

Sally Bowles at Surflight (credit by Pook Pflaffe)

ze Germans in "Nine"

Carnegie Hall

Well, gosh, I just can't even believe it's been this long since the last time I blogged on here......so I guess I will just give a gigantic update of what I've been doing since I've last blogged.

As I said, I got my equity card doing Nine at Westchester Broadway theatre, which I absolutely adored working with such a phenomenal group of women and an INCREDIBLE Guido, Bob Cuccioli. Working with such an amazing cast was a dream come true, and there were moments when I was just in complete awe that I could be a part of such a beautiful piece of theatre. In that show, I made lifelong friendships and we still continue to get together almost six months after closing! It's really incredible how wonderful this group of people is as both artists and people. And Westchester was really a dream place to work, and I feel like I became a part of a wonderful family there.
HMM...after that was two months of auditioning. I sang with jazz singer Steve Tyrell "Fly Me to the Moon" at Carnegie Hall for the New York Pops Annual Gala and it was an incredible experience. Steve is such an amazing singer and master at lyric interpretation, and also such a wonderful and giving performer as well, so that was a blast! Then I planned a cabaret of the music of the great Jared Morgenstern and Justin Starr, who write KILLER pop/ rock music. Just incredible. We did a cabaret at Dont Tell Mama's in July. It was really cool to be the first person to get to sing some of these INCREDIBLE pieces...and to get to collaborate with great writers. A very cool experience. It was also good for me as I was going through a tragedy in my life at the time, and getting to throw myself into their music and lyrics and just push forward really helped me get through the month of July.
Then came the Surflight Theatre in the end of July. I played Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Mrs. Irving Berlin in The Melody Lingers On. It is a beautiful theatre right on the beach in Beach Haven, NJ, and to get to play two great roles here was really wonderful. The seven weeks has flown by, and I made some great friends and worked with some amazing people. I am sad to be leaving here, and I hope to come back someday!
And what's next? I am going out on the road with "White Christmas," my first Equity tour, as the role of Tessie/ understudying Betty. I am really excited to get working on this and get to work with some truly incredible people.
So that's an update.... I will be better about posting, I swear!
xoxo
H