Dear Diary,

Happy 85th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote! On August 26, 1920, the women's suffrage movement came to an end (in the United States) with the ratification of the 19th amendment. And in 1971, President Carter designated August 26 as Women's Equality Day as a reminder of women's continuing efforts for equality.

That Was Then This Is NOW!

Today I moved two taxi's worth of Plane Crazy tote bags, mugs and vintage airline bags from my producer Kendra Bator's office to my apartment (aka "Stuffing Central"). We have a press conference coming up which I'm already stuffing for, and producer invite bags which are next on the list!

To pass the time while I was stuffing I put on one of my Hullabaloo DVDs that my fabulous husband brought me last time he came down for a visit. Hullabaoo was sort of like an early American Bandstand with lots of cool sixties dancing and cheesy guest hosts (Frankie Avalon, Michael Landon -- who knew he could sing?). A very young Donna McKechnie was one of the Hullabaloo dancers, and you can just tell by looking at her she is special and destined for big things! And one of the male dancers is none other than Michael Bennett! And one of the sponsors is TWA with a really retro looking logo...

I love this show. I don't remember watching this show as a child (one of the few I missed) but I'm sure if I did I would have desperately wanted to be on it, dancing like Donna!

Then off to rehearsal at Ripley-Grier where we finished off the staging scenes in Act 1 so we can have a full run through of the first act on Saturday! We did the choreography for "Dancing On Air" and "I'll Teach You How To Fly". I love to watch our choreographer Randy Slovacek and our assistant choreographer Kathryn Mowat Murphy dance together -- it's like poetry in motion! I can't wait to see the run through tomorrow!

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