Author: Chas.
Back on Schedule?
Well … here we are the Monday evening after “Floyd Collins” has opened. I survived!!! And so did the cast for that matter. The performances went really well even though we did have a small house on Saturday night. I am hoping that some good word of mouth will spread and tickets sell will improve. I suppose it doesn’t help that we’ve had a gas scare here in WNC and the economy is tanking faster than you can say “Boo!” We have two more weekends of performances (Friday, Saturday and Sunday Matinee), so come on out and see us!
It feels kind weird to not be at the theater this evening after being there for 7 days straight. Weird and very nice. The week is gonna be spent getting caught up on some things … mowing, movies, Lego Batman, books, freelance work. Whoo.
In other news:
I am oh-so close to investing in a Blu-Ray Player. Somebody stop me!!!
Opening Tomorrow!
And eight weeks later … here we are. “Floyd Collins” opens tomorrow night! You’d better come see it or you won’t be my friend anymore.
Photo by Christy Bishop.
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Ummmmm … Yeah
Yup. I am still alive.
“Floyd Collins” is in it’s final week of rehearsal and eating up all my free time at this point. I should be snapping some photos tomorrow night with lights and costumes and all for you to see.
That’s about all the brain power I have right now after a 17 hour day …
The Gas Out Continues
Here we are a few days later and the gas situation here in WNC doesn’t seem to be any better. Most stations you drive past have been out for days. You can certainly tell which station has gotten a shipment. They get so swamped that the employees of said gas station have to get out in the road and direct traffic. It’s crazy! They keep saying that Hurricanes Ike and Gustav are to blame because the “such and such” pipeline is “running at reduced capacity.” I mean … c’mon! How man hurricanes have there been over how many years and it’s never, ever been this bad.
Personally, I think we are trapped in some secret government run experiment to see what happens when the gas suddenly goes. Seriously.
“Floyd Collins” Continues
One week. One week. One week until the preview. And there is still oh-so-much to worry about. Costumes are done. Yes! But there is still the doom cloud of technical stuff to come. Lights. Sounds. Sound Effects. Orchestra. Yes … my stress level is kinda high right now. Yes … I am worried that it all won’t come together. Yes … I will be happy when the show is up and running. Free Weeknights!!!
Gas Out … Literally!
So … yeah. It appears that the greater WNC area is out of gas. I had folks miss rehearsal tonight because they are concerned about having enough gas to get to the rest of this week’s rehearsals. Yeesh. On the drive home tonight, all five gas stations that I pass along the way had their pumps covered. Not one single one had any gas. Fun times!
At Rehearsal …
Finally! I got off my lazy ass and now present to YOU some rehearsal photos from Act II of “Floyd Collins.”
Floyd Collins and the Cave of Dooooooom!
Finally … a short “Floyd Collins” post!
We have been on the stage a couple of weeks now and things are slowly coming together. We do have a pretty cool set and the fine “backstage” got it up really quick. So, having so much time on the actual set has been a pretty cool thing. Most times, you have to wait for a few weeks before the set is completed.
I finally took the camera to rehearsal last night and snapped a few pictures. I’ll post ’em when I get the gumption to download them.
We are currently about 2-1/2 weeks out from our opening and there is still lots to do. I need to get off my ass and work on sound effects this coming weekend. The following weekend will be setting and programming the lights … a task that I really hate. It always takes waaaaaay longer then you think it will.
And …
Will “Floyd Collins” go down as the gayest show in HART’s history? It’s very possible.
Yet Another Lust Object
Oh man … I have it totally bad for Pickles, the Drummer of Dethklok. December 2nd can’t get here soon enough as there will be more Pickles eye candy with the dvd release of the second season of “Metalocalypse.” BRUTAL!!!
Meanwhile … The Evil Continues
So, I just finished watching Neil LaBute’s disastrous remake of “The Wicker Man.” I know you are gonna say that I should have known it was gonna be bad going in. Well, I did … but I wasn’t quite prepared for just how bad it is. Poor Mr. LaBute really does need to get some nice female role models in his life as the baddies in this film are a society of male hating (and sacrificing) women. Shocker! The movie definitely does have some camp value to it though. Below you can see the best parts. Oh, the hilarity of it all!
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