March 30, 2006

Showtime

This is quickly becoming my standard performance shot...

About a half an hour before the performance last night at the Concert Hall I had a real Spinal Tap Moment. A few of us went out in search of programs for the show and in the process of winding down a seemingly endless series of hallways and twists and turns, we inevitably went through a door from which we could not return. Suddenly the new challenge became: How do we get back to the stage?. And even more importantly: How do we prove that we are in the show?. Flash forward to several weird and surreal encounters with security and ushers and we were finally escorted to a door that brought us back to the green room. This was a bit more tension and confusion than I needed right before we went on, but maybe it provided a little edge to my performance.

The show was amazing. Although from the stage it is an entirely different perspective than from the audience. In fact, it's hard to tell how it's going over from the stage until the end - when the lights come up and you see that the audience is actually still there. Then you can take out your earplugs and realize that they are clapping.

Last night it went over very well. It was such a rush to perform this piece again that I am already hoping that another performance is scheduled soon. I have heard rumors, but I will be patient and see how it goes.