Somehow I find myself in the middle of another weekend of shows. This one's not so bad, since it's only a four-show weekend, as opposed to the five-show weekend I had last week.
On Thursday night, Moira came to see the show and she brought along her friend, Michael Jordan. No, he's not a tall, African-American basketball player. He's a normal-sized Caucasian bar manager. Nice guy. I enjoyed his company a lot. Moira's a lot of fun, too - though she's taken the terrorist attack very badly... not that there's much of any good way to take it, but she's having a difficult time with the whole thing. It's really affected her, and got her pretty depressed. The problem is that I'd only moved into her house two days before the attack, so it's not like a know her well enough to know whether or not I should be concerned for her. I mean, people have to deal with this the way they have to deal with it, right?
So that's pretty much where we stand right now.
The show's been pretty well received so far... audiences seem to be genuinely liking it, and the reviews have been pretty positive, with one exception. The one's I've seen so far have been in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Weekly, and the Philadelphia City Paper. The link to the Weekly may not be active after this week.... but if I think about it, once it's moved to the paper's archive, I'll change it if I can. The reviewer for the City Paper was generally unimpressed, with both the play and me. I'm not particularly worried about it, since everyone I've spoken to has told me that she's generally not into anything that's in the least sentimental, and prefers shows that are edgier, more intellectual and showcase naked Hungarians screaming things into megaphones. My philosophy is pretty much "it's okay if she doesn't like my work, since I'm generally unimpressed by hers."
I've started, for some reason, taking more and more pictures in black & white... something I'm really not very good at. But I find that I'm enjoying the black & white images more, even though I'm never going to be mistaken for a professional photographer. That first shot on the left there is of Christopher Colucci, who's composed all of the original music for the show and plays it each night as a sort of live accompaniment... it's really beautiful stuff. To the right of Christopher is David Ingram's back - the man seems determined to not let me take a good picture of him... he's like Aaron Posner in that regard. Finally, at the right edge of the picture is me... I think I was looking into my dressing table mirror, but I have no idea why. Some narcissistic reason I'm sure.
Next is a shot of Kathi Koenig, our production stage manager. I snuck up on her while she had briefly closed her eyes after setting up for the show. She's likely to kill me if she ever sees this photo:
As you can see, the backstage walls at the Arcadia Stage aren't quite as plush as the backstage areas of the Haas Stage, on which we performed Picasso. Remember all those shots of us in the cushy green room? No such luck here. Alas. such are the tribulations of working in the smaller space. I don't know if I've said this, but I really enjoy working with Kathi. She's really good people, and so is her husband, Pete, who's the propsmaster at the Arden. Pete's life is being consumed right now by the preparations for the next show, Baby Case which is a world-premiere musical about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. I've heard some of the music, and it seemed to me to be promising. Guess we'll see.
Here's another shot of Christopher, offering further proof that I'm a horrible photographer. Just don't seem to be able to catch people with their eyes open, do I? I imagine it has a lot to do with the fact that I rarely warn people that these shots are coming... I like catching them in a candid moment. It only works occasionally, clearly.
I know I've said this before, but I'm really enjoying working with this cast and crew. Christopher, David, and Grace have been such a joy to work with. Chris has come up with some wonderful incidental music, and Grace & David have developed such a wonderful rapport in their roles. And the fact that I get to share all of my hardest work with two such talented actors - the first act of the show is basically me bouncing back and forth between the two of them, playing a different character in each scene - is such a gift. I hope their work gets the recognition it deserves.
Here's one final shot, and it's one of my favorites. It's of the lovely Grace Gonglewski and me in the dressing room before the show. She's a wonderful soul, and an immeasureably talented actress. And aren't we cute together?!? Check it out:
On Thursday night, Moira came to see the show and she brought along her friend, Michael Jordan. No, he's not a tall, African-American basketball player. He's a normal-sized Caucasian bar manager. Nice guy. I enjoyed his company a lot. Moira's a lot of fun, too - though she's taken the terrorist attack very badly... not that there's much of any good way to take it, but she's having a difficult time with the whole thing. It's really affected her, and got her pretty depressed. The problem is that I'd only moved into her house two days before the attack, so it's not like a know her well enough to know whether or not I should be concerned for her. I mean, people have to deal with this the way they have to deal with it, right?
So that's pretty much where we stand right now.
The show's been pretty well received so far... audiences seem to be genuinely liking it, and the reviews have been pretty positive, with one exception. The one's I've seen so far have been in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Weekly, and the Philadelphia City Paper. The link to the Weekly may not be active after this week.... but if I think about it, once it's moved to the paper's archive, I'll change it if I can. The reviewer for the City Paper was generally unimpressed, with both the play and me. I'm not particularly worried about it, since everyone I've spoken to has told me that she's generally not into anything that's in the least sentimental, and prefers shows that are edgier, more intellectual and showcase naked Hungarians screaming things into megaphones. My philosophy is pretty much "it's okay if she doesn't like my work, since I'm generally unimpressed by hers."
I've started, for some reason, taking more and more pictures in black & white... something I'm really not very good at. But I find that I'm enjoying the black & white images more, even though I'm never going to be mistaken for a professional photographer. That first shot on the left there is of Christopher Colucci, who's composed all of the original music for the show and plays it each night as a sort of live accompaniment... it's really beautiful stuff. To the right of Christopher is David Ingram's back - the man seems determined to not let me take a good picture of him... he's like Aaron Posner in that regard. Finally, at the right edge of the picture is me... I think I was looking into my dressing table mirror, but I have no idea why. Some narcissistic reason I'm sure. Next is a shot of Kathi Koenig, our production stage manager. I snuck up on her while she had briefly closed her eyes after setting up for the show. She's likely to kill me if she ever sees this photo:As you can see, the backstage walls at the Arcadia Stage aren't quite as plush as the backstage areas of the Haas Stage, on which we performed Picasso. Remember all those shots of us in the cushy green room? No such luck here. Alas. such are the tribulations of working in the smaller space. I don't know if I've said this, but I really enjoy working with Kathi. She's really good people, and so is her husband, Pete, who's the propsmaster at the Arden. Pete's life is being consumed right now by the preparations for the next show, Baby Case which is a world-premiere musical about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. I've heard some of the music, and it seemed to me to be promising. Guess we'll see.
Here's another shot of Christopher, offering further proof that I'm a horrible photographer. Just don't seem to be able to catch people with their eyes open, do I? I imagine it has a lot to do with the fact that I rarely warn people that these shots are coming... I like catching them in a candid moment. It only works occasionally, clearly.I know I've said this before, but I'm really enjoying working with this cast and crew. Christopher, David, and Grace have been such a joy to work with. Chris has come up with some wonderful incidental music, and Grace & David have developed such a wonderful rapport in their roles. And the fact that I get to share all of my hardest work with two such talented actors - the first act of the show is basically me bouncing back and forth between the two of them, playing a different character in each scene - is such a gift. I hope their work gets the recognition it deserves.
Here's one final shot, and it's one of my favorites. It's of the lovely Grace Gonglewski and me in the dressing room before the show. She's a wonderful soul, and an immeasureably talented actress. And aren't we cute together?!? Check it out:
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