Wish Upon a Star
“It wasn’t just because of my scant sleep the night before. It wasn’t just that I had eaten a bunch of hospital food for breakfast. It wasn’t even the thought that my sister was doing her best to test my commitment to the life reorganization plan I’d voluntarily agreed to implement, even though it went against every fiber of my character.
It was the combination of all those things, steeped in the low-grade, recurrent misery of knowing that I should be the person standing front and center at rehe...arsal. I should be performing the role of Laura Wingfield, using my new-wished skills of singing and dancing to evoke all of the passion, all of the drama, that Menagerie! could bring to satisfied Broadway audiences.
Instead, I was stuck at the back of the rehearsal room, my feet up on the seats in front of me, my script tucked in by my side as I leaned over and exchanged snarky comments with Shawn.
A week into rehearsal, Martina Block still hadn’t caught on to the key concept of our show.MoreLess
It was the combination of all those things, steeped in the low-grade, recurrent misery of knowing that I should be the person standing front and center at rehe...arsal. I should be performing the role of Laura Wingfield, using my new-wished skills of singing and dancing to evoke all of the passion, all of the drama, that Menagerie! could bring to satisfied Broadway audiences.
Instead, I was stuck at the back of the rehearsal room, my feet up on the seats in front of me, my script tucked in by my side as I leaned over and exchanged snarky comments with Shawn.
A week into rehearsal, Martina Block still hadn’t caught on to the key concept of our show.MoreLess
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