THE BUSINESS OF SHOW
“I woke up Sunday morning and looked up at the wall.
“I woke up Sunday morning and looked up at the wall.
The Beetles and the Bedbugs were having a game of
ball.
The score was 6 to nothing. The Beetles were ahead.
Then the Bedbugs hit a homerun and knocked me out of
bed.”
Actually I woke up with a raging migraine. Or maybe a tension headache is more
appropriate, since it was most likely caused by a late night, vigorous dancing
and dehydration.
Unfortunately, the headache didn’t get any better later in
the day, yet by late afternoon it was more figurative than literal.
It’s been a rough couple of days for the show I am
directing. An actor dropped out
due to a life crisis. Still
another was let go for not showing up to rehearsals. If you’re keeping count, that’s now three actors we’ve lost.
Male actors. Frankly, it’s not giving me a lot of
faith in the commitment level of men.
Ha.
It is not uncommon for productions to be plagued with
issues. It’s the nature of the
beast (Don’t believe me? Just watch Smash. Lol.). To be involved in show business, sometimes one has to just
let go, wait and see what happens.
After all, the show must go on.
I have to say, though, THANK GOODNESS for my amazing stage
manager. A feisty redhead, this
girl has been my rock. She has
gone well above and beyond her job both by assisting with various aspects of
the production and by happily doing whatever I ask of her, without complaint.
She is creative, thoughtful, communicative, kind… And she is often the first one to deal with actors’
issues. That, right there, makes
her invaluable.
And she said she couldn’t wait to be mentioned in my blog,
so that makes her awesome (There
you go, my redheaded friend. How’s
that float your boat?)!
I leave you now with a line I heard as I was writing this:
“Sometimes you just have to dance
to the music that’s given to you.”
—Sealy Booth, Bones, Episode 236
Until tomorrow, Lovelies....
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