Hey Brad !! How's The Show?

[lashbear]

Hi there,

Any pics of the Brad-beard for us excitable aussies?

How's rehearsals coming along?

[Kevy Baby]

Well, he does have the one pic in his signature:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/brad.jpg

[wolfy999]

I like the look!

[Gemini Cricket]

The play is going quite well. We had a kick-ass rehearsal tonight.
Been totally busy lately. Haven't been able to keep up with much besides work and the play. Occasionally, I have checked in here and on Facebook but haven't had much time to post. (I still have to finish up my South Pacific trip report. D'oh!)

And, yes, I'm scruffy at the moment. I was asked by the director not to shave at all from about a week ago and he doesn't want me to shave again until after the play closes (May 31st). I'm going to be very beard-y by the 31st. :D

Anyway, hope all is well. Will try to post pics soon.

~Brad

[Gemini Cricket]

I just did a phone interview for one of the newspapers here about the play. I think being interviewed is cool. I could get used to that. :) If he prints anything, I'll post it here.

The production and publicity shots are coming soon, too. I'll post those if I can later. They're pretty wacky.

All in all, I'm loving this show. It's good to be doing theatre again.

[innerSpaceman]

Ah, I knew him when.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

In my dream life I jet set over to HI just to see you trod the boards.

[Gemini Cricket]

Tee hee.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/bilde.jpg
There may be an underlying message in the name of the character Braddoc DeCaires plays in "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel," Manoa Valley Theatre's latest stage production, opening Thursday DeCaires plays Duwell (pronounced DO-well), one of two bumbling Alabama brothers who believe they shot a celestial being.
Source (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090508/ENT08/905080319/1136)

[Kevy Baby]

Huzzah!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

:snap: :snap: :cheers:
Livin' the dream!!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I LOVE the photo. Rock on!! :snap:

[JWBear]

Our little Brad -*sniff, sniff*- all grown up....

[lashbear]

Woo Hoo !!! Is there going to be a video?

[Gemini Cricket]

Woo Hoo !!! Is there going to be a video?
They only record the show for archival purposes. No copies are released, sold etc. And... thank goodness fer that, I tells ya. ;)
Mr. lashbear, you haven't said a thing about my goatee...

[CoasterMatt]

Awesome photo! :cheers:

[lashbear]

They only record the show for archival purposes. No copies are released, sold etc. And... thank goodness fer that, I tells ya. ;)
Mr. lashbear, you haven't said a thing about my goatee...
Sorry... my hands were too busy to type.


(and it looks V. woofy, in fact. Maybe there's a new Ocelot on the horizon in HI? :D )

By the way, how do you titulate an ocelot?


Oscillate his tit a lot

[Chernabog]

Awwww our Brad is so cute!!!

[Snowflake]

Love the Photo and the cool write up!

VGC/DUCK HUNTIN M

[Gemini Cricket]

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Opening Wednesday! "Laughs abound."
-- Lansing City Pulse

"Witty and thoughtful."
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By Mitch Albom
author of "Tuesdays With Morrie"


May 13-31, 2009
Dinner on the MVT lanai resumes on Wednesdays and Fridays!
* Read details below *

This is the funny yet tender story of two bumbling Alabama brothers who believe they shot a celestial being. As they lament their fates in a murky swamp, they are chased by a cynical tabloid journalist and his reluctant photographer, who don't believe any of it until feathers, wings and a tiara are discovered along the way. The play hysterically interweaves a love story, sibling rivalry, tawdry media, race relations and cultural stereotypes as the chase to find the angel builds to a crescendo in the swamp. Ultimately a sweet allegory about redemption, this is a rare comedy with a surprisingly heartfelt lesson.

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Jim Tharp as Duane
and Braddoc DeCaires as Duwell photos by Malia Leinau
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Performing in the show are Katherine Clifton, Braddoc DeCaires, Vincent Fitzgerald, Gregory Scott Harris, John Hunt, Thomas McCurdy, Scott Francis Russell, Chantelle Sawa and Jim Tharp.

The play is guest directed by Paul Mitri. Costume designer is Dusty Behner, set designer is Karen Archibald, lighting design is by Janine Myers, sound design is by Jason Taglianetti, hair and makeup design is by Greg Howell, and props design is by Sara Ward.

Dinner service: Enjoy a tasty dinner on the MVT lanai prior to Wednesday and Friday performances with food by Marians Catering. Available by pre-purchase ONLY. Please place your order a minimum of 24 hours in advance. Please call the box office at 988-6131 for more information and to make your arrangements!


Show times for Duck Hunter Shoots Angel

Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sunday matinees at 4 p.m.

The running time of the play is approximately two hours with one intermission.

Tickets: adult $30
sr. cit/mil. $25
subscriber guest $25
25yo & under $15

To purchase tickets, call 988-6131 or buy online at www.manoavalleytheatre.com (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/) by clicking on:

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Mahalo to our Show Sponsors

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Mahalo also to our 2008-09 Seasonwide Sponsors

Richard Aadland Trust
AIG Hawaii
Cades Schutte and The Cades Foundation
Commercial Data Systems
Hawaii Performing Arts Foundation
Hawaiian Airlines
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
'Iolani School
Island Television KITV
Oceanic Time Warner Cable
Straub Clinic and Hospital
The Honolulu Advertiser

This project is supported by funding through the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and through appropriations from the Hawaii State Legislature and by the National Endowment for the Arts.



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[lashbear]

I wanna go!!!! :(

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Yeah, really wish I could see this.

Would love to hear your Alabama accent!

[ToriBear]

I really want to go see the show!! :(

[cirquelover]

That's wonderful GC! I wish I could come see it too!

I find it funny that there's a ticket price for 25 and under. Is that because in Hawaii you stay young a lot longer!!

[Gemini Cricket]

CP ~ I'll do my Alabama accent fer ya when I'm a fixin' to come see y'all in California. I miss everybody.

LB, TB and CL ~ I wish you could come see it, too. LoT swanking!!! Just kidding. :)


We had our first audience last night. It was awesome. It reminded me that, oh yeah, the play is funny. You forget what the laugh lines can be sometimes when the director, cast and crew run out off chuckles for ya (understandably tho, they do see it hundreds of times...).
:)

[innerSpaceman]

oh, how much are tickets with airfare to Honolulu + dinner??

[CoasterMatt]

Sounds like a swanking to me.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

And he gets second billing. Nice!

[alphabassettgrrl]

OOohhh, I really wish we could all just rent a private jet and all go see you!

