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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Believe it or not
Believe it or not we are posting a blog! WOAH has it been awhile or what?! Well, if you're one of the few people who keep up with this thing than congratulations and we apologize for not posting in such a long time. We've been extremely busy as most New Yorkers are. This post will just be a recap / update on what has been going on in our lives since the show Joseph closed at the Fulton Theatre in PA.
Hmmm.... Well my parents (Mark and Beth) drove all the way from Iowa to see our closing show in Lancaster PA and only minutes after we took our last bow Whitney and I got in the car with mom and dad and made our way to Colorado for our Mallie Family Reunion. I hadn't been since 6 years ago so I was thrilled to be bringing my wife and introducing her to my mom's side of the family that primarily live on the west coast. Yes we drove in one car with my parents across county to Breckinridge Colorado. It only took 3.5 days... haha. It actually ended up being on the best road trips I've ever had. Such fun memories.
The family reunion went from July 3-7 then back to Iowa flying back to NYC on July 10th. July was a month of work, a few select auditions and prepping for our dear friends wedding that took place on August 4th (Whit's Bday).
August 4th was a huge highlight of our summer. Our two great friends Kara and Michael tied the knot on the perfect day in upstate NY. A lot of friends were there. Whitney was a bridesmaid and I sang. SUCH A BLAST!!!!
Immediately after the wedding we hopped on a plane to Cleveland TN to visit Whitney's family for almost a week. The highlight of our trip there was when we went to the Cumberland Caverns and listened to a bluegrass band sing contemporary radio pop songs. Hilarious I might add!
The ending of August is kind of a blur because we were working constantly. One of my very best buds from home Eric came and visited for a long weekend which again soooo fun! Man, this summer might go down in the books has pretty EPIC. We did so many things with him in the city. Mets bball game, many hang out nights - including the VMAs. We so badly want him to move to the East coast to be closer to us so hopefully that can happen!
Amongst all this perfect chaos Whitney and I decided to give our living room a face lift. So while working 9-5 jobs we come home and paint / assemble Ikea furniture. We both have been doing a ton of research via pinterest and designer blogs to get inspiration / ideas. It's been a lot of hard work, determination, and patience. Luckily our roommates Maria and Aaron have been incredible in helping and understanding our mess! It's coming along very nicely and are so excited to see the finished product. We hired a designer off of Groupon to come look at our home and give us ideas on what we could do. He gave us the idea of painting our bookshelves a pop of color and doing some kind of pattern whether it was on the curtains, rug, or ceiling... I couldn't trust that the ceiling would turn out so we decided on the workstation wall. He gave us some great pointers in mixing textiles in pillows and using different shapes throughout the room. He mentioned our room was only filled with hard square lines. We would have NEVER noticed that.. haha. Hopefully once all said and done we have enough geometric shapes to please the eye.
Whitney will be leaving me and NYC in 2 weeks to perform in Les Mis at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. She is getting her equity card!!! YAY!!! But she will be gone for 2.5 months:( That is a very long time. But we are buying flights now actually to break that long distance. So I'll come her opening weekend and the beginning of November. She will be playing the role of Cosette. If you know that show, she is the daughter of Jean Valjean and sings high solos. Yay, Whitney's first time getting paid to sing legit! I am currently working these random catering and temp jobs until I find another performing job.
Our agency, yes if you don't know, Whitney and I have the same agent here in NYC, anyway, our agency has been really great and been getting us into some really incredible auditions. Unfortunately the business is just sooo freaking competitive and there are many many actors who either have been in the business longer/more experienced, or they're just better than us. OR... they know someone.. BOO!! Well one day. one day.
I'm excited for Autumn to arrive but will be sad to see summer go. It went by so quickly.
Stay tuned for our living room pics. Our goal is to finish by September 10th.
Hmmm.... Well my parents (Mark and Beth) drove all the way from Iowa to see our closing show in Lancaster PA and only minutes after we took our last bow Whitney and I got in the car with mom and dad and made our way to Colorado for our Mallie Family Reunion. I hadn't been since 6 years ago so I was thrilled to be bringing my wife and introducing her to my mom's side of the family that primarily live on the west coast. Yes we drove in one car with my parents across county to Breckinridge Colorado. It only took 3.5 days... haha. It actually ended up being on the best road trips I've ever had. Such fun memories.
The family reunion went from July 3-7 then back to Iowa flying back to NYC on July 10th. July was a month of work, a few select auditions and prepping for our dear friends wedding that took place on August 4th (Whit's Bday).
