[ April 21, 2006, 05:37 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Break a leg! Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Yay! I will be cheering for you in spirit, since obviously I can't be flying to Florida to see you. Have fun! Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
What is opening? (curious)
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Break a leg, kid! Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Break a leg!
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Break an arm and a leg!
Posted by Feyd Baron (Member # 1407) on :
I'll wish you gallons of luck equivilant instead.
(That's still the best thing I've seen on hatrack)
Feyd
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Icarus is a thespian! And so's his wife!
Have a wonderful evening absorbing the praise and adulation of your many obsessed fans.
Hey, I just had a great idea. Do you think I could make money selling a Celebration Town edition of Maps to the Stars' Homes?
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Break a leg!! No, two legs.
(One each, don't one of you try to hog all the leg-breaking.)
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Ryuko, Icarus and Cor are both going to be in 1776.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
dang, feyd beat me to the gallons of equivalent.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Break a leg. But don't actually break a leg. I know someone who pulled a muscle badly in a show and did the next two shows (there were only three) on crutches. It was confusing because one person was acting someone with a broken leg, and this other person actally had a badly injured leg, but wasn't supposed to.
Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :
May the audience leave slowly!
('Tis an old good luck equivalent from the Kennedy Center. Theoretically, the longer they stay, the more they liked it since they're clapping longer.)
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
It was a good night!
Thanks for all of your good—er, well, actually bad—wishes!
Now all I have to do is duplicate it tomorrow . . . and the next day . . . and next week . . . and . . .
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Sorry I didn't see this earlier.
Congrats and good BLANK for tomorrow night.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
. . . well, sort of. He doesn't actually say if we're any good or not, just that he liked the songs and that people should go see it . . . but it'll do!
Posted by Gottmorder (Member # 5039) on :
I offer you Lord Glockenheinen XXXVIII's Artificial Luck™(9 out of 10 leprechauns can't tell the difference!)
[ June 28, 2003, 01:44 AM: Message edited by: Gottmorder ]
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Ooh, and here's one from a private board:
quote: The Celebration Players' production of the musical 1776 opened this evening at the Black Box Theatre at Celebration School. This is a must see show. The talent is fantastic and the songs are enjoyable. Lively, humorous, touching and thought-provoking are all words that describe this production. Tickets are still available, but once word gets around, I am sure it will be a sell out.
1776 will be playing June 28, 29 and July 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13. Curtain is at 8:00 on Friday and Saturday and 7:00 on Sundays.
Did you hear that?! The talent is fantastic! Clearly, she means me!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Well, who ELSE would she mean? Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Congrats, Icarus.
Of course, if people are paying attention, that first link you provided gives a strong clue to your full name.
Also, way to fish for a compliment.
I can't wait to see it! I'm going when I can also see Cor in the lead female role. Icarus I can see any night.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Oh, congratulations! When are you going to set up a webcam so we can all watch the performance?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Ask me that on AIM sometime . . . Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
Don't wish me luck . . .
. . . but tonight is opening night for Barefoot in the Park.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Break a shoeless leg in the park.
Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :
Icarus is a Thespian? You know there's a cream you can get for that, right?
I suppose it only follows logic his wife is too. . .
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Break a leg, Icarus. If you act half as well as you played Scrabble the other night, you'll knock 'em dead.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Are you both in this one as well? Break the appropriate number of legs!
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
Thanks!
No, Cor is not in this one. She prefers musicals. Hopefully, we will both be in The Music Man this spring. Auditions for that are this weekend as well.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Don't trip over a sprinkler head or...
you'll break a leg...
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
::applauds in advance::
Break a leg!
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
Ka'Plagh! Die well!
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Bofta!
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I was in the pit orchestra for a production of The Music Man once. That was a fun show.
There not much in life I enjoy more than playing in the pit orchestra for an amateur musical.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
At the risk of repeating the sentiment . . . break a leg! Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
Hope things went splendidly!
Oooo... The Music Man. Love that musical. Shipoopi is such a fun song to sing. The dance isn't too bad as well.
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
I like that the guy was thoughtful enough to mention us supporting players.
In the next day or so, I should find out about casting for The Music Man.
