Well, I wasn't as successful during the day today as I'd hoped. In fact, I didn't really do much of anything. It was nice to relax and since I've been a bit ill and quite busy the last few days I suppose it was appropriate to relax. I did change the supporting character's name in my children's play from Nicky to Jimmy. That's it though. My relaxing included watching what is probably my favorite movie musical of all time Fiddler on the Roof. I think Topol is a genius. Furthermore, it contains one of my favorite lines in movie history. Tevye says in response to "Money is the root of all evil"..."Then may the Lord smite me with it, and may I never recover!" Tis a lovely movie, though quite depressing at the end...so I didn't watch the end. haha.
I hit traffic for the first time driving into the city today. The rain was probably the major issue, but it was also rush hour (though one would think driving into the city during evening rush hour wouldn't cause that much of a problem. However, since I've been driving in DC for the last 2 years, I know better than to assume anything when it comes to traffic situations.) Despite the traffic, I was not worried because for some reason I've been extremely good about leaving myself plenty of time. This is new for me, though I do enjoy it so hopefully it will continue.
The show went well, though the audience wasn't the best we've had. It will be very interesting over the next 8 weeks to see the different audiences. Usually (at least in my experience with smaller audiences) you can judge how the audience is going to be based on a few things. First, the day of the week/time of the show. A Sunday night crowd is going to be anxious about working the next day and maybe not as into it. A Friday night crowd is excited about the weekend, but probably tired from work and had to rush to eat and get to the theatre on time. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night crowds are probably mostly subscribers who like the cheaper subscription possibilities (which is TOTALLY when I would go so kudos to them. haha.) Matinees (Wed, Sat or Sun) are probably a mix of older couples and families with young kids. Leaving us, of course, Saturday night which I guess are well rested people enjoying their weekends and ready for the theatre. These are all stereotypes based on assumptions...but stereotypes come from somewhere, right?! haha.
Secondly, you can often judge an audience based on how they react to a certain line or scene. I remember when I was in Plaid Tidings last year, there was a line (which I happened to deliver) in the beginning of the first scene which I used to judge the audience. Big laugh, means the audience would be eating out of the palm of our hands the rest of the night. A smattering of chuckles meant we needed to warm them up, but we could probably get them. If we heard nothing but crickets, I knew we had to speed through the show because this audience wasn't going to be amused by the corny fluff that it was. I haven't yet figured out which lines or scenes will be the test for audiences in this show, but I think most shows (especially comedies or at least shows that contain comedy) have them. This audience seemed to enjoy the show overall, but didn't seem that focused on the little things. One of the ways to get through doing a show over and over again is to analyze the audiences, and I enjoy it thoroughly.
Tomorrow (well, today I suppose since it's after midnight) is my first understudy rehearsal. We are only doing music tomorrow so it won't be that long for me. In fact, I'm only scheduled for half-an-hour. Which is fine by me since the family is coming down!!! WOOHOO!!! I'm so excited. It's been a long while since I've seen my parents and brother and sister-in-law-to-be and Grandparents. Actually, I've seen Jenna more recently than anyone else. I have some excellent plans for food for the next few days. I planned out each meal based on recommendation and online reviews. The family is seeing the show Saturday night. I have the tickets, so I really hope I remember to bring them with me. The worst idea in the world was to not either send the tickets to my mother, or leave them at will call. Though, to be honest, there is a lovely story about tickets to see me in Mikado 4 or 5 years ago which you should ask my mother about. It's amusing.
Anyway, it's late so I'm off. I'm so excited for this weekend! Weeeeeee!
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