August 4th was a huge highlight of our summer. Our two great friends Kara and Michael tied the knot on the perfect day in upstate NY. A lot of friends were there. Whitney was a bridesmaid and I sang. SUCH A BLAST!!!!
Immediately after the wedding we hopped on a plane to Cleveland TN to visit Whitney's family for almost a week. The highlight of our trip there was when we went to the Cumberland Caverns and listened to a bluegrass band sing contemporary radio pop songs. Hilarious I might add!
The ending of August is kind of a blur because we were working constantly. One of my very best buds from home Eric came and visited for a long weekend which again soooo fun! Man, this summer might go down in the books has pretty EPIC. We did so many things with him in the city. Mets bball game, many hang out nights - including the VMAs. We so badly want him to move to the East coast to be closer to us so hopefully that can happen!
Biking in the city ended up being such a blast! Our landlord lets us use his 2 bikes any time we please! So grateful!!
Bareburger!! Amazing unique all organic burgers in Astoria. Homemade Mandarin Orange Soda. YUM!
This globe picture is in Flushing Queens where Citifield is and the US Open.
5 Pointz Park in Queens. A whole bunch of graffiti. Incredible art work.
Amongst all this perfect chaos Whitney and I decided to give our living room a face lift. So while working 9-5 jobs we come home and paint / assemble Ikea furniture. We both have been doing a ton of research via pinterest and designer blogs to get inspiration / ideas. It's been a lot of hard work, determination, and patience. Luckily our roommates Maria and Aaron have been incredible in helping and understanding our mess! It's coming along very nicely and are so excited to see the finished product. We hired a designer off of Groupon to come look at our home and give us ideas on what we could do. He gave us the idea of painting our bookshelves a pop of color and doing some kind of pattern whether it was on the curtains, rug, or ceiling... I couldn't trust that the ceiling would turn out so we decided on the workstation wall. He gave us some great pointers in mixing textiles in pillows and using different shapes throughout the room. He mentioned our room was only filled with hard square lines. We would have NEVER noticed that.. haha. Hopefully once all said and done we have enough geometric shapes to please the eye.
Here is our dining room filled to the max with our living room crap. eeek
This is roughly what the outcome of our living room will look like. Wondering how I did this? It's an AWESOME FREE website where you can custom create your design. It's soo easy and fun. http://austin.roomstyler.com/
Finishing pics to come!
Whitney will be leaving me and NYC in 2 weeks to perform in Les Mis at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. She is getting her equity card!!! YAY!!! But she will be gone for 2.5 months:( That is a very long time. But we are buying flights now actually to break that long distance. So I'll come her opening weekend and the beginning of November. She will be playing the role of Cosette. If you know that show, she is the daughter of Jean Valjean and sings high solos. Yay, Whitney's first time getting paid to sing legit! I am currently working these random catering and temp jobs until I find another performing job.
Currently we are both working for Ralph Lauren at the US Open in Flushing Queens. We get to watch the games after our shifts if we want to. So cool and such a great experience.
Stay tuned for our living room pics. Our goal is to finish by September 10th.
Friday, June 7, 2013
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Hey guys!! We are becoming quite the lazy bloggers. It gets to be so difficult when there are so many social media websites that pretty much updates our lives for us. Do people still read this? Should we continue posting? Or is it redundant since everything is pretty much on facebook.
Anyway - we thought we would tell you a little bit about Joseph here in Lancaster PA and post some pictures. The show is a lot of fun! We opened last night with a sold out audience. The community here is so supportive and hungry for entertainment which makes our jobs so much easier.
Again, Whitney and I are extremely blessed to be sharing the stage together in this song and dance filled show about the story of Joseph from the book of Genesis in the Bible. It's an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical. They actually wrote this as their thesis project and didn't become a huge hit until after Jesus Christ Superstar was produced.
This will be my 3rd time doing the production. I did it once as a kid and again my senior year of high school. It's been so rewarding being able to do it professionally. The Fulton theatre is where I got my equity card last year and the staff treats the actors so well!
Here are some pictures from the show and from the party last night.
Anyway - we thought we would tell you a little bit about Joseph here in Lancaster PA and post some pictures. The show is a lot of fun! We opened last night with a sold out audience. The community here is so supportive and hungry for entertainment which makes our jobs so much easier.
Again, Whitney and I are extremely blessed to be sharing the stage together in this song and dance filled show about the story of Joseph from the book of Genesis in the Bible. It's an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical. They actually wrote this as their thesis project and didn't become a huge hit until after Jesus Christ Superstar was produced.
