August 3, 2003
The last couple of days have been nothing but a wonderful blur of activity. Far too much to write about so I'll only include some of the 'printable' highlights, excluding the Bushfire Blonde's more embarrassing moments.
JenX and HeFTy finally arrived. Yay! I managed to see the show two more times. One evening I walked into the theatre with Brian and walked out with Roger and Ben. This groopie has arrived! It's been a real treat to see the show like this as it evolves. Thus far, I've seen a number of new jokes added, lines rewritten, chords and tempos changed, and songs omitted then added back. It is certainly keeping the whole cast, band and crew on their toes. But, I must say, the show is consistently excellent! I can't imagine anyone else playing the role of Gazza better than Michael does. In this role, he will remind you of a young and awkward James Dean, but much better looking. The beautiful Kate is just fantastic as the school girlish Scaramouche. She nails "Somebody to Love" every night. And I have a very soft spot for Ross Girven who plays Commander Kashoggi. What a lovely lovely man!! I would never in a million years send him to the Seven Seas of Rhye.
Another highlight was when HeFTy ruined my complicated decade long relationship with Roger, but in a very good way. Of course, things have not always gone so perfectly. This groopie almost ruined the entire show. Oh no! Let me explain. Somehow both of the stars of the show, Michael and Kate, managed to trip over my feet one evening. And my feet are not even that big. Darling Kate graciously apologized to me, when it should have been the other way around. And fortunately Michael's 'muscle memory' kicked in and he made a graceful recovery. Thank God!.....as we all know, the show must go on......
August 10, 2003
"Miss Hawaii" as some of the cast, etc. have come to know me, is back home in Hawaii. Still trying to come down from a fabulous rock and roll high! I was far too busy having a wonderful time that unfortunately I have not been able to send regular diary updates.
What have I done in the past week? What haven't I done? Well, I have not seen much of Australia, but that's OK as I have seen and experienced more than my share of what the Aussie We Will Rock You Theatrical has to offer! And for that I am grateful. I saw the show an embarrassing 9 of the 12 times it was on while I was in Melbourne. No, I'm not independently wealthy, but, thanks to a few special friends for making it possible, you know who you are.
I must say that of the 9 times that I saw the show, the premiere night was by far the best! And all of the reviews have been excellent! (To heck with the idiot London critics!) We couldn't have had better seats. (Thank you, you know who!) The cast, band and crew must have had quite a pep talk before the show as everything went perfectly. I mean EVERYTHING! I felt so proud of them! I had the pleasure of sitting with a relative of one of the cast members. Seeing the enormous smile on his face as he watched the show brought joy to my heart. It was a full star studded red carpet affair. Our crew dressed in black tie, and it was a sight to see them all doing their best air guitar on the red carpet for national television. Fortunately for me, not being Australian, I didn't really know any of celebrities in attendance, so I didn't feel star struck, except for seeing Brian, Roger, the lovely cast and band. The after-show party was something else! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
