I prefer to take a vacation day on opening night, but my vacation and sick time are a bit sparse these days. So it was a nice surprise to get to come home, chill, take a solid nap with a hard, lovely rain falling on the roof. I got up and made a nice dinner of a lamb chop and Swiss Chard.
Checking in, two friends, a couple who are wonderful women and very well loved, have been dealing with brain cancer and breast cancer - and after nong struggles and multiple surgeries between them, they just announced that they are both cancer FREE! I told them I was doing the happiest dance of all! ANd so - then I did. I twirled and danced and whirled down my hallway laughing like a loon and making up the silliest happy little song as I went!
I DANCED! Both feet off the ground, not just shakin' my bootie! YAY!!!
It's about a month until my Dance Party - so looks like we;re right on track! :D
I was able to be at the theatre early with the others (My commute would have kept me later, normally).
We worked Owen into the show (He has been on a Caribbean cruise for 9 days) and then we were off!
The show went absolutely great. Full sold-out house, standing ovation. very responsive audience - a great way to start a run! I feel very, very good abut house my songs went. two substituted words in two places in the show (and both made sense) and I believe I added two measures someplace in th really tough one, "Throw it Out" - but the band absolutely stayed with me - they are great!
At the end of the show, ( I asked the director if this was OK) I asked Nephi, the actor I walk into curtain call with, to spin me when we turn to take out bows. It felt *WONDERFUL!* :) JUST BECAUSE I CAN!!!
I am a bit tired (Kind of hit the wall after the show) but very. very happy.
Knock wood - but - when one nails it like this, it usually means (at least for me) that the rest of the run should be pretty solid. It's not a show in which one can drop focus for a minute... I am never off the stage for more than about five or ten minutes at a time, and usually more like two or three.
And, as it is almost 3am (One most gather with the cast for a celebratory Scotch, and candied bacon hot from the oven mustn't one??), I will turn in.
Happy run to us all!
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