Rock of Ages
I Can’t Fight This Feeling
Elise Youssef, and I as Sherrie and Dennis in Center Rep’s production of Rock of Ages
I will start this blog with the following quotes:
“Can you come to the costume shop on your way to teach?”
“Sure, what do you need”
“We need to measure your girth for the [costume redacted]”
“Can [prop redacted] have balls? And can we take them off and play with them?
“Sure we can. Let me get right on that”
“When do you [blocking redacted]”
“After the dance break, I think”
“Awesome. We’re going to put a spotlight on you so you sparkle as [blocking redacted]”
“Will Springhorn, are you stuffing?”
“No, that’s just me.”
“Must be the lighting.”
We open Rock of Ages tonight, May 24th, and after three previews I feel pretty confident that you will have “nothing but a good time”. Come in costume, come with a flask, get ready to sing along, and just enjoy the crap out of wonderful performances by a great group of people. It is set to incredibly evocative and impeccably performed music of the 80’s. You will have your face melted off.
Also just on a personal note, I have had two incredible directors, Timi and Dyan, and they both wanted me to change my appearance for their shows. Born Yesterday’s Harry Brock needed to be “gross” (from the script) and Dennis from Rock of Ages was going to be in less clothing than I normally wear on stage. Born Yesterday proved to be a failure to gain as much as was required, and so an amazing fat suit was constructed by Bethany Deal at Center Rep. But you can’t fake skinny, so the last few months has been full of food choices (don’t say diet) and working out. I have dropped 30 pounds, gotten stronger, had to buy new pants, no longer fit into some of my old clothes, and have tons of energy. I got some incredible support from tons of friends, and they know who they are.
Also, go watch these projects. I helped produce one, and I acted in the other:
Eat BBQ and wear Fatsuit
Workout and eat Brussel Sprouts