Opportunity knocks!

So, it's looking like I'm going to get to be an assistant stage manager on a January production of [i]Arsenic and Old Lace[/i] at the CentreStage theatre company in Kentville, quite close to where I live. Needless to say, I'm too excited for words. I'll be sure to keep y'all updated, and yes, I actually mean it.

In other, unrelated news, three items:

I sang "Send In The Clowns" for a recital for the students of my vocal teacher, and was profusely complimented.

I performed a monologue for my drama class, and, sadly, floundered.

Today's my birthday! I have obtained no fewer than11 plays! [i]To wit:[/i] Shaw's [i]Plays Pleasant[/i], [i]Plays Unpleasant[/i] (four and three plays respectively) and [i]Major Barbara[/i], Ibsen's [i]Hedda Gabler[/i], [i]She Stoops To Conquer[/i] (the author has slipped my mind at the moment), and [i]The Importance of Being Earnest[/i]. I'll have opinions once I've, y'know, read them.

EDIT: The coding on this is not what I'm used to, and due to my staggering sloth, I'm not about to go back and tweak each of those tags individually. You'll have to imagine that anything in [i][/i] is in italics, yes?

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!

Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum!

So, yesterday I bought Cabaret: The Illustrated Book and Lyrics. It's fascinating. Not because of the libretto (which is wonderful), or the pictures (which are numerous and in great quality), but because of the glimpses into the making of the show. It's got review clippings, quotes from Sam Mendes on his concept, and, perhaps most fascinatingly, excerpts from Alan Cumming's pre-show diary. The man's got a great sense of humour. Some of his anecdotes are incredibly amusing. "However, the fact that the choreography of my role consists of lots of touching the genitals of my fellow cast members (and a few twirls) I am getting to know people very quickly."