Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Why not?

It just feels right to write today. Writing with the right to do so, and with the right writing attitude. Its all right. Right? Write. Maybe its the fact that a huge snowstorm is supposed to be hitting the city tonight, or maybe its just that my sister is starting a blog and that made me remember how much I like doing this, and how nice it is to write thoughts onto a screen and transform them into words. Irregardless, (one of my favorite controversial double negatives EVER) I'm posting today.

So much has happened, I took a marvelous trip to Spain and the south of France, I went BACK to chicago to do the Pre-Broadway tryout of The Addams Family, and now am back in the big apple for an indeterminate amount of time. This is odd: for the first time in probably 5 years (I'm guessing) I don't have any future flights booked. Although maybe thats more normal than I think. Most of my family and friends I guess are always planning a trip sometime in the next year. I am NOT, which is very unusual for me. I am in New York, or as my dear friend Carlos says, "la ciudad de muchos sueños, ojala que sean realizados, no quebrados". It appears for me, for the moment, they are being realizados. So I'm going with that.

Tonight Constantine and I are seeing Carmet at the Met Opera. Its a new production, and it promises to be promising. I am back in rehearsals during the day for our impending Broadway opening of Addams Family. We have a new director now, Jerry Zaks, who is being credited as "creative consultant", but who is 100% in charge in the rehearsal room. Our prior director is still attached to the project creatively, but is not currently in the room with us. We have been told he will join us sometime after we get to the theater. I am not allowed to share details that have not been made public, so I'll leave it at that. Its been fun though, almost every show that is opening in the next several months is rehearsing in the same building, so were all one happy Broadway family. Were into the theater in about a week and a half. Here is our marquis.



Well thats all for now!

10 comments:

Sean said...

Glad to see you are doing well!

MoHoHawaii said...

Welcome back to blogging!

Bravone said...

So nice to hear from you again. Pictures of your trip made me a bit envious. Maybe next year, or the year after that!

The Lead Singer said...

Bam!

Tia and I had dinner at Masa tonight and made your next flight plans: Beijing 2010!

Obviously.

CLARK JOHNSEN said...

OMG Beijing 2010 so many things!! Thanks for responding guys.. I really don't deserve to have anyone looking at this blog after such a long break.. but I appreciate it!

Molly Bice-Jackson said...

Didn't know about your upcoming show. nathan lane and bebe??! Stop the madness. i'm coming in april. i'd love to see you

CLARK JOHNSEN said...

Molly: its a done deal!! Make sure to shoot me an email a few weeks before and we will set something up!

Jen said...

Irregardless...one of my favorite words! Some teachers at school use it as a joke. Others never catch on. How sad.

Keri said...

I wish I could see your show! Things just aren't working out this year. I'll see you on Broadway one day!

krnjohnsen said...

I know this was posted forever ago, but I totally had a moment when I was reading this just now when I realized I knew what this said..."la ciudad de muchos sueños, ojala que sean realizados, no quebrados." haha! Thank you college. :)