A good audience makes all the difference! Hope all of them are the same!

[Kevy Baby]

"Laughs abound."
-- Lansing City Pulse

Wow: they sent someone all the way from Michigan to review this play?

[Gemini Cricket]

And he gets second billing. Nice!
Hee hee. Actually it's alphabetical.
:D
And in the program it's by order of appearance.

[Gemini Cricket]

Y'all, I'm so nervous right now and it's only 10am in the morning here in Hawai'i.

Butterflies all up in my stomach.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out at any moment.

In other words, I basically feel the same as any opening night day.

:D

Breathe... breathe...

[Betty]

Break a leg! You're going to be GREAT!

[Gemini Cricket]

Here is a shot of the poster that is going to be everywhere on the island in a matter of a couple of days.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/Untitled-1copy-1.gif


I think it's a great picture but it's not helping my nerves right now! Major angel-sized butterflies in my tummy right now...
:D

[Deebs]

LOL, I love that pic of you.

The poster is great, you are great.

Sorry you have huge butterflies though. I know you're gonna be fabulous.

"Unbridled hilarity" :cool:

VLBM

Visible leg breaking mojo.

[wolfy999]

If you weren't nervous....something would be wrong! I know you are going to be a hit!

[innerSpaceman]

We're several hours ahead of you in L.A., and I've already read the fantastic reviews. Relax, you are obviously going to be great. It says so ... right here.

[BarTopDancer]

Break a leg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Snowflake]

Break a Leg!
I only wish I could be there IRL to see you! :snap: :snap:

[Gemini Cricket]

Thanks, guys.
:)

[katiesue]

And remember - have fun!

[Kevy Baby]

Am I the only one who is wondering why the posters won't be up for a couple of days when the show starts tonight?




Break a leg Brad. And don't bump into the furniture.

[Prudence]

Break a leg! I so wish I could be there to see it and its unbridled hilarity.

[lashbear]

I love the poster of both you guys with the splash box "True Love" right over your heads !! :D

...Is there something you want to tell us about your co-star, Brad? ;) :evil:

[Betty]

Well!!!????!!! How'd it go???:cool:

[Gemini Cricket]

Can I just say that opening night was the best night ever? We had a stellar audience and the cast was right on the money. We got laughs throughout and had to hold for the laughter on several occasions (which is such a great feeling). A standing ovation and great feedback from the audience afterward.

I had the best night ever.

A couple of hours before the show started we found out that our stage manager was taken to the emergency room because of severe pains in his stomach and abdomen. Scary stuff. But we had someone step in for him and she totally rocked. It was like she was our SM from the very beginning.

Despite a couple of technical hitches that the audience was unaware of, the show went flawlessly. Reviewers and other prominent theatre directors and producers came to the show. I had a lot of great feedback about my character. One lady asked me what part of Alabama I was from. I had to tell her the truth that I was a local boy.

Hearing that so many people laughed and had a good time made all of the nervousness and feelings of barfitude prior to the show worth it.

I'm on Cloud 9. But I only got maybe 5 hours of sleep last night. There was an opening night party that we all attended and it went until midnight. Woops! I have to find the energy for tonight's show, but it'll come. It has to.

Anyway, thanks everyone for all of the words of encouragement. They mean a great deal to me.

:)

KB ~ That's a very good question.

[Strangler Lewis]

Congratulations! Sounds like tons of fun.

[BarTopDancer]

WOOHOO!!!!!!

[wolfy999]

I sure wish we could see the show over here on the Mainland!

[cirquelover]

Way to go GC, it sounds like you rocked the house! I'm sure you deserve all the praise and adoration you are receiving and you're having fun to boot!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Living the dream, GC!!

[katiesue]

Way to go GC!!!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Congrats!

[lashbear]

Can I just say that opening night was the best night ever? .
I take it the quick change went OK?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Congrats!

[ozron]

Toi, toi, GC!

[CoasterMatt]

GC is purty darn cool, I tell you wut.

[Deebs]

Congratulations! I wish we could hear your Alabama accent!

I am so not surprised that everything went so well for you. :snap:

Big bummer for the stage manager though, I hope he is feeling better soon. I'm glad his stand in was great for you guys.

I hope tonight is just as fabulous.

[DisneyDaniel]

Best wishes for continued success with the play! Great photos and posters, too.

[Gemini Cricket]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/BradNPaulDuckHunterShootsAngel05102.jpg
Me with the Director, Paul.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/ScottNBradDuckHunterShootsAngel0510.jpg
Scott and me.

[Gemini Cricket]

More promo shots:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/DeCairesHarrisRussellTharphoriz.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/TharpDeCaireswingvert1.jpg

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[DreadPirateRoberts]

Congratulations!

[lashbear]

Great pics !!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

You and yer huntin' buddy really mug it up, too funny!

[Betty]

I love the photos! You look really great! :cool:

[Kevy Baby]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/DeCairesHarrisRussellTharphoriz.jpg
Third guy from the left (or, second from the right of you prefer) looks a little like Crispin Glover.

At least to me he does in that shot.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The bastard child of Chripin Glover and Bryan Cranston.

[Gemini Cricket]

Scott. He's such a good guy. He's from Hawai'i. Funny tidbit about him: when he was like 8, he was an altar boy for my dad's sermons. He said he liked being onstage even as a kid. lol. He and my dad connected on opening night. Of course, pop asked him why he hasn't seen him in church for like the past 15 years or so. Scott just shrugged him off... lol
:D

I just realized that my mouth is open for a great number of the promo shots.
:D

[innerSpaceman]

Yes, I noticed that. And you mug it up better than Jerry Lewis.


Here's to your continued success. :cheers:



I am so incredibly happy for you!!!

[Gemini Cricket]

A review came in this morning for the show.

