Week 1 in NYC

Week 1:
November 17, 2002

Production status:

The first week of rehearsals has gone well. The director has great instincts. She manages to be easy going at the same time she's insisting on excellence and professionalism from everyone in the cast. (Reminds us of our favorite Pegasus directors in Dallas! You know who you are...)
We've met our first stereotypical rude asshole New Yorker. Unfortunately, he's our Production Coordinator (aka, Tech Director). This too will pass.
Mark Hankla is designing the set. Mark is the reason we met our co-producer, Cole Ferry, in the first place two years ago. Mark had a photo in his portfolio of a set he did for Pegasus Theatre (the one for "Death Express!" , which won a Leon). Cole was hooked by the whole concept, and the rest is history! Anyway, Mark is also a first-time father as of Friday! Talk about multi-tasking.
For those of you who saw the original Dallas production: There is a cast member who is, we've decided, Lulu Ward's twin, separated at birth. And she is cast in Lulu's role! It's spooky. She sounds like Lulu, has the same color hair, and even knits during quiet moments in rehearsal. And she brought cookies today, bringing back memories of how well-fed Lulu kept us during the Dallas production!

NY observations this week:

The 42nd Street subway station is roughly the size of Richardson. It's best to bring a sack lunch with you, in case you get lost.
All the buildings we've been in are heated via radiators, which are almost musical in their tendency to "sing" and "ping" .
NY continues to be a city of contrasts. I'm sitting next to a nicely dressed man on the subway who is reading "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens (as opposed to a bio for the magician David Copperfield, which wouldn't have been nearly as classy.) And just as I'm about to comment on what a great book it is, he hacks up a phlegm ball. Nice.
Being brunette is a residency requirement here.
Grocery store clerks will not take food out of your hand-held basket to ring it up. Maybe it's a union thing.
Woody Allen once said that if someone in the country flushed their toilet, a New Yorker in the shower could feel it. Water pressure has improved considerably since then, except for in Raymond and Tim's sublet. Since their sublet is very cool in every other respect, we have no sympathy for them.

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