tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34571511337392855042011-04-21T18:54:41.609-07:00DadActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08185456742439280378noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457151133739285504.post-59709879507261094952008-04-08T11:07:00.000-07:002008-05-08T16:26:42.826-07:00OK, cheesy title to start with but what the heck, it is my first blog ever, so it is "the beginning". I was going to call this blog "An Actor's Life for Me", but since there is so much more to my life than being an actor (especially since I live in Southern CA and hardly any one can make a living with a family just being an actor in musical theater out here), I decided to amend it to being a dad who is also an actor. Being a dad has been the greatest thing to happen to me, next only to marrying the love of my life, and since I wouldn't be a dad without my amazing wife, for me the title "dad" includes "husband" as well. Some might say I shouldn't put them together like that, because my relationship with my wife should be separate from my responsibilities as a father, but I am the father I am because of my relationship with my wife. The stronger my friendship with her and the closer I feel to her, the better husband I am and therefore the better dad I become.<br /><br />Quick stats:<br />Married: 12 years going on Eternity<br />Kids: Four (Girl - 8, Boy - 6, Girl - 4, Girl - 2). Maybe a fifth sometime soon but not sure when.<br />Acting: Started 23 years ago at the age of 14 in church productions. Mainly musicals over the years, but a few straight plays.<br /><br />I like the challenge of straight plays, because sometimes the music can be a crutch for me since it can drive the action or emotion in a scene more than just the words. When all you have are the words, it is up to the actors and director to drive the flow and climax of the scene. I act all over Southern CA, in CLOs, semi-professional and professional theaters. Maybe I'll post my resume sometime. I have had the privilege to play some of the greatest roles written for the male singing actor: <strong>Che</strong> - <em>Evita</em>, <strong>Archibald</strong> - <em>Secret Garden</em>, <strong>George</strong> - <em>Sunday in the Park with George</em> (anyone see a trend here), <strong>Curly</strong> - <em>OKLAHOMA!</em> (some may question this one, but then you need to look deeper into the script and maybe watch Hugh Jackman's performance in the video of the London production - inspiring), <strong>Tony</strong> - <em>West Side Story</em> (2x), <strong>Fredric</strong> - <em>The Pirates of Penzance</em> (3x) (True this one is a silly part, but where else can you act like a total goofball and still sing a pretty as you possibly can, usually they do not go together), <strong>Enjolras</strong> - <em>Les Miserables in Concert</em> (one of three productions allowed to be produced), <strong>Matt</strong> - <em>Fantasticks</em> (this may well be one of the most beautiful plays ever written, if you didn't like it you saw a bad production). As well as a ton of other's that were just plain fun to do like <strong>Reverend Oglethorpe</strong> - <em>Smoke on the Mountain</em>, <strong>Harry</strong> and <strong>Vinnie</strong> - <em>Lucky Stiff</em>, <strong>Billy Crocker</strong> - <em>Anything Goes </em>and so on.<br /><br />So maybe this is enough for my first posting.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"Cheerio, but be back soon."</span></em></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3457151133739285504-5970987950726109495?l=adadsactorslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>DadActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08185456742439280378noreply@blogger.com0