The end of the countdown happened while I was visiting dressing rooms, helping to advance the show, and delivering the preshow talk. (What a nice full house – a special shout-out to the group from Fairmont State University!) I was … Continue reading →

Some of our cast rose extra early this morning at the very last minute to be interviewed by NBC 4 in Washington, D.C. Their upbeat attitude after a long night of rehearsal was inspiring! Click here to watch their interview! … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 3:35 pm The Dripping Barber of Fleet Street Temp: 89.5 DEGREES! YESSSSS!!! Brief burst of rain and a 13-degree drop in temperature.  Worried about wilting at our show? Now you’ll be fresh as a daisy, especially with … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 4:28 pm Trivia Temp: 102 Reviewing my notes for the pre-perf discussion. Did you know that… Hugh Wheeler (Sweeney lyricist) wrote murder mysteries under pseudonyms? (Q. Patrick and others) Hal Prince & Stephen Sondheim did 13 backer’s … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 3:35 pm The Dripping Barber of Fleet Street Temp: 101 Attend the tale of Sweaty Todd Who wished his show was in cool Cape Cod The heat wave on him did descend And he wished very much … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 1:08 pm Pre-show talk moved to the shade! Temp: 101 The National Park Service Interpretive program, with whom we collaborate on our preshow talks at the Filene Center, called to ask if we wanted to cancel this … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 11:20 am NBC 4  Temp: 97 Ashlyn Rust (Johanna), Ed Mout (Toby) and Dustin Lucas (Beadle Bamford) rolled in here this morning on 30 minutes’ notice to speak with Derrick Ward of NBC4. Their brief interviews should … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 2:45 am Overnight Tech Call: Hour 3 Temp: 81 Two years ago, we did Boheme at this theatre, on an epically beautiful night in August.  At the end of a day when the high temperature was lower … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 1:27 am Overnight Tech Call: Hour 2 Temp: 82 Production Stage Manager Beth at her console, keeping me company on stage right as I try to type up notes for my pre-performance discussion tomorrow night. (Oops… later … Continue reading →

Friday 7/22 – 12:31 am Beginning of overnight tech call Temp: 85 It’s cooling down in the house. The bugs are coming out, though (they must have been waiting until the heat abated, shaking their heads about the poor fool … Continue reading →