Heartstopper
“Quiet, people,” Gordon Lipsman was saying to the assembled cast of Kiss Me, Kate as he lifted fluttering hands into the air and pointed his index fingers toward the ceiling.
Megan wondered if he was pointing at anything in particular, although she wasn’t interested enough to look. Probably it was just another of Mr. Lipsman’s arsenal of meaningless tics and affectations. He preened, he pouted, he pointed to the ceiling. Sometimes he twirled around in a series of ever-shrinking circles; sometime...s he swooped back and forth in front of the stage like a giant, white bat, before sinking into one of the auditorium seats, and sighing deeply. Yesterday Megan had wondered what all the circling and sighing was about. Today she no longer cared. She just wanted to get the rehearsal over with so she could go home.
“Has anybody seen Greg?” Mr. Lipsman asked, spinning around on his heels, as if Greg had just entered the room and was even now creeping up behind him.
“He’s not here,” Delilah said, stating the obvious from her seat in the far corner of the front row.MoreLess
Megan wondered if he was pointing at anything in particular, although she wasn’t interested enough to look. Probably it was just another of Mr. Lipsman’s arsenal of meaningless tics and affectations. He preened, he pouted, he pointed to the ceiling. Sometimes he twirled around in a series of ever-shrinking circles; sometime...s he swooped back and forth in front of the stage like a giant, white bat, before sinking into one of the auditorium seats, and sighing deeply. Yesterday Megan had wondered what all the circling and sighing was about. Today she no longer cared. She just wanted to get the rehearsal over with so she could go home.
“Has anybody seen Greg?” Mr. Lipsman asked, spinning around on his heels, as if Greg had just entered the room and was even now creeping up behind him.
“He’s not here,” Delilah said, stating the obvious from her seat in the far corner of the front row.MoreLess
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