Tuesday, May 13, 2008

I only "Liked" the Piano

So, I said I was going to write about the latest show we had, "I Love a Piano" but I am sure you all get tire of hearing us ramble on about work so I will give you the short version. Basically it is from a a brand new production company that obviously don't know what they are doing. These poor technicians get paid pretty much nothing and get no support whatsoever from this production company. They had all gotten sick in the last town and we were their last venue before the tour was over. We were also the only performing arts hall that really knew what we were doing. We actually sent their wardrobe lady back to the hotel to sleep off the stomach flu and ran the show ourselves. Being a musical revue of Irving Berlins most famous songs, it was an enjoyable show, and the cast was great. Props to all the technicians who stuck with it through to the end.

The highlight of the week was without a doubt, Tony Bennett. He is amazing. He hasn't aged at all in at least ten years. Performers these days don't have half the class that he does. He was here for a 100 year celebration benefit for the Childrens Home. His daughter Antonia opened for him and then he sang for a good hour. It was AWEsome tot say the least.

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