'Duck Hunter' a good time, with a twist'

By Joseph T. Rozmiarek
Special to The Advertiser
"Duck Hunter Shoots Angel" doesn't walk the line between reality and sensational tabloid journalism, it tromps and dances across it, trailing bits from both worlds until it's hard to determine where that line might have been.
Take the half-man, half-alligator, for instance. He's a silent figure with a remarkably expressive papier maché crocodile grin that slips in and out of the action like an attentive butler, giving a shave or a back massage. Gator Man (Vincent Fitzgerald) is the physical manifestation of a story invented to sell newspapers at the supermarket checkout stand, but he's also an accepted part of the action.
While the audience is concentrating on realism, fantasy elements creep in at the edges, like the pair of duck hunters who believe they have shot down an angel because they keep finding pieces of her in a swamp.
They're a pair of good ol' country boys — Duane (pronounced do-wayne) and Duwell (do-well) — played by Jim Tharp and Braddoc DeCaires for all the broad laughs they can scoop up. Duwell is the gullible brother and the butt of Duane's sarcasm. "The wheels are turning," scoffs Duane as Duwell concentrates hard on collecting a thought, "But the hamster died."
With these two providing chorus, the job of creating melody goes to Scott Francis Russell as a New York reporter sent south to cover the angel story — or to invent it. Turns out he's packing his own history, revealed as the memory of the Woman (Chantelle Sawa) he loved and left behind.
Playwright Mitch Albom — whose "Tuesdays With Morrie" played successfully at MVT earlier this season — eventually pulls all the story threads together into a surprise ending. Along the way, he noticeably links dialogue by repeating the closing words of the ending scene in the first lines of the one that follows.
The action is tightly managed by director Paul Mitri and played out on Karen Archibald's realistic stage set filled with large swamp trees. But to see them, we spend the evening peering through a large scrim that is used only rarely for projections.
Some of the heartfelt emotion that is found so generously in "Tuesdays With Morrie" spills over into "Angel," primarily when the reporter retreats into memory from his everyday pose of hard-bitten cynicism. But the play exists primarily for laughs based on character idiosyncrasies and absurd exaggeration.
It's a good time capped by an unexpected switch.
Source (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905160305)

The other article already went into the Hon Adv's "pay to read it" archives. Darn it.

ETA: But here it is anyway! ;)

May 8, 2009

Theology — and humor — with a 12-gauge

By Dave Dondoneau
TGIF Editor
There may be an underlying message in the name of the character Braddoc DeCaires plays in "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel," Manoa Valley Theatre's latest stage production, opening Thursday.
DeCaires plays Duwell (pronounced DO-well), one of two bumbling Alabama brothers who believe they shot a celestial being.
That neither Duwell nor brother Duwayne have ever shot anything before is part of the excitement. Both are unemployed and hunt daily, so when they see what they think is a duck dropping from the sky, they celebrate.
And when they see what they shot laying on the ground has a long robe, blonde hair and huge wings — they contemplate their fate and which shooter will be in trouble for bringing down the alleged angel.
Along the way they're joined by a cynical tabloid journalist and photographer who don't believe anything until feathers, wings and a tiara are discovered.
"There's a good vibe with this show," DeCaires said. "The cast is funny. My character, we think, may have a psychic connection with the angel, so maybe 'DOwell' is a tip on his character. It's all part of the story, which is very funny. My brother Duwayne (Jim Tharp) is a cross between Elmer Fudd and Dick Cheney."
"Duck Hunter Shoots Angel," is a play written by Mitch Albom, who also penned MVT's last production "Tuesdays with Morrie."
This one is much different. Instead of basically a two-man play like "Tuesdays," "Ducks" has eight characters. And while the "Tuesdays" set was basically a bed or chair, "Ducks" drops theater patrons into the Alabama backwoods and swamp.
It's a comedy with an underlying message.
"It makes you think and it makes you laugh," DeCaires said. "To me, everybody's idea of faith is different, just like your own fingerprint."
In real life, DeCaires said he doesn't know if he could ever hunt.
"The one time I thought about it, I was fly-fishing and a deer came into the stream, a 14- or 16-point buck that was huge," DeCaires said. "I remember looking at it and thinking 'I could never shoot something so beautiful.' "
Though Duwell and Duwayne shoot the angel (or was it?), Albom's play follows the cynical journalist (Sandy) as his beliefs are tested.
"All I can tell you is there is a resolution at the end if it really is an angel," DeCaires said. "But I don't want to give anything away. With this set and cast, you really get sucked in."
Correction: Manoa Valley Theatre’s “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel” opens Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and runs through May 31.

Additional Facts 'Duck Hunter Shoots Angel' Manoa Valley Theatre
Wednesday through May 31
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays
$30 general admission, $25 seniors and military, $15 for 25 and younger.
988-6131
www.manoavalleytheatre.com

[Not Afraid]

Great reviews!!!

But......"I was fly fishing one day".......?:D

[JWBear]

Yeah... I can't quite see that either.

[innerSpaceman]

When does the show go on the road?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I didn't realize that it was Mitch Albom's material. I loved Tuesdays with Morrie (the book). How cool!

[wolfy999]

Brad is having way too much fun....we're never going to get him back!

[Gemini Cricket]

We got another good review for the show. My sisters and supervisors came to the show last night. They liked it. :)

Manoa Theatre captures satirical 'Duck Hunter'

By John Berger

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 18, 2009

The world of supermarket tabloids is a marvelous place where Elvis and Bigfoot shop at night at 7-Eleven, space aliens regularly make themselves known and mankind shares the planet with various "half-human, half-something else" creatures whose existence defies the laws of Mendelian genetics. Welcome to the world of "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel," Manoa Valley Theatre's Hawaii premiere production of Mitch Albom's tart and satirical yet surprisingly substantial send-up of "tabs" and those who write for them.
Albom combines predictable stereotypes -- the semiliterate malapropism-spouting Southerner first and foremost -- with a subtle but effective message about tolerance, not judging people by geographic origin. Jim Tharp (Duane) and Braddoc DeCaires (Duwell) star as bumbling brothers, allegedly the most inept duck hunters in Dixie, who nonetheless succeeded in shooting something they saw flying over the swamp. They believe it was an angel.
Word of the shooting reaches Lester, the shameless owner/publisher of the "Weekly World & Globe" in New York. Lester and his half-alligator factotum dispatch Sandy, a cynical, burned-out reporter who is both "anti-gun and anti-redneck," to rural Alabama with orders to buy exclusive rights to the hunters' story and fabricate the physical evidence needed to substantiate it if necessary.
(Sandy's back story: He left Alabama years before in search of wealth and fame in "legitimate" journalism. In doing so, he left an innocent woman behind. She had something she wanted to tell him. He was too busy to listen.)
Sandy goes south with Lenny, the paper's 300-pound photographer. They find Duane and Duwell in the swamp and gradually earn their trust. Then, inexplicable things start happening.
Tharp, a longtime star of the local stage, sacrificed his white hair and full white beard to play Duane; Greg Howell, MVT's hair and makeup master, took at least 20 years off Tharp's actual age. With a radical new look and a new spring in his step, Tharp sets aside his usual stage persona of the genial old codger and delivers a well-calibrated comic performance as a much younger man.
DeCaires makes a welcome return to the stage as Duwell. He is well cast opposite Tharp, and they swap one-liners with the precise timing of a veteran comic duo.
Gregory Scott Harris (Lenny), another actor who has been away from the stage too long, is a third key to the show's success. A "fat suit" gives Harris bulk for his role but doesn't slow the flow of his performance.
Karen Archibald's set places the swamp behind a scrim that allows it to disappear when cast members -- Harris, Scott Francis Russell (Sandy), Chantelle J.M. Sawa (Woman) and Vincent Fitzgerald (Gator Man) -- move to other locales. Katherine Clifton (Kansas) tends the counter at a convenience store on one end of the stage. Thomas L. McCurdy (Lester) directs the hunt for the angel-shooters from an office high on the other end.
Archibald's swamp, Janine Myers' angelic lighting effects and sound designer Jason Taglianetti's thunderstorms enhance the actors' work. Mark Archibald's video designs are particularly effective in creating the experience of driving down a rural Southern road at night. Video adds a sense of motion to what could otherwise be a long and static scene.
Source (http://www.starbulletin.com/features/featuresstories/20090518_manoa_theatre_captures_satirical_duck_hun ter.html)

