Talent Works, Genius Creates.

For the first few days that I was here I blogged via my voice recorder but after that, I think that I am going to try and type everything down. So Tuesday was an interesting day, I actually did quite a bit. I had two interviews with people. First was with Cyrilla Baer at noon. All I can say is that I absolutely love her. She was so kind enough to find a place very close to my hotel so that I didn’t have to roam the city. Come to find out that she isn’t a native New Yorker, her home is originally Atlanta and now Chicago. Currently she is staring in the off-Broadway show “The Adding Machine” which I will now shamelessly plug for her and tell everyone to go and see it {address}. Well to put it shortly because the interview was very long she is an absolute delight who just loves theatre and completely let me see what happens when you do something because you simply love it. You hear more about that interview because I’m going to put some sound bites from the actual interview online. After meeting with Cy, I met up with Helena, Steve, and Emma where we met with another actor and her friend who are young professionals in the city. Shannon and Emily were yet again just so sweet to talk to. Oh and a big compliment to them both who do not at all look their age and I would so guess were in their early twenties. But one of the nice things about this interview was hearing their perspective of working in theatre, film, and commercials. I really got a glimpse into what it would be like moving into the city and trying to be a young professional actor. Both of the girls I might add audition by day and waitress by night. After the interview we came back to the hotel and headed to go see Macbeth in Brooklyn. All I can say is that I’ve never seen Shakespeare done that way before. To begin I was already star struck because Patrick Stewart played Macbeth. Anyone who knows me will know that I am a total trekkie and x-men enthusiast, so this was so cool for me. The show was so interesting because it used elements of projections and sounds to almost scare and startle the audience. (Which it completely did!) Also this is the first time that I have seen Shakespeare done updated as far as setting and not hated it. There were a few very memorable scenes in the show, but the most memorable for me was the witch’s song. Everyone knows the whole double double toil and trouble line in the show. Well they took that speech by the witches and turned it into this odd rap like quality song. Then they had three body bags wheeled out and one by one they made the dead bodies in the bags come to life. All I can say about the performance is well done Patrick and the entire ensemble.