought but I feel like something has been missing in my performance but I’m not quite sure what that is. Still, it’s been fun doing a role that I normally wouldn’t audition for and I’m in the middle of a very talent group of lead actors. I’m hoping this role will lead to bigger and better things in the future.  

I’m doing the role of Frank n’ Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show” in 29 days, I have always wanted to do this role and I’m happy I can kind of use it as a “Rocky Retrospective” and good out on a high note. I plan on making this my last production of Rocky… for now. I won’t say that I’ll never do “The Rocky Horror Show” again, but I won’t seek out the “Rocky Horror Show” after this performance. So take pictures and by tickets ’cause once it’s done, so am I!

That being said I’m in the process of trying to lose a few pounds before the show. Currently (or as currently as last night) I weight 197 pounds. I’d like to shave off 15 pounds by opening (Oct. 23rd) which is pretty reasonable if I shoot for 3 to 4 pounds a week.

I had an audition for RENT which, truth be told I wasn’t exactly ecstatic with the current outcome, but I’m happy to have received a callback for the ensemble. I’m always going to be the hardest on myself and while I wish the result was different I can use this as a learning experience (as it should be). RENT has been a show that I’ve always wanted to do since I saw it in ’97 and I’m glad that it’s out there but I (like many others I’m sure) have had a drive to do the role of Mark Cohen. Mark Cohen is role that as a teenager a identified with and real bonded to (being a bit of a musical theater / loner kid in High School it was like there was someone else like me at times) so to know that the role isn’t in the cards right now does have me a bit down, but I can’t dwell on it. 

What can I dwell on? moving on from this experience and not letting it happen again. I should have a better portfolio of audition songs ready to go. I auditioned with Wicked Little Town – reprise from “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” a song that I thought would help since Anthony Rapp (The original Mark on Broadway) did “Hedwig” a few years back but I suppose the audition panel was not aware of this and didn’t see this in myself. Next time I should pick a better song with 16 better bars, that’s a new goal of mine, to find the best audition folio for myself.

Next year (2010) starts what should be a bold journey for me in relation to the goal of getting into Grad school in 2012. I’ve started to plan my journey and I plan on having this blog be my companion on this journey. I’m very excited to see where it takes me. I plan on auditioning for “Macbeth” at the Delaware Shakespeare Festival and I plan on auditioning for a show for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, along with the Delaware Theater Company and Theater Alliance annual auditions. It’s time to go big or go home in my book.

The biggest and best thing to happen to me since I last blogged is my relationship with a one Suzanne Stein, who has really emotionally and mentally opened a lot of doors for me and whom I’m very thankful to have met. We were both doing “Hay Fever” together at Chapel Street and somehow or other hit it off on opening night. I say “somehow or other” because that was the night I spent most of it drunk or blacked out but I guess if she likes me in spite of it then maybe it’s meant to be . Suzanne really has been a wonderful and much needed addition in my life and with her kind nature and warm heart has really given me a lot of hope and fulfillment.

So, to sum things up, I’m doing alright, I have a great relationship, great friends, a few great shows that I’m working on and a bunch of great things on the horizon. One might say that tony the tiger and I have a lot in common. Now is the time to push myself and break out. I hope to not disappoint.

I will be back blogging again…

Soon. So don’t take the kettle off the stove, I want a hot cup of tea ready for me when I get back!