Part two of yesterday.

[xiphias]

Yeah, so I got up to about noon for yesterday. Let's see if I can remember the rest of the day . . .

I came home and puttered around the house a bit. Eventually, Lis and I decided that we wanted pizza and ice cream, so we walked down to a pizza place and got a couple slices and a gyro. Then we drove and got ice cream.

Then I dropped Lis off and drove down to MIT at around 4:30, 5 or so. 'Cause I'd decided to audition for the chorus of Iolanthe that navrins and greenlilly and folks were putting on.

I got in. I've not been on stage since high school (well, okay, I played a set or two at Cholmondely's at Brandeis, but that doesn't count, exactly). . . I'm moderately terrified. But it's only the chorus, so I'll be fine. I've got a score, so I need to start learning the music for the bass chorus.

Then I drove over to gilana's Bithday Luau. Which was a blast. I didn't know very many people when I got there, but everyone was hugely nice and friendly, so I knew everyone by the time I left.

Anyway, after a couple hours, tapuz, laurens10, gnomi, and mabfan showed up, none of whom I see often enough.

(Actually, there's NOBODY on my friends list that I see enough, frankly. 'Cept MAYBE cheshyre, and that's 'cause I see her an average of 16 hours a day or so. And I could do with seeing her more. But that's besides the point.)

Turns out mabfan is a huge fan of Iolanthe -- it's his favorite G&S play. He's got the entire thing memorized, can sing most of the parts from memory. I told him he should audition, but he pointed out that he's shomer shabbat, which would make things a bit tricky. He did, however, let me know that, if we screw this play up, he's going to personally beat all of us up. 'Cause it's his favorite.

So, everybody -- if you want to be beaten up by Michael Burstein, just screw up Iolanthe. I mean, he IS cute and I'm sure SOME of us involved with the musical are kinked.

Somehow, I don't suppose that's what he meant, though.

I also got to see chanaleh and lots of other folks, whose LJ names are escaping me at the moment. I had a total blast, met lots of cool people, and think that Gilly should have birthdays EVERY year.

Gilly also has an inflatable sukkah.

She kicked us all out at 10:30 or 11 or so, because she'd been partying for over 24 hours or so by that point, and needed to work in the morning.

So, yay yesterday. Was cool.

Comments

[gilana]

So glad you had fun! I'm always nervous about mixing groups of friends, but it did seem to work pretty well this time.

Gilly also has an inflatable sukkah.
Pop-up sukkah. Inflatable cactus. Easy to get them confused :)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Somehow, I don't suppose that's what he meant, though.

Uh, yeah.

:-)

I've seen MIT do Iolanthe a few times and enjoyed it each and every time. I'm sure this one will be great.

(The Lord Chancellor is actually my favorite character in all of G&S, and I would love to play him one day. But I don't think I have the voice.)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Oh, I bet you do too have the voice!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you!

Let me know if your LC actor gets sick... :-)

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I think that may be the most off-hand "I got in the production" announcement I've ever seen. (-:

Congratulations, and break a leg.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

'Cause I'd decided to audition for the chorus of Iolanthe that navrins and greenlilly and folks were putting on.

That'd be me, greenlily, not greenlilly. I do kinda have to wonder what're the odds that two of us would pick the same LJ name (apparently I got to it first).

Oh, and, not to worry. MITG&SP isn't, mostly, Theater People. It's normal people who like theater. I mean, for some values of "normal". You know what I mean.

[ckd]

*sigh*. Wish I could have made it to the luau.

[navrins]

Nobody is allowed to screw up Iolanthe! If you want to get beat up, you'll have to find another way.

Not to worry, though. Nobody will.

- the director