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BJ Jones, Richard Ziman and Michael David Edwards
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As we continue to block, chipping away at the game sections, who is playing where and where the ball is flying, we reach the scene where we learn the Macarana. I never learned to do it the last time I did it and I don’t remember it now, so kudos to Michael Edwards who is now the dance captain for our little skit. Richard Ziman is Don and it will be hilarious, even sad. There is something so touching about this guy trying to relive the championship season of the previous year by doing all the things his assistant coach Tony did but with less than stellar results. Tony was with the Phillies organization and knows the game on a whole different level.
I hate the Macarana, the chicken dance, the electric glide, in fact all dancing that is communally performed at weddings. I am a terrible dancer have that horrible “overbite” thing, and fortunately I am of an age that it is unlikely that I will ever be faced with that decision. Both my daughters are terrific dancers and pursue it to this day in and out of college. I on the other hand….
While we sussed out which invisible child played where on the field, our stage manager Wendy volunteered to play Frankie, Michael’s son, who misses a fly ball, drops his glasses and runs around madly around trying to throw the ball somewhere near the infield. Wendy was brilliant; awkward, clumsy, even humiliated just as poor Frankie would be. We howled.
I’m fighting a cold, so Laurel our company manager hooked me up with the nice people at Emerald City Medical and they gave me a prescription for my cough and sore throat. They asked my if I had had relations with anyone new since I have been in
Seattle
. I told them Candy, my wife of 29 years would kill me. They weren’t amused.
Tonight Richard Ziman took me to the opening of The Pillowman at ACT. Wonderful acting, and staging. Kudos to Kurt Beattie et all.
The great thing about
Seattle
is that it is a warm and familiar theatre community not unlike
Chicago
. Richard introduced me to a lot of his friends here and they were very welcoming. I feel so at home.
More anon….
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