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Last night's show went pretty well, despite some real lighting issues. I've been giving very specific direction to one of the actors about how to play his role and last night I saw a noticeable difference. I was only taking general notes--as a director, I like to hand off the show to the Stage Manager once it's opened, so the actors can relax and grow in their parts.

Tonight I'll be at the opening--I would love to raise a glass afterward with my cast--then I get some MUCH NEEDED time off. I will not be at the matinees this weekend, and I haven't decided if I'm attending tomorrow night's performance. If anyone is going this weekend, let me know--I can meet you afterward.

Just dreaming of all the ordinary things I'll get to do this weekend--my laundry, play with my cats, go to the LIBRARY (oh, I can't wait for that), clean...La la la, I have a life now! I have a list of several books I'd like to read, among them the original book for Friday Night Lights (which I read when it first came out but that's been more than ten years), a new biography on Alice Roosevelt, the new novel Rhett Butler's People, Boom! by Tom Brokaw (about the '60s) and stuff by Alison Plowden and Alison Weir, British historians who write about the Tudor era a lot. I've been subscribing to a podcast about the Tudor era that's really great--I did not know that John Dudley's father was executed by Henry VIII (very early in his reign). So three generations of Dudleys were executed by the Tudors.

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I saw that Rhett Butler's People had come out, and I was curious. I'd love to hear your view on it, before I even bother. Could never get through Scarlett, it just always seemed that the spark of the character was missing for me. What did you think of the sequel?

HATED it. Scarlett drinking beer? That seems soooo lower-class to me; it was shocking enough in the original when she was sneaking brandy. Also, my least favorite part of GWTW was the last quarter or so of the book, after Bonnie's birth when she and Rhett start fighting all the time. I don't want a whole novel of that.

And all the events are so completely unlikely--Scarlett running off to Ireland and living there for years? Bullshit. She loved Tara, she loved her home, there's no way in Hell she would leave. She didn't even like going to New Orleans on her honeymoon in the original! Yes, the spark was missing--she didn't seem like the old incredibly strong but very flawed character from GWTW.

Rhett Butler's People has gotten very good reviews, I believe. I'll let you know what I think.

Cool, thanks!!!!!!!!

Yeah, what happened at the end there?
I said the last line, looked out at the audience and........

Nothin'.

What the...?

She said in the performance report that she couldn't hear the line (due to noise, I believe--she's said before she has a hard time hearing up there, and the AC was loud last night). She said she's going to try reading your lips from now on.

Got it.
Yes, the AC was making a few special audible appearances on stage as well.

That REALLY made me want to lean on that ladder!
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Do NOT Lean On This Ladder.

But, why?

It Is NOT Bolted Into The Wall.

Oh, I'm sure it's perfectly safe...

It Is CONCEIVABLY Dangerous.

'kay.
*runs off*

PS: Why do I NEVER get tired of this routine?
;p

Because It Is HUMOROUS.

The comments coupled with that photo of Tatia just KILL me!!
:)

She takes this as seriously as I do.

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