Rehearsal last night at 72nd Street Studios

[ceebeegee]

Again with the accents--I finally put my foot down because Ehud was really starting to annoy me with the elaborate justifications. Sue again backed me up by talking about the difference between actual accents and stage accents, and illustrated it admirably with a demonstration of an actual Brooklyn accent which was well-nigh incomprehensible. Another thing frustrating about Ehud is that he has so. Many. Suggestions/ideas/comments etc. that I can't keep saying no, even though none of his suggestions or choices are good, sad to say. But in my political interest, I can't be a total dictator--it is a collaborative art form. So I get stuck with him doing something goofy or that doesn't work. For awhile anyway--in the end, it will be what I want. Because I'm the director. evil smile

Sue, OTOH, is just great. She impresses me more and more with how well she takes direction--I really like working with her. I started working the verbal tempi and rhythms more last night and I threw quite a bit at all of them. She and Jason did what I asked the best--I need to drill Lauren a bit more.

II, iii is going to be great, BTW.

Jason walked me back to Hell's Kitchen and then we decided to get a beer and some food. We stopped at a place next to the Xth Ave. Lounge to see if they had food and a drunk, slightly annoying guy outside was giving us too many suggestions but did mention Mr. Biggs, where we've stopped before but have never eaten. We ended up going there.

When I got back, the movie The Craft was on. Never seen it before, but I really liked it. I also like Practical Magic--I suppose it has something to do with the common association of witchcraft with female empowerment.

I really want to see this movie, which opens today in New York: Wonderland. I seem to respond to stories about sexual depravity--I loved Auto Focus last year as well.

Comments

[mysticblaze.livejournal.com]

If you like stories about sexual depravity, you may want to watch Secretary. I found it to be extremely interesting.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

That looks a little coy for my tastes. I prefer really seedy sex in motels or parties with lots of drugs where your nose is rubbed in the stench of your own weakness--oh, I mean I prefer movies that explore that. Um, yeah.

[mysticblaze.livejournal.com]

Then Cidade de Deus may be more to your liking. I have been dying to see it.

From the reviews that I read, you can smell the stench of your own weakness in all its glory as the stories unfold.

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

You would have enjoyed parties with my old theatre crowd, back in the day -- oh, I mean, you would have enjoyed watching said parties ;)