State of the Theatre Address
For those of you who care to know these things, I am kinda-sorta going to be in Aida in a few weeks. I did not audition for the show and I did not particularly want to be in it, but somehow things worked out that I am going to be in at least 8 or 9 performances. I am going to be what they call a ‘swing’ for several people in the show. Basically, I will be filling in for cast members (2 to be exact) who have perforance conflicts. The cool thing about it, is that I do get to do the show, but without the full-time commitment that shows normally take. I will be performing one part the first weekend of the show, and a different part the third weekend. For those who don’t know, Aida is a relatively new musical with music written by Elton John based on the story of an older Opera. The story is set in Egypt and is somewhat but not really, kinda-sorta a Romeo/Juliet type of thing. From the few rehearsals I have been at, this show is going to be incredible. The voices are outstanding, and the dances are fantastic. The rehearsals for the dances are not quite as fantastic. I was sore for three days following the first dance rehearsal.
In other news, it is not looking like I am going to be doing 1776 at this point, despite the earlier impression I had. I will, however, be auditioning for The Fantasticks in a couple of weeks. We shall see how that goes.