My Luggage Feels Like Osaka Potatoes.......

Or at least a sack of corn(that was for those of you who`ve worked in produce). 　Hello　from　　Ｏｓａｋａ　ａｎｄ　Ｉ‘ｌｌ　apologize　ahead of time for the craziness of the text and punctuation, as this keyboard has so many characters on it, it`s tough to tell which way is up. For example, I can`t find a normal apostrophe, only this backwards one(`). I only hope I don`t launch some space probe prematurely with my mis-typings.

OK, so it's(found it) Thursday night and - tadah!- we have a bridge! That means the show will go on as normal with no changes. That also means there are no rehearsals and a day off tomorrow. I'm hoping to see the local aquarium, as it's supposed to be fantastic! I also would like to see the Osaka Castle, another "must see" according to our tour guide Mickey. Remind me to tell you about him when I get home.....

For those of you who know Shrewsbury native Catherine Brunelle, word is that she is in the cast of the soon to open Broadway version of "Little Women" starring Sutton Foster. She was also Sutton's understudy in "T. Modern Millie" and was most recently spent a few months in the acclaimed hearing impaired version of "Big River". I got this info from Andrea(McArdle) and from the actor playing Jim in "Big River" , who came to see our show in Tokyo during his press tour promoting the show's upcoming Japanese tour. Great to hear she's still doing so well.

Not much else to say, except that I obviously found a "P.C." and will update you as often as I can during the next few days while I end my Asian Adventure. Many thanks to Colleen for putting together a kick-ass press release for me before I come home and resume my career. Hopefully some local papers or TV may feel like picking it up and I might get a little press.

Oh, keep meaning to mention that we're staying in the same hotel as "BLAST!", a multi-media/drum+ bugle corps extravaganza that has been touring for a few years now. What's cool is that I might know a few folks from my UMass days, as they used to be involved when the project originated. We're having a mixer on Saturday in the hotel(which is connected to the theatre- sweet!) and I'll find out then if any animals from the "Zoo" are present.

I'll write you again in the next day or so. Ja Mata!

Peace,
Steve
P.S. Thanks for putting up with my puns(I hope you got 'em all. If not, we'll schedule a meeting...)