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Model for Disney's Fantasy Faire Village
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March 12 has been set for the opening date of Disneyland's Fantasy Faire Village which is now nearing completion of its construction. The date corresponds nicely with the busy Disneyland Spring Break season which now seems to run from mid-March until the end of April. The photos of the near completed village show a great deal of detail and charm but underneath it all, it really is just an elaborate meet and greet for the newly relocated Disney Princesses. 
There's big money in princesses. I have now doubt the best photo ops will be reserved for those who purchase and make use of Disney's expensive Photo Pass services. And of course, a princess meet and greet would not be complete without a gift shop which specializes in all things Disney princess related. And just to pull your wallet out one more time, the Fantasy Faire Village will offer some snack foods and beverages that are not available anywhere else in the park.
I look forward to when I can whip out my trusty camera and shoot many pictures of the ornate village but as for the rest of it, I'll pass. Like ToonTown, for a grown-up without kids, Fantasy Faire Village is an elaborate facade covering little of interest. For parents of kids wanting to meet their favorite Disney princess, get ready to wait and probably wait a long time this spring and summer, and maybe spend a few bucks too.

The Other Side of the Mouse - Disney Dose

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Think a day at Disneyland is all smiles and laughter? Think again. This is the other side of the mouse - the frustration, the anxiety, the irritability that also flares up from time to time. Read about in in my latest contribution to the Disney Dose Website along with a lot more Disney related articles.
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Bad Day At Disneyland - The Other Side Of The Mouse

The Great Peter Pan's Flight - Disney Dose

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Now on the Disney Dose website, I take another look at Peter Pan's Flight, quite possibly Disneyland's best attraction, on the week that celebrates the 60th anniversary of the release of Walt Disney's Peter Pan animated classic to the theaters. To celebrate the anniversary, Disney has released a brand new home video blu-ray that is rich is special features giving fans a new look into the film. Enjoy the movie, enjoy the ride, enjoy the world of Peter Pan.
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Harrison Ford Returns As Hans Solo in Star Wars VII. He's 70

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The young Hans Solo

So there I was eating my lunch yesterday at work while surfing the the internet (life in the 21st century) when the blurb starting hitting various news feeds: Harrison Ford has to agreed to return to the role of Hans Solo in Star Wars VII slated for release in 2015. It was first reported in the Latino Reporter but apparently this source is credible enough and tends to get their Hollywood gossip right to the point that the story was then repeated in the USA Today and Christian Science Monitor. It is unsubstantiated though.
I think the last time we left Hans Solo, he was blowing up a Death Star and being promoted to General. Harrison Ford / Hans Solo is now 70 years old give or take, an age when most Generals have already retired. Can a 70 Hans Solo have a significant role in Star Wars VII? Sure he can. Most fans of the Star Wars saga (espcially episode IV, V, and VI) would welcome the return of Hans but I also remember the elderly Indiana Jones coming back to discover aliens. Ugh! Let's hope that director J.J. Abrams does a better job with a classic movie hero than Steven Spielberg/George Lucas did a few years ago with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. A lot of lessons should have been learned from that weak effort.

A not so young Harrison Ford

Disney Puts Up A Brave Front At The Oscars

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Brave promotional poster - Disney / Pixar artwork

Well, it wasn't exactly Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln last night at the Academy Awards where Oscars where handed out. Steven Spielberg's epic film Lincoln (a DreamWorks release but distributed by Disney's Buena Vista Pictures in the U.S.) was suppose to come up big but instead went out with a whimper with only Daniel Day Lewis's performance as the great president getting the film its only major award as best actor. And since Lewis is the first man to get a third best actor Oscar in its history, he might very well be the best actor - ever. (The extremely serious and somewhat reclusive actor also had the funniest line of the night as he accepted the award from perhaps the greatest female actor ever, Meryl Streep.) Somewhere Walt Disney sheds a tear as the president he most admired and even built an attraction to honor him got pretty much stiffed by the Academy. From what I have read, many believe Spielberg's Lincoln will stand up better over the course of time. Once can only hope as Disneyland will once again on Wednesday of this week, halt the performances of its grand Lincoln attraction and spend a day showing the film Peter Pan in its place. Peter Pan will fill every seat of every showing, the animatronic Lincoln? Not so much.
Disney's Pixar once again flexed its muscle with the Academy with Brave getting the Oscar for best animated picture. This award was a shoe-in for Disney as Brave's main competition was its own Wreck-It-Ralph and Frankenweenie. I pretty knew Brave had it in the bag as the level of detail (and the high production costs) of Pixar films really shows through on the screen. Even the dreadful Cars 2 was visually eye-popping.
Disney also pulled off an Oscar for best animated short film with something called Paperman. I would assume its good but I never heard of it until last night. When I think of Disney short films I think of Mickey and Goofy and Donald but that's just me. Nothing else matters.
With a theater full of celebrities there was one head shot of Disney CEO Bob Iger sitting in the audience going into commercial break. Why? Disney's ABC network pretty much runs the Academy Award telecast though if they want to continue to attract an audience to watch, they had better put on a better show. The three and a half hour telecast was excruciatingly uneven and sometimes dreadfully boring. They now have a year to figure out how to make the show smoother, classier, and funnier. It shouldn't be that hard. 
And don't get me started on that Red Carpet pre-show. There couldn't be a worse 60 minutes of television time ever. I only watched because Mrs. DisneylandTraveler came in the living room and said we had to watch because she likes that sort of celebrity nonsense. Even she got up and left about 20 minutes into it.

Now Is The Best Time To See Disney's The Lion King On Broadway

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Now in it's celebrated 12th year on Broadway is The Lion King.The show which opened to rave reviews is still selling out nightly on Broadway. The Lion King won seven 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical and first opened at the newly refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997 before moving to the Minskoff Theatre in June 0f 2006. Not being the biggest Disney fan in the world I wasn't exactly looking forward to seeing the show when it was first announced. I mean how were they going to pull this thing off? Beauty and the Beast was one thing but we are talking about a show with a bunch of singing and dancing hyenas. Well not only did they pull it off but to this day it is one of the most thrilling spectacular achievements that I have ever seen On or Off-Broadway. In fact The Lion King is still one of our most requested shows here at Applause. This is a show that the whole family will love. Call now to get your tickets to see The Lion King on Broadway. It is theatre at it's finest.

