I got up at the crack of dawn Saturday, returned the rental car, repacked my bags so they'd fit within weight limits, and got to my gate just to sit and wait. On Saturday evening I returned to Chicago after a long delay at the Burbank airport, including nearly an hour on the tarmac. My partner and I grabbed a nice dinner and Margaritas at That Little Mexican Cafe, and then settled in for what ended out to be 10 hours of sleep.
Sunday it was catch-up day, dealing with over 300 emails, transferring files to my desktop from my laptop, sorting through all of my snail mail, paying bills and balancing checkbooks.
Meanwhile, Cindy and I began the careful discussion of what to do next with '40 is the New 15.' A new song for Winter in Act Two? A new opening number? A reorganization of the scenework to make it less structured and therefore less predicatable? Changes to 'Something Wrong With Him' and 'Flying By?' A revamped closing number? We shall see. All of this may have to happen quickly, as it appears that with the backing of ANMT and some private investors, there will be another production this summer; this time with a substantially increased budget, and a beautiful venue, the NoHo Arts Center. Fingers crossed!