Reviews and guilt

I’ve now done two reviews for nytheatre.com, the best indie reviewing website for New York theatre (IMHO). However, I feel bad because I didn’t hugely like either of the shows I saw, so I now look like I’m one of those awful people who pans every show they go and see. As an actor (who has received her fair share of bad reviews), this brings up all the old Catholic guilt that I thought I’d got rid of in 6 years of Buddhist practice that I’m being unnecessarily mean to other artists, who I always appreciate and respect for the time and effort they put into a show, whether or not I personally dig it. Ah well. I’m reviewing a show in the Fringe Festival this summer, so hopefully it will be AMAZING and I can gush appropriately in that review to balance the first two.

Also: I have two gigs coming up with my band in the next month, one on July 31st at Connolly’s Klub, 121 West 45th Street (bet. 6th & Broadway) at 9pm, and one on August 13th at R Bar, 218 Bowery (bet Prince & Spring), 7pm. For more details, go see our myspace: www.myspace.com/coyoteloveband.

Also also, a film that I was supposed to shoot back in April that got postponed looks like it might be back on this fall (yay!), and I have another audition for a film on Saturday. Small steps.

More news as I get it!

Breaks

It’s been far too long since I wrote a little blog posting. Even though I haven’t been working on any shows recently, I’ve still managed to be distracted enough to forget my little page. However, there are wheels in motion for an overhaul and a proper website to come in the near future, which will then link back to this blog as well as (possibly/hopefully) my Twitter feed.

Nothing major has been going on over the last three weeks or so, theatrically speaking – I got a callback for a TV show, which is massively awesome, but I am in Arizona on vacation on the callback date – massive bummer! I refuse to be defeated by this minor setback, however, and hope I can make another date to do the callback. Fingers crossed! I also recently completed my first triathlon, which was hard work but surprisingly fun. It definitely gave me the incentive to get a good exercise routine going again, and I want to do another triathlon next year. Running across the finish line is a great feeling.

That’s it for now – I’m off on holiday on Thursday, but I’ll attempt to do an update when I get back. Hope you’re all having a splendid July!