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Now Is The Best Time To See Disney's The Lion King On Broadway

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Now in it's celebrated 12th year on Broadway is The Lion King. The show which opened to rave reviews is still selling out nightly on Broadway. The Lion King won seven 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical and first opened at the newly refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997 before moving to the Minskoff Theatre in June 0f 2006. Not being the biggest Disney fan in the world I wasn't exactly looking forward to seeing the show when it was first announced. I mean how were they going to pull this thing off? Beauty and the Beast was one thing but we are talking about a show with a bunch of singing and dancing hyenas. Well not only did they pull it off but to this day it is one of the most thrilling spectacular achievements that I have ever seen On or Off-Broadway. In fact The Lion King is still one of our most requested shows here at Applause. This is a show that the whole family will love. Call now to get your tickets to see The Lion King on Broadway. It is theatre at it's finest.

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Disney's The Lion King Is Still A Crowd Favorite

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Can you believe it's been almost twelve years since The Lion King first burst onto the scene? Back in 1994 Disney made their first foray onto Broadway with Beauty and the Beast which ran for over thirteen years. Not too bad for a show no one ever thought would make it in the first place. Following that triumph they embarked on what would become their biggest hit too date. Once again no one though that The Lion King would be come the worldwide hit it has become but Disney proved everybody wrong. Not only that but it beat the odds-on favorite Ragtime for the Tony Award for Best Musical. Which by the way is returning to Broadway this fall. Maybe it will win for Best Revival next June. That is of course Disney doesn't bring Aida back. I seriously doubt it but stranger things have happened. Regardless The Lion King should be here for a very long time and continue to delight audiences of all ages for years to come.

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Funemployed's Sunday Funday Fundraiser

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The absolute truth of it is this: I decided to go to Funemployed's party at Friar Tuck's because I knew I wanted to get out of the house.

Getting out is kind of difficult these days, being a new dad and all.  A run to Target is like teleporting to a new beautiful world of air conditioning and Icees.  Coming to work is a lovely respite to reading the first page of Goodnight Moon for the 64th time.  So, a Sunday afternoon/evening at Friar Tuck's with a keg of beer and a few pals sounded like a voyage on the high seas to Sri Lanka.  I was, indubitably, pumped.

Now, I know of Funemployed through Ted Evans, who is a nice and funny and handsome man.  If you don't know about Funemployed, let me explain it this way.  YouTube was created in 2005 by three nerds who were having trouble sharing their videos of Dungeons & Dragons sessions or whatever.  This is the absolute first video ever posted to YouTube, "Me at the Zoo."


Yep...these 19 seconds are a gateway to the new world we exist in now.  You can find oodles of entertainment on YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo, and plenty of others.  You can get to these on your computers, tablets, phones, game consoles, etc.  We live in a future of not worrying about TV and cutting the cable cord because we now can easily find what we want, when we want it.  Well, you need to start wanting THIS:


Funemployed is a smart, funny web series written by and starring Ted Evans, Kate Carson-Groner, Michael Lippert, Dan Hale, and Alex Harris.  This is a hilarious, well-shot, well-directed, well-edited programme.  Don't hesitate, subscribe or die.

Back to the party...now admittedly, I was the old guy at this shindig.  But, from my perch at the bar, I was able to see an inordinate amount of gorgeous people doing things single people do.  But, what I got out of it mostly was a sense of being on a tipping point of something big.  This is a group of folks who obviously have people excited about what they do.  I mean, I am and I'm nearly a fossil to most of these guys.  I also must say...ladies, not all of you can have bad eyes.  What the hell is going on with accessory glasses?  This is a thing now...glasses that just sit on your face, not doing anything important.  Oh well, it's pretty cute I suppose.  I wore leather pants just after college for almost 6 months, so I get it brahs. 

I also called a QR Code a QI Code and was corrected by the prettiest girl there.  It made me happy to be alive.

The crew have made something special, and you should check out the episodes and extras they have on their site.  Wish them luck, buy a DVD, do something.  Retweet this shit, tumblr it, post it on a BBS, I don't care.  Most importantly, be aware that the 3rd Season of Funemployed is coming soon.  This is the new trailer.  Hold on to your comedy pants!


I suggest keeping track of Funemployed.  They're right on the edge, they use real Chicago actors and fantastic Chicago locations, and have a blast to boot.  One suggestion to the guys...tweet to your followers when you are heading out for a night on the town.  Somebody'll show up...like maybe an old dad looking to get out of the house.

Funemployed Sunday Funday Fundraiser: A- (didn't win Barbershop & Barbershop 2 in the raffle...sad face)

-Eric Roach, Anderson Lawfer

Eric & Andy's DEBATE SHOW

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Did you watch the debates at home alone last night?
Did you just watch Home Alone?
Well why don’t you quit being a ding-a-ling, get off your buns, and join Eric and Andy for their first ever Eric and Andy’s DEBATE SHOW!!
Life is made to be lived, and what better way to live then with America’s new favorite Political Pundits!!?
More like America’s new favorite Political FUNdits!
We are ready to host the 2nd Presidential Debate at Strawdog Theater on Tuesday October 16th!!
The doors will open at 7pm. At 7:30pm, we will discuss the rules of various games we will be playing during live coverage of the debate.

Immediately following the debate, stick around for our own town hall meeting to discuss the direction of our country and what Medicare is.

Don’t miss out on the excitement of LIVE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES fashioned into a DRUNKEN BLOODSPORT FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENTS!

A $5 suggested donation at the door will get you $3 PBR TALLBOYS and some of Strawdog’s famous craft beer menu items!

Why sit at home and weep into your hot dog soup? Come and join your heroes and weep into your BEER SOUP.

JKTS Chat: "Understudyness" by DROOD's Eric Sciotto

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From Eric's Gotta Dance feature on Broadway.com
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When word got out a few weeks ago that Andy Karl would be out of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and that Eric Sciotto, the "Twitterverse" lit up like a Christmas tree.  In what speaks volumes for the love and respect so many of us have for Mr. Sciotto, those Tweets were universally positive - well-wishes, votes of confidence, and, myself included, many disappointed-I-can't-be-there notes of encouragement.

