Busy but exciting week

[ceebeegee]

Yesterday Anya and I made pumpkin pie ice cream--we have TONS left over, if anyone wants some please feel free to stop by and take some home. I made it with the old-fashioned recipe which uses eggs so it's really, really rich--we both could barely finish our bowls. As much as I love summer, I love autumn, and after the heat this summer, I am very much looking forward to a productive season. And on that note--

Today I start classes--yay!, can't wait to buckle down and get all academic and immerse myself in times and cultures past. I love school so much. All of you can expect to be treated to breathless updates of Eloise and Abelard's scandalous forbidden romance.

Tonight Dave and I have a meeting about Pirates. And hey! No one commented on that last week, by the way--

Attention! I'm directing The Pirates of Penzance for TTC's inaugural season at Monroe in Hoboken!

Maybe that'll get your attention ;) Anyway, am thrilled and going over the libretto now trying to figure out what I want to do with it. I have some ideas--I'm going to try to give it a slightly more updated, streamlined sensibility without it devolving into the mess that was The Pirate Movie. (I will restrain myself mightily and NOT include "Pumpin' and Blowin'." Although it IS tempting.) Fewer ruffles, more simple hotness, a more knowing quality without its being too campy or winky. More musical theater, less operetta. I just better have some decent actors coming out--you always get amazing vocal talent coming out for Pirates but as someone who's seen and done the show numerous times, I can attest you don't always get decent actors.

I'll post about the US Open later but it was fantastic as always.

Comments

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

I didn't see you mention it in your LJ- I just got the e-mail from TTC the other day. That's SO awesome!
Wish I could audition, would love to be the Major-General.
Can't wait to see it!

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I was imagining you as the MG!

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

Oh MAN, I wish I could. Would love to play that role someday; I already have the big song memorized.

[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

If you're going for more musical theatre, less operetta, you might want to consider doing Nell Benjamin's (Kleban Award winner for Sarah, Plain & Tall) adaptation called Pirates!, that played at Paper Mill a couple of years ago. http://nj.broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.php?id=19566

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Interesting, but I want to be more faithful to the score than it looks like that version is, although I am making some changes.

[wonderpanther.livejournal.com]

That is so cool! I really love Pirates. I have seen it a bunch of times and always wanted to be in it. I have been Josephine in HMS Pinafore, though, Sadly for me, my coloratura extension has gone unused for years and the timing is not going to work out rehearsal-wise, but Seth and I will both definitely see the show. We both like it lots We saw it at City Opera afew years ago.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I LOVE it, it's far and away my favorite G&S. Pirates! Ships! Along the seashore! What's not to love? I've always wanted to play the Pirate King.