Audition

Today I attended yet another audition. A room full of Broadway baby's anxiously going through their books trying to decide what 16 bars to sing? Uptempo? Ballad? Sondheim? Schwartz? Decisions. Decisions. So much in talent in one room. It motivates me, excites me, intimidates me, drives me... I decide on If I Loved You from Carousel. The auditors sit and look at me in amazement. You'd be cast, but you're too tall. F******! What am I supposed to do? Cut off my legs? It's okay I tell myself. Christ I would play a tree. Just get me on that stage. It's where I belong. It's where I need to be. A place where I can be someone else for two hours. The theater is an amazing place. Live, uninhibited magic. It all takes place in the theater. There is nothing like it. Tomorrow is another day, another audition.

--Peace