Stay Close To Your Dream

Stay Close To Your Dream
Don't let anything or anyone get in the way of it.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

So much to say!










I went to the April 18th Silent Rave in Union Square. WOW. Loads of fun.
I'm currently planning the Orlando Silent Rave. Check out the blog below!


Now for some awesome stuff. I went to the Cry-Baby Opening Night Performance and VIP After Party. I sat in the front row and was surrounded by celebrities such as Ricki Lake, Debbie Harry (Blondie), Miss Guy, John Waters, Kathleen Turner, Johnny Depp, Matthew Morrison and TONS more. They were SO nice to meet and talk to, it was insane.

The show went very well (7th time seeing it). The party was held at the Mansion on 28th and 10th. Ridiculous. It was High School Picnic themed and they had entertainers dressed as lunch ladies, Drapes, Squares, Doctors, Nurses, Inmates, and hookers. It was AWESOME.
We received gift bags to fill up as the night went on. There were stations like the Kissing Booth (sponsored by none other than Altoids),  A Doctor's office, a bakery, a salon, hula hoop exhibits, and get your picture taken with you head on a cardboard bride and groom body. The cake will be featured on Ace of Cakes on the Food Network. The cake was the entire town of Baltimore with drapes and squares kissing and dancing, little houses, and railroad tracks. Insane. 






For those wondering, the Producers gave me the tickets to the event. I saw the show for the 6th time and I was approached by one of the producers and he asked me if I could give him my name, number and email. And sure enough I got a call from him and he gave me 2 tickets to the show and 2 VIP passes. I walked with them down the red carpet with my date. Got our photo's taken on the red carpet with the Cry Baby layout background. Rick and David introduced me to quite a lot of Broadway celebs. We had some drinks together. Debbie Harry was a DOLL. She looks  mean, but she is SOO cool. 






























Monday, April 21, 2008

SILENT RAVE ORLANDO

That's right.

The European Silent Rave/Disco is hitting the states!

There was one held on April 18th here in NYC.


BUT...

It's time to make Orlando be one hell of a place! I'm hosting the 1st ever Orlando Silent Rave.


May 24th at the Orlando Fringe Festival at Loch Haven Park at 5:24PM

No raving before this time!!

You will see me there dressed in my ringleader attire prepping everyone for a countdown!!


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Saturday, April 12, 2008

"This Moment is More Precious than You Think"

Keep your eyes glued to Broadway.com and Broadwayworld.com for Seussical's official online blog and open rehearsal footage! The press has been there almost every rehearsal and they love it. I Ahrens and Flaherty (the writers of Seussical) and what a joy it was. They're currently rewriting a bit of things and adding in old stuff that didn't make it into the original licensed show.
So if you come see Seussical, it will be a production you've never seen or heard.

Also, for those who did not know CBGB's legendary clothing store located on St. Marks in the East Village is closing FOR GOOD on June 30th. If you live in the city, go stop by, show your love and support.


Today, my friend Amanda and I went down to the East Village for a bit of bohemian life. I met De La Vega today and let me tell you...His words have inspired and saved my life. His words are what keep me going and wanting this career more and more and meeting him today was a true blessing. I can't describe the emotion I felt when shaking his hand and when speaking to him. He is the most inspiring and beautiful person I have ever met.

Google his work James De La Vega. 
Buy a shirt, wear it, inspire others, and introduce De La Vega into the lives of your friends and enemies. 


Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Good morning...

A little side note before I get up and get ready for class. Well, Flopz n' Cutz 4 was Sunday night. 
For those who don't know, it's the yearly concert of songs from shows that didn't quite make it to Broadway, Broadway Flops, and songs cut from long running Broadway musicals.

Well there was a raffle going on...and the items were left unknown until it came time to announce the numbers. I purchased 6 tickets in hopes to land one hell of a prize. The first item, a package of Gay Porn, the production company donates a lot of money to the charity Flopz n' Cutz benefits (a no kill dog shelter), then there was a basket of flop musical demos and cds and posters, I was hoping to win that, but alas, did not. Then came a bunch of signed Benefit posters of past Charity events held by the group that does Flopz n' Cutz, and alas I didn't win that. 

Finally the 2 last things, a complete signed poster for Rags, and a FRAMED POSTER OF CARRIE THE MUSICAL. Yeah...I peed my pants. 

Well, sitting in my room IS the framed Carrie poster. I was the lucky winner, and honestly, when the called my ticket, I nearly had a heart attack and I began to cry. 

6 years...6 YEARS...I have loved this show. 
I've now got the Workshop, London, and Broadway scripts, the London an Broadway sheet music, a Broadway Opening Night Playbill, the act 1 Broadway video, the London video, the rehearsal, news, and commercial footage, the Broadway audio, the demo tape, the workshop audio, the hilarious rehearsal audio when Debbie Allen secretly says into the tape recorder "this music is shit, he won't let me take over, asshole...", the emerson college video, the stagedoor video, and the Broadway poster, all i need is the Danish audio, the souvenir program, and the London, and Broadway Flyer...


Yes, I am a Carrie fanatic.

Monday, April 7, 2008

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[Title of Show] is coming to Broadway this summer. What a journey that show has been through.
Glad to see it finally is making it's home on the Great White Way, hooray for original musicals.
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For those who don't know, I have been cast as Horton the Elephant in the TheatreWorks Off-Broadway revival of Seussical the Musical. 1st day of rehearsal was this morning. What an exciting bunch of people this cast is made up of. So I will be staying in the city and earning my equity card.

Things are certainly looking up. 

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Sophie.

I put Sophie out yesterday evening. Sophie being my Iron Fairy. I sprinkled her with Fairy Dust and followed the specific directions.

I come home from class today (gone from 7am-5:35pm) only to find her in a different position than when I left her. The Fairy Dust was sprinkled all over my room, and today has just been a wonderful day.

I don't know what to make of this whole repositioning thing, because only I have a key to my room, and service did not come to my room today. Whoa.