Get your minds out of the gutter! I'm referring of course to the facial appliances I wore today in my first performance as the titular Beast in Beauty and the Tramp. Er, Beast.

Barring unforseen circumstances, and due to scheduling that would make sense to you if I explained it but I won't, after tonight I will not only have played both The Beast and Gaston, but both in the same day. Tonight is my farewell to this run as Gaston and tomorrow I leave for UPTA very early in the morning. As of next Saturday, after the theatre gets remodeled and we re-open, I'm The Beast for the rest of the run.

I felt very good about it, my only regret being I was a little too involved to see much of our new Gaston, Josh. I had the benefit of having been in this show since November, so I pretty much know the whole thing backward and forward - Josh went into the show much like I did, with four days of maybe a little rehearsal here or there.

Congrats to him and thanks to my wonderful dressers, crew, and cast (especially our Belle, Rochelle!) for helping me not be killed by moving scenery and know what hand to put in which sleeve when. Couldn't have done it without any of you.

Yay.