::crosses fingers::
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Is this the one where New York abstains, courtiously? (sp?)
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
The Music Man? Barefoot in the Park?
1776 is the one you're thinking of, but that was last year.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Hey, great review!
Though I hadn't reread the thread properly, and I was trying to figure out who Cor was playing for a full 10 minutes.
Good luck for The Music Man!
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
My audition last Monday went pretty well. I would say very well, but . . .
We were told to come prepared to sing a song of our choosing--either a capella or bringing sheet music, or bringing accompaniment musi of our own--and to do a cold reading from the script. I chose to sing "The Impossible Dream," from Man of La Mancha.
My voice had been a little bit raw a week or so before the audition, from lack of sleep (due in part to Barefoot and in part to my hectic schedule, which includes taking a class at UCF) and too much overuse during the day. So for about a week before I really tried to take it easy, and I also quit drinking caffiene. It was really a close thing. Two days before, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to sing the song, because I was going hoarse on some of the tougher notes. I also could not allow myself to practice more than once a day out loud. Luckily, by the time Monday came around, my voice was in good shape, and I sang the song really well in audition--Cor says that it was the best she'd heard me sing it.
I was auditioning for the part of Marellus Washburn--Buddy Hackett's part in the original movie. I chose it because it's a pretty good role, maybe the third best in the show, because I know I'm not leading man material, and because in the last two shows I think I've provem myself when it comes to comic timing on stage. They took me seriously enough to have me read Washburn in several scenes.
And then they asked me to sing "Shipoopi." Cold. That's something I've never seen done before, and it was not very cool. Anyway, I don't think I sang it particularly well. I'd only heard it a few times before, and I had not practiced it. It's a very high and very fast song. It can be lowered if they want, but I don't know if they want to do that.
And then we had a dance audition, which I had not been informed we would be having. My goal was simply to not embarrass myself, and I think I succeeded in that. :-\
So I don't know what to think. I should find out what I have any day now.
I wouldn't be surprised if I did not get Washburn because of the whole "Shipoopi" thing. I would also like the part of the mayor, but, 1) I'm not really quite old enough, 2) I don't know that I can carry off a politician, and 3) the mayor doesn't sing. I might not have carried off Shipoopi, but I sing pretty well, and that's not terribly common. So I don't know that they would cast me in a non-singing role.
So what's left, other than chorus? The barbershop-quartet-like Board of Education. Which I reckon I could be happy with.
Honestly, what I really want is to build up a good enough reputation to get a better role in the reprise of 1776 this summer. I want to play Rutlege (sp?) from South Carolina. If I can get that, then I really don't much care what I play in this show.
::continues to cross fingers::
[ February 23, 2004, 11:29 AM: Message edited by: lcarus ]
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
Oh, and I guess I should talk about Cor as well.
Cor also auditioned. Oddly enough, this play has more decent male parts than decent female ones. (It doesn't have a lot of either, which is one reason I'm not crazy about it . . . the drop from Washburn to anonymous school board guy is quite steep. ) For a female, there's the lead, and that's pretty much it. There's the mayor's wife, but you have to purposely sing badly and make an ass out of yourself in that role, and I don't know if Cor can bring herself to do that. And then there's chorus.
Cor's an excellent singer (and reader, of course). I didn't see her dance audition, because she was behind me, but she's a better dancer than I am, so I expect it was at least adequate. But only one really good part, in a company with two really talented female singers.
::crosses fingers some more::
::hopes for more positive vibes from Hatrack::
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Joe, I think you'd be perfect for the role Ron Howard made famous.
Seriously, you said you had never had to sing cold before and since I know you've done this a good bit, I would guess that their request was out of the ordinary. I'm sure a lot of other people left with the same feeling you have.
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
I am standing on the left, my long hair hidden within the Yankee's cap.
[ March 07, 2004, 10:57 PM: Message edited by: lcarus ]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Icarus, I already thought you were way cool. But now I think you are even cooler yet. Talented to boot. I guess this is one of the many things that you and Cor can both appreciate and share together. Hurray for common interests between spouses!
I wish you many a successful performance.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*Whistles*
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
I meant post-audition...you know, after-audition...??
ack.
