Re-Dress and Reviews

Thursday means two things -- re-dress and the reviews come out.

We knew that the review from opening night would not be good. All things considered, it was generous. But the points we got dinged on were directly related to the fact that the actors were lost, dropped a ton of dialogue and got everything out of sequence. They knew it, I knew it. Unfortunately, the critic didn't. But I respect him, so I can't hold it against him.

The second review was much better. Of course, that critic was there on Saturday when they gave a better performance.

All-in-all I'm not stressing much over the reviews. We only have one more weekend, and there are no "money" people there. In other words, the stakes are low. All that matters is how we feel about it and how the audience feels. For that, we're happy and confident.

The re-dress went extremely well. Had we gone up one week later than we did, it could have been an entirely new ball-game. But, it is what it is. Regardless, for the first time we had FUN at the re-dress. Yes, we goofed around, but the script remained totally intact. Amanda and Jimmy had it down.

Now we pray for an audience!