09 December, 2009

I've been:


singing for
Hal Prince
Sheldon Harnick
Terrence McNally
Stephen Wadsworth
Arthur Laurents
James Lapine
Rene Flemming (and her cape)

singing with
Lance Horne at Lincoln Centre
Kate Baldwin
Howard McGillin
Ana Gastyer
Sheldon Harnick
Cheyenne Jackson
Alan Cumming
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Michael Urie

Running Fiddler lines with a frantic Harvey Fierstein

Sounding the call (with my gorgeous friends Michael Arden and Toni Trucks)

Receiving colanders from Martha Stewart

Witnessing Jane Fonda licking her fingers and mimicking tears...

Rocking at Joe's Pub

Living in between...
uncertain about what the future holds and attempting to just ride with that uncertainty rather than try to control the uncontrollable

healing

Learning

Traveling like a crazy person and genuinely confused about the city I am in ("Where am I what city what day is it what time why the what the why why zzzzzzz....")

Emoting, dancing and singing with and basking in the glory that is Adam Cooper

Giving Thanks

Proud of my friends
Santino (for bouncing back)
Tasha (for being brave)
Victoria (for going out to the other end of the world and getting what she deserves)
Alley (for bring so brave about the death of her amazing father)

Humbled after winning a lovely award

Wrestling with my swinging feelings about London:
            feeling this one moment: "having the most incredible time back in London. Although my visits were fleeting they was filled with familiar things, faces of true friends and of course a lovely award! (Thank you all for such a wonderful visit, and everyone's lovely and generous congratulatory words. A lot of people made what I did in Carousel possible..., and I am incredibly humbled and grateful. xxx)"
            and this the next: "Dear London, why do you hate me? Love Al"

auditioning for the same role as a girl so young SHE BROUGHT HER MOMMY... who fixed her hair... and feeling really REALLY old...

Seeing her lovely new friend Kate Baldwin in Finian's Rainbow

Meeting LAUREN GRAHAM (her hand was incredibly soft...)

trapped after locking myself in a closet at an audition-- story to follow...

filming an episode of the ultimate badcrimdrama-- LAW & ORDER! (airing 8 January on NBC)
     and loving and laughing my ass off with Anderson and Sisto. FUN-NY (seriously... I had no ass)...

Planning the future (Christmas with mom in LA followed by a Reprise of Julie Jordan than an operatic trip to The Kennedy Centre!)

realizing that every once in a while... every so often now, it still smarts...

Writing:
sitting in my living room surrounded by 14 research books (each sprawled and lying face down), over 200 sticky notes, and the evil evil (appropriately black and Bulgakovian) cat, and a blaring collection of eclectic soundtracks and my trusty laptop awaiting the words... (AH! let the book come together...)

Enjoying a week writing 4 more chapters of my first book and filming 3 scenes in my first television...

Overall,
... Good two months.... Great two months...

12 comments:

  1. You truly are an inspiration in all of your ambitions, work, approach to life! Thank you :)

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  3. Congratulations! What an inspiring adventure in the unknown you have shared! Best of luck with the two shows!

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  4. That's an impressive list of events in your life. The highlight of my two months was watching Glee.

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  5. London misses you :)
    So glad to hear good things from you, and you met Lauren Grahame :O jealous jealous jealous, however I do have the COMPLETE GG with purple velvet box for solace!
    London Greetings to you xxxx
    Hayley x

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  6. The gilmore???? THE GILMORE!?!?!?!?!? Something in my head just exploded.

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  7. I LUUUUUUUUUUUURV!

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  8. I am thankful for you and your family and what they have meant in my life.

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  9. We practice for years to be able to wear capes-the more ridiculous the more successful we've become :P

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  10. you're amazing and thank you!! I was telling Kevin all about you and the blog and the novel he was like wow!! and i was like, you have no idea!! its WOW WOW! and he was like yeah....
    p.s CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR THE LOCKED IN A CLOSET STORY????!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    LOVE YOU LOADS like baked potatos with names on ;-)

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  11. Al,

    You inspire me. Thank you. I need it.

    Matt

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