2010? How weird is that?

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 11 years since I moved from Jersey to Iowa. Hard to believe that ringing in Y2K was 10 years ago. Man, how time flies. Anyway, here we are at the beginning of a new decade – and who can tell where the next 10 years are going to take us…

Christmas Carol came and went – and was a heck of a good time. I managed to not fall ONCE on those 2 foot stilts of mine, much to my relief. I mean between the height, the fog, the darkness and – oh yeah – the black hood and mesh mask I wore over my face, that’s quite the accomplishment! Worked with so many incredible people and here’s hoping I get to do it again.

After the show closed, I got to spend a couple weeks with my family doing a grand tour of the east coast visiting friends and family in more states than I care to list. While in New York we managed to catch a couple shows: Finian’s Rainbow (“starring” understudy Brian Sears from Bowery Boys) and Superior Donuts featuring Cliff Chamberlain from Lt. of Inishmore. How cool is that? It’s so exciting to see people you’ve worked with up there on the B-way. Congrats to both of them for great shows!

Which all brings us to now – back to work at Flat Top Grill, trying to make a little money, and auditioning wherever and whenever I can. I’ve got a couple more tours with Mozart this winter/spring, but otherwise just trying to fill the void! And also… and here’s the big one… contemplating that move out east. I’m really starting to think it’s in the cards this year, and I may try a little trial period early this year – say for about a month. But all of this is speculative and, as it always is with this business, we’ll see what happens. It’s hard to make any sort of plan when you might book a gig tomorrow – or not. In any case, I’ll hope to update this a little more often this year. Happy New Year to all, and may 2010 kick a whole lot of ass!