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Re: A quick rant, but before that...
Posted By: Lizzie, on host 88.111.91.23
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 06:55:19
In Reply To: A quick rant, but before that... posted by Rifty on Monday, June 5, 2006, at 15:07:02:

> Barefoot in the Park went GREAT.
>
> Seriously, I couldn't have asked for a better show. And with onyl twelve days to memorize the lines (all 374 of them), I'm surprised it went as well as it did.

> Also, zK, I think it was, who had the dream? or was it Lizzie? I don't totally remember. Whichever it was, that's a common thing among us actor-types, known as "The Actor's Nightmare." It commonly besets actors just before the opening of a show, or in the middle of a run. You're all set to go onstage, only suddenly you realize that you don't have the lines for this scene down, and you have only about ten seconds to memorize ten pages worth of lines- your costume isn't on, and did I mention that there are critics in the crowd as well? It's basically everything that can possibly go wrong with your performance is going wrong with your performance.


Wow, I'd love to think I had an Actor's Nightmare, although it sounds very similar to the dreams I still sometimes get about exams (you suddenly realise you haven't revised/ you don't have a pen/ you don't have any clothes on/ you realise that you have missed your finals and in the dream are TOTALLY fine with that, and then wake in a cold sweat). Acting is something I should have gotten involved with at University and didn't, not really sure why. Maybe I should find out about local theatre groups. And then find a production of The Philadelphia Story to audition for. I want to be Tracy Lord...

Anyway, I'm glad everything went well, thanks for letting us know.

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