So, many of you wrote to ask if I could do another interview with Eric all about his experience that night.  I had imposed upon him to do three segments of "JKTS Chat," and I wasn't sure if I should impose again.  Thankfully, he is a very generous, giving guy.  I noticed (and I'm sure you did, too) that not only is he passionate about his profession, but he is a passionate fan of theatre just like us.  Then I got to thinking, going on for a role is such a whirlwind of activity, thinking, and emotion, that trying to tell all about the whole experience might be more interesting as a narrative rather than trying to answer specific questions from someone who has never had a similar experience.  Well, despite a very busy schedule - doing the show, getting through the whole holiday season and raising a family with two small children - Eric really, REALLY came through for us.  What follows is his account of that fateful day when he played Neville Landless!

"Understudyness"

So... I love tounderstudy, and I love to go on for the role!  Not to say there aren'tnerves involved, but it's "why I'm there" and doing the role is why Iput in all that work...
My philosophy on understudying- and being a good one - is to be as ready as possible as soon as possible inthe rehearsal process... I don't wait for formal understudy rehearsals to begin;I don't wait for people to teach me stuff.... I basically say "If [theperson I cover] were out TODAY, could I do it?!" And I work from there...I tell myself to "know what I know and to know what I don't know" andI keep a little list... "If I were thrown on NOW, what questions would Ineed to ask...."  And assume no one's gonna teach me anything. (That'snot the case, but if I work like that, it's all up to me and I takeresponsibility for it all) In the moment, when someone's sick or hurt, orout, do I want to say, "Sorry, I don't know it yet" or "I can doit?" , I choose "I can do it."

Valerie Wright

I have to tell thisstory: My first Broadway show ever was AnnieGet Your Gun, and Bernadette Peters actually was sick when we startedrehearsals.  She was there and she fought it, but she was battling a nastycold or a flu or something.... At one point, like two weeks in or so (foggymemories) we were to show everything we'd completed thus far to the designteam.... a no-pressure run of the show...which (of course) means"performance mode" and BP called out that day...shewas losing the fight with said cold.... Our director, Graciela [Daniele],addressed the group and said, "Bernadette is too sick to be here, so we'lljust show you a few numbers that don't involve her, and we'll reschedulethis...." And a small voice peeped up: "Graci... if you want to dothe run through, I can do it."  It was Valerie Wright.  Valeriewas playing her own role of Dolly Tate, AND finishing up the run of Redhead at Goodspeed, I think.... andshe was also Bernadette's cover.... so... finishing a job, learning her ownrole, and covering.... got it?
Graciela said,"Valerie, thank you, but I can't ask you to do that, we've given you norehearsal, and it's really not fair to you...."  Valerie confidentlysaid, "I can do the role if you want to do the run-through." Graci then said, "Let's do the run!"
And we did.  AndValerie delivered a stunning performance that had the whole place captured byher brightness!  She was funny and sad and dreamy and amazing andeverybody laughed and cried... she had everyone in the palm of her hand. It was revelatory!

The fitting for my Tick
"Uluru" costume (Priscilla)

I learned "how tounderstudy" from her on that day... and I've never forgotten that moment.
I do my work.  I dowhatever it takes to be ready....
And so it was withNeville.... now, my life is more complex than it once was... I have two kids athome...  and I can't sing 'til all hours of the night, or [during] naps,because I'll wake people... and when I'm home, I'm in dad-mode... Sopreparing for the role of Neville (and Jasper) has been brought to you by theNJ Transit.... I worked on every commute possible, and when walking toor from the bus, I was singing the songs... I worked on breaks.  And inrehearsal, I just watched and watched and watched and prayed that a lot of itwould “osmosis itself” into my brain.
When we startedrehearsing Drood, Andy was stilldoing Jersey Boys... so every Wedsand Sat, he'd run off to his matinee, and if they were doing any Neville stuff,I'd jump in... this is like a gift from the Oprah to have that chance.... bythe time we went into previews, I'd done all but ONE number (I think) with theactual principal cast! That's unheard of and was deeply appreciated and nottaken for granted... each time I had that opportunity, I went full tilt! Tried everything as big and real as possible, made mistakes, screwedthings up, and learned from it all!!
Then once in previews,we went into formal understudy rehearsals, which are usually once a week, and Iwas able to keep working and get some repetition and finally belt out a few ofthe numbers I'd mostly rehearsed quietly....

Neville make-up test (before I lost the beard)

So, by the time Andy wasactually sick and called out, there wasn't much more I could do without justDOING IT!
He'd been battling acold or flu, and so I was on "high alert" in my brain... and watchinghim like a hawk.... and so, when I got the call Sunday morning, I was fine andready to go!
The biggest challenge,was that I'd never done the makeup.... the makeup designers did a test on me,and so I knew what I should look like, but I hadn't applied it myself.... andI'm not really sure what happened, but the makeup went on SOOOOO dark that Ibasically looked like I was doing blackface... It was funny and shocking... See, I hoped I'd have the luxury of taking my time to make sure Ilooked right, but an understudy is also in the business of making everyone feelcomfortable with the fact that you're on... so when the stage manager saysthat they called the principals in to run a bunch of scenes and numbers... that takes up your prep-time.  Also, often, you'll have a last-minutefitting....
So - when you think"oh good, I'll just calmly prepare and do what I need to do" THINKAGAIN!  
I did try to get inreally early, and have a little time to myself (makeup, script, last minutequestions) but was quickly pulled in a million directions.  It's honestlyvery frustrating, and, in my opinion, counter-productive.  But I'm clearlyalone in this thought.  I'd rather think of everything ahead of time anddeal with everything ahead of time, so when the moment comes, we're all cool andready. But most departments work under the "when it happens, we'll dealwith it" rule.
I had to learn years agoto get over it.  So part of my prep-work in preparing for a role includesreminding myself that when the time actually comes, I will not get a moment tomyself first... so BE READY.
K... so... Jessie Mueller (Helena Landless) was AMAZING.  I respect her and trust her immensely.  She wasAMAZINGLY insightful and helpful... don't forget, I have my own track in theshow, so I can't always see everything that Neville does... and things morphand change and evolve, and there was some blocking that changed in previews,that I never could see because I'm quick-changing in a stairwell... so, shetalked me through that, but more importantly, let me know that whatever I did,she'd go with it.  Also, after the opening number, Jessie actually went and darkened her makeup, to make us more twin-like. (What a lovely and generous and thoughtful lady!)
Which brings me to:"a good company will always conspire to make the swing or understudyright."  And this company is the BEST!  They were all so presentand available to differences and nuances and adaptable if anything wasdifferent or wrong.  (Reminded me of Sherie Rene Scott and John Hickok,who were SOOOOO incredibly open to differences when I was on for Radames in AIDA.)