This will be my 3rd time doing the production. I did it once as a kid and again my senior year of high school. It's been so rewarding being able to do it professionally. The Fulton theatre is where I got my equity card last year and the staff treats the actors so well!
Here are some pictures from the show and from the party last night.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Met Gala
I (Nathan) catered the Met Gala on Monday evening and little did I know that I was going to be serving A-list Celebrities. It was at the Metropolitan Museum on the Upper East Side. You guys, I saw Madonna, Beyonce, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Sarah Jessica Parker, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Gweneth Paltrow, J-Lo, Ryan Murphy, Julianne Moore, Taylor Swift, Jennier Lawrence, Katy Perry, Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried, Olsen twins (they looked terrible, they looked like creatures from another planet, soo thin and zombie esk) and the list goes on and on. The event was BEAUTIFUL. Anna Wintour the chief editor of Vogue was the person that put this event together. She is the top dog in deciding who gets invited every year. This a BIG fashion night. The theme was 80s Punk. Some of the outfits were crazy, spikes every where. The table that I served were all board directors - so no one I recognized, but it was VIP table so they were right next to the Beyonce and Madonna table. I was feet away from these celebrities trying to pick up on their conversations/mannerisms. Ryan Murphy (big time producer/director/writer) he created the tv shows Glee and American Horror Story locked eyes with mine and I immediately thought... "PLEASE CAST ME" too bad we were forbidden to talk to any of the guests:(
Honestly, everyone there, I thought looked even more glamorous than they do on film. I thought, wow, movies aren't doing these people justice. You always think the pictures are so retouched and that no one looks that good in real life. I thought the opposite. The next day after the event I looked up some pictures on yahoo of the red carpet. And 99% of the celebrities looked prettier in person. Cameron Diaz looked flawless. I never find her that attractive in movies, but in real life, she looked as if she drank from the fountain of youth. Out of everyone that was there, it seemed as though the 2 brightest stars were Beyonce and Sarah Jessica Parker. They just had a presence about them that everyone was drawn to. Not to mention that Beyonce is one of the most talented performers of all time...
Catering an event can be very exhausting. You're on your feet all night, you are not familiar with the menu because it's a different Catering company everytime you work. AND... you don't get to eat food until after the event is over and everything is cleaned up. We had to serve the celebrities in French Style. I had not a clue what this was, but its when the waiter plates the food from their left. Picture this... 100+staff waiters all wearing tuxes, carrying a tray of food and squeezing in between A LIST CELEBRITIES to get to your assigned table and then having to squeeze through to bend down a bit to plate the food onto their plate. It was SOO awkward and nerve racking.
Here are some red carpet pics from online.
Honestly, everyone there, I thought looked even more glamorous than they do on film. I thought, wow, movies aren't doing these people justice. You always think the pictures are so retouched and that no one looks that good in real life. I thought the opposite. The next day after the event I looked up some pictures on yahoo of the red carpet. And 99% of the celebrities looked prettier in person. Cameron Diaz looked flawless. I never find her that attractive in movies, but in real life, she looked as if she drank from the fountain of youth. Out of everyone that was there, it seemed as though the 2 brightest stars were Beyonce and Sarah Jessica Parker. They just had a presence about them that everyone was drawn to. Not to mention that Beyonce is one of the most talented performers of all time...
Catering an event can be very exhausting. You're on your feet all night, you are not familiar with the menu because it's a different Catering company everytime you work. AND... you don't get to eat food until after the event is over and everything is cleaned up. We had to serve the celebrities in French Style. I had not a clue what this was, but its when the waiter plates the food from their left. Picture this... 100+staff waiters all wearing tuxes, carrying a tray of food and squeezing in between A LIST CELEBRITIES to get to your assigned table and then having to squeeze through to bend down a bit to plate the food onto their plate. It was SOO awkward and nerve racking.
Here are some red carpet pics from online.
Friday, March 22, 2013
True Video
This video literally illustrates the conversations we've had with people who have NO clue about the business. I laugh out loud everytime I watch this!
I'm sure some of you may be guilty of asking these questions... it's totally fine, it's apart of what we go through. I hope you find it as funny as I did.
I'm sure some of you may be guilty of asking these questions... it's totally fine, it's apart of what we go through. I hope you find it as funny as I did.
Our BRAND NEW WEBSITES!
