funny audition moments

Mimay's comment on my last entry inspired me to post the funny moments at the auditions. Even though I posted some of them already in my previous post, I'll add them here.

Kyla: What am I doing here with all these dancers? I don't belong here, Hogi.
Tara: (Minutes after Kyla had left) Anong ginagawa namin dito, Hogi? Puro mga dancers ang mga andito.

The next day...
Tara: Anong ginagawa ko dito, Hogi? Puro mga singers ang mga andito.
Me: Parang sinabi mo na yan kahapon ah.

Arnold, at registration, after singing a few bars of "We Kiss In A Shadow" while Caisa was practicing it on the piano.
Arnold: Anong role nga ba? Ano yun? Tuptim? (suddenly writes "Tuptim" on the blank)
Miss Bernice and I: Ano ba!? Girl's role yan!
Arnold: Eh hindi ko naman alam yung mga role dito eh.
Me: Lun Tha.
Miss Bernice: Alam mo ba spelling ng Lun Tha? (spells it out as Arnold writes it on his audition sheet)
Miss Bernice: Hahaha, sasabihin ko ito kay Bobby.
Arnold: Wag! Sabihin mo na lang after ng audition ko. Pagtatawanan lang nya ako sa loob eh.
Sure enough, Miss Berns just had to tell Bobby before he had to go inside.

After his audition...
Miss Bernice: Callback si Arnold.
Me: Tuptim no?
Miss Bernice: Yes, yun ang bigay mo.
Me: O, Tuptim. Baka maiwan mo ulit bag mo.

Reb: Felix, you were a Candy Cutie?
Felix: Hogi, they're picking on me.
Me: Don't look at me, I'm just being amused here.

Text message.
Arnold: Hi hogi,lapit nko..dami b kami calback 4 tuptim? Ay luntha pala!!!?
Me: Okie. Konti lang competition sa tuptim, so cguro shoo-in ka na dun,hehe. Lun tha..9 kayo eh,mostly bata pa talaga.
Arnold: Hahaha!! Laos!! Kukuha b tlaga cla d2 or hanap p s ibang country?
Me: Yep,i think kukuha din sila dito,pero not sure.

Caisa: Are they really getting people from here?
Me: Yes, I think so.
Caisa: But are they still getting people in other countries?
Me: Yes, they might.
Caisa and Felix: Oh OK. I guess that's it then.
Hahahaha! The look on their faces were classic.

Arnold: (talking about Zsazsa's upcoming restaging) ...pero sa RCBC na. Liit ng Batute eh. Maski mommy ko di nakapanood.
Hogi: Bakit naman kasi sa RCBC?
Arnold: Bakit? Atlantis lang ba may karapatan sa RCBC?
*bonk*
Me: Nyak, hindi no.

Miss Bernice: Arnold, you're next.
Arnold: (scrambles to get up) Ako na? Teka lang! (rushes to the door, then realizes he still has gum in his mouth) May scratch paper ba dyan?
Suddenly he grabs at the sign-up sheet.
Me: Wag dyan! (Suddenly finds some paper)
Arnold spits out the gum and sticks it on the paper, while I was still holding it, then runs out of the room, leaving me to dispose of it. Ew.

This doesn't seem like funny audition moments to me. Looks more like "Arnold moments" hahaha! Crazy guy. There, let's see you find this blog entry, as you have been looking for it, hehehe.

3 days of auditions

For 3 days, I've been at the Steps Dance Studio for Broadway Asia's King and I dancer and singer auditions. Old and new faces come in every day as they show what they got in front of Bobby, Michael, Bill, Susi and Cassey. I got the opportunity to be with the auditionees right before they meet with the panel.

There was too much going on during these 3 days, so it's time to go back to bullet points.

Wednesday, Dancer auditions

• I saw a couple of people who had already auditioned last year, and came back for another try.


• Having to go back to the office to get a second keyboard, and ending up not bringing the power supply with me.


• Kyla sitting next to me and saying, "What am I doing here with all these dancers?" and hearing the exact same thing from Tara some time after Kyla had left her seat.


• Red being the last to sign up, thinking that he'd be the only person to audition in his "group" because of how it had looked like in the sign-up sheet.

It was great to see that a lot of dancers had signed up to audition. A much better outcome compared to last year's dance auditions. Some even came earlier than we did, including Marj. I don't know who had said it, but I was told that dancers have more discipline than actors. Hmmm... I wonder if that's true. Oh well.

While Kyla was sitting next to me, she even asked me about this certain audition. Well, I guess I've been asked that a few times already, but now that I think about it, I guess I haven't put much thought into it.

Thursday, Singer auditions

• What's amusing was that I knew almost all of the people, if not personally, just by face.


• Miss Berns telling a story about someone from Dreamgirls that I didn't know about.


• Tara, giving the same line from the day before, but changing the word "dancers" with "singers," ahehehe.


