I’m supposed to be memorizing. Instead, I’m putting on makeup. A lot of makeup. A lot of dewy makeup. I had this desire to make my cheeks look dewy. So, I went to MAC and found out how. Now, it’s almost midnight and my cheeks are dewy. As are my eyes. And my lips. I’m one big dew bud. There’s this story in Twyla Tharp’s book, The Creative Act about Jerome Robbins choreographing Annie on Broadway. There was a scene that’s supposed to get a laugh and was not. So, Mr. Robbins had the set designer change the hand towel hanging in the background from white to yellow, and right after the scene started to get big laughs. So, this brings me to the question: is The Countess dewy and natural or red-lipped and dark eye shades of blue? The latter seems the more obvious, which makes me wonder if the dewiness is actually not more interesting and off-putting. Every little nuance makes a difference as we see by the towel example.
Rosalie and I did a run-through today with me on script and moving through the movement pieces. Whew. I’m excited to share this piece, which is always good. The response from the trailer that Ryan Kipp did is overwhelmingly positive. It’s amazing how people respond to professional things. The legitimacy it brings. Back to memorizing . . . “I have been called a werewolf.”
