I've really been enjoying my time back in The Netherlands. The HUGE event was my older son's wedding! Billy and Frauke tied the knot down in Germany, surrounded by friends and family, including several friends from Billy's pre-K class, back when he was four.
My last project in the U.S. was "Buddy" and my previous post included hopes for several more standing ovations. Well, it definitely reached that goal, ELEVEN in a row, the entire run!! The show deserved it, too. I had a blast in the show, playing Buddy's manager, playing bass for the "Winter Concert" and dancing my "bil" off during "Johnny B. Goode" and "Oh, Boy!" I met several GREAT people that I hope to work with more in the future, especially Toly and Brandon.
A quick summation of my first trip to New York includes about 15 projects, highlighted by performing on Broadway (ummm, for one night, sigh), having two "national" commercials, doing "Perp! The Criminal Musical," a show that I really think has a future, freelancing with a boat load of agents, being cast in a main role in a TV pilot/film and lastly, getting callbacks for FIVE national tours which resulted in an offer for "Fiddler!"
I also met quite a few wonderful people in NYC, like my roommate, Walter and two of his friends, Amos and George. Bumping into Aubrey at one of Walter's performances reinforces how chance can help you meet the nicest people!
"Fiddler" will begin rehearsing on Sept. 24 in NYC, head to Alaska for several tech runs around Oct. 12 and then open in Alaska on October 20th, if my memory serves me right. We will then hit 40 cities in the next eight months, including my birthplace, Louisville, my "second" hometown of El Paso and my older sister's city, Omaha, as well. I hope to see many people that I haven't seen in YEARS!
Living as part of a gypsy troupe will be interesting! I have two friends already on the tour as well, Stephen and Pamela, plus another Kentuckian, Clay, that I am looking forward to meeting. Updates will be coming, of course!
