Just finished understudy rehearsal

And my legs hurt!

Opening Night!

Sitting in a dark theatre...

...watching the show slowly take shape. Teching a show is a tedious, but necessary evil in the transition from rehearsal hall to stage. It's always a long process in which the show is taken apart bit by bit to work in the scenic, costume, lighting, and sound elements. After a few days of this, you have a show. It's always amazing to me to watch just how many people it takes to put on a show. It literally 'takes a village'.

My Dressing Station

This is where I'll spend the next two months of my life!

Stage Door

Tomorrow

We begin teching White Christmas tomorrow at the Marquis. I took a small load of stuff over to the theater tonight. It's magical to walk through the stage door of a Broadway theater. I'm loving every minute of this experience!!!

Broadway!

I am currently rehearsing 'White Christmas' on Broadway now. We open previews on November 13th at the Marriott Marquis. Please come!

Sold out!

Tech Rehearsals Begin

Today, at 4:00pm I am to report to the theater to be fitted for a mic belt so we can start teching the show this evening.  We're in a very small theater, so I've heard it will be very cramped.  I'm so excited to see the set in its physical form.  I've seen the renderings and it looks like a Chagall painting come to life.  I'll try to get some photos on the blog for you to see.  

My three week old beard is coming in nicely too.  I'll try to get a picture of it up as well. 

On the road again...

Well, folks...I'm hitting the road again. This time I'm touring North America with Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol...the star of the movie. I will be updating this blog with stories of my adventures with this show. Stay tuned.

Opening Night

Gypsy's opening night was a huge success here in Sacramento! Vicki Lewis brought the house down with her astounding performance of Mama Rose. We have seven shows left, then I dive right into My Fair Lady land.

Rosie

I met Rosie O'Donnell today. I was at an audition at Ripley-Grier studios, and stepped out of the holding room, and there she was. I moseyed over, and said something stupid like, 'Hi....you don't know me, but we're doing a show together in April.' She was so incredibly nice to me. We chatted for a couple moments, then she went on to her tap lesson. It was great! I'm sooooo looking forward to starting rehearsals for 'Nanette'!!!!!

Weekly Roundup #1

I'm going to start writing a weekly update on Fridays to give you an idea of how my week went.

This was a whirlwind of a week. Still reeling from the job offer for 'No, No, Nanette', I jumped back into auditions to try to line up some more summer work. I got a callback for every audition I attended this week, which is an amazing boost for the self confidence. Wednesday I had a callback for the Atlanta Theater of the Stars production of 'Oklahoma' and for the Kansas CIty Starlight production of 'The Music Man'. Both went very well. Yesterday was my callback for Sacramento Music Circus' summer season. It's always fun to audition for these people. Maybe this year I'll get a job there. Today I have a callback for 'Half a Sixpence' at Goodspeed Opera House. I'm crossing my fingers for this one. That would be a nice steady job for a few months.

That's all I've got for now. Check back soon for updates.

Site re-launched

Just wanted to announce the relaunch of matthewkilgore.net! I've got a brand new site design. I'm still working on the galleries and welcome page, but everything else is up and functional.

New Book

I recently decided to write a guide to 'making' it in New York City.  As of now, the book is simply called, Making it in NYC: a guide to surviving and even thriving in New York City.  The book is in the early stages right now, but stay tuned.  I will most likely first publish it as an ebook from my website.  If you have any questions, please email me.

Volunteer of the Month

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS just made me the volunteer of the month.

http://www.broadwaycares.org/volunteers/volunteerspotlight26.cfm

Website updated

I'm slowly, but surely working to get my photo galleries back online. These haven't been linked to the main page, but you can still view what I've got so far.

www.matthewkilgore.net/bares16.html
www.matthewkilgore.net/bares17.html

Agrippina

Saturday I start rehearsals for Agrippina at New York City Opera. I'm just a supernumerary (onstage extra) for the production, but it will be nice to perform in Lincoln Center.

New Blog

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the new blog for my website. Keep abreast of the comings and goings of Matthew J. Kilgore here.