Dear Diary,

Yeah! Our choreographer Randy Slovacek is back in town. I had a terrific meeting today with our director Jamibeth Margolis, our musical director Seth Weinstein, our choreographer Randy and his assistant choreographer Kathryn Mowat Murphy, and a very talented drummer named Brian Woodruff. Randy wanted to get a better idea of rhythm and tempos for a few of the more uptempo songs in the show.

Wow! What fun! I helped out by singing the lyrics and doing all the dialogue ( a bit of a stretch for my acting skills) to give Randy and Kathryn a better idea of the flow of entire numbers.

This was the first time I'd heard drums played on most of the songs, since a lot of the demo songs were done with piano only. Brian and Seth went wild on "The Mile High Club" and "Plane Crazy" and "Venus Flytrap" -- it sounded awesome!

It was so exciting to get a glimpse into what my musical will sound like with a real band! And Kudos to Mitchell Kitz our orchestrator -- the drummer commented several time what a great job he did on arranging the drum parts, and how easy they were to read. Did I mention how excited I am?

Celebrity sighting: I saw Paula Zahn rush into a ritzy jewelry and watch store in the shops in Columbus Circle. I was standing, sweating profusely in my Plane Crazy t-shirt, drinking water and trying to cool off, when she walked by me into the store. Our eyes met and of course, I stared a bit too long...I've got to learn to be more nonchalant about these celebs!

Then I went to see Sweet Charity again with my associate producer, Kendra Bator. Denis O'Hare was as marvelous as ever (boy, do I love that elevator scene) and Christina seems more relaxed and comfortable in the role. My fav number still is "The Rhythm of Life" -- I want to be one of Daddy's All-Girl Rhythm Choir. What a great show!

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