All Hallows Eve and PRINCIPAL COVER #2

Boston is grand-----its been a great week of temperatures fluctuating like the body heat index of a menopausal beauty. But, the bodacious FOLIAGE makes up for it ten fold!!!!!

Thursday, our understudy rehearsal was cancelled to make room for costume fittings.  All the costumes were supposed to have come in, from the now dead broadway company (R.I.P), but then it all got cancelled.  Apparently some costumes were sold to London with the rest of theBROADWAY package(which is typical), but we now learned that we actually dont have all the costumes we thought we would have because they are across the pond.  Its interesting, but I guess comes down to the benjamins when all else fails.  That day, a friend of mine came in from Cali for a workshop out on Cape Cod, and we met up and walked through the Commons.  We actually went through CHINATOWN first and saw this awesome mural. But, we alos just so happened to stumble across the BULL & FINCH pub.
 

This is what CHEERS, the TV show, was based on.  Its on the BEACON HILL side of the park, and is a great place. They shot the outside of the BAR for the TV show, but then used a studio for the rest of the show.  The inside looks nothing like the TV set, but they have since created a replica of the TV show down at the NORTH MARKET--which is actually downtown in the midst of the FANEUIL HALL MARKETPLACE. So, there are two CHEERS--people knowning your name everywhere!!!!!

 That night, after the show, we had our first night of fundraising for BROADWAY CARES EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (BCEFA).  We are selling signed playbills, custom cards by JOSH WALDEN, a signed jumprope, a signed piece of the HARVARD paper Becky pops out of, have the standard money buckets, and VEN is taking pictures with people as the UPS guy.  Our first night we made 2000 dollars, and now have made well over 8000 dollars in just two days( still waiting for last nights total).  Its great!!!!!  We will be collecting into Dec, so wait for a grand total. 

This happens after the show every night, so wait to see cast members in hats as you leave the theatre.  Give $5, $10, deeds to your house, we even take small children or angry spouses to sell on the black market.  

Friday was the great and wonderful HALLOWEEN.  One of our traveling stagehands, Garry, is from Boston and arranged a party for us at BOSTON BILLIARDS.  We all rushed over as soon as the curtain was down, also after a talk back with the EMERSON COLLEGE musical theatre cats, and it was on.  IT was a cluster of random costumes and laughs.  A core group dressed as SEXY Wizard Of Oz characters( with friends from NYC coming up), Becky was SARAH PALIN, Spencer was a MOOSE, Kevin BeeBee was our Head Carpenter Brian( hilarious), J was a UPS Guy/Dick in a box, and one of my favs was Ven dressed like a ghost. 

He cut two holes in the hotel sheet and was walking around going OOOOOOOOHHHHH.  I piddled in my pants more than once, especially when he hid in the corner and pretended like nobody could see him.  Another, which i forgot, was Jeff and Josh as SIERRA MIST. Josh was Sierra Boggess as the LIL MERMAID and Jeff was a stagehand with a mist bottle.  We are some funny M&%*^&% F&#*$%$S!!!!

Saturday, the BCEFA rep Monsieur Graziano came up to see the show and enjoy our fundraising efforts.  He gave a wee speech before the evening show, sharing stories from people that have been helped by the fundraising, and told us that we are the 2nd largest HIV/AIDS aid contributors in the country. THATS HUGE!!!!!   That also coincided with a gift basket being sent by Donna ViVino of the WICKED tour. 

They were McCain and Obama cookies.
 

They were hard, but inspiring......and then ANDREAS was on.

Coleen called out due to ankle problems, so Sara Andreas was on.  They threw some costumes together and a wig, and she was thrown on.  AND WAS EXQUISITELY FLAWLESS!!!!!!

  Following up her YELLOW BRICK ROAD TO THE EMERALD CITY, it was a great weekend for her.  She is the second understudy to go on for a principal contract and showed that people should never get pidgeon-holed as SWINGS.  This happens all the time--but mamma rocks the socks!!!

What will happen today?  who knows.......it is the day of the Pagan Sun God as well as the adopted day of the Christian Jesus.....so all possibilities are GLOWINGLY possible on a SUPERSTAR level!  And tomorrow I get to go to Maine.....