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jarrod spector as frankie valli in jersey boys

hi friends

it's been a pretty eventful few days since i last posted!
on thursday, i went to my second broadway audition...no luck here either :) the audition was for south pacific, and although i got into the building about an hour and a half before the audition was set to begin, the woman in charge of casting let everybody in the room know that they would not be seeing non-equity performers for the audition. there were about 80 non-equity performers in the room...they were there because sometimes the producers will see both equity and non-equity. but, it was nice to at least be in the environment and see how it works.

THE GREAT PART about this situation however, was that I got out of the audition at around 9:00a, and was able to get to the Jersey Boys box office at 10:00 to get Student Rush tickets. I still don't understand how, but I got two front row center tickets to the show for $27 each...their regularly priced value is $127. I went with my friend Bryan & it was an absolutely amazing show...so very cool to be right up there inches away from them!

our feet were touching the front of the stage, which was about 4 feet high

my friend & i with sebastien arcelus (played bob gaudio)

i noted how incredibly specific the part of Frankie is...not only does the performer have to look Italian, speak Italian, be short, have a legit tenor to soprano range, but he also has to be able to healthily produce that duck-like vocal quality that Frankie had. How do they find guys who can do this so effortlessly??

friday evening, one of my closest friends, gretchen, came to spend the night with my roommate & i. she is currently attending the US Merchant Marines Academy, and so far has only been allowed off campus a handful of times. it was nice for both of us to see each other! gretchen is the USMMA's top runner, and i will hopefully get to watch her run this semester since she is so close to the city.

gretchen & i have been friends since 2004

right so also i hit my head up on the edge of our bathroom cabinet mirror yesterday morning...and got to experience blood dripping from my hair and down my face for the first time...a little scary and somewhat disgusting, but for some reason i didn't get a headache the whole day.

today, we had our first "house party" to watch the superbowl. it was, you know...good.

have you seen the well-to-do, up and down park avenue?