• Combing the area for a photocopy machine and being directed to different places.


• Sitting in the lounge area with my lunch, just watching the BlueReppers amuse themselves.


• Lana finding out that this is a production of The King & I, not The Lion King.


• Mayen scribbling lyrics to her song onto the palm of her hand.


• Arnold's sign-up moment.

Ahahaha, yeah, that last one was my favorite because it was so hilarious. Arnold had come in to sign up and heard Caisa at the piano practicing her callback as Tuptim. He sang along with her, not knowing that Tuptim was a girl's role. So when he had signed up, he wrote in the blank that asked for roles that the auditionee thinks would suit him/her, he wrote down "Tuptim," HAHAHAHA! As it turned out, he didn't know who the characters in the play were. Of course, Miss Berns just had to tell what he did to Bobby right before he had to come in. Ayan, na-callback si "Tuptim," hahaha. Well, at least he didn't forget his bag like the last time.

After that day, I went to Onstage Theater to check out a rehearsal of Gay Birds. I already knew that the play was going to be set in the Philippines, but I was actually surprised that the dialogue was in Taglish. As it turned out, this is the second play that Repertory Philippines will be doing in Taglish. But it was so funny that Topper had to play the straight guy, hahaha.

It was also Boyd's birthday the day before, so he had brought pasta that he made. Oh man, it was so scrumptious! Thanks for the pasta, Boyd! And belated happy birthday!

Friday, Singer and Dancer callbacks

• Because it was only for callbacks, this is the quietest day.


• Well, not really, because the singers were practicing all over the entire Studio 2, hahaha.


• Ninoy putting off his sign-in so he won't be called in right away.


• Yellow Cab pizza for lunch! And I added pesto pasta so I got really "happy food"!


• Arnold asking for the address of my blog is, right after I had said that I can be a "notorious critic."


• And another crazy moment: He had forgotten to take out his gum right before he was called in to the other room. While he panicked, I found a scrap of paper and he stuck it there, while I was still holding it and he left it with me!


• A little mixup with the 2nd keyboard, having it brought back to the studio after it had already been picked up, just so Michael can do some work.


• Forgetting the leftover pizza at the studio when the auditions were over. Rawr...

All in all, even though I was always on my toes and a bit spacey, I still had a blast.

I need to sleep. I think I'm developing a cold and my head's kinda hurting.

Anghel ng Kamatayan

After work, Betty, Nikki and I went to UP Diliman to watch Carmella and Kath's thesis play, Anghel ng Kamatayan. The play was scheduled at 7pm, and we had left Makati a little past 6. Even though we took a cab, we got caught in a little bit of traffic and arrived about 15 or twently minutes after 7. The theater was already dark and full by the time we got there, but amazingly I found Fiance in the dark and he let Nikki and us sit in his place. Betty found another seat next to her friend Vim.

About 10 minutes into the first scene, I realized how familiar the lines were. It was another version of Besame Mucho, this showcase I saw by Actors Company last October, featuring Wenah and Marj as the two lead girls. Funny, I understood this version more than the one by AC. Probably because there was too much going on in AC's version.

Congrats to Carmella and Kath! You guys finally did it! Congrats din to Nicco, ahahaha. I still can't get over that turntable that had a life of its own because of your sounds, hehe.

After the show, there was food in the lobby. Nikki, Betty, Fiance, Nicco and I spent most of our time in the lobby just talking. Mostly catching up on each other's news, and mostly Nicco's news, as usual, hahahaha!

I had a great time just being with these friends that I love. Carms, I owe you again! Babawi ako sa inyo ni Kath ulit, promise!

HSM with BFFs

Ever since last week, Carlo, Zshali and I have been trying to get together but it seems that things keep falling through. We finally got our chance yesterday. We were supposed to meet up in Makati because Z had a craving for something in Coffee Bean, ahehehe.

Then by Satuday evening, Carlo and Micah had decided to watch the last show of Blue Rep's High School Musical. So last minute change of plans, we all decided to meet up in Megamall instead. Then by Sunday morning, Z had also decided to watch as well, hahaha.

When we had met up in Megamall, we first went to Ticketworld so they can buy tickets, then we were off to Starbucks for our long-awaited gab session. Per usual, Z did most of the talking, with all her funny stories, punctuated with Carlo's funny quips. And every time we ask Carlo to share something, the whole conversation would revert back to Z! Hahahaha! Plus Micah hardly talked, ahehe. And to think that she's one of the most frequent poster/commenter (is there such a word???) in our Multiply pages.

Anyway, when it was already half an hour before the show would start, we headed for the cinemas. Z, Carlo and Micah fell in line while I was herded by Mia to the tech booth, where I was to stay with her, ahehehe.

