costume(mirror picture, I know)
CAST MEMBER PICTURES. (Night 2)
Bella et Magenta
Bella et Riff Raff
Bella et Transelvanian/Dr. Scott
Bella et ROCKY!(MMMMMM)
Bella et Brad Majors(aka superman and superfangirl....he was so sweet. I love you asshole ♥)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Rocky Pictures!!!
My magenta face/hair
costume(mirror picture, I know)
CAST MEMBER PICTURES. (Night 2)
Bella et Magenta
Bella et Riff Raff
Bella et Transelvanian/Dr. Scott
Bella et ROCKY!(MMMMMM)
Bella et Brad Majors(aka superman and superfangirl....he was so sweet. I love you asshole ♥)
costume(mirror picture, I know)
CAST MEMBER PICTURES. (Night 2)
Bella et Magenta
Bella et Riff Raff
Bella et Transelvanian/Dr. Scott
Bella et ROCKY!(MMMMMM)
Bella et Brad Majors(aka superman and superfangirl....he was so sweet. I love you asshole ♥)
Monday, March 30, 2009
I am the starlight!!
Tonight was interesting. We got Sunset Boulevard and Starlight Express/I am the starlight.
Ugh starlight.
The music is AMAZING
the storyline is sooooo stupid. We're not 2. Think Thomas the Tank Engine the Musical. Sick.
Other than that, Im getting super stoked for my sweeney audition, as is my buddy wayne, whos coming with me...
In other news
I cant stop listening to the tracks of my tears...so pretttyyyyyyy.
Ugh starlight.
The music is AMAZING
the storyline is sooooo stupid. We're not 2. Think Thomas the Tank Engine the Musical. Sick.
Other than that, Im getting super stoked for my sweeney audition, as is my buddy wayne, whos coming with me...
In other news
I cant stop listening to the tracks of my tears...so pretttyyyyyyy.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Your Candles' out
Yes I realise this post was supposed to be about rocky. But, I have nothing to say about rocky except it was awesome, Frank was no Tim Curry, and Im going again on Tuesday...maybe.
As you know from previous posts, Ive had a long running love affair with theatre. In my 15 years of pure unabashed enjoyment, there arent many musicals I dislike. When I was 8, RENT came out. This put my love for theatre into a whole other stratosphere. It made me laugh(MOOO WITH ME!!!!!!) and cry(THATS NO WAY TO SEND A BOY TO MEET HIS MAKER!) and dance and sing and shout and scream.
Again, when a person is younger, they dont think of futures and cant do's. There is only want and here and now. When Rent came out, I thought of myself as completely normal, I had no troubles, people just made fun of me cause I fell alot. The reality of Cerebral Palsy hadnt hit me yet. All I knew was that I NEEDED to be in RENT. I didnt care how or what, but I needed to be in that show.
As I went on and my disability progressed, I realised that the reality of me being anywhere close to good enough to be in RENT was slim to nil. So, I threw myself into choirs and rock bands and other things, and musicals; RENT particularily, went on the back burner.
In 2007 I lost a really good friend of mine. He was murdered. It took me months to come to terms with the fact that he was gone. When I was told he had passed on, I didnt cry, I wasnt even thinking, but I did dig out my soundtrack to RENT. I put it on and shut myself off from everything and everyone. It was then that I realised why this musical was written and so graciously given to all of us. We all have things we need closure from. It still took me months to come to terms with the fact that he was taken from me so brutally and abruptly, I still called his phone everyday expecting him to pick up. But, RENT taught me how to say goodbye love.
In 2008, yet another loss was thrown at me. One of my best friends from high school crashed her car and died instantly. On my opening night. What did I do? I turned the closet into my dressing room for that evening and blasted RENT. I went through with the show, and the entire run.
2008 was one of the toughest years but also one of the best. Two friends were gone, two family members diagnosed with cancer, my best friend in the entire world was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. I also got to go to NYC for the first time. My first show of my two days in the city was RENT. ive never been so effected by live theatre in my life. I swear, I could feel both of my dear friends in that room with me. I cried the whole show. Id waited so long to see it(everytime it came to my town on tour I was busy..and the movie just isnt the same, though its great too) I have no words for it, even still. I walked out of there with tears streaming down my face and singing out tonight at the top of my lungs. One of the final cast members was in the alley and heard me, he said I had a great voice and should consider auditioning some day. (You can see him in the final cast DVD thats out, every time I watch it it makes me smile)
I was back to thinking again "Should I audition? How do I go about auditioning? Will they take me when I have such an obvious impediment?"