[wendybeth]

Great review, GC! :snap:

[Strangler Lewis]

Braddoc DeCaires! Hey, you used to be big!

(Congratulations!)

[Gemini Cricket]

More scruffy Greg Sloan-esque doings. :D

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[lashbear]

Don't you ever shave again, young man. You hear me, now?

:D

[innerSpaceman]

Silly Bear, Tricks are for kids. Or Brad needs to turn tricks. or something catchy that assures him he's cute cleanshaven, too.




Plus ... he's too good a kisser to let all that fuzz get in the way of face.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

You do look pretty hawt, babe. :D

[wolfy999]

Plus ... he's too good a kisser to let all that fuzz get in the way of face.

Have you kissed everyone iSm?

[innerSpaceman]

Can't say. I'm not the kind to, ya know, and tell.









except when i do.

[Not Afraid]

The answer is NO.

[JWBear]

Don't listen to Steve. beards are HAWT! And kissing clean shaven guys is like kissing girls! Ick.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Don't listen to Steve. beards are HAWT! And kissing clean shaven guys is like kissing girls! Ick.Bwahaha! I never thought of it that way...

[innerSpaceman]

I admit to liking kissing the stubbly, but not full on-hair. It's like kissing a wooly mammoth. And no one liked to kiss those, hence why they are extinct.





Don't listen to Jen, Brad. She's gotten used to that mountain man of hers, and has forgotten the pleasures of civilized lovin'.

[JWBear]

I'll take a mountain man any day over some effete beardless half-man!

"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man." -Much Ado about Nothing, Act II Scene 1

[innerSpaceman]

Pfft, Shakespeare was a fag.

[JWBear]

"...For God wished women to be smooth and to rejoice in their locks alone growing spontaneously, as a horse in his mane. But He adorned man like the lions, with a beard, and endowed him as an attribute of manhood, with a hairy chest--a sign of strength and rule." -St. Clement of Alexandria

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, is that anything like For God wished man to lie with woman and not with man?




As you might imagine, I'm not so keen with what humans say God wishes.




Though, also in regards to personal taste in men, God has told my people in no uncertain terms that he prefers cut over uncut. So there. :p

[JWBear]

I just liked the quote.

[Not Afraid]

I love hairy men. I like shaved men as well. Me thinks I just like men.

[JWBear]

I'll take a mountain man any day over some effete beardless half-man!

"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man." -Much Ado about Nothing, Act II Scene 1

I also wanted to say that I love the dialog that happens just before the line I quoted above

Leonato: You may light on a husband that hath no beard.
Beatrice: What should I do with him? Dress him in my apparel and make him my waiting-gentlewoman?

:evil:

[Kevy Baby]

I admit to liking kissing the stubbly, but not full on-hair. It's like kissing a wooly mammoth. And no one liked to kiss those, hence why they are extinct.Susan likes me with a beard.

However, it will be coming off soon - probably after Memorial day

Pfft, Shakespeare was a fag.Actually, I thought he was quite the ladies man. Could be wrong though.

"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man." -Much Ado about Nothing, Act II Scene 1VJWBM for quoting my favorite Shakespeare play!

LOVED the movie version with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. Who knew Keanu knew how to actually act?

[Gemini Cricket]

I love hairy men. I like shaved men as well. Me thinks I just like men.
Ah, men!
:D

[lashbear]

So in other words, Brad, keep the beard ON.

[ozron]

Hey, we're all endowed with the same male hormones. If some want to waste them growing facial hair, that's their business!

[JWBear]

That doesn't make sense. Unless you have it removed, it's going to grow regardless. Shaving it off wont "save" any male hormones.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

That doesn't make sense. Unless you have it removed, it's going to grow regardless. Shaving it off wont "save" any male hormones.I didn't post it - but it was a joke, JW.

[Gemini Cricket]

If shaving will help me retain the few male hormones I have, then pass me a Gillette!
:D

[innerSpaceman]

And would those be the same male hair pattern hormones that cause most men to go bald by the time they're 40?


I'll pass, thanks.

[JWBear]

Hey, iSm... Are you telling me you wouldn't kiss this? :evil:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9EG7LXCqPiY/Sf-2af4PfEI/AAAAAAAANXE/9PM65aCkYXM/s1600/Sibila%2B(3).jpg

[innerSpaceman]

No, I wouldn't lay my lips on that creepy red X.

[wolfy999]

And would those be the same male hair pattern hormones that cause most men to go bald by the time they're 40?


I'll pass, thanks.

You already passed......;)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

No, I wouldn't lay my lips on that creepy red X.try this (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9EG7LXCqPiY/Sf-2af4PfEI/AAAAAAAANXE/9PM65aCkYXM/s1600/Sibila%2B(3).jpg)

It's kissable all right! :evil:

[Kevy Baby]

try this (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9EG7LXCqPiY/Sf-2af4PfEI/AAAAAAAANXE/9PM65aCkYXM/s1600/Sibila%2B(3).jpg)

It's kissable all right! :evil:
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[JWBear]

No, I wouldn't lay my lips on that creepy red X.

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Oh dear lord... Here!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/JWBear61/Posted/Sibila3.jpg

[lashbear]

mmm... and it's so tasty too! Just like candy !

