5/20/13: Fargo, ND

As our one-nighter week starts up again, there less to comment on - since nothing much aside from the show gets to happen in the short time we're in these cities.

And Oh, what a show this was too - lol.  We were at the Fargodome - one of our last, if not last, Arenas this leg of the tour.  Now this place is HUGE.  I mean you could literally set up our stage requirements 14 times within the arena section - and still have room for seating.  Its also made to be a football arena - not so much for Broadway shows.  Besides having to cut some things for space reasons (which is fairly common as every venue is a little different), 2 of our main drops were hung on sideways moving rails (we are used to them flying up not to the left) and 1 was on an automated pulley system that moved so slowly that I literally could have climbed a rope to the ceiling and hoisted it up myself in less time than it took to raise and lower.  But sometimes, thems the breaks and you make it work.  It mad for some interesting scene changes but nothing major as far as the audience was concerned.  Just kept us on our toes - or swept you off them as the curtain came billowing towards you from the left if you forgot that it wasn't flying down from above (lol).



There were 2 pretty cool things that happened in Fargo though - 1)A friend of mine from back in my AMDA days lives there at the moment and was able to come see the show.  I
haven't seen him for...12 years or so.  So that was pretty awesome.  2) Double birthdays! Sam Primack (one of our Pugsleys) and our Merch Manager, Betsy celebrated their coming into the world with some cake and drinks in the hotel lobby.  Speaking of which, people have to stop being born so close together on this tour or I'll never hit my goal weight with all these cakes and things popping up - LOL - Oh well, the trials and tribulations of being on the road...Off to Sioux City next!