July 2010
6 posts
first you "put in" then you PUT OUT!
AH!! It happened. What an amazing opening night… I mean… opening afternoon! After 5 weeks of rehearsal, I performed in the July 24th matinee performance of In the Heights at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Pretty ridiculous.
Allow me to explain the events of the previous day:
On Friday, we had what’s called a “put in.” Sounds dirty. And it is. I’m...
anybody want my autograph?... anybody?... no...
Remember 1982? Great, because I wasn’t even a fetus yet. But some older folks were alive way back then and decided to make a movie about it. I was in it. It is called BoyBand (formerly called We Got the Beat) and it was produced and filmed right in picturesque Worcester, MA.
It premiered in a few theaters in Massachusetts in June, but unfortunately I couldn’t make it to the...
...like a drunk Chita Rivera
Those who know me, know that “dancer” is not under my list of special skills. Don’t get me wrong, I’m the first one to throw it down in the club; bump, grind, generally gyrate. No problem. The second I am forced to do something specific, it’s like my brain implodes.
I consider myself a pretty smart guy. I wented to college. I gradiated with honors. I’m...