It is in the 90s here as well. At least it cools off quite a bit at night, but it take until the sun goes down to really feel any cool down. This week we have been going out for walks around sundown, which is around 8 pm this time of year.

So far this week I have had delivery from Domino's and King Soopers, which turned out to be a dollar less if I ordered for delivery on Thursday. It was another dollar less if I wanted to receive the delivery at 6 am, which I could not bring myself to do.

The temps in TX have cooled off a bit.  We are down into the 90s.  This is much better than last year when we were over 110 for about a month, dipped below for a day, and then right back above 110.  To celebrate I hope to overnight in AZ tomorrow.  The forecast is 104 or 108.  The only time I will be outside is early in the morning on Saturday and dashing from the car to an air conditioned store or house the rest of the day.  

After painting derelict-mental-hospital sets (actually in a former prison) for my new TV job over the past month, I'm now Camera Scenic-ing the show for the next couple of months.  Our first (partial) week out on location has been nice and not too grueling, though I expect to be worn down to a nub by the time we wrap in about two months — especially after some difficulties this evening which left me feeling a bit dejected.  Live and learn; I'll do better next time (and as easy as it is for me to beat myself up, everyone on set was thankfully very gracious).

Our leading man was announced a few days ago, but there are some other notable players (including at least three well-known Broadway regulars) who haven't been, so I won't give anything away here.  But I exchanged a polite smile with one of them earlier today (fortunately, she was wrapped for the day and long gone by the time I mislaid my basic thinking skills —never mind my painting ability — under extreme time pressure this evening); and I'm excited to meet the others next week.  Or to re-meet them:  I've technically worked with these other two, once each, in theatrical settings years ago, though they'd have no reason at all to remember me even if they did in fact lay eyes on me in those contexts (which I wouldn't swear to, in either case).

Meanwhile, here's to learning from one's mistakes... and to spending the next couple of weeks in our creepy prison-cum-studio, on those hospital sets — rather than out on location — where things should hopefully be a little less hectic.

It's supposed to be cooler this weekend--80s. I am looking forward to it.

I got myself a TENS machine for Prime Day because my occupational therapist recommended it, and my shoulder muscles are now sore from being electro-stimulated. I am supposed to use it twice a day for 10 minutes each time. Fortunately it was discounted 25% for Prime Day, and there was also a 10% off coupon. I don't know if this is considered a legitimate medical expense to the IRS.

I found out that King Soopers will deliver groceries for a flat $6.95 fee, with no tip necessary and no neighborhood improvement fee. I now have eight paper bags from the home delivery service that I need to find a use for.

Happy Friday to everyone!

Playbill:  After 36 Years, Hal Prince's Name Can No Longer Be Found in a Broadway Playbill
                    Prince's momentous Broadway credit streak came to a close July 7 with the closing of Merrily We Roll Along.


Most of those 36 years were due to Phantom, obviously, but it is kinda cool that Prince's "credit streak," covering the entire last third of his life, continued for almost five years after his passing.

I am a little surprised that the current Cabaret revival doesn't give him an "originally directed by" credit.  It may have something to do with the contractual language around his original 1966 production: Prince has had an "originally produced by" credit on Fiddler revivals since 1964, but with Cabaret two years later he was still a relatively new and unproven director.  Or perhaps the show itself has changed enough by now — with Fosse, Mendes, and now Frecknall each shuffling songs, scenes and characters to suit their visions — that Prince's original-staging credit would seem superfluous.  (Mendes's 1998 B'way revival, now that I'm checking it, likewise included no such credit in its program.  But the Gillian Lynne-directed revival that I saw on the West End in 1987 did note that Cabaret had been "originally produced and directed on the New York stage by Harold Prince".  I can't recall how closely, or not, Lynne's production stuck to the 1966 libretto; but I wouldn't have said her direction was overtly indebted to Prince, who was himself mounting a 1987 B'way revival with a couple of new songs).

The side is retired,
So we start another inning--
Right?

On a boat is such fun--

You'll come back a changed man--

It is my friend's birthday today.  Dori is the person I go to Universal Studios with every January.  She is the person who's cats I visit in WI.  Tomorrow I will meet her and her husband in Pasadena.  We are going to see a concert at the Hollywood Bowl.  It is a night of music composed by John Williams and he will be conducting for part of the night!!!!  I am super excited.    

Theatermania:  Schmigadoon Creator Reveals Lineup for Scrapped Third Season:  Into The Schmoods


I still like my title idea better.