Since the past few years Whitney and I have had websites that have actually gotten us numerous jobs thanks to Whitney's mom! Shirley is probably the most up to date tech savvy person I know, and I'm so fortunate that she is willing and able to help us with our websites. She built ours completely by scratch... the only problem was that if and when we wanted to change or update our websites we would have to tell her every little detail. This became difficult since we didn't know exactly what we wanted...
After much research and discussion we all decided that wix.com was a great website builder and Whitney and I began the process of creating our own from scratch and Shirley then linked our website domain to the new wix.com site. There is soooo much to learn about websites and the internet and domains... etc etc. I will NEVER understand how HACKERS can HACK!!!! Haha, well anyway below are the links to our new websites and please take a stroll through them and tell us what you think:) They took a very long time. And we are both so proud of them.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Opening Night of ANN on Broadway
I just started a new side job here in the city. I sell merchandise for Ann, a new play on Broadway at Lincoln Center and also for Stomp, the Off Broadway show.
Ann is based on Ann Richards, a once governor of Texas who had a big personality. Holland Taylor is the actress who portrays Ann and is the only character and actor in this 2 hour production. She also is the playwright, and did I mention she is 70 years old. SO AMAZING!
Opening night was this past Thursday night and the producers were kind enough to invite the house staff including the ushers, bar staff and merchandise sellers (thats me!). This means that I was thrown into a gorgeous party at the PLAZA HOTEL with guests attending such as Anne Hathaway, Gloria Steinem, Laura Linney, and I'm sure many more that I just didn't recognize in person. There was a huge open bar, open buffet, and a pianist playing all night. It looked like a beautiful wedding reception. I just kept thinking..."Is this what it is like to attend an opening night party on Broadway?" (lets hope this experience is a foreshadowing of things to come for me and Nathan, hA!)
The only awkward thing was that I didn't know a single soul in the room. I had my drink in my hand (because that always makes you look like you belong somehow) and I just kept watching people. I finally recognized someone and found out that he had attended Belmont University! What are the chances? We had graduated the same year, and he was a Music Business major. He worked on the advertising for the show Ann and was leaving advertising to pursue a performing career. I was thankful to have a friend at the party, and we both tried to find a way to meet up with Anne Hathaway, of course! :)
Anne was bombarded with many people. She was talking and smiling non stop to everyone who came up to her. I'm pretty certain most of the people who greeted her were people that she had met before. I was practicing in my head what I would say to her just in case we were to meet, but she ended up leaving about an hour after she arrived. I'm sure she was exhausted from all the attention.
I stayed for about 2.5 hours and then finally went home. It was a magical night. I don't know if I'll ever forget walking home in the snow in my red coat and black heels after being at the same party as Anne Hathaway at the Plaza Hotel.
Ann is based on Ann Richards, a once governor of Texas who had a big personality. Holland Taylor is the actress who portrays Ann and is the only character and actor in this 2 hour production. She also is the playwright, and did I mention she is 70 years old. SO AMAZING!
Opening night was this past Thursday night and the producers were kind enough to invite the house staff including the ushers, bar staff and merchandise sellers (thats me!). This means that I was thrown into a gorgeous party at the PLAZA HOTEL with guests attending such as Anne Hathaway, Gloria Steinem, Laura Linney, and I'm sure many more that I just didn't recognize in person. There was a huge open bar, open buffet, and a pianist playing all night. It looked like a beautiful wedding reception. I just kept thinking..."Is this what it is like to attend an opening night party on Broadway?" (lets hope this experience is a foreshadowing of things to come for me and Nathan, hA!)
The only awkward thing was that I didn't know a single soul in the room. I had my drink in my hand (because that always makes you look like you belong somehow) and I just kept watching people. I finally recognized someone and found out that he had attended Belmont University! What are the chances? We had graduated the same year, and he was a Music Business major. He worked on the advertising for the show Ann and was leaving advertising to pursue a performing career. I was thankful to have a friend at the party, and we both tried to find a way to meet up with Anne Hathaway, of course! :)
Anne was bombarded with many people. She was talking and smiling non stop to everyone who came up to her. I'm pretty certain most of the people who greeted her were people that she had met before. I was practicing in my head what I would say to her just in case we were to meet, but she ended up leaving about an hour after she arrived. I'm sure she was exhausted from all the attention.
I stayed for about 2.5 hours and then finally went home. It was a magical night. I don't know if I'll ever forget walking home in the snow in my red coat and black heels after being at the same party as Anne Hathaway at the Plaza Hotel.
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