ERICK
DEVINE
1. What
A&F shows have you done?
Bedazzled
(for the BMI Showcase back in the day); Reading of Antler;
Lucky Stiff (at Playwrights' for a weekend when the character
man took ill; a few hours rehearsal and I'm on!)... then Lucky
Stiff at the York Mufti Series some years later; Ragtime
( JP Morgan) & Seussical.(General Schmitz)
2. My Favorite A&F show is____ because:Ragtime
because it's freakin' brilliant. One of the top ten musicals of
all time, for my money; finding all that drama in a very emotionally
distant book. Once on this Island still makes me cry
when I hear it. Amazing.
3 ) My
Favorite A&F song is. just
one? I guess "Rain" from Once on this Island because
it is brilliantly constructed, telling the story it needs to tell,
bringing in the entire world of the show, illuminating character,
and all with a driving melodic song. Astounding piece of musical
theatre.
4) My
favorite A&F memory is :They were so sweet and supportive
when I went into Lucky Stiff at Playwrights' on such
short notice. I was honored they even asked. But hearing them
read and sing through Seussical at the first day of the
reading was pretty amazing.
Also,
In Toronto for the workshop of Seussical, Andrea Martin was doing
Cat in the Hat and I was reading in the secondary rehearsal room
one day when Steve and Andrea came in. They started working on
the intro to McElligot's Pool , and Andrea would riff on a reading
she thought was funny, and Steve would arrange, rewrite, fix &
tweak on the spot. He'd do something musically that inspired Andrea
to do something interp-wise, and that would inspire him, etc.
etc. It was amazing to be present while these two worked on just
a small portion of the show, to see how every detail mattered
to them.
5) What I've
been up to lately:Working
when anyone actually asks (LaMancha on Long Island right
now; Enter Laughing at the York in the fall), studying
"acting for camera", gardening, seeing shows, being
lazy.
If you've
worked on an Ahrens & Flaherty show, and would be willing
to participate in the alumni spotlight, please e-mail
me
Past
Alumni Spotlights
Ann Harada
