I can't believe how long it has been since I blogged. For those of you waiting on tender hooks (I'm sure) thanks for your patience. It's been a whirlwind for the last month as we've moved from Houston to Dallas to Denver. Then, without warning I took a side trip to Los Angeles. The company whisked me to the LA company of Wicked to stand by for Madame Morrible. Here's what happened...Carol Kane was on vacation. Her understudy Linda Kerns was on. And the other understudy was injured. So they wanted to make sure that there was another Morrible in the building in case (heaven forbid) something happened to Linda. The great news was....nothing happened to Linda. I did NOT go on as Morrible but I did get to perform as the Midwife for the last three shows of the week. So I guess I can now add The Los Angeles Company of Wicked to my resume. Yippee. It was actually very surreal to be peforming in the show with an entirely different company. They were wonderful to me and are a very fun company!
But I must admit, I'm glad to be back with my own peeps. In fact, I flew in just in time to perform in our Broadway Cares Benefit here in Denver. We raised over $50,000 for the organization and even sold four Wicked Walk ons. So we'll soon be hosting some new Wicked cast members. For you true Wicked officiananadoes, can you spot the winners????
We're about to have somee big cast changes to. We're saying goodbye to Josh Lamon, our incredible Boq. He will be greatly missed. We're also saying goodbye to two ensemble members (both Fiyero understudies) Geoff Packard and Kyle McDaniel. I'm looking forward to meeting the wonderful folks who will take over their roles.
I'll be better with keeping up in the future! But for now, enjoy this shot of me in the LA company with the Witches Mother Gina Starbuck (and in my very own brand new Emerald City costume oooooohhhhhh) and posing with my fellow benefit performers. We were called the Manhattones and sang give Manhattan Transfer songs in the benefit.
