all dressed up with a ukulele.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, there are pictures here
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I am so tired right now and I have to get up for a breakfast meeting in the morning. And then I have two shows…so, right. This post will be short.
A very kind lady did my makeup for the pre-shows fashion event tonight. “I have googled you,” she told me, upon first meeting. “It does not look like you wear much makeup–are you comfortable with me doing your makeup?”
I assured her that I was.
And she got to work.
And then a very sweet Japanese man did my hair.
It was nice to sit back and let other people take care of me, actually. And this is what they did:
They also put me in a dress. Courage B is the designer. And they let me keep it. And I totally would have, too–had someone not stolen it. Which sucks, but what are you gonna do, right? I didn’t have that dress yesterday, so not having that dress tomorrow won’t be that different, anyway.
Here’ s a picture of me playing (in case you couldn’t figure that out). Oh man. I had to walk the catwalk to get to the stool and microphone to sing. People were so kind and cheering. Plus, I didn’t fall or even trip. Added bonus.
The mic situation was trying, though. They only had one and nothing to plug my uke into, so I had to somehow use one microphone for both my voice and my uke. I hunched over like some sort of creature to get my voice and uke as close together as possible for the mic to pic it up, and then I BELTED THE HECK OUTTA THOSE SONGS.
Here’s me and my wonderful, completely lovely friend Jes.
One of the best parts of the night was that two of my dear friends came with me.
And here is me and beautiful Bets.
Oh! Also, I had an awesome rehearsal in Brooklyn today with some AMAZING musicians I am collaborating with for the Sleep No More show on Monday. I feel so lucky to play my ukulele with these guys. Their groove and vibe is just plain dreamy. In a musical sense of the word. Plus they have a HUGE STUFFED LION in their apartment, just chilling. And they call him Aslan. Um, what’s not to love about that situation?
I met a kind Italian man who spoke to me for a while tonight. Considering the music was thumpin’ and his accent was pronounced, I did a lot of smiling and nodded without totally understanding what it was, exactly, I was smiling and nodding about, unfortunately. But, there were two things that stand out from that conversation:
1). I kept thinking that maybe my Italian grandfather (who passed away before I arrived on the scene, but worked in 30 Rock as the senior VP of RCA) sounded a bit like this guy, and the thought warmed my heart.
and
2). At one point I noticed liquid pouring down the side of his pants. I was really afraid that I was witnessing him peeing during our conversation…Until, with some relief, I realized that he was just holding his bottle of beer upside down. Thank goodness that’s what it was.
life today.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings
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Um, I’m exhausted.
It’s hard work being that girl in the picture. Seven shows a week now, starting tonight.
Well, tonight was our first preview, anyway. And I have to admit that while I was putting on my makeup, I was pretty excited. To dance and sing and act and be on a stage again.
Okay, I was really excited.
There’s just something beautiful about bringing a story to life. Yes, even a story about murder and intrigue and sex and scandal. Even that. Because there’s satire and humor mixed all up in it and if you can see it, then you realize how ridiculous we all can be and it aides in giving us what’s called a reality check.
Oh, and here’s Ian. Well, and me. We dance together in All That Jazz. He’s fabulous; I’m lucky.
And also, I have a friend who tells me that he has a friend he wants me to meet. Yeah, like, meet meet. “Sure, I’ll meet him,” I said, “But, I’ll probably be, like, really weird when I do.”
“You are really weird, Jess,” so that’s perfect. Just be yourself,” he reassured me.
Ha, okay.
And because the internet allows us all to be layman stalkers, I found my friend’s friend’s (confusing enough for you?) resume online. It’s eleven pages. He’s brilliant. Like, PHD’s out the wazoo from ivy league schools brilliant.
“Mom, what am I even gonna say to this guy?” I asked while I, you know, just happened upon his resume after I may or may not have been conducting a google search that included his name.
“Well, he can’t know about everything…” she mused, though an eleven page resume would indicate otherwise. “Like, he probably doesn’t know much about deliverances.”
That’s the kind of advice you get when your mother’s a minister, I guess. To go on a blind date-type situation with a bonafide genius and talk to him about demonic spirits getting cast out of people. Awesome. Can I hear SECOND DATE?
Yeah, probably not.
“Or…dance, mom. He probably doesn’t know a lot about dancing.”
Which, let’s face it, is probably a bit safer of a subject than real-life Exorcist scenarios.
I love love.
in Funny Stuff, I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
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Lately, I have found myself amazed. By a lot, I guess. But mostly–by the human heart’s confounding ability to stretch and grow and fit within its confines yet another person. Because, see, I get excited about working, I do. I don’t mind depositing pay checks. Not one bit. And I love performing. All the aspects [...]
(not so) instant replays. and thoughts, always thoughts.
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
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It’s only half-past midnight and I’m already in bed. I have an audition in the morning, see. I went out today and got eyelashes for it and everything. I’m going for a full beat for this audition. And since my mom will probably ask me what a full beat is, I will spare her the [...]
on working.
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
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Doing this taping of the broadway warm-up inspires me to dance. Which is a good thing, cause that’s what I’ve been doing all day. And am still doing. But I’m not in this shot, so I’m blogging instead. But I guess the fact that I’m blogging is kind of obvious. There is a very nice [...]
fierce and legit.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
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Today I put my hair in a bun. A BUN. This has not happened for a long time. And whenever it does, I always say to myself that it will never happen again. And then it does. And the vicious cycle continues. But as cycles go, the hair-in-a-bun-then-never-in-a-bun-again-then-SURPRISE!-it’s-in-a-bun-cycle is not so bad. But I had [...]
