So we started rehearsing at the Bailiwick last night on our new set which isn’t quite finished yet. It needs some stabilizing and some glamour. I need a big old bag of stabilizing glamour. My neck is starting to hurt from the stress. I’m always a tad tense a couple of weeks before we open.
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Cerda obsession #17. Nancy Sinatra.
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Handbag Artistic Director David Cerda was featured in a Chicago Tribune feature about the continued fascination of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.
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The weekend was filled with theater, theater, theater. Die! Mommie, Die! rehearsals, natch, and Saturday I saw Porchlight’s NINE featuring Ms. Brigitte Ditmars all decked out in black patent leather over coat, needle heel boots, a corset and a riding crop. She wore it very well even though she pretends that it’s a ‘new’ thing [...]
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Congrats to 4 + 1 Productions Ronnie Kroell for snagging 2nd place on America’s Top Runway Super Model Whatever. I met Ronnie through Rudolph elf Keith Survillas a few years ago and reconnected with him when he started 4 + 1 Productions. He’s a good kid. I did not get to watch a lot of the [...]
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Catch Handbagger Brigitte Ditmars in Porchlights production of NINE opening this weekend. Brigitte’s the one wearing the shiny coat.
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Last night we had a speed though of Die! Mommie, Die!and managed to complete the show in 70 minutes. It was like when Mrs. Howell ate the radioactive sugar beets on Gilligans Island. After that we started the micro-blocking of Angela Arden’s acid tripping scene. I’m having a great time so far. The cast [...]
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For Ed Jones and Merrie Greenfield. This almost got Merrie thrown out of IHOP. Youtube test.
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All the cool kids will be there…
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Rehearsals are going very well. This is a a real learning experience for me and I have to say it’s probably my biggest challenge as an ‘actor’. Believe it or not my major challenge is being feminine enough for the part. I am told that some of my gestures and movements are too masculine. Stop laughing! [...]
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