I am getting cranky about Doctor Who again. But it's all REACTIONARY crankiness because I'm thinking of all the complaints I hear about the show in recent seasons ( and I persist in reading it differently. )

I just stepped out of a solid production of Sunday in the Park with George. It's biggest issue was the lack of the way that Mandy Patinkin says the word "red," which is nobody's fault. (Ok, technically, there were other issues- the actress playing Dot didn't have a lot of power in her voice, and George also had some occasional pitch problems, but ( Read more... )

OOOPS. I joined a livestream to play copperbadge's Avengers drinking game and had DELICIOUS pink lemonade + tequila and then MORE WINE and OOPS. DRANK A LOT. IT TURNS OUT. Remember when we all used to drunk post more? THOSE WERE DELIGHTFUL DAYS. Rather than the LJ equivalent of drunk dialing friends, drunk posting on LJ now feels like shouting into the ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm beating my head against the wall, trying to learn the music for Labor. What I really need is a music coach- someone who can sit with me at a piano and teach me all the weird measures and guide me through the songs until I get a better grasp on them. This person should ideally want to be paid in cookies. Tucker's music is just ( Read more... )

Back in 2011, a movie called Thor happened. You've probably heard about it. I was mildly excited about it, as I was really digging Marvel comics movies and my teenage crush on Ken Branagh was looking forward to seeing what he did with something that I had no real prior emotional investment in. I got especially excited when I started hearing good ( Read more... )

So the Eleventh Doctor has exited Doctor Who, and as you can imagine, many people have many things to say about it.

( including me (spoilers within) )

John Tavener has passed away at the age of 69

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I found Tavener's work when I was still in high school and fell in love with his simplicity and the incredible grace and power of his music. I've been lucky enough to sing his work on a few occasions: "The Lamb," of course, but CCS commissioned a carol from him about five years ago that I loved, and ( Read more... )

So last week, I ran away to New York and invaded loony_moony's apartment and together, we fangirled MIGHTILY over the two productions over from the Globe- Richard III and Twelfth Night- WHY YES, THE SAME TWELFT NIGHT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE TEN YEARS AGO, HELLO, HOW ARE YOU.

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I was more than a little terrified that the production wouldn't hold up- there were a ( Read more... )

I know I owe the world a real update but OOPS. NOT TONIGHT. TONIGHT I DRANK WINE. LOTS OF WINE ( Read more... )

- Through luck, timing, and some modicum of talent, I have managed to turn a one-time sub gig into a long-term sub gig into an Actual Ensemble Member gig at the church where I've been occasionally moonlighting for almost a year now. Many thanks to darthfox for putting my name out there last fall when they needed an alto to step in at the last minute ( Read more... )