Dear Diary,

Wow! What a day!

After a flurry of deep, meaningful emails with my husband, I went off to a lunch meeting with my director Jamibeth Margolis. We met at the Westway Diner, a great 24-hour diner on 9th Avenue between 44th and 43rd. They have everything on their menu -- you want it, they got it, and cheaply too!

We chatted about the design meeting we were having that night, and talked a bit more about the script. All was going well until I smelled something burning and then suddenly the diner was full of smoke! Jamibeth didn't hesitate (she has lived in New York a long time!) and jumped up and threw down money for the bill and we ran out! Everyone else followed, but I'm not sure everyone else paid... The building next door to the Westway diner was on fire and smoking from the roof. Soon the street was full of fire trucks and police cars.

We continued our meeting at Starbucks (where else?)...

Then it was off to a meeting with our fabulous music director Seth Weinstein, and leading lady Allison Spratt, who plays Faith Hope. She is so talented and gorgeous -- and I thought I was good looking!

Then off to our marathon design meeting at 7 pm. I met our sound designer Tony Angelini, our costume designer Elizabeth Payne, our set designer, Jason Courson, and our lighting designer, Jesse Belsky. Of course, Jamibeth and Kendra were there as well.

We hashed through the script scene by scene: costumes, lights, sets, props, sound effects! It was so exciting to see sketches for the stew uniforms and fabric swatches! And Jason showed us color sketches of the plane interior and rooftop scene! We talked gels, specials, spots and many other lighting terms I never heard before! I am learning so much. I really started to see the show taking shape and it was incredibly rewarding. It also really hit home just what a collaborative process this musical thing is!

I stumbled out of our meeting at 11:30pm and was so excited I went home and sent my husband some more deep and meaningful emails!

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