What a week!

Last week was so amazing! I worked my butt off sewing costumes and being a dresser for the show. 14 hours a day wears you down, let me tell ya. Dr. Dolittle previewed in Chattanooga Friday and Saturday and I can proudly say that I was a part of making it happen. Just to know that I worked on a Broadway show is something I never imagined. This was a huge thing for me. Their next stop is Houston where the show opens for real and I'm sure there will be more changes made because just in the last week I think some part of the show changed 5 times.

They used puppets in the show and I helped sew on the flippers for Sophie the Seal and the mop hair for Jip the dog. I also had the priviledge of being the dresser for the girl who plays the moth and it was just an unbelievable experience. She was very helpful and so nice and since I've never done anything like this it was good that I was assigned to her. I got Tommy Tune's autograph and a picture with him . He's so nice and really into every aspect of his show, not passing off the job to someone else. The first day he came in I really didn't know what he looked like but everyone was like "Oh there he is!" and I was just like "what's going on?" but it wasn't this big entourage of people, just him and a couple of assistants and then his dresser came in carrying his little yorkie Shubert and it was so cute. I actually think there were more people wanting to see the dog than him.

I took a few pictures but I didn't really have time to pause for photos since there was always a costume to sew together or repair or redesign. They came to Chattanooga with a lot of things unfinished because of some kind of dispute with their union workers which is still unclear to me, but in any case, we were responsible for finishing what they started. I got some really cool shots of the stage and even got a few seconds to capture the action from backstage.

I had a wonderful time and one I won't soon forget it, but now it's back to my normal dull life. Woo.

I'll post the photos on my photo blog.