This is a production shot from when I did Angels in America in 2004. I'm the Angel... in case the large wings coming out of my back didn't clue you in. This is the very last scene from Part I: Millennium Approaches. I won a best supporting actress award for that part... the first trophy I ever won, and it sits proudly on a shelf in my living room. I have loved this play since I first read it in 1994, and was thrilled to be a part of it (and although I loved playing the Angel, my heart belongs to Harper... she lives somewhere inside me and hopefully some day I'll get the chance to let her out...). I never got to do Part II because they waited 6 or so months between productions, and I moved. Alas. When I first created this blog I wanted to call it "The Great Work Begins" which is a quote from Part II, but the name was already taken. (and so I ended up with Painted Maypole instead. It seems my brain was stuck on phrases from plays I've done).
Random memories: Everyday in the green room before the show someone would start singing the theme song from Cheers, and the whole cast would join in. Also, I used to do the Wiggles ' Cold Spaghetti dance to crack up the guys in the cast... I did it once for some reason (MQ was about 20 months old at the time, and The Wiggles were her favorite) and they joked that it was very sexy, so I would do it at odd times (and at their frequent requests) just to be silly. Because I'm professional like that.
Oy. I miss working on a show that I adore as much as I adore that show.
(this actually wasn't the 6th pic - the 6th one was from the other angle... but I decided to cheat and go with #5 so you could see my face. And my WIG).
Thanks Mary G and nomotherearth for the trip down memory lane.
22 comments:
Oh man. This post just made me ACHE to do another show. Ouch.
Great pic. Wow!
I love the sub fusc colour values in the set and costumes -- and I love the play. Great you were awarded for it -- and may there be a Harper in your future.
Thanks!
That's not your own gorgeous hair? Who knew.
you look, well, angelic!
i'd love to see angels in america but never have.
You look pretty hot, for an angel. What a great show pic!
I love that photo. I have never seen that play (or the TV show, I don't have HBO). I really should rent it some day.
That was awesome ~ thanks for sharing! :)
look at you, GORGEOUS!
You look beautiful and I LOVE that you did the cold spaghetti dance - hilarious!
That is a great show and you are so lucky to have been able to do it.
What a fantastic photo!!
I love that picture. You look like . . . an angel :)
gorgeous!
very cool pic!
Good one!
Cold Spaghetti. That floods me with so many memories of wee-BubTar. They were babes at the same time.
What a neat meme--and thanks for sharing t hat trip down memory lane. I wish I could see one of your performances, I really do.
Doing the cold spaghettie looking like Venus . . . I am sure you were a sight to behold, in a good way.
Have I told you how much I love reading about you and the roles you have played and the glimpses into your actor mind? :) Thank you PM!
The picture is really cool. I remember hearing all about that show. I hope you can do it again someday..
How fun! Thanks for taking us down memory lane with you-- I can't get that song out of my head now (I had two kids go through the Wiggles). Great wig-- did you get to keep it?
Is it wrong to say you look really, really hot as an angel. Ya, I thought so.
The picture is great!
That is a wonderful show.
I love AinA as well but I haven't seen it post-911. I wonder how well it stands up in the new America or if, perhaps, it stands up even better. We have the dvd of the HBO adaptation at home; maybe I should investigate.
You look like a fabulous Angel.
Is the angel angelic? (I don't know the story.) You look a bit steamy! How fun!
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