I’m antsy as the hurricane moves closer to Tampa/St. Pete. I do my work. I watch the show and take notes. And then I return to the apartment to watch the latest.
The show is in good shape at this point, so I’m skipping today’s matinee and I’m heading home for two days. I don’t know why, exactly, but I want to be there as Irma moves northward. I feel more connected to my family there.
As I’m driving westward, Don will be headed south as he heads to NYC for a month of rehearsals for Margaritaville. Like ships that pass in the night. Or day, in this case.
Too much going on at the moment.
Here are some photos of the set for Midsummer. This in no way shows you how magical it is with the lighting (designed by my old friend York Kennedy) but it’s pretty stupendous as is.
One side: for the scenes in the non-fairy world.
It revolves on a turntable to this: the world of Titania and Oberon and the fairies. The actors can climb up in the house and do. They look out of the windows. They move in and out of the doors.
The set was designed by Alexander Dodge, a longtime collaborator with Darko. He did the sets for A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder and Anastasia. He also designed the set for the production of Pygmalion that Don was in a few years back. He’s extraordinarily talented.
The audiences are loving it, with lots of oohs and aahs and laughter. The actors are simply wonderful.
Okay. I have to get moving. I just said goodbye to Don via FaceTime. Sigh.
Pray for everyone in the path of this hurricane.
Happy Sunday.
Be safe driving home. My thoughts are with your sister and family.
Thank you, Debbie.
I’m happy you are going home for a few days. I can’t stop watching this hurricane. So many friends in Florida and then it will head my way but much less dangerous as it stays over land. I’m heading to church this morning. Hugs.
Stay safe, my friend.
Both you and Don be safe while traveling, Claudia. Will Don take the train into NYC or is he driving? I’m glad you’re headed home. That’s where your heart is and you need that right now….a place to cocoon. Holding positive thoughts for your family in Florida, and indeed for all those affected and to be affected by these hurricanes.
He drove in. He’s staying in Jersey City and the house has a parking space. It’s good to be home.
We’re all antsy, waiting to see what Irma does. I’m glad you can go home early and maybe commiserate with Stella, at least. The Beauty Range and I are doing a lot of therapy today!
Sending good thoughts and wishes for your FL family and our FL friends.
I hope the news about your place in Florida is good, Shanna. Thinking of you.
I can relate. Have been watching Irma coverage nearly non-stop on MSNBC & it hasn’t even officially arrived on mainland Florida officially yet. I feel like I have hurricane-fatigue already – but still can’t settle on watching anything else. All good thoughts with your sister, her family & ALL the good people of Florida. Peace.
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All is well with the family. I pray that all is well with everyone in Florida.
Be safe…both of you! And everyone in this hurricanes path!
Thanks, Nancy.
My husband and I live in Tampa. We have been staying in a hotel in Nashville since Thursday. It’s been a lot of waiting and anxiety. Praying for our community, our little bungalow, and friends still in Tampa. It’s unbelievable. I am trying to ready myself for the photos tomorrow.
I hope your bungalow is safe, Ali. It looks like Tampa was spared any extensive damage.
You’ve got so much going on it makes my head spin. I’m glad you’re going home; you’ll feel, in more than one sense, grounded there, and we’ll look forward to know what’s further going on; take care. I was just watching the news channels on TV and it looks like Naples was getting hit pretty good but the scary thing, which I don’t really understand about hurricanes is that lull when then I guess it hits again really strongly from another side, such that nobody’s out of the woods yet, and of course there’s then that whole spectacle/phenomenon of surge where the water is blown out and then it comes back in with a vengeance. Again, out here on the West Coast, I’m just trying to get educated but it sure sounds like Florida has done amazing engineering/planning since Andrew so that they can hold up us as best they can in these massive storms. They try to predict as much as they can, those meteorologists but, in the end, nobody can completely predict Mother Nature. She’ll always dominate. If it wasn’t for all the dangers (and destruction), the whole thing of weather/climate can be pretty darned fascinating. But those going thru it just want it over of course.
Naples suffered a lot of damage as did Marco Island. And the east coast of Florida had a hard time of it as well.