Pizza with Cameron Macintosh

Well, I am back. Sorry about the delay, but the last week has been HECTIC! We have started our preview performances here in Charleston, and they have been going really well. The audience here is very responsive and delightful. This was also the week all of the big wigs came to town. Tuesday night was our last invited dress rehearsal, and Tom Schumacher (head of Disney) came in, as a result we had notes and work session on Wednesday. My greatest fear was fanned when the note I received was they were going to have to age me as I looked too young. Seriously? What do I have to do? I have often teased about going and tanning myself to a crisp and taking up cigarette smoking, and I might need to give it a try. I took off the last 5 years, giving myself time to age, and it comes back at me again. Anyway (other than that), they were happy with my performance. So that evening I added LINES to my perfect 16 year old skin:) and was a nervous wreck because Cameron Mackintosh was coming. The last time he came to see one of my shows (96 Les Mis) he decided to fire the entire company (I was sent to the tour thankfully) so needless to say I was feeling a little concerned. It was our first preview performance and it went really well. Our crew is SOOOO good, and they are doing an insane amount of work (this show is a massive technical nightmare) and it was super smooth. Afterward, the producers threw us a little party, and we ate, drank and were merry ( the kids had gotten all decked out, and were just darling, they were taking pictures with everyone).
Thursday, we came in for notes and a work session, and were told that Cameron was very happy with where things were (big sigh of relief, we all still have a job) and then were given notes and went into another work call for the day. After the performance Networks/Disney threw another little party at the hotel and Cameron came. So, I shook his hand and he told me I was doing a lovely job as Mrs. Brill (I am happy) and then proceeded to say how impressed he was with our accents, and that they were better than the Broadway company (I chose to have that be a compliment directed solely at me:) but there were three other people standing there if truth be told. And then he stood and chatted with us for about a half an hour, telling us all about the new movie musical version of Les Mis and that sort of thing. He was very gracious and it was fun.
So the stressful part is over, I am happy as long as all of the creative types are happy with me! Ready to get on the road and get this going, and amused that I had pizza with Cameron Macintosh.