The time of my life...

There is something about going to the theater that is unlike any other experience. It charges me with energy and excitement and I always leave feeling moved - be it good or bad, it forces you to think and feel and be in the moment. Seeing so much theater here and being surrounded by it at my internship reminds me how much I crave being on stage and how much I miss performing, dancing and sharing in the thrill of being a part of an ensemble. But even as an audience member, the right musical can sweep you off your feet and make you feel so alive - as if it were you on stage performing yourself - not just giving the applause, but receiving it. The right musical has this effect and tonight, the final scene of Dirty Dancing did just that. But let's not get ahead of ourselves....

Today was such an amazing day! I cannot get over what an incredible time I am having and how much I love working for Robert and Gordon. We have so much fun and on top of that, I am simply in love with them. Mostly, I love that I get to be myself and we can 

laugh and share stories and enjoy each other’s company. This is an unpaid internship, but the joy it has brought me is payment enough. And to top it all off, I got to see a musical for free tonight, which is quite the perk.

Gordon is back and tan and full of fun stories from his trip to Rio! This morning I woke up, got dressed up in my dark teal dress (I had to be dolled up for the theater) and arrived first in the office after an Ipod enhanced tube ride. I began by updating the week’s white board with the appointments for the week. I also added which clients would be on holiday and which clients had castings. This is an exciting week because we are meeting with two potential clients, one of them came in today (but was crap) and in between emailing out the invoices, booking castings and calling clients

 back, we jammed out to Jennifer Hudson's new album. 

An exciting highlight of the day - Robert let me call Fiona Weir’s casting office to inquire whether or not castings for Harry Potter were beginning. It was an attempt to push four of our youth clients that I have gotten to know very well through the workshop classes I h

ave been teaching with Robert. I got on the phone with Fiona’s assistant Ruth, and ensured that the other assistant Millie had received the client breakdown list that we sent her. She said in one month the development would be far along that calls would be made to agents with clients that fit their casing needs, so I plan to call back in November to push our clients at that time.

Our client Gavin WHO IS SO HOT, and SO STRAIGHT came in today to look at his new headshots and discuss future roles. It is always great to meet one of our clients, espec

ially one that I have spoken with in detail on the phone and stared longingly at his picture, waiting for him to finally enter my life. The boys said I was flirty with him, which if you ask me, I was just being kind, but I guess American nice girl can be perceived as flirtatious. He kissed me on the cheek goodbye – a lingering kiss that immediately shot me into smitten kitten central. He is 27 and has a girlfriend…. Wah wah…… but it was still very fun none the less. God he is so hot.....

So after a day of laughs, we went to dinner at Café Rouge and two glasses of wine and a chicken caesar salad later, we left for the theater where we sat row G right in the center- the most perfect seats. We were really there to see our client, Karen Williams who is the understudy of Penny and an amazing swing dancer. This morning I ordered a beautiful bouquet of flowers to congratulate her on her opening night with the show (which has been successfully running for over 2 years)! As the base began to beat, so did my heart and thus began my first West End musical experience.

The show was a complete toss up. It followed the movie to a T and you left feeling so uplifted because of the final “Time of Your Life” dance scene – I was literally dancing in my seat, I could not stay still. But the show itself was not meaty enough- they could have done so much more to expand on the plot, add musical numbers like they did with Legally Blonde, but instead it was a mix of cheesy, bad acting with a bachground track of all the songs from the movie soundtrack, which were great to hear again, but no one sang them –only four people actually sang in the show, and only for featured numbers. It kind of reminded me of a cruise ship show, which are great, but not really up to par. 

But it was still such a blast because the dancing was great, Karen was awesome and beautiful, and that last scene made the show. Plus laughing and nudging Rob and Gordon during all the cheesy “can you believe that just happened” or “what the hell was that,” parts was actually a lot of fun. The set changes and the acting were pretty bad - I mean they would have a meaningless scene to fill up time and 15 seconds later, change to another set. It was really funny. But we were still on our feet by the end and the surge of applause courses that feel good energy into my body.

After, we stood by the stage door and I met Karen and she was lovely and gave us some gossip on the show. Then Rob, Gordon and I went our separate ways on the tube and headed home. I think I know why that last scene was so amazing – yes, the choreography, the energy, the fact that the horrendous acting was almost over ;) but also because I too am having the time of my life... every day is a new experience and I just feel so lucky. 

MOMMY COMES TOMORROW!!!! cannot wait :)

Love and hugs,

Jenny