Not that life isn't still full of stalled traffic and bad weather and colds and occasional irritation, but doing a show like this, none of that matters for long. Last night I went to see the show that's closing in this same theatre where I'll be performing the current awesome project in a couple of weeks. It's enormous. It's gorgeous. It's magnificent. It has been refurbished and it glitters and shines.
Also, did I mention it's enormous? It's alternately jaw-dropping and scary as hell that I'll be on that stage in a couple of weeks. Eek! I spent the whole show thinking about how strange it is to see a show in a space like that, with production values like that and an audience size like that (it seats 1500), and realize that will be me. I'm not a large part in this show, but I AM in it, and you won't be able to miss me - I have lines and everything.
Last night I was also blown away by some performances, and all I could think about that was: I have to get better. Not, I don't belong here or I have no talent or I'm a charlatan (though of course those ideas travel through my head at times as we rehearse), just, I have more ability that I have currently developed and I have to get more solid at it.
In the meantime, I just watched what might as well be a Broadway show, and realized the next thing on that stage...is me.
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