That said, as a cover,it's MY job to do what they're used to so that they don't feel like anything isdifferent in terms of blocking and staging, and then within THAT framework,deliver my own performance that fits in with theirs....
Luckily, I LOVE LOVELOVE what Andy is doing with the role of Neville.  He's been a GREAT modeland someone who has taken a smallish role and made a SHOW-STEALER out of it. He's wonderful and I happily worked within the bubble of his shtick-filledbrilliance and felt great out there.  It was a blast, and I can happilyreport that all the laughs and responses were there, which kept the timingrelatively the same, and the rest of the cast were more than congratulatory andcomplimentary and even the crew went out of their way to pat me on the back andsay how much they loved my choices, my characterization, my confidence/command,and my overall work!  SO - I was happy.
I was nervous, but VERYsure of myself.  I'll have to fix the makeup if I ever do it again, butAndy is strong-like-bull, and so I don't foresee it happening much, if ever!

E-Daddy and family

I'm VERY happy to havedone it once.  Quite simply, it means the work was not in vain.  Idid it.  I felt great.  People loved it.  Fans have been solovely and kind and celebratory of my performance.  And best of all, mypartner decided to take a chance and bring our 4 year old, Samson, to see hisE-daddy and to see his first Broadway show ever.
So, knowing Sammy wasout there was mind-blowing for me.  He apparently was SUPER interested andreally watching and really listening and asked a ton of questions about tinydetails in the lyrics that really proved that he was listening... and he was soexcited afterwards! Proud of me and proud of himself for being so good and forseeing his first show!
That made it all SUPERSPECIAL!!!!!
K... a few specifics: 
PRE-SHOW:  I havenever worked that area... and my own section is small and easy to address...so I just wandered about and made a bunch of self-deprecating jokes about my"subtle" make-up application....  And I talked to my Sammy.
"THERE YOU ARE": Funnilyenough, in my own track there's a section of lyrics that I never sing, becauseI'm busy dealing with (and talking to) an audience member... so when it cametime to sing it, I was not as "on it" as I'd hoped... but everyone issinging them too, so I jumped right back in....
"NO GOOD CAN COME FROMBAD":  Went great!  Very fun!  I may or may not have crushed StephanieJ. Block's hand during the "menacing handshake" and she may or maynot have said" that's enough! that's enough!" out of the corner ofher mouth....  And I also do a fancy twirl of the cane at the end... whichgot gasps, I'm pretty sure... I felt cool.
CHITA:  She gave mea sly look halfway through and said, "well allllright!" (You’d have tohear the tone of voice... I can't really describe it...) It was the perfectvote of confidence and spoke volumes!
DATCHERY: My night onwas the ONE AND ONLY time ROSA was DATCHERY!!!!  Cool!!! 
LOVERS: Helena waspicked, and so I had to do the old "please don't pick me" take whichis fake because OF COURSE I wanted to do lovers with my sister... but it didn'thappen...  
And MURDERER... was..... ummmm... Puffer!  Right... 
...So, yes, it'd havebeen fun to be chosen for something... and I wanted that, but I was alsorelieved... it was my first time out there... I was happy to have made itthrough and have it go so successfully... I didn't need more to think about....
Hope you enjoyed my epicaccount of what it's like to cover and perform the role of Neville!
Eric SciottoTwitter: @E_DaddySciotto
Thank you, readers, for your continued support and interest!  And thank you, Eric, for being so helpful, generous and thoughtful.
To read the first 3 installments of JKTS Chat with Eric Sciotto by clicking the icons to your right, or click the "JKTS CHAT: The Interviews" tab at the top of the blog!
DO NOT MISS ERIC AND THE REST OF THE CAST OF THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD BEFORE THEY ARE GONE!  THEY'RE AT STUDIO 54 UNTIL MARCH 10TH!
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JKTS Chat: More with CINDERELLA's Cody Williams

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Cody as Will at Arena Stage

Last time we heard from Cody Williams, he and the entire Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella company were just getting ready to start previews.  (Click HERE to read that interview!)  He's been a pretty busy guy, but not too busy to talk a little more with me.  This time around, he talks about working with some of the biggest names in the business, what he'd like to talk to Rodgers and Hammerstein about, and he reveals how he keeps in shape during previews AND rehearsals.  PLUS, he shares some fun pictures and an x-ray!  (Yes, you read that right!)  AND he also answers a few of YOUR questions!  Now, here's...

5 MORE QUICK QUESTIONSFOR CODY WILLIAMS
ONEJEFF: Lasttime we chatted, you expressed how exciting it is to create a role versus goinginto a running show.  So, now that you've been through the bulk ofrehearsals for Cinderella, what would you say has been the biggestsurprise of the process?  The biggest challenge?
CODY: The biggestsurprise of the process happened one day during rehearsal for a dance numbercalled “The Pursuit.”  At one point inthe number, I slide stage left into the proscenium, quickly jump up, run stageright, and jump over cast member, Branch Woodman, as he is running directly atme.  We had done this same sequence inthe workshop, so Branch and I were familiar with each other.  However, in this rehearsal something aboutthe timing seemed off.  To my surprise, Inever touched the ground after jumping over Branch.  I found myself sitting six feet up on the topof his head!!! 
As for thebiggest challenge, it is learning the two roles (Prince Topher and Jean-Michel)that I understudy.  There are somemoments in the show that I have never seen performed because I am eitheronstage or changing, so I am really excited to start understudy rehearsals!
TWOJEFF: You have had the chance to work with some real big names in thebusiness with this show.  What have you learned from the creative teamthat you feel you will carry with you for the rest of the career?  
CODY: There are so many things I havelearned from them!!!!  The most importantlesson I have learned is to be friendly and kind to everyone.  The creative team showed me that the way towork in theater is to know the business/be friends with everyone, know how youfit in the business/be friends with everyone, and have some sort of talent/befriends with everyone.  When you thinkabout it, a person only has two reasons to cast you: they like you, or theythink you can make them money.  It isinevitable that people will annoy others when trying to build a show.  By proactively becoming friends with everyone,you will have much more fun, solve problems easier, feel better about yourself,have more success, and so much more!  Ican’t tell you how important this is!

