Another Clip

This is the U tube clip of 'Keep it Gay' from the Producers National Tour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ZokyAgtdM&NR

Commercial

I think this link will take you to the producers commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdijz3V1RAc

Hopefully it works.

Long Time No Post

It's been a while since I've put anything up but I've been super busy and sick for about the last week. We just finished a few days in Erie, PA and are now in Easton, PA for a few days. Thetwo venues this week have been small and challenging but still good shows.

In Erie the pit was on the same level as the audience and only about 5 feet deep so we had to spread out a lot. We ended up using a lot of video monitors so that the musicans further away could still see. All in all the shows were pretty tight. The cast had to deal with a lot less room backstage so their tracks became more hectic than their usual chaos. They did a fantastic job adapting to the smaller quarters and luckily these are our last challenging venues for a little while. It will be nice to get back to the full 'scenic' design of the show.

There was a really great (kinda bad) all night diner in Erie that was fun on occasion and every bar was ridiculously cheep. If I had been feeling better I'm sure I would have partaken more regularly.

And if you have time you should definitely be watching 'The Office' and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'. Both excellent shows. Well I've only seen the pilot of 'Studio 60' but I have the rest to watch when I get time.

I'm trying to find a way to put a link to our B roll video footage so hopefully I'll that soon. Until then I have some small photos from our photo shoot. For some reason they're really tiny but oh well.

Biallystock and Bloom. . .

Elizabeth Palowski as Ulla in 'When you got it, Flaunt it'

Spot on. . .

Austin Owen and Elizabeth Palowski as Leo Bloom and Ulla in 'That Face'. No white set but they still look pretty good.

Used to be the King. . .

Jason Simon as Max Biallystock and the company of 'The Producers' in 'King of Broadway'.

Leo and Max. . .

Jason Simon and Austin Owen in the final moment of 'The Producers'
(photo by Joan Marcus)

The Bet is on. . .

So my roommate Gregg bet me $250 that I can't go until January 1st without getting my hair cut. I think I can do it, if for nothing else than to show Gregg that he has to stop making these ridiculous bets with me because my will power in unshakeable.

I'll keep you posted on how that turns out.

We had our first one nighter tonight. Luckily we don't have another until 2007. It went fairly well actually though it definitely was a '9th' show. Thankfully we have tomorrow night off to rest and re-coup. And I can't wait to play Bloomington this weekend. It's IU's homecoming weekend so the campus will be insanely busy.

Let it Snow, Let is Snow, Let it Snow

There's snow in the forecast tonight for Ft Wayne and South Bend Indiana. Won't that be fun? It feels like the arctic tundra already here so I guess it will be fitting.

I went running by the river this morning and it's really beautiful. Ft. Wayne has the strangest downtown. There's several museums and hotels but very few restaurants or stores. I guess it's in the middle of a re-development.

The audiences here have been great which make the shows much more fun. I'm gonna jet to a brush rehearsal right now.

Get This Show On The Road. . .

We've been on the road for a bit now and the show is running more smoothly. We've ended up cutting a few small scenic pieces that make the load in and the backstage running of the show much easier.

I'll be happy to get out of North Charleston, SC. There's not a lot to do here. Not that we've had the time. I had 4 hours of understudy vocal rehearsals today and we shoot B-Roll tomorrow so it'll end up being a long week.

I think the cast is holding up pretty well. The cast and musicians and crew seem to gel pretty well so hopefully that will hold out for the next 9 months.

I was sad to leave Sarasota, FL. It was really great to hang out with the company on the beach every night after the show. It was red tide so there were dead fish all over during the day but by the evening they were carried out to sea. Florida audiences tend to be quiet (that'll happen when the median age is well into their 80's) but the house was nice and the weather amazing.

Anyhow, I'm gonna go to bed so I can get up for work tomorrow.