the review

Day 2 in Modesto,and we had a 2 show day, which means fun in the dressing room. The shows went fine, we actually ended up getting more love and audience participation from the matinee rather then the evening show, which was weird, but we had good shows, and the reviews from last nights performance were great. But the review from Napa Valley came out, and was not so great at all. This posting is in direct relationship with an earlier post titled the "smell of wine in the air", I beleive, the one I talk about meeting Eldon(scroll down). Remember how I said the reviewer told me I stood out, well she also printed it, in the midst of saying our whole cast was pretty much horribly tired, and showed no energy, she printed it. So of course I have been getting crap from the cast. I have copied some excerpts from her review.

"To begin with, the show seemed out of place on the Lincoln Theater stage, which felt too small for the elaborate production. In the first scene, a projected film that usually cues the audience to the movie theater setting was conspicuously missing. Often, the staging was cramped and claustrophobic. Even the lighting seemed a bit odd at times.Such technical obstacles — and the tech was really quite impressive — are to be expected from a touring company, which must readjust for each new venue. It should have been the actors who picked up the slack, the actors who added that extra sparkle. But the acting was lackluster.There were no real mistakes to speak of. Technically, each performance was spot-on. But the energy was what you might expect from a troupe that had just left San Luis Obispo at 5 a.m. and arrived in Yountville for two performances before the end of the day and another "

"Some members of the ensemble gave stand-out performances as well, including Stephanie Barnum, originally from Benicia, in the role of Peron’s mistress. Dancer Alfie Parker Jr. shone in every number. When the rest of the cast seemed tired and bored, Parker infused energy into each and every movement.before the end of the weekend."

This is the blueberry crew, that's the name of our costume gondola "blueberry" all of the gondolas have a fruit name, just so the crew knows how to keep track of them all in loading in and out. Actually every container of everything has a name, and they're weird, Ill take some more pictures of some later. Anyway, my roomate Trip and I and Bj are in the blueberry crew, and here's a stupid little video for ya! ps. sorry about Bj