http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2-a97iqzE&feature=relmfu
"Newsies Opening Night Curtain Call"
This video is an accurate representation of why I do what I do.
Theatre is as much about planning ahead as it is living in the moment. You spend weeks, months, even years planning out everything from what the set looks like down the side from which every actor will enter. But when it comes down to it, it's all about doing what you love in the moment. You take the energy from yourselves, the company, and the audience and you make something brilliant happen onstage. And at the end you get to stand before them and thank them for making your experience as a theatre artist worth it. They come to see you perform your life's work and as much as they thank you for your talent, you are thanking them for loving your work enough to come out, sit in those seats for 2 hours, and be present in the moment with you.
And that's my favorite moment. Presenting our work to people who truly value and appreciate what we do for a living enough to be there with us. I can't compare the feeling I get watching my cast take their bows very night. You work so hard on something and you can just hope and pray that the audience will see what you did every night in rehearsal. And when they do...you become the proudest person in the world.
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