I don’t want to forget
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, anything, bamboo forrest, birth center, city, don miller, emoji, God, Japan, mental energy, Miles, picture, sentimental/inspiration, sort, time
It’s weird, I sort of already forgot about this. 
I mean, I know I haven’t really. And I know it happened and all that, but I’ve barely given it any thought at all. Not until I looked at this picture, actually. And how strange it is to not be going back to some city sometime soon, for a soundcheck at four and the hope of a Whole Foods that is within a walkable distance.
Walking in a bamboo forrest that dwarfed me. last dance
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, cathartic, day, Denver, fact, feeling something, God, height differences, kindred spirits, last show, Mindy, sentimental/inspiration, show, something, theater/tour, time, tiny women, Tony
Remember when I said that I wasn’t feeling a thing?
They are just faces, black and white features on cardboard, but to me, they are so much more. The kind of bond you create with people you’ve lived, worked, laughed, and literally been with for over a year and a half is staggering. It gets to be a part of you without even realizing it and suddenly you leave and you wonder at the bereft feeling that is left; you feel the ghost pains, so to speak, of the missing part and you might as well get used to it, I guess. It’s gonna hurt for a while. But it’s a good hurt. 
It’s pretty heavy and you can pop yourself in the forehead pretty badly if you’re not careful. But after you do it once, you learn to be careful. Believe me. I don’t think I’ve done that since opening in Denver last April, actually. 
At my station. Which no, is not the neatest on the block, but neatness has never won anyone a Tony or a Grammy or even an Emmy, for that matter. closing time
in Performance, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus, A Chorus Line, different this time, foot of the cross, God, Jesus Christ, jesus christ superstar, Line, Mary Magdalene, merch table, room, show, sweatshirt, theater/tour, time, whole shebang
Took me over a year and a half, but I finally bought a sweatshirt. An A Chorus Line sweatshirt, that is. There’s nothing like an actual deadline to make you get something done. The whole time I have been on this tour I’ve been meaning to get a sweatshirt, but when the notice went up [...]
boxes!
in Performance, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, Cassie, leotard, monumental task, packaging supplies, Parcels, parr, Paul, side, Stuff, theater, theater/tour, time to go home, way
Boxes. Parcels. Packages. Do those words incite the same kind of excitement in you as they do me? And no, I am not talking Christmas here. Not yet, anyway. But it’s on parr with that, I’d say–the greatest of holidays. It’s time to go home. To box up my stuff, tape it up tight, and [...]
one cigarette
in Funny Stuff, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, anti smoking campaigns, broadway cares equity fights aids, Canada, cigarette, dumb joke, fan mail, friend joey, Joey, part, Sheila, show, smoke, story, theater/tour
Tonight I was backstage signing posters for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids when my friend Joey told me I had to read something. I made some dumb joke in response and he reiterated that I really had to read it. Okay, I will, I said nonchalantly, most of my energy going to making that large J [...]
28 shows
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, cast, Chorus, chorus line, Detroit, drew, first wives club, God, Japan, Line, misty eyes, morning bus, New York, ready to go home, sentimental/inspiration, show, theater/tour, time
I have 28 shows left of A Chorus Line. Even as I type this, it’s hard to really comprehend. Already, there are some misty eyes in the cast as I look around the stage during the show. If the last few times we’ve had closing performances for cast members are any indication, I will probably [...]
goals, or not.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, Bethany Beach, Christmas, christmas album, goal, goals, humor, kick step, kitchen ceiling, memories, mine, sewing, sewing machine, talk, theater/tour, tight hamstrings, time
Lately I have been possessed with this desire to learn to sew. But I just read in a magazine that “people who tell others their newest goals too soon often end up not doing them. It is better to start working on the goal, and after having done it consistently, talk about it.” Okay. So [...]
I feel the earth move under my feet, just like Carol King said.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as A Chorus Line, America, Brandon, earth, earth quake, earthquakes, God, Japan, mayonnaise, pennsylvania, quake, sleep last night, something, Sterling, table, theater/tour, time japan, tokyo, torture devices, trusting god
Okay first, don’t be jealous, but there’s something I have to tell you. Not only does my current toilet come installed with a bidet, it also has a seat warmer. Enough said. Second, this whole earth quake situation has me mildly freaked out. Well, if the realization that you really can do nothing about it [...]
