Thank god!

Thank God!
I went to the airport today two hours early because I was so excited! Georgie came home! And what a shock for him....from winter in Halifax, he was still wearing his leather jacket two days ago to ......and I quote the car thermometer ( is that spelled right?..can't bother with spellcheck..too hot) 38 degrees. He said it felt like he was going on vacation getting off the plane here.
Everytime I see him standing around the house it feels like a mirage. And to make it all the more exciting Blythe Wilson offered us tickets to the Oliver opening tomorrrow night in Stratford. Fun, Wow!!!!
Cannot wait, it is going to be total culture shock for George.
I wonder what it will be like? I do love the Colm Feore, he can do no wrong by me onstage. His confidence is thrilling. Wanna know a secret? Whenever I am nervous I always ask myself ......"What Colm Feore would do?"...... Then I am filled with bravado and other things and nerves go away!
Funny.
Other than that all is quiet...it is three weeks till the party and Patrick and I have already had some rehearsals...exciting!
I am trying to think if anything else exciting is going on?
George is home.....what am I doing sitting here writing on my blog???
Frick this.......

Whew...Victoria!

Whew!

What a week, what a night....what a musical cavalcade...I am just spent!

I had such a great time on Monday night!!!

How many excalmations points is too much!!!!!!!

What a great crowd, I was impressed for a holiday weekend and we had a bunch of new people, too.

Middle Earth showed up from the Princess of Wales theatre to see the fabulous Evan Buling sing one of my favourite songs that he wrote himself called 'Front Bum"...yup it is what it says. He was great!

Micheal Therriault who plays Golum was there...people were very excited to see him...and he was sitting with Neil Barclay from the Shaw festival company and the lovely Tracy Michialidis who I will be doing "Songs For A New World" with again in the fall.

The illustrious Graham Abbey who will be a guest next time...June 19th..was there with Michelle Giroux of the Stratford Festival company...I must be getting legit....all the classical actors are beginning to show up!!!

It is about time!!!!

I had two awesome dressess from the wonderful ladies at Fashion Crimes who were there lookin fabulous! They make me want to dress better every day!

Mary Ann McCord was there...who can ever get enough of her??

I sang alot more musical theatre than I usually do at the Party !!!

It went over but I am sure looking forward to getting back to more new pop tunes!

I do love the exclamation marks it seems.

Jennie Waiser was just great...she sang from Wild Party and Avenue Q...very contemporary....she is gonna be on Broadway in the fall! The Pirate Queen.

And Surprise guest....drum roll please.....Jonathon Munro.

He was just excellent and I am a big gaylord for his talent.

He sang two of his own songs.

Brill.

My favourite part is just seeing who shows, seeing new faces and watching them watch the guests and be enthralled!

Patrick and I had a great time kibitzing and he and I worked our little asses off.....we love the Sting into Bono medley and always look forward to doing all of Bohemian Rhapsody...yup...all of it!

See you soon...

Creation, Ideas and Freakin'

Holy Cool!

Last night I finished up my week long Canstage experience of the Festival of Creation and Ideas.

I didn't know what to expect but it was amazing!

I have never had an experience quite like this one.

First of all working on these pieces was a treat and a challenge.

Working outside your comfort zone it a new enjoyment for me. If you would have told me that 10 years ago I would have laughed in your general direction.

I got to work with Thom Allison, always good shit, Mary Ann McDonald who I have been dreaming of working with forever and Jonathon Munroe who was one of the performers as well as genius composer.

And then add to the mix Jenni Burke, who I went to school with and Ann Morifee, yes, that Ann Morifee. What an inspiring woman.

After hearing her talk for 10 minutes I was all welled up and would have voted for her....for anything.

She has balls and bravery and a spirit that will not quit.

We were all sitting on a break and she said that our's, as performers, was not to worry about who comes to see us or what they think but to dream the dream and hopefully help others dream right back.

Boo hoo and woo hoo.

Anyway, I gush but it isn't often that you get to "play in the sandbox" as Iris Turcott said last night at the presentation.

Also, I forgot to mention that we were also led down the path by the fabulous Martin Julien and my dear friend Neil Bartram.

It was a total pleasure.

Last night was electric.

We were all a little unsure but I really think that added to the evening.

Leslie Arden was there, Vincent De Tourdenett, Corrine Koslo, Paul Ledoux, comedy woman extraordinare Shelley Simester, Damien Atkins, Ian Ross, Ronnie Burkett and a host of others. it was a room full of fabulousness.

We did out thing and it went well.

Then after the piano was open and because of the theme of the evening people like David Sereda and Coco Alcorn got up and sang their own compositions and, my favourite, Leslie Arden sang from Martin Guerre, which was awesome and reminded me of rehearsing that show in that very room 10 years ago .