I dont know the answers to any of these questions.
What I do know is this:
*I am a theatre person, a performer, a lover of all things theatrical and I have always fought for what I wanted.
*In the past couple months, my condition has worsened. There are days now where it hurts to walk, Im on anti inflammatory pills for the pain and will probably have to be put in a foot brace.
*In ten years time, I will most likely be wheel chair bound.
*I have to do as much theatre as I can, and right now.
*I have to be in Rent, so I can have my chance to say goodbye love.
*Nothing about life scares me anymore. I will take what comes as it chooses to, and I roll with the punches no matter how much they blacken my face.
*When I try out, whether I get cast or not, everything will always be RENT.
--
Ciao bellas...
As you know from previous posts, Ive had a long running love affair with theatre. In my 15 years of pure unabashed enjoyment, there arent many musicals I dislike. When I was 8, RENT came out. This put my love for theatre into a whole other stratosphere. It made me laugh(MOOO WITH ME!!!!!!) and cry(THATS NO WAY TO SEND A BOY TO MEET HIS MAKER!) and dance and sing and shout and scream.
Again, when a person is younger, they dont think of futures and cant do's. There is only want and here and now. When Rent came out, I thought of myself as completely normal, I had no troubles, people just made fun of me cause I fell alot. The reality of Cerebral Palsy hadnt hit me yet. All I knew was that I NEEDED to be in RENT. I didnt care how or what, but I needed to be in that show.
As I went on and my disability progressed, I realised that the reality of me being anywhere close to good enough to be in RENT was slim to nil. So, I threw myself into choirs and rock bands and other things, and musicals; RENT particularily, went on the back burner.
In 2007 I lost a really good friend of mine. He was murdered. It took me months to come to terms with the fact that he was gone. When I was told he had passed on, I didnt cry, I wasnt even thinking, but I did dig out my soundtrack to RENT. I put it on and shut myself off from everything and everyone. It was then that I realised why this musical was written and so graciously given to all of us. We all have things we need closure from. It still took me months to come to terms with the fact that he was taken from me so brutally and abruptly, I still called his phone everyday expecting him to pick up. But, RENT taught me how to say goodbye love.
In 2008, yet another loss was thrown at me. One of my best friends from high school crashed her car and died instantly. On my opening night. What did I do? I turned the closet into my dressing room for that evening and blasted RENT. I went through with the show, and the entire run.
2008 was one of the toughest years but also one of the best. Two friends were gone, two family members diagnosed with cancer, my best friend in the entire world was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. I also got to go to NYC for the first time. My first show of my two days in the city was RENT. ive never been so effected by live theatre in my life. I swear, I could feel both of my dear friends in that room with me. I cried the whole show. Id waited so long to see it(everytime it came to my town on tour I was busy..and the movie just isnt the same, though its great too) I have no words for it, even still. I walked out of there with tears streaming down my face and singing out tonight at the top of my lungs. One of the final cast members was in the alley and heard me, he said I had a great voice and should consider auditioning some day. (You can see him in the final cast DVD thats out, every time I watch it it makes me smile)
I was back to thinking again "Should I audition? How do I go about auditioning? Will they take me when I have such an obvious impediment?"
I dont know the answers to any of these questions.
What I do know is this:
*I am a theatre person, a performer, a lover of all things theatrical and I have always fought for what I wanted.
*In the past couple months, my condition has worsened. There are days now where it hurts to walk, Im on anti inflammatory pills for the pain and will probably have to be put in a foot brace.
*In ten years time, I will most likely be wheel chair bound.
*I have to do as much theatre as I can, and right now.
*I have to be in Rent, so I can have my chance to say goodbye love.
*Nothing about life scares me anymore. I will take what comes as it chooses to, and I roll with the punches no matter how much they blacken my face.
*When I try out, whether I get cast or not, everything will always be RENT.
--
Ciao bellas...
Touch a touch a touch me....
so, in half an hours time, Ill be leaving for The Rocky Horror Show. As I am writing to you, Im sitting in my basement in a french maids costume with a killer wig on and keeping myself busy so as not to itch at my fishnets.
IM SO SO EXCITED. Ive loved rocky since I was a kid and this is my first time seeing it live. My first crush was tim curry....
I hope the actor that plays my Frankie is half as hot and well acted.
I hope thier all nice...
AHHH.
LOL
Here is what the original magenta looked like
and here is what I look like as her
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=63685424&albumID=2509422&imageID=38993051
Ciao Bellas!
IM SO SO EXCITED. Ive loved rocky since I was a kid and this is my first time seeing it live. My first crush was tim curry....
