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sebastienne) wrote2008-12-30 12:05 pm
sebastienne) wrote2008-12-30 12:05 pm
Sondheim vs Pratchett
Hi LJ,
I come to you with something of a puzzler.
I have a bunch of small parts in next term's The Truth. Now, obviously, this is fabtastic - a Pratchett play! A Parabox production! (I love the men behind Parabox - they wrote the musical I was in last term and are destined for greatness.) A chance to get on stage once more with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deathbyshinies!
But I've just been offered the chance to play the drums in a production of Into the Woods. This is a Sondheim musical. I love Sondheim. Sondheim's music is completely and utterly soul-shatteringly perfect. And I've been meaning to get back into drumming since forever.
And these two things clash. I cannot do both. Meep!
ETA: Oh, hark at me. "Woe, woe, I have two amazing opportunities!". Drumming does feel viscerally right to me, in a way I can't entirely articulate; but then so does being in a theatre for a dress rehearsal. A sense of being completely in the moment, to the exclusion of all else, which I do need a certain amount of in my life. I think I would get more of that kind of transcendence from doing the Pratchett; not to mention a lot more laughter and social interaction.
I come to you with something of a puzzler.
I have a bunch of small parts in next term's The Truth. Now, obviously, this is fabtastic - a Pratchett play! A Parabox production! (I love the men behind Parabox - they wrote the musical I was in last term and are destined for greatness.) A chance to get on stage once more with
deathbyshinies!But I've just been offered the chance to play the drums in a production of Into the Woods. This is a Sondheim musical. I love Sondheim. Sondheim's music is completely and utterly soul-shatteringly perfect. And I've been meaning to get back into drumming since forever.
And these two things clash. I cannot do both. Meep!
ETA: Oh, hark at me. "Woe, woe, I have two amazing opportunities!". Drumming does feel viscerally right to me, in a way I can't entirely articulate; but then so does being in a theatre for a dress rehearsal. A sense of being completely in the moment, to the exclusion of all else, which I do need a certain amount of in my life. I think I would get more of that kind of transcendence from doing the Pratchett; not to mention a lot more laughter and social interaction.