Theatre, of course- even though "it seduces you, intrigues you, then leaves you penniless by the side of the road"... I enjoy both watching and working on musicals, straight plays, dramas, comedies, Shakespeare and Schwartz... I also enjoy drawing, movies- scary ones, funny ones, gruesome ones, sappy ones... Karaoke- I'm a karaoke queen and I'm feeling withdrawls!... Surfing on my cheap refurb laptop.
Famous People: Jonathan Larson, Steven Sondheim, Jesus, Buddah, Queen Latifa, I already met Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters- both only breifly- but they seemed very humble and approachable, Elijah Wood, Ellen Muth from Dead Like Me, Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Julie Taymor, Ben Vereen, and there are probably more that I forgot. Regular People: I'd like to meet some straight up, self sufficient people who will inspire me to do well, who share my passion or at least respect it, who make me laugh and keep me entertained.
Please help- I NEED music of genres that don't include the Broadway musical... so much of my short life has been devoted to being obsessed with Broadway that while I can easily recite the lyrics to almost anything by Sondheim or Schwartz or Jonathan Larson, I have thoroughly lost touch with the world of mainstream music (aside from- Janis Joplin, CCR, Billy Joel, Elton John- and some 80s and 90s stuff)... HELP!!! SEND ME A SONG THAT'S NOT A SHOWTUNE!!! I'M LIKE A NEW BORN BABY! EDUCATE MY EARS!!!
The Golden Girls
Lately I've been studying up on my tried and true obsession- reading some of the directing theory books that I just touched on in school. I enjoyed "The Four Agreements"- kind of a life philosophy that I occasionally refer back to, and I've just started reading a book called "Letters to a Young Artist". My all time favorite novel ever is "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow... and of course I've seen the musical stage adaptation at least twice, but the book is even more gritty, and I've always been very interested in that time period of American history.
My parents- to them I owe my existance. They have struggled so that I might dare to chase my dreams. My mom: the sounding board to all of my fears and doubts and dreams and triumphs, my confidante and too often financier. My dad: the guy who knows that I really have no damn sense, but loves me just the same. They've never discouraged my pursuit of a career in the arts and they've always been there to hold me up when I'm stumbling. My brother: who I hope to collaborate with some day, who reminds me not to think so much and just to "be" a little bit more.