Destination Unknown

BtVS: The Soundtrack

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:23:16 -0700

Nerd alert. Strix and I have been talking for some time about going through and trying to find all of the music that plays at the Bronze and at parties and just incidentally in the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We just like the music. So, how d...

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Dear Brutus Wrap-Up

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:14:49 -0700

The play is over! Thursday was the pickup rehearsal, with performances Friday night and last night. We struck the set last night, so Friday night we had the cast party at my house. Last Sunday was the matinee performance, and I took my camera i...

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Book: The Amber Spyglass

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:09:32 -0700

This morning while waiting for the plumber, I finished The Amber Spyglass, the third book in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, by Philip Pullman, the series which started with The Golden Compass. I was, unfortunately, mildly disappointed with thi...

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Movie: Finding Neverland

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:13:50 -0700

Man, I've been busy, and now that I've started rehearsing for the next play even though the current one isn't finished, it's likely to be like that for a while. A few nights ago, Strix and I watched Finding Neverland. Johnny Depp plays J M Barri...

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Opening Night

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:50:53 -0700

Opening night for Dear Brutus went off without a hitch, and now I'm back at the theater for the second show. We run it again tomorrow, then twice next weekend.

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Older Still

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:32:16 -0700

I wasn't old enough for the director last night, so they aged me even more tonight.

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Not Johnny Depp

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:58:26 -0700

So in the first Act, the actress playing my wife is quite proper looking, with her hair swooped up high on her head. In Act II, she turns into a homeless bag-lady, and so back stage during intermission in rehearsal last night, the hairdressers w...

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Aged Makeup

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:48:40 -0700

The director decided I need to look older. This is the result of the makeup. Stage lights wash everything out, so they have to really have to do it up.

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costume

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:59:32 -0700

I might as well have kept my costume from A Christmas Carol, sans the cape.

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On Stage

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:30:25 -0700

Sunday morning, I helped move the set from the scene shop to the theater at the college, where we will be performing. Here are a couple more shots of the set in progress. The house is on a giant rotating platform that had to be disassembled into ...

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