The Boys Next Door is running through March 6th. Audience response has been great for this show, and tickets are selling fast. I realize that I said the same thing with Playing With Fire, but I really feel that this is some of my personal best work and I’d love to share it with my friends. If you’re coming, let me know and I’ll look for you after the show.

On Monday and Tuesday the Jobsite Theater offers yet another Job-Side project for your viewing pleasure. The House Of Yes opens at 8PM on both days, and admission is a $3 suggested donation at the door. There is a great cast for this show, and if See Bob Run was any indicator of the type of thigns we’re going to see from the Job-Side projects $3 is a steal.

Also on the cheap entertainment front…Wednesday night you have a chance to witness the “coming out” of a new group of stand-up comedians with Is This Thing On?. My friend “ranney” has been teaching a stand up class at the Patel Conservatory and this show is their first big performance in front of a live audience. I can’t remember how many students he said he had, but I believe it was over 10. Admission is only $4.50. How often do you get a chance to see that many comedians for so little cash?

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So…umm…

The show went well. Really well. Great audience.

I stepped on Ami’s feet. Three times. We smiled. It was cute.

That’s it. I guess.

Mixed Results

You know, I’ll be honest. Despite how they may sound, I haven’t been bothered by any of the reviews that have come out about this show. The large majority of the negative feedback centered around the script, and frankly we knew that was a danger going in to this one. Ned even said so, at the very beginning of the process. He did some internet searches before we started and most of the reviews around the country said the same thing.

We thought we could give it a better feeling of cohesion. We didn’t. No big deal. Maybe it’s just not possible with the script as it is.

How can you be upset by a review that calls your work “impeccable,” though? One in which the cast is referred to as “hugely talented,” “Tampa’s best actors,” and “a live Who’s Who of Bay area theater?” I certainly can’t.

To be perfectly frank, my friends…my acting work is immensely rewarding on a personal level, but a little recognition every once in a while certainly doesn’t suck. And this was some very nice recognition.

The Boys Next Door

So, you’ve seen two good reviews and heard all sorts of praise from those who have seen it. When are you planning on coming out and checking it yourself? If you really want to do so, you may want to consider purchasing your tickets as soon as possible. From what I’ve been hearing through the grapevine ticket sales have been great, and shows for the next two weekends may start to sell out soon. What, in all honesty, would be even better is if you could help us by coming on a Thursday or Sunday. Those are our slowest selling days, but they are also the cheapest! Save money and support local theater! You can’t go wrong!

We went to both Barnes & Noble and Borders last night and I couldn’t find a book I wanted to buy.

I just don’t even feel like I’m here right now.

Something absolutely reeks in my bedroom, and I can’t find what it is.

At least Squee is working.

Long post.

‘Boys Next Door’ is a comedy with deft touches, St. Petersburg Times

Last night while surfing EMusic I found a cover of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” by Adam Sandler.

The world is a strange, strange place.