Theresa Finamore

We opened on Tuesday and we've done 4 shows so far. Four left to go and then it's all over. Boo Hoo!

This has been such a freeking GREAT experience! Since the theatre is in the round, I enter through the audience; it is THRILLING to walk through a crowd of 2,000 heads! It's such a rush. It's my drug of choice!

My costumes are amazing. Most of them are from the Broadway show. I wear a bustle cage, a corset, hats, gloves, beautiful ball gowns, a wig... the whole shebang. I have a dresser who helps me in and out of all my costumes and follows me around backstage with my water bottle.. she's very cool. 
Here's how my night unfolds. I arrive to the theatre at around 6:30 and pin curl my hair. I get my corset on and my under clothes then head over to the Mic people who pin my microphone on me. I have a 7pm appointment with the wig guy who puts on my wig and builds my bangs into the front part so my hairline looks real. Then I go back to the dressing room to finish my makeup and get into my costume for the top of the show. 
I'm usually done by the 10 minute call so I just hang out with whoever's around. 
By 10:45 I'm done with the show and I just head back to the hotel for a beer and a snack with friends, then I hit the hay!

I am treated like a STAR here! The costume department gives me everything to wear. Not just the costume, but the shoes, the dance tights and even the underware! Can you believe that? Underware! They bought me a thong that I get to take home. Oh, and a water bottle with my name on it. 

Opening night was awesome. I have a few solo lines in "murder murder". I took a breath to sing my first line and my spit hit the back of my throat and choaked me. Couldn't sing. I had a moment of panic and then it passed, but it stressed me out and I flubbed up my next line as well. It was a minor train wreck for me, but I laughed it off later. I tend to choak on my spit a lot, I dunno what's up with that!