Get it? Pretty nifty, eh?Late this evening, my boyfriend and I snapped this picture especially for my blog. I wish that I could take credit for the idea. That honor goes to our friend, Eric Del Pozo. My boyfriend and I had been meaning to take this photo ever since my blog's mid-August conception, and tonight, we finally snapped to it!
We took several shots, trying out different heights, angles and camera settings - even using each other as human tripods to steady the camera for the manual setting. We must have been making quite a spectacle of ourselves because all of the sudden we found ourselves surrounded by a gaggle of Italian tourists (or should I say, paparazzi) who were taking pictures of us "real New Yorkers."
We talked to the head paparazzo, and he explained to us in broken English that all 15 of them were in town to celebrate Columbus day and badly in need of a Pub. My boyfriend pointed them in the direction of the nearest tap house and, although we were invited to join, we decided it was best to bid them arrivederci. We had had enough of a taste of the paparazzi for one night. Being famous anonymous New Yorkers is exhausting and today was a long day.
I've mentioned in the past that I've been toying with the idea of bringing back my character of Trudy Carmichael for another incarnation of my improvised Las Vegas lounge show, "Vegas, Baby, Vegas!" Well, earlier today I began drawing up a proposal that I'm hoping to pitch to the Magnet Theater for a series of one-offs that they're calling "Test Drive." Each Sunday evening starting in November, they'll be putting up these shows, and those that do well will have a chance at an extended run!
The Magnet is my safe place where I am free to experiment with different ideas, and this time I want to try doing the show as a one-woman, improvised Cabaret. I'm also planning on throwing in my vocal impression act because that's such a Vegasy thing, (think Danny Gans) along with some puppets and a tune on my ukulele.
Sounds like fun, right?
Here's the pitch...
Trudy Carmichael of the regionally renowned Royal Flushes returns to the stage after a two-year hiatus in "The Baroness of Las Vegas," a solo Las Vegas lounge show featuring improvised spot songs, vocal impressions, ukuleles and puppets!
Part improv...part sketch...completely Fabulous, baby!
Incidentally, I came up with the title, "The Baroness of Vegas" a few days ago thinking that it sounded really fun and campy, however it was not set in stone. Today, as I was weighing my options, I decided to do a google search on the word "Baroness" and among the more obvious definitions, I came up with this:
Baroness is a solitaire card game that is played with a deck of 52 playing cards.
How cool is that? If that's not a sign, I don't know what is!
My mind is made up. I'm going to fill out this application and take another roll of the dice. I just hope that lady luck is on my side!
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