Well, dear readers, we ended up with quite a nice house last night after being told that we had thirty-five coming – well, no – it was more like fifty-five or sixty. As usual with second performances, especially second performances coming off an amazing opening night, the act one rhythm was off a bit, cue pick-ups were off a bit, and pauses were a bit too long. There were quite a few chuckles in act one, but finally in act two we got some big group laughs, which is what you want. I talked to a couple of actors after, but I also sent a note talking about our amazing opening night and then the second performance. For this show in particular, I do think the audience reaction will vary from performance to performance, just because of the nature of the play. But I want the performances and pace to be consistent from show to show. Anyway, it was a nice crowd – Barbara Minkus and hubby were there, and she LOVED the show, the cast had relatives and friends there, some subscribers, and no one bailed. Prior to going to the theater, I finally got about eight hours of sleep, but it was rough falling asleep. Once up at 12:40, I answered lots of e-mails, ordered a pastrami sandwich from the Beverly Glen Deli because they had an extra lean option, then I futzed and finessed. The sandwich arrived and they must have misread the extra lean as ALL fat – it was so gross I could barely eat it. Then I wrote about five new pages and am enjoying a lot the sequence I’m in. When I’m in that kind of place, I write very fast. Then I dozed off for a bit, showered, and around six-thirty I moseyed on over to the theater. After the show, I stopped at Gelson’s and got a Caesar salad and some Thai cold noodles and came home and ate those, caught up on a few things, and then I began writing these here notes, the very notes that you are reading now. After I post them, I’ll try to write another two or three pages. Here’s the opening night photo of our finale.

Today, I’ll be up by eleven, I’ll shave and shower and be on my way to the theater by noon-fifteen. Then we’ll play the matinee, which will be followed by a talkback, which is always fun, the there’s a gathering at Granville after. Then I’ll come home and write, and maybe even watch, listen, and relax.

Tomorrow is all writing all the time, I’ll send Muse Margaret the first batch of pages, and I’ll continue writing. I’ll eat something fun and then write more, and then watch, listen, and relax. The rest of the week is writing, writing, writing, then we resume performances on Friday.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up by eleven, shave and shower, see our matinee, do a talkback, have food, then write and maybe even watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, the day in which you dear readers get to make with the topics and we all get to post about them. So, let’s have loads of lovely topics and loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, unhappy to have had an all fat pastrami sandwich.