Musical Joys

We opened the last show of the season this past week.  Once again, the summer seems to just fly by without my noticing.  

'Next to Normal' went up to a very small audience (which was too bad), but is a great show.  Finely written, great fun to play, and some good themes.  I have been cast as the husband of Diana (woman diagnosed with bipolar/depression) and it has been a great role for me to delve into and discover the intricacies of yet another great person. 

Despite the difficulty of playing someone older, I think I have relatively succeeded in making it believable.  And after desperately trying to figure out how to look the part, I realized that being 'old' is not about calculating the number of wrinkles or how difficult it is to walk, but rather the experiences that a growing age demands you to carry. 

This show is vocally exhausting, and I have a pretty ripped up throat right now from sickness or singing. One of the two. So I am on a nice little vocal rest and frequenting the water bottle for the weekend.