[innerSpaceman]

yes, i'd kiss him .... in spite of the beard.





eh, it would be awhile before i reached his face any way.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Don't listen to Steve. beards are HAWT! And kissing clean shaven guys is like kissing girls! Ick.

What's wrong with kissing girls? :)

Brad- I'm so glad your talent is being seen! I only wish we could all come see you and support you!

[Gemini Cricket]

Brad- I'm so glad your talent is being seen! I only wish we could all come see you and support you!
I appreciate that a great deal.
:)

I'm on such a high right now with this show. I'll be sad to see it close on the 31st...
:(

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ah, but you get the joy for now! Bask in it, remember it, and enjoy it! You deserve it!

[wendybeth]

I appreciate that a great deal.
:)

I'm on such a high right now with this show. I'll be sad to see it close on the 31st...
:(
You'll probably need a DL fix, say....sometime around July 16th-21st?:D

[Ghoulish Delight]

Your talent is being seen? Wait a minute, is this a Daniel Radcliffe/Equus kinda show?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Your talent is being seen? Wait a minute, is this a Daniel Radcliffe/Equus kinda show?Gives "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel" a whole new meaning.





eeewwww.

[Gemini Cricket]

So, I'm posting this because I'm just a little sad. The show is ending a week from yesterday. I think once this show is over, I think I'm going to be in a serious funk. I'm going to be super sad.
Right now, I'm just on a break for two days before the show starts up again. But I'm seriously depressed. Don't know what to do with myself when the high is gone. You know?
I don't know how I'll be on Monday... or even Sunday night for crying out loud. Ugh. When it's high, it's high. But when it's low (usually right after the big high) it's low low low.
Sat and Sun were great shows. We were sold out and everything. Awesome...

[wendybeth]

One word. 'Rent'.

(And a hug, of course).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Life goes on! More awesome stuff will happen to you, I promise. :)

[innerSpaceman]

Brad, you need to prepare yourself better for the post-show drop. Yes, it will happen. But since it's preordained, don't let it happen too strongly. You know it's based on a nearly-automatic reaction. Don't let that reaction rule you ... you must RULE IT. Minimize it, make fun of it, know that it's a temporary reaction and don't let it out of a small box of 4 days max duration and no more than 1 crying jagg and 4 frowns per day.

[Gemini Cricket]

Preparing is the key. It's just I'm not very good at it.

[ozron]

"Who Stole My Dead Husband?" closes on June 6th after a nearly three year run, and three years development in various forms before that. Most of the cast has been with the show the whole time. I've been for five years.

We may or may not re-mount the show in the fall. There may be a sequel in the works. In any case, a cast that has worked together for a long time will not be seeing each other every weekend. When asked how we can keep doing the show week after week, the invariable answer is that we love working with these people. It truly has become a family.

I've dealt with post-show depression before. This will be something entirely different.

It helps to have "Evita!" to look forward to this summer.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Think of it as the first of many awesome plays. There will be more that will make this seem like a bad porno.

[Gemini Cricket]

"Who Stole My Dead Husband?" closes on June 6th after a nearly three year run, and three years development in various forms before that. Most of the cast has been with the show the whole time. I've been for five years.

We may or may not re-mount the show in the fall. There may be a sequel in the works. In any case, a cast that has worked together for a long time will not be seeing each other every weekend. When asked how we can keep doing the show week after week, the invariable answer is that we love working with these people. It truly has become a family.

I've dealt with post-show depression before. This will be something entirely different.

It helps to have "Evita!" to look forward to this summer.
I guess I shouldn't complain. That's a long time to be doing a show.

[Gemini Cricket]

So, how's this for irony? Or maybe it's irony in a non-irony Alanis Morrissette "Ironic" sort of way...

I posted something on Twitter like "#prop8 we'll keep fighting, chin up, we won't stop until we achieve equality". So I get this response from this guy who says I'm stupid, there already is marriage equality for straights only and that's the way it should be etc. He tweets again saying I should try shock therapy. So, of course, I respond with some sort of snappy response. Then I click on his profile. Where is he from? Alabama. The play I'm in talks about not stereotyping people from Alabama and not discounting them by the way they look or sound. The play points out that lots of people in the south are open-minded, deep-thinking and pithy. So, how funny that I have some guy on Twitter proving us wrong? It's very funny.

:D
:D

[lashbear]

Is his name Duwell ?

[innerSpaceman]

HeeHee, take it as evidence the universe works in mysterious ways, but it works.

That thought tends to help me through the blues.

[Gemini Cricket]

Bristol Palin's baby daddy (Levi Johnston) is sporting the latest in duck hunter fashion. He could be in our show. He's kinda cute, I'd be alright with that...
:D

[innerSpaceman]

He'd be cuter without the rifle.



In fact, why doesn't he just shuck that whole outfit entirely, and then let me comment on his cuteness. ;)

[Scrooge McSam]

He's kinda cute, I'd be alright with that...
:D

You may not find him so cute after you read the article.

[Gemini Cricket]

You may find him decidely less cute when you read the article.
I know it. Once they open their mouths, it's over.

[Scrooge McSam]

Not. Gonna. Touch. It.

[Gemini Cricket]

And that was that.

The show closed last night. Our last performance was awesome. Sold out crowd with 15 people turned away outside. Wow!

Part of the moving on process is helping strike the set. It was nice getting that out of my system. Tearing down trees and dismantling fake buildings for three hours really helps you move on.

I actually feel pretty good today. Not too shabby. Not too sad.

On to the next show.

:)

[ozron]

It hits Thursday evening, when you're sitting at home saying to yourself, "Isn't there somewhere I'm supposed to be?"

[Gemini Cricket]

It hits Thursday evening, when you're sitting at home saying to yourself, "Isn't there somewhere I'm supposed to be?"
Wednesday actually. We ran Wed-Sun. :)

But you're right. It'll hit me soon. One of the things that happens too is that I usually get sick after a show ends. The stress suddenly stops and my body freaks out about it. Ha. Oh well.

I've decided to crew the next show "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". It opens July 1st. It should bee fun. ;)

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'd heard that one was fun! I didn't see the show but I tore down the set when it was done. They called up kids from the audience to be "in" the bee, but they got one that was actually good and it took them a while to get a word he didn't know.

[lashbear]

That show's everywhere !! My local musical society's doing it next.

[Kevy Baby]

So GC, are you shorn yet?

