Umm huh, :-)

  My brain is screaming to blog right now. It's been a while, and I promised myself not to do anything lame or uninspired...so you be the judge...(like I really care what anyone thinks)

  Chicago is an incredible musical. It is full of itself. I  have been reading a great bio of Bob Fosse,  I think that the legacy of CHICAGO is the way he wanted it. He wrote this around the time that he was recovering. He had a very dark and sarcastic wit in the script, and I think it may have been affected by the fact that he had just had open heart surgery. Yet, the irritable, short dialogue, ( at least in my part)  seems to make sense. It seems like he was saying, " just write the f*!ing script already" When I read that he was raised in Chicago, I knew then, that this was legit.
 
 He's one of my fav's ...believe it or not. I took dance history. I saw  Damn Yankee's, Kiss Me Kate and Sweet Charity. Don't get me started on Cabaret. I loved Lenny and Star 80. Truly mesmerising films. I admire Fosse, I feel him.
  
There is something....bare,.... about the way we are doing it...(the show, CHICAGO at Performance Riverside I mean :-)  That I know Fosse would have loved.

Do I think it's ironic that I learned my "When you're good to Mama" blocking on Mothers Day, and was unable to go see my own mother??? Hell to the yes! But, I had a great phone convo with the sweet thing, so it's all good. I am blessed. God is good and all is well. :-) Do I think it's slightly odd that Sophie Tucker AND Gwen Verdon , ( two women highly referenced in this show) share my birthday? Yes, and it makes me smile just a little wider.


So I leave with with these wise words;

Gotta little motto
Always sees me through
When you're good to Mama
Mama's good to you


It's called reciprocity, karma,
 you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Be good to your Mama.