Howdy FANtasticals!
Memphis Blog Shout Out: to Swing Candice Monet McCall who went on tonight in the show and who is one of the cast members making her Broadway debut in MEMPHIS! She went on during previews but I don’t think I blogged about it and therefore, I want to officially welcome her to the Memphis family! We are thrilled to have you and having your fierceness in the show!
OK, so you open a Broadway show a week ago. Now what?
Now you try and dig out from under everything in your office and try to resume business as usual- business as usual except that you are running a hit Broadway show!
The emails are still invading the Inbox, with everything from people wanting tickets to the scheduled press that the cast and creatives are doing this week to conversations about Broadway Cares posters…and on and on.
And the thing that has been the saving grace of it all? You guessed it. The little red wagon. Besides Samson, this is my favorite thing in my life right now. How has a little red wagon become the cornerstone of a successful Broadway Producing office? Because it makes things happen.
Producer Ken Clay, and Lead Producers Kenny & Marleen Alhadeff, used it to move boxes of custom Memphis hats and jackets.
Kenny is actually really excited about the wagon- I feel his facial expression is reflecting the realization about the sheer amount of custom products he has ordered. But he has outfitted almost everyone who works on this show from the cast to the box office.
Even Samson is hooked up.
Today, the little red wagon helped Lead Producer Sue Frost and I move her things from one place to another. We did not get a picture of it, but trust me. It was many-a-tote bags (for which Sue is famous) and was totally glamorous. Moving your belongings in a red wagon….in the rain…around mid-town. Ah, the life of a Broadway Producer.
And, the saga of the Opening Night gifts continues. Sick of hearing about it? I understand.
But, a major milestone was reached today with the help of the little red wagon.
So Producers/Investors who are reading this blog, do not fear. Your gifts were brought to the Port Authority US Post Office today and were shipped priority mail. Alert your doormen, stand by your mailboxes; they should arrive within 1-3 days.
What else is going on?
The cast is getting excited for a poster signing party in between the matinee and evening performances tomorrow.
The industry is continuing to respond well to the show and the group sales agencies are very excited about this new, big show we have at the Shubert. Look what they put on the front of the Telecharge.com Group Sales booklet!! MEMPHIS!
I’m getting very excited for our next guest blogger, Mr. Adorable himself, Charlie Williams from the cast. Look for his post in the next day or so.
Also on pins and needles about the Covert Report Vol. 2; what will Kevin have to report on this week now that all opening night hoopla has died down?
Here’s a quick shoot of some of that “hoopla” as found in the Junkyard Dog Office:
Thank you to all who helped us celebrate the Opening of the show!
And, thank you, to the little red wagon. Without whom, I would be lost. (and tired, wet and sore from carrying stuff all over the city).
-Carolyn
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