[lashbear]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kevy Baby]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Then you may not like the fact that mine is coming off

[JWBear]

So GC, are you shorn yet?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Then you may not like the fact that mine is coming off

Ehh................


;)

[innerSpaceman]

To make up for it, I'm gonna let my beard grow out.



I should have a respectable beard in about ....




... oh four years or so. :(

[Kevy Baby]

Ehh................


;)Are you saying that you wouldn't care of I shaved? Would I be no more or less of a sexy man either way?

Does no one love me?

:Sob:

[lashbear]

Then you may not like the fact that mine is coming off
Are you saying that you wouldn't care of I shaved? Would I be no more or less of a sexy man either way?
Does no one love me?
The answer to both questions depends on how much hair you're removing, where you're removing it from, and what outfits you intend to model after the fact..... :evil:

[Gemini Cricket]

Right now, I have a goatee with super-long sideburns.
:)

[Gemini Cricket]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/photo.jpg

[wendybeth]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/photo.jpg
I shall now call you Fuzzy Face. (That's what I call Tori's cat Samwise, but I think you have more whiskers than he...)

[Gemini Cricket]

So, I shaved back the goatee quite a bit. I was worried that when I gave people pecks on the cheek that they thought they were being kissed by a walrus...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/Photo1-2.jpg
I do like my super long sideburns... Kinda hard to see in this pic, but oh well.
:)

[Chernabog]

I tried growing a beard and was promptly told to shave by a certain someone. How will I grow up to be a bear with no facial hair?

[Gemini Cricket]

There's a special someone who asked me to shave down the goatee, too. But I'll talk more about him later.
;) :)

[Chernabog]

Tell us in the total serious happy thread!

[Kevy Baby]

Since this has evolved into the facial hair thread, I officially went down to a goatee tonight. We'll see if it sticks, or if the rest comes off.

[lashbear]

Silly rabbits... Bald faces are for kids !!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Silly rabbits... Bald faces are for kids !!Who you callin' a kid??

[innerSpaceman]

At my age, I'm happy to look like a kid.



(Well, not a kid exactly, but I'm commonly mistaken for 10 years my junior. Fine with me.)

[Gemini Cricket]

Interesting.

Rumor has it that the theatre that was thinking of doing 'Rent' is no longer doing 'Rent'. And, believe it or not, this is a good thing. Apparently, because the theatre is on an Army base, they were going edit out all the swear words and have Angel's character be played by a woman (she's playing a drag queen - Victor/Victoria anyone?). So I say kill it if you're not going to f*cking do it right...

:)

[lashbear]

Who you callin' a kid??
You, girly.

OK, so I meant bald faces on guys are for kids. :p

...and iSm. ;)

[innerSpaceman]

:)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Interesting.

Rumor has it that the theatre that was thinking of doing 'Rent' is no longer doing 'Rent'. And, believe it or not, this is a good thing. Apparently, because the theatre is on an Army base, they were going edit out all the swear words and have Angel's character be played by a woman (she's playing a drag queen - Victor/Victoria anyone?). So I say kill it if you're not going to f*cking do it right...

:)Wow, that sucks.

Hopefully something else will come along for you.

[Gemini Cricket]

For "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", I'm going to be on the crew for the show. Part of my duties is to sell food before the show and during intermission. Everyone in the crew and box office staff are going to be characters of some sort. Since it takes place at a elementary school, the lighting and sound people are going to be the AV Club, the box office person is the principal and the waitresses serving "spirits" before the show are cheerleaders. I am going to be selling lunches. Any guesses on what character Brad is going to play?

;)

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yay for Spelling Bee! I went to school with Celia Keenan-Bolger, who originated the role of Olive.

I love that the front-of-house crew will be school characters. Adorable. You'll make a great... lunch lady?

[JWBear]

For "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", I'm going to be on the crew for the show. Part of my duties is to sell food before the show and during intermission. Everyone in the crew and box office staff are going to be characters of some sort. Since it takes place at a elementary school, the lighting and sound people are going to be the AV Club, the box office person is the principal and the waitresses serving "spirits" before the show are cheerleaders. I am going to be selling lunches. Any guesses on what character Brad is going to play?

;)

The Lunch Lady? (You'll look stunning in a hair net, dahling!)

[Ghoulish Delight]

More testicles means more iron.

[Gemini Cricket]

More testicles means more iron.

There's very little meat in these gym mats!
:D

Yep. The lunchlady! :)

My first time in drag. But actually, it'll be just barely drag.

[JWBear]

You will be sending us pictures!

[Gemini Cricket]

You will be sending us pictures!
Nope.
;)

To the shagrin of all the bears 'round here...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/Photo2-1.jpg

Clean shaven.
It feels weird.
:)

[innerSpaceman]

Noooooooooooooo!



(Though of course, if that's clean-shaven, it's obvious Brad can be scruffy by tomorrow.)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

He's still cute.

[innerSpaceman]

He's adorable. Just sayin' he can do both looks within the same week. And please everyone.


And I mean pleeeassse.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Have fun! It is fun that the front-of-house crew is characters. :)

[€uroMeinke]

Nope.
;)

To the shagrin of all the bears 'round here...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/Photo2-1.jpg

Clean shaven.
It feels weird.
:)
Ah, you should have at least waited until you were done with the lunch lady routine

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ah, you should have at least waited until you were done with the lunch lady routine
For that he'd need to leave the 'stache, then grow about 4 or 5 long hairs from one side of his chin.

[lashbear]

:( Alas, poor Scruffy! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite beardiness, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me in his car a thousand times; and now, how
baldfaced in my imagination he is!

[Gemini Cricket]

Ufta!
We had a really good first rehearsal/read thru for the Drowsy Chaperone. It's a pretty small cast, maybe 14 of us total.
I have to say it was a little intimidating. A lot of big dogs in this show. Including one of the big theatre producers here taking the part of the Man in the Chair. One of the singers of the Hawaiian group Na Leo Pilimihana is going to be Trix the Aviatrix. One guy who is a big time opera singer here and an actress who is a big time singing coach here in HI is Adolpho and Drowsy. I must say, I feel like a newbie to this even though I'm not.
Well, they liked what I did with the character. I just gave it a stab and the director and producer liked it okay.
A lot of singing and dancing. We sang a lot tonight.
Oh, and did I mention I have to learn to tap dance for one of the numbers?
lol
:D

[Morrigoon]

Dude, I love Na Leo Pilimehana! Their stuff is lovely :)

[Chernabog]

Jim and I were wondering if you were going to perform the "Cold Feet" number with tapdancing and.... wahhh I wanna see you!!!!