There were already a lot of people in the booth, and the only familiar people I knew aside from Mia were, Chari, Andrei, Felix and Mahar. Watching Mia slip her headset on and off made me miss the action of being part of the crew. I remembered the "chat room" we established before and during open house during our Doubt days, talking about practically anything under the sun, from songs about women to Mia's questions about being in professional technical theater.

There were last minute things before the show finally began, then I settled in my place, even though I was just standing against the wall, hahaha. Anyway, the audience was pretty receptive that day. And there were so many kids waving their hands in hopes of getting called during the audition scene. And speaking of the audition scene, I still can't help but laugh every time I hear the music in the beginning because it reminded me so much of Chorus Line's "God, I Hope I Get It."

Oh no, I'm going to comment about the lights. Sorry Johnsy! It's just that there were some scenes where some of the cast members get too many shadows on their faces. Like say, those classroom scenes. Oh well, I'll let it slide. There aren't any levels anyway. As for the set, the bleachers were mighty impressive. Versatile as well because it's easy to change each scene from a gym to the school hallway and library. Minimal but it worked. But when it came to the cafeteria scene, it was just too much to handle. It was already a little too much because of the big cast, and then there was the additional set pieces, so the entire company was sort of pouring out the stage. But they used the space pretty well. Sounds contadictory, but hey, that's what I saw.

This got me thinking. Each of the lead characters have their own story, be it in the play or in the movie version. But in the play, Ryan was more fleshed out. Ryan was too much like Sharpay in the movie version, so it showed in the detention scene that he was always hidden in Sharpay's shadow. And ooh, was that a moment between him and the skater-dude-cum-cellist? Hahahaha! Kidding.

After the show, I met up with Z, Carlo and Micah in the totally crowded lobby. Hahaha, we even teased Carlo about his wanting to have a photo taken with Karel. Anyway, we had nothing much to do by then, and Z and I were getting kind of hungry. After walking around a little too much in search of a place to eat, we ended up at the food court instead, hahaha.

Ooh, Z was texting Tuxqs during that time, and I think we can borrow his DVD of Temptation Island. I've been pretty curious about that, so I can' t wait to see it. Thank you!

just one of the guys

Ooh, another entry.

I was browsing through my friends blogs when I came across Dave's entry about last night, when he, Ace and I hung out and went to watch Music and Lyrics in Greenbelt.

Not having interacted with Hogi for so long, I had nearly forgotten how much more fun she is in person. As amusing as she is when you chat with her, it's her real-life 'hyper-ness' that's really amusing. She loves to act out character rolls with gestures, she enjoys quoting lines from books and plays, and I love her flashy-quick movements when she does her thing which sorta makes you want to step back so you don't get 'hit' but you wanna stay close 'cause she's projecting at a vocal level that doesn't have other people looking badly at her for making too much noise.

It was pretty flattering to read something like that about yourself. Yesterday was pretty crummy for me because of the thought that it was yesterday. But then hanging out with these two guys reminded me how fun it was to be one of the guys again. I used to be always "just one of the guys" and loved it simply because I can just be myself.

still living hopefully ever after

Back on this day, last year, I went to watch Blue Rep's production of Sweet Charity. So how appropo, I went to SM Megamall this afternoon with Ate Sally to watch their production of High School Musical. This is my second time to watch the show, hehehe. Thanks again to Hendri and Chari!

I was actually glad to have a better view of the stage, because last week, I was sitting on the 2nd row of orchestra right. Holy kamote. Our seats for today's matinee was in orchestra center, yay. Though the stage was still crowded because of how big the cast is. Other than that, it was still fun to watch.

Anyway, back to how I began this entry. I mentioned "back on this day" when I went to watch Charity. I just remembered one line in that particular play that went, "And she lived hopefully ever after." Plus that "fickle finger of fate," hahaha. Hmmm... hopefully ever after. I like that. In a way, I do live like that. Specially even now, maybe, hahaha.

I spent half of last year just probing around when it came to a new relationship. I've been a martyr for quite a long time, holding on to something for almost 2 years that I didn't realize that something else was brewing. I welcomed the new joy, but I still held on to the past. Someone had told me he loved me, but it took me a long time to realize that I had already stopped living in the past and was feeling something else. In the end, I lost both.

I really should learn to stop living in the past. I'm still living "hopefully ever after," no matter crazy it may sound.

Oh yeah, a belated happy birthday to the self-proclaimed ironman.

Tomorrow will be a good day. I just know it.

isa pang pagbabaleeek ni Zsazsa!

Yes! The 5th run of ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Musikal will be staged at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of RCBC Plaza, Makati from June 15 to July 1, 2007.

 

Please support my friend Carlo and his sister as they have bought 2 showdates to the run.

DATES:
16th of JUNE at 3PM
24th of JUNE at 8PM

TICKET PRICES:
P800
P700
P500

If interested, you can contact them to reserve your tickets. Carlo at 0916-3853642 or Micah at 0917-9039899.