I do go on.....but it was really cool.

I was inspired to create.

It was something else.

I can't wait to see you all at the party and we will create a freaky night together, all our own!

See you there!

Ooooh Rexy...

OOOOh Noooo!
I went to see the opening of "Song and Dance" last night.....Joe Matheson was kind enough to invite me...I knew that I would have good seats at the very least, him being Louise Pitre's loving man.......and I loved the show....Louise...awesome...of course! Then during the excellent second act.....I loved watching the dancing and seeing Eric Robertson who I think is one of the best dancers in Canada...and saw Rex Harrington, can he be any better looking?....hurt himself and pull himself offstage.......then saw an empty stage and watched the musical director turn around and look perplexed. The cast soldiered on...but you couldn't help but wonder what the fuck was going on backstage.
All the thoughts running thru my head about what the hell they would do....he was Rex Harrington for shit sakes.....people are coming to see him.....would he be able to come back....how badly was he hurt.....how crappy for it to happen at all let alone on their opening night!
UG.
I felt for them.
It was a star studded Canadian Event though last night and I was excited to see an opening at a new venue and all the broohahaha surrounding it and over on my side of town too.
I hope it bodes well for other new things to be there.
I, of course, handed out my new card like a whore.
"What am I doing? Well......"
Today, I am back at Canstage.
It is really nice to be back there and also to work on new material.
Zachary Florence is an amazingly well spoken and sweet 22 year old, yes 22 year old composer who wrote a song that is fast and funny with a very interesting character, it is quite a complex piece and I plan to spend the day cramming it into my head as we perform tomorrow.
Holy shit.
And Jonathon Munroe, who I have know for a while as an aquaintance, is a composer, singer, actor and yesterday in rehearsal he did some tap dancing moves and I told him that was too much talent in his body. A star that boy is.
He gave me a lyrical piece to sing and I am challenged and excited.
I find myself challenged by both of the pieces.
Which is good. I keep reminding myself of that.
It is amazing to be around creation all day.
Piss off.
I am allowed to say arty things whenever I want.
Anyway, a week and a half till the Party!
It will be awesome!

I keep tryin'...

Hey All,
I keep trying to write down my thoughts here on my old blog but I keep getting waylaid by the business that is life. I feel lucky that I have projects because, as I said before, without Georgie...it is lonely. boo hoo.
But he is keepin' busy..I called him last week to tell him that I was wearing shorts and he told me he was wearing a parka.... our love ....separated by weather, a time zone and a 2 hour plane ride. It is star crossed. But we have a great phone plan. We like to call each other and for the first two minutes talk about how it is free to talk. We are very exciting.
Anyway, now that I am DONE MY TAXES!!!!..... ya gotta love it when your accountant tries to tell jokes....just finish my damned taxes and tell me the damage and leave the levity to me, alright!....and done the spring clean.....how do dust bunnies grow????......and gotten the backyard garden on it's way...is that dead forever or just waiting to grow? ...I am freakin' Martha Stewart...maybe I can figure out how to turn a ....oh.... I don't have the energy for a joke...I tried a couple there and they were just bad.....I am getting ready for the show. I was just goin' over some music and makin' some calls to schedule rehearsals. I am really excited about the show this month. I mean, I usually am but now that it is getting to be a more regular thing I feel like I can get more excited instead of panicked as shit.
Oh, I am sure the panicked as shit will come...but not right now.
It is lookin' good.
Thom Alison and I went and had a movie date last week. We saw two in one night because we are hard core ......oh, and we really have no schedule to speak of.
We saw Kinky Boots....awesome ...... Thom wondered for the whole movie where the auditions were and why no one called him!!!! Then we saw Bettie Page.....it was a second choice and we loved it!!! That Gretchen Moll was just fabu.
He and I start on Monday at Canstage as a part of the Fesival of Creation and ideas. We are working on two new musicals for 4 days and then presenting them and then I think we are doing a little cabaret on the 11th...which is a Thursday. Anyhoo...the whole Festival sounds interesting Leslie Arden, Denise Clark and Edward Albee ( fancy!) are involved and if you are interested call Canstage at 416 367 8243. A plug for them....they can't say I never did nothin' for them.
Tuesday night I am goin' to the opening of Song and Dance at the Music hall and I couldn't be more excited!!!! It is an old fave of mine and that Louise Pitre can belt out a tune.
There is alot goin' on......it keeps me from being bored and lonely, don't forget! I ain't braggin' just tryin' to cover the pain. boo hoo.
My mom is coming for the week to take care of the oldest schnauzer in the land, while I rehearse and stuff.
I hope she doesn't feed Otto too much people food.
I hope she doesn't ask me if I swear that way around my friends.
I hope she doesn't make me watch Coronation Street.
Have a great day peeps!