"My Birthday's next month. The fifteenth of September. That's under Virgo." -Blanche Dubois
Today's performance was a special one as it happened to be Blanche's actual birthday. The cast surprised me in the green room by singing Blanche happy birthday with a birthday cake lighted with 25 candles.
Stanley: How many candles are you going to put in that cake?
Stella: I'll stop at twenty-five.
How cute was that? How often do you get to celebrate your characters birthday in the theatre? This was a first for me!
Today's matinee seemed virtually flawless with a slightly more tragic ending as my shoe went flying out into the audience in the final scene...so Blanche exited as gracefully as she could limping with only one heel on.
After the show I was paid probably the greatest compliment of my career. A middle aged woman approached me as I was leaving and she grabbed my hand and said "I wanted to tell you that I have seen 5 productions of this show, including one on Broadway and one at the Steppenwolf, I come from a family of theatre makers and I know good theatre when I see it. You were by far the best Blanche I have ever seen. Your performance was so full of life and truth...I just had to stay after to tell you that."
Wow. I thanked her and told her I would treasure that compliment for the rest of my life. Happy Birthday Blanche.
Today's performance was a special one as it happened to be Blanche's actual birthday. The cast surprised me in the green room by singing Blanche happy birthday with a birthday cake lighted with 25 candles.
Stanley: How many candles are you going to put in that cake?
Stella: I'll stop at twenty-five.
How cute was that? How often do you get to celebrate your characters birthday in the theatre? This was a first for me!
Today's matinee seemed virtually flawless with a slightly more tragic ending as my shoe went flying out into the audience in the final scene...so Blanche exited as gracefully as she could limping with only one heel on.
After the show I was paid probably the greatest compliment of my career. A middle aged woman approached me as I was leaving and she grabbed my hand and said "I wanted to tell you that I have seen 5 productions of this show, including one on Broadway and one at the Steppenwolf, I come from a family of theatre makers and I know good theatre when I see it. You were by far the best Blanche I have ever seen. Your performance was so full of life and truth...I just had to stay after to tell you that."
Wow. I thanked her and told her I would treasure that compliment for the rest of my life. Happy Birthday Blanche.
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