Re-inspired

In honor of making a concerted effort to jump 3-inch heel shoed into auditioning (enough so that in the last couple of weeks I've been getting an average of 4-5 hours of sleep a night, coming home from a full day of auditions, dance class and babysitting to work another 2 hours or so on getting things together for the next day's auditons, then getting up at 6 to shower, do my hair, warm up, etc. etc. etc.), I'll share a few things that remind me why I came up to this crazy city to begin with...not all-time big deal clips here, but running across them in other research has made me stop and say "yes, this is what I want to do. This is what I'm supposed to be doing. This is why I'm here, and why I'm at Pearl at 8AM to sign up for an EPA slot early enough to get in and out before my first dance class, maybe, just maybe leaving enough time to grab a salad that I'll eat on the Uptown 1 train on the way to babysitting this afternoon."

Norbert Leo Butz singing from Parade, just from a concert, but oh the joyous occasion that would be him playing this role in a full production...




A current NYU student singing a gorgeous rendition of "Dividing Day" from The Light in the Piazza



Laura Benanti, maybe my ultimate career shero...incredible in straight plays and musicals alike...and not to mention girlfriend is ridiculously gorgeous just sitting in a chair singing "Little Lamb." I mean, damn.



Rich and I just saw good old NC homegirl Lauren Kennedy in [title of show] at George St. Playhouse last weekend. This is the kind of song I've love to sing all the time, though I'm learning it's exactly the opposite of what I should probably be doing in auditions. I give them 16 bars of "Look What Happened to Mabel" in the morning, but I may sing this one 3 or 4 times in my room at night.


And the newest addition to my audition book, unanimously agreed upon by all of my teachers and coaches...sure it's funny, but...well, we'll see how funny it is the first time I really try it in an audition room. I already have a tendency to give the accompanist my tempo a hair fast when I get nervous...