Striking: V-1.0

There's a lot of us at Steinhardt that tend to make faces when individuals stop an elevator filled with people in order to transport themselves between the Lobby and 2nd floor.

I mean, it's an elevator, and you sure can use it to go to any floor it has a button for. But, when you look like a healthy individual carelessly delaying 15 other New Yorkers for 12 precious seconds, it's like "dude! Take the stairs!"

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule: a person carrying a heavy object or numerous objects, a person wearing a leg cast, VIP individuals, elevator being empty... AND wardrobe strikers clearing dressing rooms.

As it's shown below, we strikers make that ride worth it. And we kind of fulfill every exception mentioned above... So you better don't judge us for using the elevator.

xox

TMZ: Sweeney Todd Edition.

So, this was meant to be the real TMZ Edition of Sweeney Todd.

Sure, I got sidetracked after Quinn's fall (which totally deserved its own TMZ moment.) And, yes, I neglected to interview Jared and to re-visit my original interviewees for updates on their comments. But, oh! How I hate to waste useful video material!

So, I came up with this ---which, considering all of the above, does comply with the TMZ format, now that I think about it.

Xox

Serendipity and coins

Coins were a special part of Sweeney Todd.
Tobiases got them from customers, the Mrs. Lovetts counted them and put them down their shirt, while other London citizens gave them away to the always collecting Beggar Women.
I was one of such Beggar Women.

When the show was running, one of my favorite activities to do backstage while waiting to go on was to play/count the coins I had collected so far in my little alms dish. These varied from show to show, and included everything from what seemed to be actual British coins to fake currency made out of shiny plastic.

During the last of my coin-counts, I was baffled when I picked up a one that seemed to speak to me in a particular way... A VERY direct way.
Upon its finding, part of my brain thought that my method acting exercises had taken me to the verge of madness. However, closer investigation allowed me to prove that I was not mad at all. I was just the [very] lucky recipient of a serendipitous event.

How awesome is THAT?!

Regardless to say... I dared to keep such coin.
And no one will take it away from me.
(My precioussssssssss)


xox

Method Acting: Exercise No. 3

Yes. This comes in a bit late. Maybe that's me trying not to be done with this blog... But the task is due.
Of course, before that, I'll make sure everything that needs to be posted is posted, so the recounts of Beggar Woman's Bloggin' are complete.

Moving on, next is the final approach to Method Acting. Funnily enough, it was the very first one to be recorded (as the lack of cockney will reveal.) AND, funnily enough, it has a hint of "Bat Boy" in it. So is when the first two Spring 2011 productions collide (awwwwww!)

This specific video responds to the equation:

 μ(4) + (Cd * t) - Ρρ = MA3

In which:

                          μ = Music Theatre Students
                       Cd = Cookie dough

                           t = Time (or, in this case "tiredness after long rehearsal")

                       Ρρ = Pitch pipe

                    MA3 = Method Acting 3

As far as copyright infringement goes, considering Ρρ (aka: the lack of pitch pipe) and the fact that my early cockney makes the lyrics not really be what they ought to be, I think we're safe.

xox