Dear Diary,

Today was a red letter celebrity-sighting day!

As I was walking down Amsterdam (around 62nd) I heard a husky voice behind me. Thinking, 'wow that voice sounds awfully familiar', I turned around and there was Kathleen Turner, talking on her cellphone. Of course I stared (very gauche, I know) too long but then came to my senses and kept going.

Then as I was passing thourgh midtown I saw Jackie Mason standing on the corner talking to a beautiful blonde.

Then when I was at rehearsal (the Sweeney Todd meet and greet was going on right across from our room) I saw Patti Lupone walk right by me! Too cool! Rehearsing right next door to Patti! Still no sign of Sondheim...

Today I met my director down at a really neat diner at 34th and 8th called the Tick Tock diner. I had a weird craving for a tuna sandwhich which was more than satisfied! We went over Act 1 runthrough notes and chatted about that night's rehearsal.

The off to rehearsal! We spent the first couple of hours going over our "condensed" 3-minute version of Plane Crazy for the press conference, which looks really sharp!

Then we spent the last 3 hours staging the beginning of "The Mile High Club". I love Randy's groovy sixties choreography! He's been studying Hullabaloo DVDs (see my previous post) to get authentic sixties choreography worked into our show! Donna McKechnie would be proud!

Yeah, baby!

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