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Judith's BlogFeatured blogger: Sarah Smithton
I'm featuring some other bloggers in my spot on our Home Page because I think you will really enjoy reading them. Today's featured blogger is Sarah Smithton. To read more about her journey through the rehearsal process and performances of The Wizard of Oz click on the blog and find her name on the left hand side of the next page. Here's what Sarah has to say:
Opening Day!
I just got back from our opening day party hosted by the "Kansas House Movers Association" (again, our adult chorus has too much time on their hands...see picture below)
I am pleased to say that opening did go well in comparison to every other run-through/dress rehearsal thus far. There surprisingly weren't that many people there, only about 2,300 out of the 5,000 that usually pack the house. However, they were a responsive audience, one that joined in on "Lions and Tigers and Bears" and booed the witch whenever she came onstage. It was very fun to witness.
Toto actually behaved very nicely today with an audience! Yesterday Gus was a little frightened of all the people watching our final dress rehearsal, but we switched Gus and Ketchup in and out of the show today and it seemed to work very well. Poor things are getting very hot onstage though, as we all are. It's supposed to get cooler as the show goes on though so I'm looking forward to that.
Back in Annie, I remember lots of little girls and boys who came up to me afterwards and wanted to just talk to me, and that happened again today. Some of the little girls dressed up as Dorothy which was very cute, and I signed two autographs! I love seeing little kids get touched by a show like this. I once heard an interview with Raul Esparza (from the recent revival of Company, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Taboo, Tick Tick Boom, and Rocky Horror) when he mentioned the first time he ever saw a professional...
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