First on the agenda is a filmed version of “She Said Maybe.” I’ve been trying to get this thing filmed for years now, having shot some very poor video for that purpose back in 1999 in Greensboro, NC. After I moved to NYC the script was workshopped at the Brooklyn Lyceum as a short play, then it was published by Original Works Publishing as a ten-minute play, included in Abnormal Stew and then re-worked it as part of Weasel Erotica. The script has been with me for a while.So enter my old friend JB, an aspiring filmmaker, who wants to shoot and direct it. Okay, I’m game! And with Weasel Erotica in the very recent past, we have actors who have been fairly well rehearsed. So now JB and I are knee deep in preparation (getting storyboards done, shot lists created, blah blah blah) and hope to commit the thing to digital tape in a matter of weeks. In many ways it’s an exercise for the both of us as aspiring filmmaking-kinda-guys and I think we have a chance to maybe make something pretty special out of it. Even if it winds up on YouTube a year from now hardly ever being watched, it’ll be worth it.
On a side note, you can catch Talented Talent Brother video on YouTube here and here and here.
Also on the agenda (it has been there for a while) is my solo show Majestic Dementia. Not much to report there … it’s in pretty much the same shape it was in a month ago. I’m feeling quite a bit remiss in not visiting it as much lately as I had hoped and that may push back my ability to start performing it until after the first of the year. I’m still shooting to workshop bits and pieces of the show in a couple of months …
Also on the agenda is a production of Don Nigro’s Seascape with Sharks and Dancer featuring the ever-talented and delightful Jennifer Sandella. Performances are scheduled at Where Eagles Dare Theatre on Nov 30, Dec 1,2,7,8,9,11,12. This is a great little script and a very good vehicle to showcase a quirky and wonderful talent like Jennifer. So, needless to say, I’m throwing the whole weight of Baby Hippopotamus behind it … and trust me, it being a hippopotamus and all, that’s a pretty fair amount of weight. Lots of news on this project as it gets nearer.Finally, the next Talented Talent Brother vehicle is well on its way to being ready to roll. Just as Weasel Erotica kind of grew out of Abnormal Stew, this new show has grown out of
Weasel Erotica … and this time it’s a full-fledged musical! I know, I know … “what the hell are you getting yourself into, King?” Well, this script (this idea!) has literally come spilling out of me in recent weeks and I’m quite literally almost to the point where it’s time for me to start assembling the pieces (those who know how I write will get that) and putting the first workable draft of the script together. It is tentatively titled Bob’s Burlesque and tells the behind the scenes story of one of the locations visited in Weasel Erotica. I’ll be playing the worst comedian in the world (stifle that laugh, mister!) and it looks like Tony King will be playing an Elvis impersonator. There will be music, burlesque, dance … yeah, just what the hell have I gotten myself into?Everything is still in its primordial stages (one of my favorite stages), so you’ll forgive me for not spilling the beans any more … it’s all still early yet. But early is exciting … the sky’s the limit early. It’s a good time in the creative process …
C’mon … get it together!
I have a bad (well, some would call it “bad”) tendency to live all aspects of my life at 100 mph until I reach a breaking point and just crash and burn. I’ve pretty much always been that way. I don’t really mean to, I would much prefer to live a life of moderation, but it’s just not in my blood. I approach most everything, whether personal or professional, with a sense of urgency. Quite frankly, I’m often frustrated when others don’t do likewise. I think of it as a level of laziness. Life is meant to be lived with all the energy and power we can muster.I’m most often frustrated professionally when others aren’t up to the task … when others simply don’t have their sh*t together.
“A lack of preparation on your part should not constitute an emergency on mine.” That’s my work place motto. Unfortunately that’s exactly what I deal with day in and day out … unprepared people with their own deadlines to meet who depend on me to become a miracle worker of some sort so that their collective a$$es are covered. So I wind up working long and hard hours when I could do my 9 to 5 and let them rot. Problem is, I treat my clients like I treat my loved ones … and go above and beyond if and when I can.What’s all this getting at? Well, nothing really. Other than the fact that I need a vacation. Soon.
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