I won't lie. I almost forgot to write this blog today. It's Friday already??? Time flies when you've taken four flights in less than a week. After a 7-day hiatus, the Godspell cast, crew and band are back to put forth the last 4 weeks of a 13-week National Tour.
We left Toronto on Monday February 3rd, the beginning of Week #9. Two flights and a shuttle bus later, we made it safely and soundly to our first destination: Newberry, South Carolina.
But not before earning free bottles of Jack for belting out a Godspell tune on the flight!
We jumped right in with not one, but two shows on Tuesday at the Newberry Opera House. It was a sweet little theatre conveniently located right across the street from our temporary home at the Hampton Inn.
Newberry Opera House
Inside the Newberry Opera House
After the matinée performance, the kind people at the theatre had a southern-style dinner prepared for us: fried chicken, green beans, green salad, macaroni salad, mashed potatoes & sweet tea. Perhaps not the leanest meal a group of performers could/should choose for themselves, but hey... a kind gesture is a kind gesture. And it saved us both time & money between shows, so no complaints here.
We also had extra special guests in the audience: a group of new friends who had already seen our production of Godspell when we were in Charlotte, North Carolina before our Christmas hiatus in December. They loved it (and us) so much that they made the two-hour drive to come and see it again! They're a bit* younger than us (*tee hee) and will be putting on their own production of Godspell in March. We met them after our Charlotte show and again after this one in Newberry. Both times they expressed how much we inspired them with our performance. So sweet!
Some of us with some of them
Wednesday was another travel day... a very, long travel day as we had two flights to get is to Milwaukee and there were some lengthy delays and a layover in between. But we're a funky bunch, so we tend to make the most of our down time. For instance, Ivan was crowned "Sauce Boss" for dancing in a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant at the airport. He kept the crown on for hours. We laughed at him. He threw the crown in the garbage. A good time was had by all.
Ivan The Sauce Boss and our Wardrobe Queen, Lauren
We eventually made it to Milwaukee. It is FREEZING here, but our hotel is beautiful and there are so many things to do in the city. We had yesterday (Thursday) off, so between our arrival here on Wednesday night and this Friday afternoon, our group has had quite the itinerary. Brewery tours, trips to the art museum, bar-hopping, live theatre ("Evita" and "In The Heights" are playing nearby), figure skating, good eats and...
Hotel-lobby-ping-pong
Mark Laidman, Alessia Lupiano and myself starting from tha bottom
We have our first show at the Milwaukee Theatre tonight, so hopefully everyone saved enough energy to do what we always do - bang out a kick-a$$ performance.
That said, it's time for me to annoy the hotel guests next door with some tongue-trills (an obnoxious, yet effective vocal warm-up).
Come back next Friday for another update! And you might want to look for us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram if you haven't already, as there are always wayyyyy more stories and happenings with this tour that I couldn't possibly fit into each blog... or wouldn't dare too ;-).
Til next time ... Xox,
~ Lisa Michelle
Twitter: @itslisamichelle
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