*places foot back in mouth*
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Icarus, that is awesome! Congratulations again.
(You are much younger in appearance than I'd imagined. And more of a devillish grin than expected for one so even-keeled in temperament.)
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
I look much younger clean-shaven (not to mention with my hair hidden away), as I had to be for that role. After a couple of weeks, I am now back to my god-of-war sideburns and goatee. I hope I have a picture to post soon. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Am I jinxing it if I ask about the other one?
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
I knew somebody would catch that omission . . .
I was offered a chorus part. Though I auditioned well, I guess I just wasn't a perfect match for any of the major roles. Anyway, I just finished doing a production and spending several nights a week apart from my family, and I am also taking a class, so I decided to sit this one out and wait for 1776; I declined the part.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Don't wish us luck . . .
. . . but tonight is opening night!
EDIT 2006: Based on time, this must have been for Man of La Mancha. Apparently I never bumped the thread for Harvey. Too bad . . . Harvey was a lot of fun--more fun that the first time I was in it, back in 1994.
[ April 21, 2006, 12:57 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Break the limb of your choice!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I was going to say don't break a jaw, but I remembered that a jaw isn't exactly a limp, as such.
*gives anti-luck*
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Oh my! It seems like you just had the auditions! I so wish I was closer... Good luck, you two!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Icky, that song, The Impossible Dream, was a song I sang in Jr High as s solo. I got a standing ovation...and then didn't make the show chorus, the first time in my whole life I didn't make the cut.
Funny thing is that I was good enough to solo in the Honors choir, and in States.
I had auditioned with a cold, and hurt my voice. Since I had never had a vocal lesson in my life, I began singing wrong, way back in my throat, when I needed to sing my solos for the States.
I love that song, but can't get the last note anymore, not even in my current nasally voice.
Good luck with the next audition though....I can say that now, because it isn't happening yet, therefore no jinx.
Yet.
Kwea
[ February 18, 2005, 08:35 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Don't wish us luck . . .
. . . but tonight is opening night for Fiddler on the Roof!
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Break a leg, Icarus!
... Who are you? (Edited to add: in the play)
"If I had a rich man ..."
[ April 21, 2006, 09:29 PM: Message edited by: JennaDean ]
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Break a leg!
I have a friend in high school who used to wish all kinds of horrible things on people who told him to break a leg.
Break a leg anyway!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I am Avram the Bookseller.
Good opening night (especially given that we opened on a night when no Orthodox Jews would be able to attend!)
Posted by CoriSCapnSkip (Member # 9153) on :
Oh, that oughta be fun. For Ben Franklin's 300th birthday.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
How did it go?
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Glad opening night went well, Joe. My sister and my mother are in Beauty and the Beast starting next weekend -- April is a very popular performance month!
*sigh* I do love Fiddler...I wish I looked more Jewish. A pox on Greg for not rubbing off on me... Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Well the night is still somewhat young . . .
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Back in the old country, everyone's middle name was "the". I'm trying to bring back the custom. I know Marty the Babysitter, Steve the Repairman, Arno the Astrophysicist, Irving the Doctor, and, oh yeah, Icarus the Thesbian.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Here is a review of the show. Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Cool beans, Joe. And Lisa got a shout out! What was her role, again?
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Tante: How can Icarus be a Thespian? He's a BOY!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I'm a Thespian in a man's body.
-o-
Cor plays Grandmother Tzeitle's ghost.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Cool review....I am glad you got it all worked out. I may be able to go se it tomorrow night, what time is the show?
How much is it again?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
8 pm
$15
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
3 hours? Hmm....
I might be able to handle it, since I don't have to go to run the pool tourney on Sundays anymore . Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Basically, I-4 to World Drive, World Drive *away* from Disney until it ends, then RIGHT on Celebration Boulevard until *it* ends, and the school and theatre will be on your left.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I wish I could have made it, but I couldn't...I tried (unsuccessfully) to repair my truck tonight.
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) For a female, there's the lead, and that's pretty much it. There's the mayor's wife, but you have to purposely sing badly and make an ass out of yourself in that role, and I don't know if Cor can bring herself to do that. And then there's chorus. ![[Dont Know]](graemlins/dontknow.gif)
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