Oh man!! I've never been quite this excited about opening a show. This is partly due to the fact that I'm ALWAYS really nervous, and also that this is one of my favorite shows!!! Gene Kelley is awesome!! He is my dancing hero! I also think Donald O'Connor is amazing! I think he's more of an unspoken dancing star of the fifties! He was definitely in the shadow of Gene on and off screen! Tap dancing is such an amazing thing! It looks really cool and sounds just as rad when you are watching someone perform, but oh boy, you have no idea how hard it is! You have to have a lot of endurance to even think about all the combinations! I'm really stoked that I have had the chance to learn some amazing Tap (Thanks Maria) and hope I do the choreography some justice.
This show in particular has been sooooo much fun! It's such a happy-spirited show! I've really enjoyed working with Roger Dunbar!! He and his wife are such great people!!! I worked with Tamari in Les Miserables this summer and they are such happy people! Anyhow, Roger is really fun to act with, we kind of feed off of each other, and I think and that really helps for these two characters escpecially! Roger was my director for Fantasticks and I think that show is where I grew as an actor the most! He really made us find a character and well..be them! So, if you ever have the chance to work under Roger DO IT!!!!! Well looky there, i've shpeeled once again, hope I didn't bore ya!
The moral of this story is to come see Singing in the Rain at the Eccles Stage at DSC!! Doors open at 7! Everyone come and enjoy!!! :D