Cody Williams and June Schreiner (Willand Ado) in Arena Stage’s Oklahoma!

THREEJEFF: Were Rodgers and Hammerstein alive today and working on theshow, what questions would you have for them?  As an actor (and, I assume,fan) what would like to say to them?
CODY: I would love to hear them share theirinsights and secrets on their work.  Canyou imagine how enlightening it would be to hear them describe how they wrote asong like “Impossible”?  When I wasworking on Oklahoma! at Arena Stage,our dramaturg showed us a map that Lynn Riggs had drawn for Richard Rodgers inrehearsal.  It showed where all of theplaces in Oklahoma! were in relationto each other.  I would love to haveRodgers and Hammerstein draw a map of Cinderella’sworld.   Knowing how long it takes you to walk or rideto a location makes entering a scene much more truthful.  You are given so much as an actor when youknow this information.
FOURJEFF: You are in a large cast full of relative newcomers mixed withsome seasoned stage veterans.  What have you learned from the veterans?  
CODY: Not too long after I moved to New York, I was extremely lucky tohave been cast in a workshop of Yank!. Years of acting classes had taught me enough to get cast in shows, but bydoing Yank!, I got to see firsthandhow the pros did it.  The entire cast was incredible.  I like toconsider my time watching and working with Santino Fontana, Bobby Steggert,Tally Sessions, Morgan Spector, Tyler Maynard, Michael Berresse and CoryMichael Smith (just to name a few!) as my grad school.  Those guys taughtme how it was done.  I owe so much of my recent success to thatexperience.  R + H's Cinderellahas given me the most amazing opportunity of understudying Santino.  I getto study his every move and walk in his footsteps.  It has been such ahuge learning experience.

Such a great show!!!

FIVEJEFF: Now that you are in the midst of previews and rehearsals, whatkind of routine do you have to keep up your strength, stamina and generalhealth?  I imagine two show days can be grueling!  What kinds ofexercises do you do to maintain/prevent injuries, given that you sing, danceand play a raccoon?
CODY: First and foremost, I have to get enough sleep.  Withoutthat everything falls apart.  Since I tend to stay up pretty late; napsare my saving grace.  To warm up for the show, I spend about 20 minutesdoing dynamic movements, yoga flows, a ballet barre, and stretching.  Atintermission, I throw a back handspring or two and make sure my legs are stillwarm.   Vocally, I warm up by doing a few exercises.  I try to take aweekly voice lesson too.  Shameless Plug: I have the most incredible voiceteacher.  He is the reason I have booked work.  If you are lookingfor someone, message me on Twitter @odyilliams and I will put you in contact!
Cody, here are a few questions from readers!
1.  Favorite junk food/fast food?  Favorite healthyfood?
CODY: I LOVE the chocolate pizza at Max Brenner, but I am staying faraway from it because I have to respect the unitard.  To stay healthy, Ieat at Chopt about every day.
2.  Favorite sport to watch?  Play? Want to try?
CODY: My favorite sport is Mixed Martial Arts.  UFC fight nightsare my favorite!  Alexander Aguilar (LysistrataJones, Memphis) and Josh Segarra(Dogfight, Lysistrata Jones) are my fight night buddies.  I used to trainMMA when I was in college, but I broke my collarbone sparring.  Alexactually took me to get a plate and six screws put in.  Until I get thosetaken out, I will stick to dancing.

Cody Williams as a white belt

Josh Segarra, Cody Williams, and Alexander Aguilar

6 Screws... 1 Collarbone 

3.  Who is the biggest influence in your life so far andwhy?
CODY: That is an extremely hard question to answer.  My familyhas raised and cared for me.  My teachers have helped me become the personI wanted to be.  My friends have enriched my life.  If I would haveto pick one person, I might say my older cousin Warren. The summer before I started 3rd grade, 6'7" sports star Warren toldme that he swam 100 laps without stopping.  He bet me that I couldn't dothe same.  The next day I went to the pool, put on my goggles, and startedswimming.  At adult swim I completely ignored the lifeguard.  I swamfor hours!  At 100 laps I was feeling strong so I started for the nexthundred.  At 127, my mother who was tired of sitting in the sun told meWarren had been kidding!  I went home and slept for two days.  Thatexperience influenced the rest of my life.  It taught me that if I gavesomething my all, I could accomplish anything.
PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS COURTESY OF CODY WILLIAMS

• Have a question for Cody?  Email it to: jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com or Tweet me: @jkstheatrescene and I'll pass it on!
• Read more about Cody' pal, Josh Segarra, by clicking on the "JKTS CHAT: The Interviews" tab at the top of the blog and scroll down to Josh's links!

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JKTS Chat: Chaotic Corey's College Journey Part 2

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A few weeks ago, one of my favorite, most loyal readers "Chaotic Corey," shared with us the first few of many steps in that, well, chaotic, rite of passage: getting into a college of our choice.  And, as if that isn't tough enough, he's also auditioning to get into a performing arts program AT one of those colleges!  Last time out (HERE), he shared all about how he came to want a career in the arts and how he's built up experience, education and preparation just to get ready for all this.

Now, he talks about his experience at Clemson University.


5More Quick Questions for Chaotic Corey
AMDA's New York City Campus
1. So, you just finished your first college audition!  Congratulations! Where was it?  Where does this school rank on your wish list ofschools?
Corey:  I did. This was technically my second collegeaudition since I previously auditioned for AMDA last summer, but it feels likemy first audition because that was so long ago! Hahaha! It went really well.This audition was for Clemson which is a pretty big school in upstate SouthCarolina (home of my favorite football team. Go Tigers!). This probably ranksabout 3rd on my list of 4 schools. This is because they do not have a MusicalTheatre program. They have an Acting BFA with an "emphasis" in MT. SoI wouldn't receive a MT degree from this school. 

