10/10/13-10/13/13: Binghamton, NY

And we're back!

After a much MUCH needed 5 week break which I spent down in Tampa visiting my parents, sister, best friends and my God Daughter - I am ready to get back to the world of the Addamses.

And it started off with a bang - of course.  A bunch of the cast were flying into Binghamton from all over the country - about 9 of us had a connecting flight together from Philly on US Air.  So we waited around the gate for a bit - since the plane was delayed.  They made an announcement that the plane was going to be coming in very soon and to stay near by as they would have a quick turnaround.  It was a crazy day to fly with storms all over the US.  They had already canceled one of the 3 flights to Binghamton and put all of the other riders on standby for our flight and the one after (at 9PM).  Well, when the plane came in and they started to board - they (for whatever brilliant reason) decided not to announce it over the loudspeaker.  Instead, they herded the people who were sitting right in front of the gate onto the plane - let on standby people and took off - leaving us there.  Ridiculous!  The 'manager' though I doubt he was the highest up person I could have spoken to even though he said he was - since he was too incompetent to even look me in the eye when he was lying to me...Insisted that they did everything right and was happy to fly us out tomorrow.  Which of course was not an option - so the show rented us a hug van and we had drive 4 1/2 hours to Binghamton instead of a 30 min plane ride (sigh).


When we made it, we were rushed right to the theatre to begin sound check - which went very smoothly.  The next two days were filled with Technical Rehearsals - we have a number of new crew members joining the team and needed some refresher runs ourselves to get back into top show condition.  But they went very well - and our 2 preview performances on Sunday were great.  It was sooooo nice be back in front of an American audience again.  Asia was great - but some of our jokes are just very USA based - and the laughs were all back.  I couldn't stop smiling all day.

Binghamton itself was interesting - I didn't get to see much of it - as we were in 10 hour rehearsals for 2 days and then did a double show - but it seems like a typical college town.  The cool part was that its the boyhood home of Rod Sterling from The Twilight Zone.  One of the premiere episodes (Walking Distance) was inspired by the antique carousel that lives over in one of the downtown parks - they even filmed it there in the park. Very cool.  They also seem to have a number of (slow) but tasty restaurants around - but watch out on Sundays - the place is boarded up like a ghost town - only one place to eat in the whole town and it only serves breakfast and closes at 2.

Anyway - we're off to Louisville KY now for our OFFICIAL re-opening and a week long sit down - I can't wait! Snap Snap!

OH I've also started a bi-weekly youtube Vlog called LIVING OUT OF SUITCASES - you should check it out!!