Tuesday: worked at home on website stuff, reading, etc.
Wednesday: popped into DK casting and saw the troops. Apparently RH3 halted prod for six days at a cost of $230K a day!! Off to the park!
Thursday: Class - worked with K and it was OK. More work at home.
Friday: Rehearsed Pillowman with K. Nice to get going on the scene again after a month or two break. Felt good, will perform it on Monday. Home. Work.
Well, boys and girls, I won't be going to Vegas, at least not with SaL. Found out today that my feedback from TR casting was excellent but I'm not tall enough. Not sure how to take it other than to say that there's not a lot I can do about it! Shame. Was looking forward to long term employment on an awesome show in an awesome city. There's a reason I didn't get it (other than being a shortarse) and I'm sure the universe will reveal its reasons in good time!

Mad Frenchman (aren't they all)... quite cool though

This is wonderfully weird...

This is rather snazzy, don't you think?

http://one.revver.com/watch/110228/flv/affiliate/0

Callback day!! Went to class (activity with K, went OK) and headed home to change. Off to Burbank via Hollywood Sheet Music who had my backup song all ready for me (faxed in from a secret source!). About a dozen other guys there. Went in the first time to sing from the show and although I thought it went OK, my voice wasn't 100% - still very happy with my interpretation though. The bigwigs from the MM world were there - London, Broadway and Vegas production people!! Wow, quite a panel! Back out again and was put with a couple of other guys who I would be doing the scene with. Headed back in and the scene went really well. It wasn't rushed, we were all listening to each other and I'm confident it went as well as it could have. Back out again and one of the chaps and I were let go straight away while the third guy was kept back (this was probably the 4th time he had gone in... they obviously like him but they're looking for somewhere to put him). Does being booted mean curtains for me and MM... probably. If they had wanted me, they probably would have kept me back to pair me up with some other chaps auditioning for the other two roles. On the other hand, they may have seen everything they needed and I'm on the next callback pile. Who knows? I certainly don't and I would drive myself mad with a constant post mortem of the afternoon's events so I am mentally moving on (even though this job would mean NY or Vegas and a new life elsewhere) - coz you have to move on!
Thank god Brett R's ill - now I don't have to head down to Long Beach straight after the callback - I would not have made the call anyway!

Thursday - classwork with B. He came to my door and we ended up shouting at each other, a lot, which sometimes happens. All worked out quite well though!
The rest of the day is a blur so onto
Friday - littl'un off to school and I went to visit my friends in the casting office. Now, let's get something straight here - I was not going to say anything about pissy queen but I was asked several times how everything was on set and, in the end, I had to spill the beans. Suffice it to say that he won't be getting booked again on this job. Bad energy and pissy comments directed at me = no work on any set anywhere near me. I love my friends in the office - they care about me. Isn't that nice.
Cookies, crafts and carol concert in the eve at the monkey's school - ahhh, it was nice to have the kids singing away while we collapsed into chairs letting it wash over us. Nice.
Saturday - hum... what did I do on Saturday...
Sunday - Tripped off down to visit some friends in Long Beach and was totally gobsmacked at the view they had from their condo window. Wow - right across the marina and the docks and out to sea. There's something very majestic about watching the cruise liners and the tankers milling about out there. The place reminded me of the South Bank in London with the 'wide-open' urban spaces along with the concrete tunnels and walkways. We had dinner at a creperie between two apartment blocks. Sounds horrid but it totally reminded me of Brighton. Urban eclectic and arty meets the sea. I like Long Beach...