what weekend

[carolinecrane]

Last night after work my sister met me downtown and we went to see the final performance of Mary Poppins: The Musical. It was...okay. I mean, I enjoyed it, mostly, and Con O'Shea-Creal, who played Bert, was fantastic, as were Kerry Conte as Winnifred and Karen Murphy as the Bird Woman/Miss Andrews. I cry every time I watch the "Feed the Birds" scene in the movie, and as it turns out, the Broadway show was no exception. Lame!

Anyway, the little girl playing Jane, bless her, was just terrible. I couldn't understand a word out of her mouth the entire show. And neither my sister or I thought Madeline Trumble was the right choice for Mary. She just didn't work for us. Apparently she was Katherine's understudy in Newsies during the period when we saw it last year. I'm very grateful we got to see Kara Lindsay instead.

But again, it was fun, and I loved some of the musical numbers ("Step In Time" and "Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious" especially.) The sets were AMAZING, especially given it was the touring production so they have to break those things down and cart them around the country every week.

Other that that I worked all weekend. It was super fun, let me tell you. The police had to be called on Saturday because of a mentally ill woman who started screaming and throwing things at the circulation staff, and apparently one of the new guys was traumatized by his first solicitation from an older man. They should really mention these inevitabilities in the interview so people can prepare themselves.

No one ever hassles me because I scare people, so I spent an uneventful weekend apartment shopping and learning about all the things there are to do in Connecticut. I grew up right next door in RI and I've only ever been to Mystic. That's sad. Of course I have to make it through my interview first, but it's never a bad idea to have a plan in place, just in case. If they do want to hire me I'm going to have to start the moving process, after all, and if I do my research beforehand I won't have to worry about it later.

It's only my first interview. Anything could happen! But I have a good feeling about this one.

Comments

[yabamena]

Sounds like you had the same reaction I did to Mary Poppins. It was good! Just not...spectacular? But good lord, those sets! I have such a thing for set porn when it comes to musicals. And I loved what they did with the "Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious" since they couldn't do the whole park/racetrack scene. Heh. Talk Shop.

Oof. The more I hear about your job...Soon. Sooooon.

[carolinecrane]

Exactly. I was not blown away, but I wasn't sorry I went, either. Which is more or less what I expected. The sets absolutely made it worth it. I think the Talk Shop set is half the reason I liked that number so much.

I'm trying not to think about this whole job business until my interview. It's not going that well.

[yabamena]

Same! And yeah, the sets definitely added to the enjoyment.

Ha, yeah, I don't blame you! Fingers crossed! I have no doubt you'll blow them away with your awesomeness.

[carolinecrane]

I told my friend Lisa earlier that I wouldn't be expecting much from this interview other than practice, except that given the collective power of people sending 'hire her' vibes in the direction of the hiring committee, I might actually have a chance. Time will tell!

[mythicgeek]

This! I actually had a similar reaction to the boy who played Michael in the show we saw. I could barely understand him. I know he had some funny lines but I missed a fair amount of them. I liked him though. I mean he was good, I just couldn't really understand him.

I think I'd have enjoyed it much more if I'd read the books and if I hadn't seen Newsies first. I had expectations and they weren't met. I did enjoy myself still though so it wasn't a loss by any means!

Your Saturday sounded like a show in and of itself! >.>

[carolinecrane]

Our Michael wasn't terrific either, but he was better than Jane. At least he didn't talk like his mouth was full.

I have read the book, so I was expecting dark, though I still wasn't prepared for the terror that was the living doll scene. That should have come with a warning.

[mythicgeek]

Agreed! That freaked me out. Did they put the kids on trial and have the clown as the judge? Apparently that had been in the first few runs and then they took it out because it was, you know, scarring children.

[carolinecrane]

A trial in the book? I don't remember that in the first book, but I haven't read the rest, so it might be in one of the sequels. The scene I saw was terrifying enough; I'm not surprised they revised it.

[mythicgeek]

I should have clarified! Yes either in the book or the production you saw. I was wondering if they took it out entirely. Sounds like they did. I almost hope it shows up later in the books because otherwise why would anyone come up with that scene to be added it? Just the thought!