I hope the actor that plays my Frankie is half as hot and well acted.
I hope thier all nice...
AHHH.
LOL
Here is what the original magenta looked like
and here is what I look like as her
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=63685424&albumID=2509422&imageID=38993051
Ciao Bellas!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wild and Untamed Things, we are bees with deadly stings..
So, Im going to see The Rocky Horror Show tommorrow. Im so excited. I cant wait to see what they do with it.
And yes, its the dress up show
& yes...I have a costume(Magenta ala French Maid.) Ill post pictures afterwards!
And yes, its the dress up show
& yes...I have a costume(Magenta ala French Maid.) Ill post pictures afterwards!
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Winner Takes it All
Alright! Youll have to excuse the late post, I was a baaaad girl last night and went to the kareoke bar with friends after rehearsal. ;)
Anywhoo...
Yesternight we blasted through the songs we have already learned plus the solos we had each been given to audition for(most of us got two)
so basically, we did:
Jellicle Cats
Memory
Mr Mistoffeles(holy cow thats gonna be an awesome number!! AHH I cant wait!)
Superstar
Gethsemane
Whats the buzz(with Jesus solo/with our musical director singing the last bar to lead us in)
Pumping Iron
Joe Medley
Masquerade
Music of the Night
POTO(theres one girl in the troupe thats definately gonna be Christine! She can hit the B without any lead in, youre just like yo, hit a B for me, and she DOES.)
Think of Me
All I Ask of You
Buenos Aries(LOVE this song)
& A New Argentina(this one is so hard on the voice after everything else lol, it almost makes me want to request a song order change
Auditions are Monday and Im so stoked!!!
I did winner takes it all (Abba/Mama Mia) and 18 and Life(Skid Row) at the dive bar. It was great.
I walked in the door and the DJ came over and was like OMG!!! HI BABY!! *gives bear hug* I was like OH! hello!!(Id never seen him before lol!) how are you?! he goes. baby if I were any better Id be you. I was like, awesome! I dont know what that means but Ill take it! He was like haha we're gonna have fun, your shirt is hot.(Aerosmith '93 get a grip tour af1 member shirt that I LOVE, because aerosmith is my number 1 band ever. mmmmm)
so, I get onstage first
I wish I had a recording of the audience reaction to me doing 18 and life, cause it was priceless. They were either mouths on the floor or screaming thier heads off. Glorious! Oh how I love hair metal.
tehehe.
OH! and my music director helped me pick a song for my sweeney audition, but more on that as it gets closer. Now Im off to practice.
Ciao Bellas!!
Anywhoo...
Yesternight we blasted through the songs we have already learned plus the solos we had each been given to audition for(most of us got two)
so basically, we did:
Jellicle Cats
Memory
Mr Mistoffeles(holy cow thats gonna be an awesome number!! AHH I cant wait!)
Superstar
Gethsemane
Whats the buzz(with Jesus solo/with our musical director singing the last bar to lead us in)
Pumping Iron
Joe Medley
Masquerade
Music of the Night
POTO(theres one girl in the troupe thats definately gonna be Christine! She can hit the B without any lead in, youre just like yo, hit a B for me, and she DOES.)
Think of Me
All I Ask of You
Buenos Aries(LOVE this song)
& A New Argentina(this one is so hard on the voice after everything else lol, it almost makes me want to request a song order change
Auditions are Monday and Im so stoked!!!
I did winner takes it all (Abba/Mama Mia) and 18 and Life(Skid Row) at the dive bar. It was great.
I walked in the door and the DJ came over and was like OMG!!! HI BABY!! *gives bear hug* I was like OH! hello!!(Id never seen him before lol!) how are you?! he goes. baby if I were any better Id be you. I was like, awesome! I dont know what that means but Ill take it! He was like haha we're gonna have fun, your shirt is hot.(Aerosmith '93 get a grip tour af1 member shirt that I LOVE, because aerosmith is my number 1 band ever. mmmmm)
so, I get onstage first
I wish I had a recording of the audience reaction to me doing 18 and life, cause it was priceless. They were either mouths on the floor or screaming thier heads off. Glorious! Oh how I love hair metal.
tehehe.
OH! and my music director helped me pick a song for my sweeney audition, but more on that as it gets closer. Now Im off to practice.
Ciao Bellas!!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Hey World! Here I Am!!
Hi! So I just got home from rehearsal, and saw a post on a message board about theatre experience blogging. So here I am! Yippeee!
