JR

I realize that I've written about very few guys.  There are a lot of guys that I intend to write about, but the moment has never been right.  Now it is.

I met JR during Crazy for You.  He was a lead, and I was in an ensemble that interacted very little with that lead.  However, we still talked, and things were accomplished.  I would call us friends from that year on.

In the past few days, we've had a few conversations that have lasted a while.  On Monday, when he held an extra rehearsal for principals, we stayed afterwards and talked about the show, and many things that contributed and hurt progress.

Today, at lunch, we officially declared war with Mr. B over possession of the keyboard.  I won't say what we did.

Backstage, during rehearsal, we had a long conversation about a ton of stuff.  This was nice.  Then I regretted it afterwards, as it caused me to miss my cue in the following scene for the second day in a row.

He is just someone that I can talk to.  There are very few people in the world who I can have a normal, civilized conversation with.  He has a wild side, but he has it under control.

I'm going to miss him after this year.  He has proved to be a good leader, and I think the musical will suffer from his absence.  Not only that, the addition he makes to the soprano section will be missing from chorus and ensemble.  And I'll lose someone to talk to.

-NM