Whether the weather....

It has been far too long since my last blog. Let me clue you in.
The show has been amazing. My fellow Greasers and I have enjoyed this incredible run, but... I can only speak for myself. Someone recently told me that, no matter what age you are... at some point in musical theatre, you WILL do Grease. Can they actually say that this experience is the same as the others? Fuck no! Perhaps it is one of those, "been there, done that", musicals but have you ever done it like this? I do not think that it will ever be done quite like this again.
On that note, when did it become acceptable that all theatre productions should mirror the previous ones? I mean sure, you can play it safe and do Grease just as it has been done EVERY TIME before. How fucking boring! I mean does no one know any of us by now? Do we NOT prove to you that real talent has balls and guts????
Our Grease is probably the most interesting piece of theatre that I have actually had the privilege of being apart of. Scott Miller took us all under his wing and led us to create a timeless piece of theatre that is sooo completely misunderstood in this time.
My biggest question is not whether or not you were pleased by our performance, but more so if you think we actually gave a shit. Listen, if you want "poppy" everyday, predictable story lines, then by all means........ STAY HOME AND WATCH THE MOVIE!!!! But if you want intrigue and creativity, then come watch us do what we do best. (And by the way, if you cannot tell the grammatical difference between whether and weather or then and than, well thats not my fucking problem)

Whether the weather is cold....
Whether the weather is hot....
We'll do this production....
Whatever the weather....
Whether you like us or not!

Opening Night!!!

Well last night was our first run with an audience (officially not opening night til tonight though). Everything went sooo well! The audience was not as responsive as I would have hoped, but afterward, they seemed to embrace the show completely. Everything went off without a hitch, even though I knew that everyone was a bit antsy. I don't think we were nervous about how we would perform, but more so for how the audience would react to our performances. So far so good! Oh, and we beat the presale mark by almost double, breaking new lines original record of 210 tickets sold before opening (for Chicago) with a brand new record of 405!!!
I can't believe how much I have totally enjoyed this show. At dinner last night, Scott Miller and I were talking about how sometimes, after you stage a show that has movie version attached to it, you just don't appreciate the movie version as much anymore. I LOVED the movie Grease growing up but now, I love THIS Grease sooo much better. I am so happy to have been apart of this production. I have learned so much and this cast rocks. I am truly gonna enjoy the next eleven runs of this show.

P.S. I totally stopped by Jack in the Box on the way home last night and got some curly fries that I shared with my dog!! Ha Ha! Maybe I should have eaten something small at Tucker's oops!

Toodles,
Isabel