Alright, I have to 'splain a few things here. Im out of highschool, and have been for almost 3 years now. I went to a Performing Arts school. I was in 3 chiors, 2 dramas and musical theatre, as well as stage managing, playwrights, and costuming. I guess you could say Ive been around. I also have something called cerebral palsy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_Palsy
What this means in most basic terms, is Im forced to do everything a little differently. I dance, and walk differently, I write differently. I type differently. I did speak differently but a good many years of speech therapy fixed that. YAY! I learned from an early age that I could sing, and honed that talent, what little of it there was into something more. When I was five, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat came to town. Yes, I saw it with Donny Osmond. Love at first spotlight. When youre five, you dont think about can and cant do's, or futures, or cause and effect that actions might have on yourself or other people. You just stare, and hope and wish and dream. I saw Joesph that day and something inside me came alive. I had to be on stage. I had to do musicals. I WOULD be in an Andrew Lloyd Webber show someday. Through many years of summer camp, school shows, community theatre and the like, eventually I came to terms with the fact that I am a "working actress" Though acting is not what I do to pay bills, it is what I do.
Unfortunately, having CP often gets in the way of having a theatrical life. I cant feel my feet most of the time. I limp. My hands shake, my knee gives out whenever it wants. I cant dance though I do have rhythm and I can stay in time. Throw me in the back and Im cool. There is so much more I could do if I were given a shot, and one day, I promise you, I will be known. Im determined to prove that if I can do it so can anyone else.
Anyway, this is a theatre experience blog right? So lets move onto the theatre experiences! Right now, Im in an Andrew Lloyd Webber(!! See? Told you I would! HA!) revue style show titled Music of the Night. And I think, besides The Wiz, its my favorite show. Its just a kick ass time!!
Alright, I have to 'splain a few things here. Im out of highschool, and have been for almost 3 years now. I went to a Performing Arts school. I was in 3 chiors, 2 dramas and musical theatre, as well as stage managing, playwrights, and costuming. I guess you could say Ive been around. I also have something called cerebral palsy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_Palsy
What this means in most basic terms, is Im forced to do everything a little differently. I dance, and walk differently, I write differently. I type differently. I did speak differently but a good many years of speech therapy fixed that. YAY! I learned from an early age that I could sing, and honed that talent, what little of it there was into something more. When I was five, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat came to town. Yes, I saw it with Donny Osmond. Love at first spotlight. When youre five, you dont think about can and cant do's, or futures, or cause and effect that actions might have on yourself or other people. You just stare, and hope and wish and dream. I saw Joesph that day and something inside me came alive. I had to be on stage. I had to do musicals. I WOULD be in an Andrew Lloyd Webber show someday. Through many years of summer camp, school shows, community theatre and the like, eventually I came to terms with the fact that I am a "working actress" Though acting is not what I do to pay bills, it is what I do.
Unfortunately, having CP often gets in the way of having a theatrical life. I cant feel my feet most of the time. I limp. My hands shake, my knee gives out whenever it wants. I cant dance though I do have rhythm and I can stay in time. Throw me in the back and Im cool. There is so much more I could do if I were given a shot, and one day, I promise you, I will be known. Im determined to prove that if I can do it so can anyone else.
Anyway, this is a theatre experience blog right? So lets move onto the theatre experiences! Right now, Im in an Andrew Lloyd Webber(!! See? Told you I would! HA!) revue style show titled Music of the Night. And I think, besides The Wiz, its my favorite show. Its just a kick ass time!!
Song List
Jellicle Cats
Memory
Mr Mistoffeles
Superstar
Gethsemane
Whats the Buzz?
I Dont Know How to Love Him
Starlight Express/I Am The Starlight
Pumping Iron
Only You
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Joesph Medley which includes:
Prolougue
Jacob and Sons
Any Dream Will Do
Poor Poor Joesph
One More Angel in Heaven
Close Every Door
Go Go Joesph
Joesph's Coat
Masquerade
Music of the Night
Phantom of the Opera
Think of Me
All I Ask of You
Masquerade (Reprise)
Buenos Aries
Another Suitcase in Another Hall
Night of a Thousand Stars
Dont Cry for Me Argentina
A New Argentina
Unexpected Song
Sunset Boulevard
With One Look
Final Medley which includes
Jellicle Cats
Jesus Christ Superstar
Go Go Joesph
Phantom of the Opera
Beunos Aries
=)
Im super ridiculous excited!
I have rehearsals Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays, so Ill probably be posting then. I am auditioning for solos I dont know how to love him and memory, so we'll see what comes of it.
Ciao bella's!!
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