I'm in a car on my way upstate with my friends Jon, Eric, and Andrew. Tomorrow is Eric's birthday and we are gonna have a biiiig party! Weee!! I figured I would take the time to update my blog! Genius!
So let's see… since last we left our heros:
My pictures have been posted on the 2(x)ist Facebook page 3 times now. Apparently there have been a lot of great comments! 2(x)ist even tweeted at me that I was blowing up their wall like crazy! Can they please give me a job now? You know… one that pays cash monies? That would be fab, thanks. :) I've posted the pics they posted below. Check them out!
Speaking of Twitter… I tweeted about singing Kerrigan and Lowdermilk's "Run Away With Me" and how much that song kicks my ass. Well, I guess K&L have alerts or something (I'm not that advanced a tweeter yet) and they totally tweeted at me! I was at Birdland's Cast Party visiting my fabulous friend Jim Caruso and nearly fell off my stool! I was so excited. You would have thought Lady Gaga had sent me a text. Btw, I love that song. It's gorgeous but let me tell you... it is so difficult to learn! Words, words, words! Josh young and Aaron Tveit have beautiful videos of it on Youtube.com. Check them out. Maybe I should post a video of me singing... hmmm. Would that be weird?
A couple weeks ago I had the most fabulous broadway week. My friend Sergio (spectacular choreographer of Jersey Boys, Next to Normal, Memphis, and Addams Family… and that's just what's currently on broadway!) got me tickets to see both Memphis and Jersey Boys! Plus, I got a TDF ticket to see Next to Normal (4th time). I got to see 3 AMAZING broadway shows in one week! I loved them all. Memphis just blew me away. It's incredible from start to finish. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it wins the Tony for Best Musical on Sunday. (don't get me started on my opinions of the Tony board though.)
I booked a job with Babies'R'Us a couple of weeks ago. It was a great job. 8 hours of walking around a beautiful park on a beautiful day with a beautiful baby…. and getting paid! I had such a great time. I LOVE kids… esp babies. These babies were from seven to ten months old. I had a wife for the day and we had a great time. I can absolutely see myself living in a NYC suburb with a kid or 2 in about 10 years. The town (Montclair, NJ) reminded me a lot of the town I grew up in.
But wait! There's more!
I auditioned for the Provincetown production of Naked Boys Singing. I kind of did it on a lark… I wanted a good story. It was a lot of fun, actually! I sang the last 16 bars of "Bring on the Men" (it seemed apropos). First I sang it clothed and they liked it enough to asked me to sing it again naked…. So I did!!!! Well, guess what: they offered me the part!!! Unfortunately, I had to turn it down because I wouldn't be able to pay my mortgage etc with what they paid. I would like to do it next summer though because by then I will be allowed to sublet my apartment. I told the producer that I would be interested in next year and he said "You are on the top of my list for next year." I think I might learn the show a little bit so that I can pick a couple of parts that I would ideally like to play and find the perfect audition song for that role... you know, like a real actor would. I think it would be so much fun!!! A summer in Provincetown, singing, nude, and getting paid! I like all those things!!!!
I think that's enough for now. Hope you enjoy!
Billy