2. Explain the audition process and audition itself.  How similar anddifferent was it from regular show auditions?  Who was there?  Didyou meet any fellow perspective students?
Corey:  Well, this audition was the shortest of all myauditions. I arrived at the school at 9 in the morning to check in at theirPerforming Arts Center, the Brooks Center. Here, I had my picture taken, gavethem my letters of recommendation and my headshot, and I took a seat. I tookthe waiting time to chat to some students at the school already and questionthem about their program and their experience and I also took the time to talkto the other auditioners. This was a great experience because I got to learn alot about other people, the program, and even a little bit about what my chanceswere of getting into this school. This audition process was similar to a showaudition, just longer waiting time. About 30 minutes before my audition, Iasked if there was a practice room where I could warm up and a student led meto a practice room where I warmed up for my audition. They came and got me andled me to the audition room where I auditioned for a room with 3 female judges.I did my two monologues, sang my song, and talked with them for about 10minutes and that was that!
3. They say hindsight is 20/20.  Now that you are done the first one,how do you feel you did?  What would you have done differently? What, if anything, about this experience did you learn that you can applyto future auditions?
Corey:  I feel like I did really well. I definitely wish Iwould have remembered to bring my water because I forgot it at the hotel andhad to keep running back to the water fountain to "wet my whistle". Ifeel like it went really well and I think the judges like me and enjoyed myperformance. As the student was taking me to my practice room, she asked whatprogram I was auditioning for and when I told her MT, she seemed enthusiastic.She claimed that their program only had 3 good Musical Theatre guys at the timeand they were in need of more, so that raises my chances of acceptance, Iguess! WOO!

One crucial decision: what song do I audition with?

Inside the Brooks Center: Drink a lot
STAY HYDRATED!

4. I know you did a lot of prep for this audition.  What was theapplication process like for this school?  Do you feel like you wereprepared enough?  Were there any surprises?
Corey:  Lots and lots of prep! It always feels like Iprepare TOO much for auditions. Hahaha! But, it really paid off in the end. Forthis audition, I worked every week with my voice coach on my song and on mymonologues. The application process for this school was simple. It was justlike any application process, I filled out my application online and have yetto be informed of my academic acceptance (I learn about that at the end of thisweek ahhh). After that I had to apply for an audition on one of the auditiondates that were open. When I did, I was informed when my audition would be andwhat to prepare for it. 

Brooks Center at Clemson University

5. Did you get to tour the campus?  The performing arts building(s)? Meet any faculty?  Now that you've actually been there, does theschool live up to your initial expectations?  If you are accepted, willthis school still be one of your choices? (I know it may be early for adefinitive answer to this...)
Corey:  Well, back in September I actually visited theschool and I have been on about 3 different campus tours because I live closeto the school. In September though, I met with the head of the Performing ArtsDepartment who took me on a tour around the PA Center and showed me all the insand outs of the program. At my audition though, I was able to meet some of theprofessors I would have if I were to go to the school and it was nice meetingthem and learning their goals for us and what they expect from students. Theaudition was a HUGE help and I can't wait for my next one this weekend in Elon,North Carolina!

Photos provided by Corey and Getty Images.
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Funemployed's Sunday Funday Fundraiser

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The absolute truth of it is this: I decided to go to Funemployed's party at Friar Tuck's because I knew I wanted to get out of the house.

Getting out is kind of difficult these days, being a new dad and all.  A run to Target is like teleporting to a new beautiful world of air conditioning and Icees.  Coming to work is a lovely respite to reading the first page of Goodnight Moon for the 64th time.  So, a Sunday afternoon/evening at Friar Tuck's with a keg of beer and a few pals sounded like a voyage on the high seas to Sri Lanka.  I was, indubitably, pumped.

Now, I know of Funemployed through Ted Evans, who is a nice and funny and handsome man.  If you don't know about Funemployed, let me explain it this way.  YouTube was created in 2005 by three nerds who were having trouble sharing their videos of Dungeons & Dragons sessions or whatever.  This is the absolute first video ever posted to YouTube, "Me at the Zoo."


Yep...these 19 seconds are a gateway to the new world we exist in now.  You can find oodles of entertainment on YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo, and plenty of others.  You can get to these on your computers, tablets, phones, game consoles, etc.  We live in a future of not worrying about TV and cutting the cable cord because we now can easily find what we want, when we want it.  Well, you need to start wanting THIS:


Funemployed is a smart, funny web series written by and starring Ted Evans, Kate Carson-Groner, Michael Lippert, Dan Hale, and Alex Harris.  This is a hilarious, well-shot, well-directed, well-edited programme.  Don't hesitate, subscribe or die.

Back to the party...now admittedly, I was the old guy at this shindig.  But, from my perch at the bar, I was able to see an inordinate amount of gorgeous people doing things single people do.  But, what I got out of it mostly was a sense of being on a tipping point of something big.  This is a group of folks who obviously have people excited about what they do.  I mean, I am and I'm nearly a fossil to most of these guys.  I also must say...ladies, not all of you can have bad eyes.  What the hell is going on with accessory glasses?  This is a thing now...glasses that just sit on your face, not doing anything important.  Oh well, it's pretty cute I suppose.  I wore leather pants just after college for almost 6 months, so I get it brahs. 

I also called a QR Code a QI Code and was corrected by the prettiest girl there.  It made me happy to be alive.

The crew have made something special, and you should check out the episodes and extras they have on their site.  Wish them luck, buy a DVD, do something.  Retweet this shit, tumblr it, post it on a BBS, I don't care.  Most importantly, be aware that the 3rd Season of Funemployed is coming soon.  This is the new trailer.  Hold on to your comedy pants!


I suggest keeping track of Funemployed.  They're right on the edge, they use real Chicago actors and fantastic Chicago locations, and have a blast to boot.  One suggestion to the guys...tweet to your followers when you are heading out for a night on the town.  Somebody'll show up...like maybe an old dad looking to get out of the house.

