Day Three- Auditioning!

Had my first audition this morning- showed up at 7am for a 9:30 call...when I got off the subway, I was afraid that I would be TOO early and look like a newbie. Made a left on 46th street and saw the line of actors in their gym clothes, pj's, etc, waiting to make an appointment. You wait on the street in the morning until 1/2 an hour before the sign-in, which is an hour before the call. So I had to make friends with the person next to me (well as much of a friend as you can make with a BRUIN. Wait, a JEWISH Bruin, who looked over my shoulder while I was reading Leviticus on the sidewalk and said "Heavy." Which is true, so I asked if he had read it, and he replied, "No- and I never want to." ::sigh::)

Signed in at 8:30am, asked for an appointment at 10:10, so I'd have time to eat and warmup (on the steps of the office building next door- they must just LOVE us.)

Really enjoyed the staff on this audition, I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Michael Cassara, CSA, is just plain wonderful. I'm very grateful for his kindness and excitement for me. My pianist, Michael Hitch, also ROCKED! (in LA, you never really know what you're gonna get- it could be your song, or it could be a "version" of your song) He took my music and said, "I did this show in high school!" and he was so wonderfully present with me the whole way through.

So that ended, and I remembered that my favorite show on XM Broadway records live in Times Square on Wednesdays. So I went and got a seat for the broadcast, and as I'm waiting, Christopher Sieber shows up! (I'm a really, really big fan). Right before the show, someone from the staff came up and asked if I wanted to be on the "Showtune Showdown" - heck yeah, musicals and gameshows are like my two favorite things. I totally won. And I got to talk to Mr. Sieber for a minute, which was awesome, I love meeting people who I'm a fan of and realizing how much we theatre people are all alike (similar experience with Matthew Morrison two weeks ago at GLEE, but it always makes me happy). Hopefully I'll get to hear the re-broadcast on Sirius this week.

Tonight I met up with the Brighter Side Singers again in Times Square- NYC has these "street pianos" setup around town, and anyone can just walk up and play (www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/). I played the piano while one of my favorite students sang a song, right in the middle of Times Square. Then the whole group sang three of their big numbers, and drew a crowd of hundreds of people! (I told them to tell everyone they had sung on Broadway)

Must gym tomorrow. Might get to see Addams Family with the Brighter Side, we'll see...