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#1 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:04 pm

Our production was nominated as Best Musical - Equity for this year's Column Awards. The Column Awards are for local theatre, both Equity and non-Equity in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area. Voted on by the subscribers to The Column, an e-mail theatre-related newsletter based in Dallas.

I will be performing "Heart" (along with 4 other guys) at the awards show.
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#2 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:12 pm

Congratulations!
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#3 Post by TheConfessor » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:46 pm

Congratulations! I didn't know you were a union guy. That seems unusual for community theater in Texas. Are you being paid Equity rates?
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#4 Post by BackInTex » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:31 pm

That's great! Congrats.
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#5 Post by mellytu74 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:16 pm

Woo hoo!!

Congrats, Cal!
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#6 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:24 pm

TheConfessor wrote:Congratulations! I didn't know you were a union guy. That seems unusual for community theater in Texas. Are you being paid Equity rates?
I'm not a member of Actor's Equity. None of the theatres in Dallas are exclusively union. Most of them have between 1-5 Equity contracts in a show. The theatre where I have done most of my shows is a community theatre. We are not an Equity house.

Our production of Damn Yankees had 2 Equity members in the cast.
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#7 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:14 pm

Tonight's the night.

We perform "Heart" in front of most of the Dallas area theatre community. For most of them, this will be the first time they have seen me on stage.

I have this fantasy of some Director seeing me up there and thinking, "Gee, that overweight dude sings pretty well, and he would be perfect for the part of X in my next show. I'll have to talk to him later and find out how to get in touch with him."
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#8 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:19 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Tonight's the night.

We perform "Heart" in front of most of the Dallas area theatre community. For most of them, this will be the first time they have seen me on stage.

I have this fantasy of some Director seeing me up there and thinking, "Gee, that overweight dude sings pretty well, and he would be perfect for the part of X in my next show. I'll have to talk to him later and find out how to get in touch with him."
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#9 Post by KillerTomato » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:26 pm

Nonononono, Cal, you must be SPECIFIC in your dreams. The director isn't saying "he'd be great as 'X' in 'my new show'," he'd be saying, "That Cal guy would be amazing as Prof. Henry Higgins in my upcoming Broadway revival of 'My Fair Lady'!"

THEN it will come true. You may, of course, substitute your own personal favorite role/show; Higgins and MFL are only for illustrative purposes only. Just don't go overboard. I don't think you can handle Cassie in "Chorus Line," for instance, but be brave and bold (like maybe Sheila; I think your version of "At the Ballet" would kick ass!).

Break a leg tonight!
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#10 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:30 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Tonight's the night.

We perform "Heart" in front of most of the Dallas area theatre community. For most of them, this will be the first time they have seen me on stage.

I have this fantasy of some Director seeing me up there and thinking, "Gee, that overweight dude sings pretty well, and he would be perfect for the part of X in my next show. I'll have to talk to him later and find out how to get in touch with him."
Have a great time! --Bob (who knows that today's audience member may be tomorrow's juror)
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#11 Post by lilclyde54 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:14 pm

Congratulations Cal. That is great. Have a great time performing.
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#12 Post by nitrah55 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:18 pm

Break a leg, Cal.
I am about 25% sure of this.
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#13 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:31 pm

Just got home.

Fun night.

Performance went fine.

I am tired.
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#14 Post by silvercamaro » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:38 pm

Did Damn Yankees win Best Musical?

I'm hoping that was part of "Fun night."
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#15 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:41 pm

silvercamaro wrote:Did Damn Yankees win Best Musical?

I'm hoping that was part of "Fun night."
No, we didn't win. The Who's Tommy by Dallas Theatre Center won. It was a strong group of shows in our category.
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#16 Post by silvercamaro » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:48 pm

Sorry about that, but I'm glad the performance went well and you had fun.

Good luck on the other things going on in your life!
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#17 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:09 am

I did win a Fossil Messenger bag in the raffle.

It's sort of like these, but not exactly like either:

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