Start Spreadin' The News...

Well, I think I'll talk about my choir trip, which my dad says he will do his best to ensure I partake in. It's this March, and it's to two places: Boston and New York.

Boston only for one night or so. We get to see a rehearsal (with talk from the conductor!) of the Boston Pops, and take a tour of Berklee School of Music.

In NYC there will be, of course, a show (I'm attempting to push the committee into deciding in favour of Gypsy or WSS. We'll see how that fares). There will also be a tour of Juillard, a master class for singing actors (also, potentially, at Juillard), and the chance to sing at Carnegie hall.

Oh, and, like, four hours in the Met, which is also pretty nifty. I haven't been there for years upon years.

Needless to say, I'm terribly, abominably excited. Now I just need my passport...

I'm Back! My God!

And I'm in Nova Scotia! And I've started school!

And, more excitingly, I've been inquiring at various nearby theatres about volunteer opportunities and so forth. I'll let y'all know about that sort of thing. I still won't be posting often for a bit, due to lacking any kind of regular internet access at the moment...

Also on my list is updating my blogroll. People to add!

Sorry I've Been Gone~

Well, there's not been much to write about. Also, yesterday morning my appendix was removed. So I am recuperating, and thus not really pursuing theatrical pursuits. Hopefully this will change soon.

In other news, I will most likely be moving to Nova Scotia, not Montreal. So disregard the earlier post about the Centaur Theatre.

Some reading...

So, yesterday I bought the script to August: Osage County. It was, in a word, terrific. In both senses. I don't trust my feeble ability to string a sentence together with expressing how this play made me feel, so I'll just say that I'm looking forward tremendously to seeing it (hopefully, this fall).

Today I will be going to Avenue Q. Cabaret, unfortunately, did not work out. Someday, when I can drive, I will be able to get to these things, but for now I have to rely on public transportation, which is, in a word, unreliable. Following the show, I will attempt to write a review (my first. So be kind, when I post it), then curl up in bed with one of my other two new books, either the libretto for Grey Gardens (a show I WISH I could still see)or From Assassins to West Side Story: The Director's Guide to Musical Theatre, by Scott Miller, which I flipped through in the store and seems very interesting. Fun times!

Another Suitcase, Another Hall

Here I am in Toronto for two weeks! I'm going to be working at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) next week, monday through friday. But this week I'm just relaxing, and I have two theatre-related goals which I think I can achieve.

1) See Cabaret at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Need to: Buy tickets, work out transportation and a place to stay and such (it's a two-hour drive, and we don't have a car)

2) See the national tour of Avenue Q right here in the city, at the Elgin Theatre
Need to: Walk down and buy tickets! It's like a 15 minute stroll.

So, hopefully I shall accomplish both of these. I am definitely going to do at least one. Look for review(s) later this week or early next!

Here He Is, World!

First Post!

OK, that was immature. But, honestly, it's exciting. Welcome to my (unspeakably wonderful) brand-new blog! The idea of making a theatre blog has been bouncing around my head for months, honestly, but I wanted to wait until when I actually had something to say. The original plan was to hold off until I first saw a show in New York, but that won't be for a solid month or more, and I thought "Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?", so here I am.

A little bit of background. Up until recently, I have lived in Winnipeg, MB, Canada, which is somewhat limiting when it comes to theatrical pursuits (though, don't get me wrong, there's some quality stuff coming out of there). However, I will shortly be moving down south and out east, to Massachusetts, approximately two and a half hours away from New York City! Just yesterday I began looking for tickets to shows I want to see, which means that around a month from now, you can expect to see reviews and such showing up. In the meantime, I'll leave you with a clip of Christine Pedi being fabulous.