but first, a quick recap - last we spoke i was in rehearsals for a production of cabaret, which opened a couple of weeks ago, and may i just say it was fab. i had such a brilliant, BRILLIANT time playing sally bowles, surrounded by an amazing cast, a lot of whom are very good friends now, and i love them all. bring on the next production!!
but for now, here i am in new york. the purpose of this particular trip was, once again, to audition for a drama school. i arrived on wednesday night, with my mum and my friend andrew in tow (andrew played cliff in cabaret, and it was a very spur of the moment thing that he came at all, but i'm glad he did, fun times for all!).
on thursday we did some touristy stuff, hit the empire state, macy's, times square - andrew's never been overseas before, let alone somewhere as crazy as new york, so his head explodes every now and then, it's pretty funny. on thursday night we went and saw hairspray, which i have seen before, but mum and andrew hadn't, and we all loved it, it's such a fun, vibrant, brilliant show!
friday we generally just ambled around the city, we had planned to do some stuff in central park, but it was a bit cold a crappy, so instead we wandered down 5th avenue, went into bloomingdales, did some window shopping - andrew actually came very close to blowing US$1500 on a leather jacket (granted, it was a very, very, very hot jacket), but i talked him out of it and got him out of the store as quickly as possible. we stopped at a TGI Friday's for a late lunch, and it turned out to be pretty amusing - they had some good sounding cocktails on the menu, and we thought hey, this is the first time i've been in the states since i've turned 21, let's have a drink - they turned out to be the BIGGEST COCKTAILS KNOWN TO MAN. it was like drinking a mojito out of a bucket! Andrew was the funniest though, when his food arrived he decided he couldn't quite wash it down with this massive cocktail, so he'll order a different drink. and he gets a beer. that cracked me up. i was thinking maybe a water, a soft drink, but no, he goes for even more alcohol. the cabaret cast would be proud!
I had my audition this morning, and i think it went well, i should find out in a couple of weeks whether or not i've had any luck - if i have it means 2 years living on the upper west side of manhattan...oh yeah...
after that andrew came and met me, we killed some time in the park (in the rain, joyous) and then we met up with his friend lisa, who's and au pair in upstate new york - now lisa didn't have a clue that andrew was actually here, she just thought that she was doing him a favour by meeting up with his friend who's her alone - a carefully spun web of lies, which he was very proud of, espescially after seeing the look on her face when he appeared! we spent the afternoon in the park and walking about 50 blocks to the Seinfeld restaurant - very cool.
we are now literally running out the door to see a new show called Curtains, starring David Hyde Pierce (from frasier!)
more updates soon
xx