I love love love love love that show.

[Gn2Dlnd]

This show gets quoted more around here than "The Women"! :eek:

[Gemini Cricket]

Any show that rhymes "cold feets" with "shmold feets" is alright with me, sister!
:)


Boy, I wish I could take a camera in and show you guys what goes on during rehearsals. That in itself would make a good play...

You can read that last sentence any way you like. I'm purposefully being cryptic.

;)

[Gemini Cricket]

Tonight, I was tap dancing.
I can't tell you how happy I am right now.
They taught me a tap danging routine and it was the bomb.
:)

[lashbear]

Hey, Happy Feet Cricket, we're here visiting the MamaStoat, and she sends you love and hugs and wishes she could see you onstage.

...so do we. :cool:

[Gemini Cricket]

Hey, Happy Feet Cricket, we're here visiting the MamaStoat, and she sends you love and hugs and wishes she could see you onstage.

...so do we. :cool:
I loves MamaStoat!
She's amazing!
:)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

You know, without video, we'll have to believe anything. First you get to do the gangster voice on stage, now you get to tap dance, next it'll be a flying trapeze act or you'll wrestle a lion. Suuuure, Brad, whatever you say ;)



WTG!

[Gemini Cricket]

Well, the show I'm in right now opens today. I'm pretty stoked. The last two nights of previews rocked, so it kinda feels like we opened already.

To be honest, it's been quite an interesting ride. One of the more difficult plays that I have been in. The end result is so solid that it almost makes riding that bumpy road worth it.

I gotta say, tho, that last night's final notes session with our director played out a lot like Anne Baxter's "thank you" moments to Bette Davis, Celeste Holm etc at the end of All About Eve. If you've seen the movie, you know exactly what the cast's non-verbal responses were to a bunch of fatally phony compliments from someone who has been panned island-wide. (You can check it out here at about 9:12 or so (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97-clM-NNZQ&feature=PlayList&p=DE8DE46E94E7A98D&index=11).)

[innerSpaceman]

Oh Brad, it may not be Broadway, but L.A. has a thriving theater scene with a much more, shall we say, professionally hopeful pool of actors. I seriously feel it would behoove you to take this next step in your acting career and return to Los Angeles for the good of the nation, as well as yourself.


Dammit, I want to see one of your shows!!!!

[Gemini Cricket]

I honestly don't have the thick skin that is necessary to perform in LA or NY. I've learned that. And that's okay.
:)


Here's a pic of me, the two gangsters and our Janet. Can I say that our cast has some really talented people in it. Our Janet is 15. 15 and has the presence of a pro onstage.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/7633_1163172773005_1638430623_42355.jpg

Here's our entire cast and crew with the plane from the finale. I'm on the top left with the top hat, I get to ride the plane like Snoopy. :D
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/8733_1228238994247_1477248815_61985.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

How exactly DO you ride Snoopy?

[Gemini Cricket]

How exactly DO you ride Snoopy?
Doggie style?
:D

[SzczerbiakManiac]

doggy-style

[SzczerbiakManiac]

BAH! beat me to it..!

[Gemini Cricket]

Oooh! What a good omen! They're playing the movie version of the very first play I was in on TCM: Good News. Woo hoo!
:)

[Gemini Cricket]

Opening night of The Drowsy Chaperone went tremendously well. We had a blast, the audience was having a good time and I was happy with my performance. Now to keep the energy going for tomorrow's show...
:)

[lashbear]

Good on you !!! I'm so happy, and will pass the photos on to the MamaStoat for her approval. :D

[Gemini Cricket]

Well, ducklings, that's another show come and gone. The Drowsy Chaperone closed tonight. The big surprise of the evening was that Lisa Lambert came to see it. She wrote the lyrics for the show. She's a terrific person and a wonderful writer. She signed my program.

An awful rehearsal process evolved into an extraordinary run. I adored the cast and crew. I'll try and post some pics if I can.

Thanks to everyone at the LoT for all of your support and kind words. You are the blues chasers that help me get through. Mahalo.
:)

[Gn2Dlnd]

Way too short a run - but on to the next one! Congratulations, I really, really, wish I could have seen it!

[Gemini Cricket]

Way too short a run - but on to the next one! Congratulations, I really, really, wish I could have seen it!
I wish you could have too. I've been getting some great feedback about my character which is always nice to hear.

But now it's job hunting time. No plays for awhile, methinks. Although, I do have my sights set on Hair. (Auditions the week after I return from the SoCal trip.)

[Gemini Cricket]

I haven't talked about it much lately but I'm auditioning for 'Hair' tonight.

A couple of things tho, I'm nervous about this audition which is usually a good thing for me. I can use that energy well. But for some reason, I have this pit of the stomach thing that says I don't think I'm going to get in. Don't know why...

I decided to go for the Margaret Mead ('My Conviction' song) character. It's a smaller part but a scene stealer. After the one scene she's in, she becomes a man again and turns into a Tribe member. I think that's good for me. Being one of the leads (Berger, Claude, Woof) means a lot of work. The show is already going to be a 7 week performance commitment, I'm supposed to be job hunting along with doing theatre stuff...

[lashbear]

Do you have to audition nude so they can judge all your talents ?

[Gemini Cricket]

Do you have to audition nude so they can judge all your talents ?
No, I already greased that wheel. Male director and all.
;) :D

I'm ready for my audition but I also feel like blowing chow. Pukesville. Rainbow yawn.
:(

[lashbear]

Well, it would show colour and movement...

[Gemini Cricket]

Well, the audition went well. I made 'em laugh. That's a good sign. We'll see what happens.
:)

[Kevy Baby]

I made 'em laugh. That's a good sign.Unless you are auditioning for Jean Valjean

[Ghoulish Delight]

Or unless you DID do the audition nude.

[Gemini Cricket]

lol! Comedians.
:D



Speaking of that, one of the things that may hurt my chances in a small way is how I voiced my concern to the board at this theatre about their decision NOT to do the nudity. It truly is not in the script, but it is tradition. Another local theatre here did the nudity when the performed it in 1998. One of the board members asked me if it was truly vital to the story. I said: "Well not doing it would be like ending Act I of Phantom without a chandelier or just having Elphaba ride around on a unicycle during 'Defying Gravity'".
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

Now it's the waiting game...

Tick tick tick tick....

[Prudence]

I am anxiously awaiting the outcome! I hope you get the part you want.