Funemployed Sunday Funday Fundraiser: A- (didn't win Barbershop & Barbershop 2 in the raffle...sad face)

-Eric Roach, Anderson Lawfer

Eric & Andy's DEBATE SHOW

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Did you watch the debates at home alone last night?
Did you just watch Home Alone?
Well why don’t you quit being a ding-a-ling, get off your buns, and join Eric and Andy for their first ever Eric and Andy’s DEBATE SHOW!!
Life is made to be lived, and what better way to live then with America’s new favorite Political Pundits!!?
More like America’s new favorite Political FUNdits!
We are ready to host the 2nd Presidential Debate at Strawdog Theater on Tuesday October 16th!!
The doors will open at 7pm. At 7:30pm, we will discuss the rules of various games we will be playing during live coverage of the debate.

Immediately following the debate, stick around for our own town hall meeting to discuss the direction of our country and what Medicare is.

Don’t miss out on the excitement of LIVE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES fashioned into a DRUNKEN BLOODSPORT FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENTS!

A $5 suggested donation at the door will get you $3 PBR TALLBOYS and some of Strawdog’s famous craft beer menu items!

Why sit at home and weep into your hot dog soup? Come and join your heroes and weep into your BEER SOUP.

JKTS Chat: "Understudyness" by DROOD's Eric Sciotto

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From Eric's Gotta Dance feature on Broadway.com
Photo by Matthew Murphy

When word got out a few weeks ago that Andy Karl would be out of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and that Eric Sciotto, the "Twitterverse" lit up like a Christmas tree.  In what speaks volumes for the love and respect so many of us have for Mr. Sciotto, those Tweets were universally positive - well-wishes, votes of confidence, and, myself included, many disappointed-I-can't-be-there notes of encouragement.

So, many of you wrote to ask if I could do another interview with Eric all about his experience that night.  I had imposed upon him to do three segments of "JKTS Chat," and I wasn't sure if I should impose again.  Thankfully, he is a very generous, giving guy.  I noticed (and I'm sure you did, too) that not only is he passionate about his profession, but he is a passionate fan of theatre just like us.  Then I got to thinking, going on for a role is such a whirlwind of activity, thinking, and emotion, that trying to tell all about the whole experience might be more interesting as a narrative rather than trying to answer specific questions from someone who has never had a similar experience.  Well, despite a very busy schedule - doing the show, getting through the whole holiday season and raising a family with two small children - Eric really, REALLY came through for us.  What follows is his account of that fateful day when he played Neville Landless!

"Understudyness"

So... I love tounderstudy, and I love to go on for the role!  Not to say there aren'tnerves involved, but it's "why I'm there" and doing the role is why Iput in all that work...
My philosophy on understudying- and being a good one - is to be as ready as possible as soon as possible inthe rehearsal process... I don't wait for formal understudy rehearsals to begin;I don't wait for people to teach me stuff.... I basically say "If [theperson I cover] were out TODAY, could I do it?!" And I work from there...I tell myself to "know what I know and to know what I don't know" andI keep a little list... "If I were thrown on NOW, what questions would Ineed to ask...."  And assume no one's gonna teach me anything. (That'snot the case, but if I work like that, it's all up to me and I takeresponsibility for it all) In the moment, when someone's sick or hurt, orout, do I want to say, "Sorry, I don't know it yet" or "I can doit?" , I choose "I can do it."

Valerie Wright

I have to tell thisstory: My first Broadway show ever was AnnieGet Your Gun, and Bernadette Peters actually was sick when we startedrehearsals.  She was there and she fought it, but she was battling a nastycold or a flu or something.... At one point, like two weeks in or so (foggymemories) we were to show everything we'd completed thus far to the designteam.... a no-pressure run of the show...which (of course) means"performance mode" and BP called out that day...shewas losing the fight with said cold.... Our director, Graciela [Daniele],addressed the group and said, "Bernadette is too sick to be here, so we'lljust show you a few numbers that don't involve her, and we'll reschedulethis...." And a small voice peeped up: "Graci... if you want to dothe run through, I can do it."  It was Valerie Wright.  Valeriewas playing her own role of Dolly Tate, AND finishing up the run of Redhead at Goodspeed, I think.... andshe was also Bernadette's cover.... so... finishing a job, learning her ownrole, and covering.... got it?
Graciela said,"Valerie, thank you, but I can't ask you to do that, we've given you norehearsal, and it's really not fair to you...."  Valerie confidentlysaid, "I can do the role if you want to do the run-through." Graci then said, "Let's do the run!"
And we did.  AndValerie delivered a stunning performance that had the whole place captured byher brightness!  She was funny and sad and dreamy and amazing andeverybody laughed and cried... she had everyone in the palm of her hand. It was revelatory!

The fitting for my Tick
"Uluru" costume (Priscilla)

I learned "how tounderstudy" from her on that day... and I've never forgotten that moment.
I do my work.  I dowhatever it takes to be ready....
And so it was withNeville.... now, my life is more complex than it once was... I have two kids athome...  and I can't sing 'til all hours of the night, or [during] naps,because I'll wake people... and when I'm home, I'm in dad-mode... Sopreparing for the role of Neville (and Jasper) has been brought to you by theNJ Transit.... I worked on every commute possible, and when walking toor from the bus, I was singing the songs... I worked on breaks.  And inrehearsal, I just watched and watched and watched and prayed that a lot of itwould “osmosis itself” into my brain.
When we startedrehearsing Drood, Andy was stilldoing Jersey Boys... so every Wedsand Sat, he'd run off to his matinee, and if they were doing any Neville stuff,I'd jump in... this is like a gift from the Oprah to have that chance.... bythe time we went into previews, I'd done all but ONE number (I think) with theactual principal cast! That's unheard of and was deeply appreciated and nottaken for granted... each time I had that opportunity, I went full tilt! Tried everything as big and real as possible, made mistakes, screwedthings up, and learned from it all!!
Then once in previews,we went into formal understudy rehearsals, which are usually once a week, and Iwas able to keep working and get some repetition and finally belt out a few ofthe numbers I'd mostly rehearsed quietly....

