Love - Art - Disease - Pain - Life-Humanness - "Otherness"
In our desensitised society,
the artists,
the bohemians, poor, discarded,
"others", recovering addicts -
all are more in touch
with their human-ness
than the so called
mainstream.
Despite everything -
HUMANNESS, LOVE, LIFE, ART survives.
-Jonathan Larson
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Saturday, February 14, 2004
And then is was 2 months later...
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY everyone! I suspect you all know that I find the most bizarre places to update my blog. Right now I'm in NYC at the NEDERLANDER THEATRE...in the tightest of tight quarters!
First, let me atone to everyone that's been emailing me and I've been ignoring. Yes, it's on purpose, but I have to save my sanity in some fashion...and by simplifying my life into one easy to read blog usually does the trick, right? So, anyway...I'm sorry for being MIA lately, but my life has been a whirlwind of activities on all fronts!
I'm here in the city for my auction with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS...which is tomorrow night at BB KINGS joint on 42nd street. Can't wait! We saw WICKED last night...and it was utterly, thrillingly, absolutingly, amazingly wondermus. The set alone was worth the price of the ticket, but Idina and Kristen...whoa...need I say more? I talked to Idina briefly apres the show (I'm doing her character, Maureen Johnson from RENT, next year for Broadway Bears), and she was in a wicked hurry (pun intended) to get home to her husband (Taye Diggs) to be wined, dined and valentined. I'm sure, just like Stella, she got her groove back, too.
Today was my research day here at The Nederlander. We 'Maureened' up the costume department this morning...and I got all of my pictures and notes and sketches down. We just finished up the matinee...and it was awesomess. Kristen Lee Kelly is back as Marks mom. She IS Marks mom! She's on the CD! Often imitated...but never duplicate, that Kristen! "Mark are you there? Are you there? I don't know if he's there?....."
Soooooooooooo...I wanted to make a small anouncement here at my blog site...since I know it reaches all of you in one click. I'm officially OFF the market. I didn't think I'd be so quick in saying that...but I'm dating the most wonderful, amazing, brilliant and sweet boy named Andrew. He's a singer/actor and teaches music appreciation at USC. He also gives private voice lessons to students at Presbyterian College two days out of the week. Yes, Ant...we know he's similar...but I promise I'm not having a bizarre 'Anthony/Mark Cohen' role-playing fetish. Weeell...maybejustalittlebit. LOL. (For those of you who dont know, Andrew looks just a wee bit like Monsieur Rapp...and there have been some poke-fun-at-john moments here and there). But seriously folks...I love Andrew for who he is and what he stands for...his energy...his drive...his heart!! Together we're quite the pair...and we are both quite exciting and new...not unlike The Love Boat. Just remember his name: Andrew James Bolden. He's gonna be big. He's gonna be REALLY big...
Everything at work is going swimmingly...BellSouth is as corporate as ever...and my new position as Art Subject Matter Expert feels suspiciously like my previous position as just ARTIST. Hmmmm. I've had a few meetings with my publisher about my next book...but I'm waiting to hear back on whether it's a sound opp for both of us or not. Would be groovy to go ahead with it. Needless, I need an agent and plan to scout one out ASAP. I would love to live up here...work up here...and make enough money to do so. I am total sigh-ness personafied. *sigh*.
So anywho...I'm being booted off this thing, but I'll try not to stay away for too long! I love (most) of you...!!...and I hope everyone is doing peachy ducky keen in their neck of the woods. Tonight we're seeing Shirley Q. Liquor in the East Village....won't that be GRAND!! I'll tell her that you all axe how she's durrin'!!!
Ciao's mon bebe's!!!!!
John
5:35 PM
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