On The Road — Page 40

I’m Still Here

April 9, 2016 at 7:59 am by Claudia

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This is what I call a Filler Photo.

Because I’m not there. I’m still here. In Hartford.

Knowing I was just about to check out of the hotel yesterday morning, I decided to check in with Darko to see whether he might want me to stick around another day to work with some actors before I left town. He thought that was a good idea. So we extended my stay and I’m not going home until this evening.

It was a very busy day – no time to take any pictures for you – and that brings us back to the Filler Photo and why it was necessary today.

I love working with this cast of generous and friendly actors/singers/dancers. Goodness, the music written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (of Ragtime) is beautiful! Having them on hand, as well as the writer of the text, playwright Terrence McNally, during table work has been invaluable and fascinating for this text coach.

I am blessed.

I’m working one on one with some actors this morning and then we’re continuing table work this afternoon and then I’m headed home, where I will have one day off before I head into Manhattan on Monday to work with another client.

Then, maybe some garden clean-up?

Knowing the craziness of Spring where I live, I’ll have to check the weather forecast.

Happy Saturday.

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From My Room

April 8, 2016 at 7:26 am by Claudia

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Life on the road; a shot of my hotel room coffee table this morning.

I’m staying at Homewood Suites, a place very familiar to me as I have spent a lot of time here over the years. My room is very nice. There are a wide variety of them here, some too small, some rather large. This is mid-sized and perfect.

The best thing is that it faces an inner courtyard so I don’t hear the thundering bass coming from the local bars. That’s been a big problem in the past. I’m going to remember this for the future. Must have room facing courtyard. Everyone here is very nice – many staff members seem like old friends.

I was so tired last night that I fell asleep before 10 pm, which was fine, but the consequence of that was waking up very early this morning. Ah, well. Homewood Suites has a free breakfast every morning, so I trotted on down to get some food and coffee. The in-room coffee is not at all good, but the ‘Robust’ version of coffee available downstairs is much better. It’s not Peets, but it will do.

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The beds are wonderful. Firm. Good pillows. I slept like a baby.

Driving to Hartford was rather a mess because of the torrential rain that poured down for most of the two hour journey. I’m always amazed by the amount of drivers who don’t put their lights on during a storm. Really? I can barely see you!

It’s a state law in NY. If you are using your windshield wipers, you have to have your lights on. I don’t know what the law is in Connecticut, but there were a lot of cars without their lights on.

The read-through of Anastasia was wonderful, very moving, beautifully sung – very exciting! The music is beautiful. The cast is very talented. The room was full of the cast, the writers, support staff, producers, and designers. It’s going to be very fun to work on and I’m thrilled to be a small part of it.

Today, we’ll do some table work – talking about the script and the characters and the language. Then I drive home at the end of the day.

See you tomorrow.

Happy Friday.

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And I’m Off

April 7, 2016 at 8:33 am by Claudia

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Late afternoon picture-taking in order to have something to post today. Do other bloggers do that? Frantically walk around the house, looking for some photo that will ‘do?’ I left it late, which created a too dark picture, which I then tried to brighten – there’s too much ‘noise’ in this one. But I like the canvas of The Lamb With The Party Hat on the wall. Logically, since this is the symbol of the blog, it should be hanging in my office, but Don likes it here. He thinks it adds a touch of whimsy to the living room.

I got a late afternoon call from the stage manager of Anastasia, asking if I could come in earlier to have lunch with Darko and also if I could stay overnight to be there for tomorrow’s rehearsal as well. Of course. So I’m off to Hartford to work for two days. Then on Monday, I have to go into NYC for the day to work on another project.

That’s why I’m rather hurriedly writing this post. I have to get ready and get on the road. Hopefully, I’ll be able to write a quick post tomorrow, but if I can’t, you’ll know why.

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I officially gave up on Beach Music by Pat Conroy last night after yet another stab at reading it in bed. As I was trying to go to sleep, I finally came to the realization that this particular Conroy was just not doing it for me. I feel guilty, somehow, because I am such a big fan of his writing and I love the way he tells a story.

But this one? I didn’t like the characters much, though I tried very hard to feel something for them. The fact is that after 200 pages, I still wasn’t on board. That’s a long time to hang in there, especially when the book is over 700 pages long.

So I put it back on the shelf this morning.

My time to read has been limited lately. And reading is so important to me that when I do get a chance to open a book, I want it to be one that captures my imagination and takes me, happily, to another place. I’ll grab another book, as well as my Kindle, for the trip to Hartford. I have plenty of books in my TBR pile!

Happy Thursday.

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