Neville make-up test (before I lost the beard)

So, by the time Andy wasactually sick and called out, there wasn't much more I could do without justDOING IT!
He'd been battling acold or flu, and so I was on "high alert" in my brain... and watchinghim like a hawk.... and so, when I got the call Sunday morning, I was fine andready to go!
The biggest challenge,was that I'd never done the makeup.... the makeup designers did a test on me,and so I knew what I should look like, but I hadn't applied it myself.... andI'm not really sure what happened, but the makeup went on SOOOOO dark that Ibasically looked like I was doing blackface... It was funny and shocking... See, I hoped I'd have the luxury of taking my time to make sure Ilooked right, but an understudy is also in the business of making everyone feelcomfortable with the fact that you're on... so when the stage manager saysthat they called the principals in to run a bunch of scenes and numbers... that takes up your prep-time.  Also, often, you'll have a last-minutefitting....
So - when you think"oh good, I'll just calmly prepare and do what I need to do" THINKAGAIN!  
I did try to get inreally early, and have a little time to myself (makeup, script, last minutequestions) but was quickly pulled in a million directions.  It's honestlyvery frustrating, and, in my opinion, counter-productive.  But I'm clearlyalone in this thought.  I'd rather think of everything ahead of time anddeal with everything ahead of time, so when the moment comes, we're all cool andready. But most departments work under the "when it happens, we'll dealwith it" rule.
I had to learn years agoto get over it.  So part of my prep-work in preparing for a role includesreminding myself that when the time actually comes, I will not get a moment tomyself first... so BE READY.
K... so... Jessie Mueller (Helena Landless) was AMAZING.  I respect her and trust her immensely.  She wasAMAZINGLY insightful and helpful... don't forget, I have my own track in theshow, so I can't always see everything that Neville does... and things morphand change and evolve, and there was some blocking that changed in previews,that I never could see because I'm quick-changing in a stairwell... so, shetalked me through that, but more importantly, let me know that whatever I did,she'd go with it.  Also, after the opening number, Jessie actually went and darkened her makeup, to make us more twin-like. (What a lovely and generous and thoughtful lady!)
Which brings me to:"a good company will always conspire to make the swing or understudyright."  And this company is the BEST!  They were all so presentand available to differences and nuances and adaptable if anything wasdifferent or wrong.  (Reminded me of Sherie Rene Scott and John Hickok,who were SOOOOO incredibly open to differences when I was on for Radames in AIDA.)

That said, as a cover,it's MY job to do what they're used to so that they don't feel like anything isdifferent in terms of blocking and staging, and then within THAT framework,deliver my own performance that fits in with theirs....
Luckily, I LOVE LOVELOVE what Andy is doing with the role of Neville.  He's been a GREAT modeland someone who has taken a smallish role and made a SHOW-STEALER out of it. He's wonderful and I happily worked within the bubble of his shtick-filledbrilliance and felt great out there.  It was a blast, and I can happilyreport that all the laughs and responses were there, which kept the timingrelatively the same, and the rest of the cast were more than congratulatory andcomplimentary and even the crew went out of their way to pat me on the back andsay how much they loved my choices, my characterization, my confidence/command,and my overall work!  SO - I was happy.
I was nervous, but VERYsure of myself.  I'll have to fix the makeup if I ever do it again, butAndy is strong-like-bull, and so I don't foresee it happening much, if ever!

E-Daddy and family

I'm VERY happy to havedone it once.  Quite simply, it means the work was not in vain.  Idid it.  I felt great.  People loved it.  Fans have been solovely and kind and celebratory of my performance.  And best of all, mypartner decided to take a chance and bring our 4 year old, Samson, to see hisE-daddy and to see his first Broadway show ever.
So, knowing Sammy wasout there was mind-blowing for me.  He apparently was SUPER interested andreally watching and really listening and asked a ton of questions about tinydetails in the lyrics that really proved that he was listening... and he was soexcited afterwards! Proud of me and proud of himself for being so good and forseeing his first show!
That made it all SUPERSPECIAL!!!!!
K... a few specifics: 
PRE-SHOW:  I havenever worked that area... and my own section is small and easy to address...so I just wandered about and made a bunch of self-deprecating jokes about my"subtle" make-up application....  And I talked to my Sammy.
"THERE YOU ARE": Funnilyenough, in my own track there's a section of lyrics that I never sing, becauseI'm busy dealing with (and talking to) an audience member... so when it cametime to sing it, I was not as "on it" as I'd hoped... but everyone issinging them too, so I jumped right back in....
"NO GOOD CAN COME FROMBAD":  Went great!  Very fun!  I may or may not have crushed StephanieJ. Block's hand during the "menacing handshake" and she may or maynot have said" that's enough! that's enough!" out of the corner ofher mouth....  And I also do a fancy twirl of the cane at the end... whichgot gasps, I'm pretty sure... I felt cool.
CHITA:  She gave mea sly look halfway through and said, "well allllright!" (You’d have tohear the tone of voice... I can't really describe it...) It was the perfectvote of confidence and spoke volumes!
DATCHERY: My night onwas the ONE AND ONLY time ROSA was DATCHERY!!!!  Cool!!! 
LOVERS: Helena waspicked, and so I had to do the old "please don't pick me" take whichis fake because OF COURSE I wanted to do lovers with my sister... but it didn'thappen...  
And MURDERER... was..... ummmm... Puffer!  Right... 
...So, yes, it'd havebeen fun to be chosen for something... and I wanted that, but I was alsorelieved... it was my first time out there... I was happy to have made itthrough and have it go so successfully... I didn't need more to think about....
Hope you enjoyed my epicaccount of what it's like to cover and perform the role of Neville!
Eric SciottoTwitter: @E_DaddySciotto
Thank you, readers, for your continued support and interest!  And thank you, Eric, for being so helpful, generous and thoughtful.
To read the first 3 installments of JKTS Chat with Eric Sciotto by clicking the icons to your right, or click the "JKTS CHAT: The Interviews" tab at the top of the blog!
DO NOT MISS ERIC AND THE REST OF THE CAST OF THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD BEFORE THEY ARE GONE!  THEY'RE AT STUDIO 54 UNTIL MARCH 10TH!
All photos, unless otherwise noted, courtesy of Mr. Sciotto.
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