Opening Cindy

Soo sorry for the delay in an update, we hit tech and steamrolled right into opening without coming up for air. In saying that, yes, the show is open! We had an official opening last night with an opening night party across the street at a wonderful restaurant full of press and cameras and famous people. Haha. The actual opening was very exciting, but we had been running the show in previews since Tuesday evening- for those who don’t know the term, previews refers to the show we perform in front of basically an invited audience (one night was 1800 of Lea’s closest friends…haha) and we still get notes in between and numbers are changed in accordance to what the audience responds to. It’s basically to put the show on its feet in front of people and see how it holds up. All were very successful but with many many changes made, but that just keeps it all interesting.

Opening was a huge success and very rewarding as well. The house was sold out and was filled with a very receptive audience. The evening was full of gift giving and even some tears. We received a lot of lovely gifts from the producers and the director and also Vince, our choreographer. To name some of it, we got a copy of the cast album, a Cinderella hat, a great journal with the show decal and opening date…the producers gave out a beautiful gift of an ornament of sorts but the box that it came was enough for me and I thought that IT was the gift…I’m just not that bright sometimes. J afterwards, the party was filled with wonderful picture taking, conversation, best wishes for the people leaving (all production staff flies out today or is already gone) and it was just a very rewarding and lovely evening. The restaurant sits right on the water in the bay and it was the perfect setting, it was purely heartwarming and fun. I cannot say enough about the people here in the show and who are behind the scenes too. We always sit around as a group and discuss that no matter who you are, you can join in on any conversation or sit with any different group for a meal and it will never be a negative experience. It’s like the high school experience I never got to have. Haha

I will say that I thought I had brought something to wear that would have been appropriate…but then I remembered that I was opening a show in the Philippines starring Lea Salonga, so I needed to look good…I subsequently dropped 12,000Php in about 2 hours on shoes and a new shirt…I’m crazy, but again, how many times will this happen to me? Exactly.

Monday is our first day off in 14 days, so we are all very excited- I might go to a volcano…or I will sleep until I wake up- both I feel are equally important to me.

I hope this finds you all well and happy. I was going to try to keep all my updates short and sweet, so I’m sorry this one is so long, but I figure it had been awhile.