Hurry!

Guys! You need to get to North Capital Street right now! As I was driving to work, I drove past a man selling things on the side of the road. I've seen the usual, water, CD's, flowers, etc. But today was the combination to end all combinations. A man was on the side of North Capital Street selling socks and porn!! Yes!! Socks and porn, folks! Ewww!! Naked ladies on the DVD boxes and everything! Stay classy, side-of-the-road salesman. Stay classy.

Seriously?? Seriously!!

Something I read on IMDB. Ridic. Boo hoo. Welcome to our world.




Starring in hit Broadway play Cat On A Hot Tin Roof has left actor Terrence Howard depressed and swearing he'll never return to the stage.

The Iron Man insists that if he had known the theatre schedule was so tough he would never have signed up for the role in the beloved Tennessee Williams play.

He claims that appearing on stage at New York's Broadhurst Theatre every night and trying to cram his personal life and business meetings into one day off have left him exhausted.

And he has turned to allergy medicine just to stay healthy.

He says, "Tough thing about Broadway is (it's) eight shows a week. It's slavery. That needs to be adjusted. It's wrong.

"Actors work three years straight sometimes with one day off. This exhaustion puts you into depression.

"Monday, your one day off, you have to cram in all your meetings and appointments and the rest of your whole life, and hope you can survive on Benadryl.

"Broadway is an actor's revenge. I couldn't do Broadway again if it's more than five (shows) a week. I'd just say no... Not doing it."

Ooo de la lee

Did you know that the Disney Channel occasionally plays old Disney movies in the middle of the afternoon?? No, I don't watch the Disney Channel regularly. Except for Hannah Montana, that is totes my favorite show. (that's on the Disney Channel, right?)

Anyway, what showed up on my guide the other day? The cartoon version of Robin Hood! My favorite Disney cartoon. And that fox Robin Hood was kind of hot for a cartoon...and a fox.

But the best part by far is Prince John. Actually, the actor who voiced Prince John, Peter Ustinov. Thank you IMDB. His performance is brilliant. I find myself laughing out loud to this day. I found a "best of" montage on YouTube and I thought I would share it. If you haven't seen this movie, 1) where have you been?? and 2) go rent it or keep the Disney Channel on. It is bound to be re-aired. I've seen it about 3 times already!





Power...POWER!!

Goodbye Blue Sky

Crumble closed on Saturday. Very sad panda. An experience like Crumble is rare. Usually, when the time comes, you are ready to say goodbye to a show and move on. I did not want to say goodbye to this show. I was actually teary during the curtain call. I'm in love with this play, I truly am.

Last winter was when I was introduced to this script. I had just closed We Are Not These Hands, which was also written by Sheila Callaghan. My friend CW came to see it and asked if I had read Crumble. I said no and he said he was going to send it to me immediately because there was a part that I HAD to play. He was in the Actors Theatre of Louisville apprentice program and that place has a room with hundreds and hundreds of plays so he got to read a lot of really cool shit. One of which was Crumble.

So he sent it in the mail and I began reading immediately. And immediately I was hooked. I loved it. I laughed out loud. I cried a few times. By the end, big, fat tears were streaming down my face. Not only because of my deep love and admiration for the script, but also because I wanted to do it SO BADLY!! It's not often that I have such a need to do a part. Usually if I ever get that feeling, I end up not getting the part because I get too nervous and too high strung about it. So I was trying to breath and tell myself that if it was meant to be, a theater in DC will do it and I will have an opportunity to audition. Well, a few weeks later, Catalyst announces their season. And in the third slot, Crumble. AHHHHHH!!! I immediately start emailing to see when auditions will be. Which got a "calm down" and "breath" and "don't worry you will be seen" response from SF. The waiting! The re-reading! I had a lot of time on my hands, I didn't have anything long term lined up until the summer, ok?? Stop judging.

Anyway, long story short, I was offered the part. Then I found out who else was in it and I was ecstatic. I couldn't have asked for a better cast who all fit their roles perfectly. Rehearsals were relaxing and challenging (in a good way). We had an amazing time. And I found so much in common with this character, this very disturbed little girl. Apart from witnessing her father die in a tragic and bizarre accident, and having no communication/relationship with her mother, and the whole building a bomb thing, I did have a lot in common with Miss Janice. We are only children, we did voices for our stuffed animals and dolls (although I hated dolls, but stuffed animals, very correct), we have a single parent, we got lonely at times, we talk to ourselves, we daydream, we had teen idol crushes (hers was JT, mine was Joey McIntyre. duh.), we fought with our mothers, we felt like people didn't understand us, we were outcasts at school, some popular girls were very mean to us, we were hyper.

I will miss her.

And I will miss my Crumble people. So many thanks and love to the Apartment (Gou!), JS, for continuing to be a great and committed scene partner (even though I didn't even get to look at him). JT/Dad/Harrison, EM, one of my best friends who had me cracking up throughout the show and who I can ALWAYS count on. Mom, ER, for being supportive and lovely and funnier than she thinks! Crazy Aunt Barbara, KA, for being everyone's cheerleader, for being witty and understanding and wise and silly. To Sheila for writing a beautiful, crazy, bizarre, moving, hilarious, intense, tragic, hopeful script. To our kick ass stage manager CC and assistant stage manager KJ for having a shit ton of props to set, and lots and lots of sound cues, and who always seemed to be on top of it all and one step ahead of everyone else. To our designers who, let's face it, were in-fucking-credible. I didn't know how the show was going to work design wise when I read it. And they ended up creating this amazing world. And finally, to our fearless leader, City Mouse, who is a truly gifted director and an incredible person who I love to work with and always seems to pull out the best stuff from me and the actors around her.

And, of course, thank you to everyone who saw it. We were either sold out or almost sold out every night. Thank you all for your support.

Some people shouldn't be teachers

This article infurates me to no end. What is WRONG with people?? Why do people like this become teachers? I had this teacher in the 4th grade who was evil. I have always been terrible at math so I had a lot of questions. Every other teacher I have ever had had always been patient and understanding and offering to help me whenever I needed the extra time. But this woman, whenever I had a question, she would throw her hands up in the air, or make some comment, actually implied once that I probably have a learning disability. Once we were reading in a circle and I was a little shy, I did NOT like to read in front of people. I still have a fear of speaking in front of people. As myself, as someone else I'm totally fine, of course. So, I was nervous and uneasy so I was stuttering a bit. She asked me if I could even read and then asked if I had a stutter. In front of the entire class. Evil, spawn of satan, evil evil! She gave me such a complex. My mother pulled me out of that school. She was so angry. So I can only IMAGINE how this mother feels! I'm not comparing what I went through with what this poor child went through. What he went through is inhumane and cruel. My point is that I don't understand why there are teachers like this. You go into that profession because you want to make a difference, you love children, you believe in our future, you want to contribute. Well, those SHOULD be the reasons. But I start to question what these teachers' reasons are for going into the profession because they do not express any of these qualities and wants. This woman should be fired and never ever allowed to teach anywhere ever again.

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Sorry for the angry post. I needed to vent.