[Gemini Cricket]

I am anxiously awaiting the outcome! I hope you get the part you want.
Thanks, Pru.
:)

[Gemini Cricket]

The callback went well tonight. But still no word on whether I'm in the tribe or not. I thought I was the only person auditioning for the part I wanted but something must be up if they haven't called yet... Hmmmmm.

[mousepod]

Did you do the callback naked?

[Gemini Cricket]

Did you do the callback naked?
No, but I did tell them that I had no problem with being naked onstage. I am that committed to theatre.
:)

I heard an annoying story about an actress here who was cast as the lead in "White Christmas" (the play - it's playing now) and dropped out one week into rehearsals because she didn't want to kiss her costar onstage. She said it was against her religion. (She drops out despite her reading the script beforehand and the director asking her in the audition if she had a problem with it!) My response was 'If you want to be an actress you're going to have to kiss someone at some point. If you can't do that, then what else won't you do? And, do you really want to be an actress because you're going to have to take risks at times. If you can't, don't act.' At the very least, she should have told him this during the audition. What a dinglecheese.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sounds more like an attention-slut rather than an actress. Acting sounds so romantic and exciting, but she isn't committed.

[Kevy Baby]

If you meet her, can you smack her upside the head for me? If she gets upset and want to sue, just tell her I made you do it.

[SacTown Chronic]

Now it's the waiting game...The waiting game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.

[Gemini Cricket]

Tick tick tick... no call yet. Worried a little. Most of the leads have already been cast. Tick tick tick.

[Gemini Cricket]

To me it looks like the entire play has been cast except the part I want. It's between me and some other guy. Oy vey. I feel so unwanted.

[Kevy Baby]

Eh... the other guy sucks






Which may explain why he is in the running.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm posting this here before Facebook because I love all y'all. Even Leo.

I got the part.

I just got the call two minutes ago.

I'm in Hair.

I'm just stunned and blown away and everything.

It's my second favorite show of all time. All time! (Rent is first.)

I'm in the tribe.

Call me: Margaret Mead.

:)

[Strangler Lewis]

Awesome!

[mousepod]

Congratulations, Brad! Which part is it? Do you have any solos?

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Awesome!

[Deebs]

Congratulations!

(I saw the Facebook post first! :D )

What role did you get?

I am so excited for you.

[Gemini Cricket]

I have a solo song. It's called "My Conviction".

They call me "Margaret Mead".

;) :)

[katiesue]

Congratulations! So proud of you!

[JWBear]

Congrats!

[Gemini Cricket]

I totally started crying. I'm such a dork. I'm so happy.
:)

[cirquelover]

Way to go! Wish I could be there to see!

[lashbear]

WOO HOO !!!!!!!! :snap: :cheers:

[lashbear]

When AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaactually.... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLRBw-uHPpI):D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Yay Margaret!

[€uroMeinke]

Ya big Hippy!

[Morrigoon]

GC: You got Margaret Mead? Awesome!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Congratulations!!!

[Not Afraid]

Good morning STARshine!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I guess your moon was in the 7th house.

Congratulations Maggie!

[JWBear]

I guess your moon was in the 7th house.

Congratulations Maggie!

Brad mooned someone's house?

[Gemini Cricket]

When AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaactually.... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLRBw-uHPpI):D
Just to brag for just a second... I held that frickin' note as long as humanly possible. I was happy with that.
:)

[Snowflake]

Can I have your autograph?

Awesome Brad! I'm so proud of you! Thrilled for you!

[Kevy Baby]

After reading other threads/posts about snow, I read the title of this thread as "Hey Brad!! How's The Snow?"

[Gemini Cricket]

So, for Margaret Mead, I'm in the process of campaigning that she dress exactly like Anne Bancroft from The Graduate. Leopard skin coat, the works. I'm even trying to get the hair and makeup guy to give me a wig that resembles her hair (streaks and all).
This is exciting. I hope I get it.
It is up to the director, tho.
:)

[Gemini Cricket]

It's a freakin' tragedy.

I found out last night that I am the oldest person in the cast.

AND I'm only a year younger than the director.

There are days where I do, 'WTF am I doing in this show?'

I'm thinking I'm not going to handle aging from here on out very well.

:D


So, for Margaret Mead, I'm in the process of campaigning that she dress exactly like Anne Bancroft from The Graduate. Leopard skin coat, the works. I'm even trying to get the hair and makeup guy to give me a wig that resembles her hair (streaks and all).
This is exciting. I hope I get it.
It is up to the director, tho.
:)
This was nixed by the way, Mrs. Robinson is cool. Margaret Mead shouldn't be. But I am going to put in the playing with the ear ring thing though at some point. Probably when Hud is flirting with me...

[Gemini Cricket]

lol! Me Hair-ified:

[wolfy999]

You look like a cool dude! Congrats Brad!

[lashbear]

Hang on.. you've looked like that before, haven't you?? Hmmmmm...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

It's a freakin' tragedy.

I found out last night that I am the oldest person in the cast.

AND I'm only a year younger than the director.

There are days where I do, 'WTF am I doing in this show?'

I'm thinking I'm not going to handle aging from here on out very well.

:DThis just means that you look and act way younger than you are! Not a bad thing. :)

[Gemini Cricket]

This just means that you look and act way younger than you are! Not a bad thing. :)
True.
:)

My wig is real human hair. Apparently, it was donated to the theatre awhile back. I hear it's a $400 wig! Yikes, I better not get it too tangled.

Not to be a diva or anything but the costumer's take on Margaret Mead is all wrong. She made her frumpy. I don't agree. I'm going to have to convince the director to take her in a different direction. We'll see.

[Stan4dSteph]

Cool! Is there someone in charge of styling the wigs? I would be nervous too!

[Gemini Cricket]

Cool! Is there someone in charge of styling the wigs? I would be nervous too!
There is. He's amazing. He cuts hair, he styles wigs etc. And he shapes eyebrows for a living. Seriously, he makes big bucks being the primo person who does eyebrows on O'ahu. So cool. Love him.
:)

[Gemini Cricket]

I know I say this a lot with each show but... my anxiety has gotten the best of me today. I feel like barfing. Tonight is dress rehearsal and I have three quick changes I need to do. Ugh. Worry worry. It's not even opening night and yikes.
:eek:

[Ghoulish Delight]

If one of the quick changes isn't going well, just come out nude. Say it's tradition.

[cirquelover]

You'll do great Brad! You look so cool but "Hair"y ;)


sorry bad pun