So sad to be leaving the weird, warped community of Merciful since We're Doomed took its final bow on Saturday night. I was so exhilarated that this show, which on paper looked like the darkest, most depressing thing ever, could shine so brightly once in the hands of the talented chorus. I mean, we had earthquakes, a tornado, a tsunami, killer bees, zombies, Godzilla, a volcano, a massive car crash, shark attack, and a stabbing ... we killed off everyone in the cast save for one person ... and destroyed most coastal cities, from Melbourne Australia to Capetown South Africa ... and yet the whole thing was a nightly joy, filled with hilarity from start to finish. Highlights, in so far as the m
Opening night was a dream, everything I could have asked for. The audience laughed at 95% of the things I thought they would laugh at, and 15% of the things I didn't think they would laugh at, for an ultimate total of 10% more laughter than I was expecting! There were two loud cheering sections, one for Sister Despondent, and one consisting of former chorus members--both were very vocal and added to the fun (it's that kind of a show). Our peerless photographer Pierre has captured umpteen shots of the show, but I'll share only a few favourites for now. And apparently performing is hard work ... I lost another 2 pounds since my last weigh-in, so now I'm at a grand total of 20 pounds lost in
I guess the best thing about a limited run (very limited: 4 nights!) is there's no danger of closing early (goodbye, American Psycho, Bright Star, Allegiance, Amazing Grace, Dames at Sea, Disaster, Spring Awakening, and Tuck Everlasting--all Broadway shows that shuttered within a few months, if not days, of their opening this season). The worst thing about a limited run is we only get to do it 4 nights, and then it's over! All that work for a little fleeting glory. I was going to say something about the lifespan of a butterfly, but it turns out they can live for 9 months or a year, wildly outdoing us. Fruit flies are short-lived, but there's nothing especially glorious about the fleeting
With opening night looming (it's just a week away) it's time to create the program so that the audience will have something to rustle during the quiet moments. Because it was so much fun to create the poster, we decided to go with Doomed expressions for our pics in the program as well. I think it turned out rather well, and it will probably be easier to recognize the cast from these, than from the very glamorous images some of us have chosen for our usual head shot (I look almost exactly like Tom Cruise and George Clooney's love child under the right lighting conditions if you don't look too closely). For the first time in a long time we have the right number of people in the cast and orch
