Monthly Archives: August 2007

As usual, I’m wrestling with a bug. I hate bugs. That’s pretty much all that happened today. On Friday my new roommate is moving in, and the Chorallaries are starting auditions again… that’s about all.

It’s beginning to seem like there’s a party after almost every show and every rehearsal. I’m reaching party-saturation.

My parents have adopted a Chinese exchange teacher for the year; she’s living in my room. She brought her laptop with her, to keep in touch with her family and work on her classes. Her laptop, I’m told, does not … Continue reading →

It’s really hard to get on a good schedule after eating dinner after midnight for two nights in a row.

Last night, after the performance, the cast and crew went to Uno’s to celebrate opening night. Tonight, we went to IHOP (also in Harvard Square). It seems that there is a lot of eating involved in being in a musical.

Tonight was opening night for Cabaret. It was an astounding success. Everything finally came together, and I think the audience was truly stunned. In the end, as a wonderful gesture, Greg (the director) handed out roses to all the actors. … Continue reading →

From an e-mail sent to the cast Everybody break a leg tomorrow (not your own, preferably nobody in the show)

To make my moustache visible from the audience, it has now been colored brown with a makeup pencil. Now I look even more like a stereotype from the late 1970s. Hopefully, I won’t wake up with a brown smear all … Continue reading →

I somehow got roped into priming the set. How do you get primer out of jeans? Responses to the moustache have been intriguing. The most common reaction has been puzzlement, followed by the question “did you have that moustache the … Continue reading →