Blind Date Toronto!

I will confess that I have, in this last run of neglect on my blog, found a new Mistress....
After having resisted Facebook for well over a year - I finally joined, and have been publishing notes there- specifically regarding Blind Date. However, as there have been several comments posted here in the last week, or so - I thought it might not be a bad idea to at least jot down a few updates on the old Blog!

Tonight will be my final performance of Blind Date as part of the current Worldstage Series at Harboufront Centre in Toronto.
At the outset, I was EXTREMELY nervous about doing the show in Toronto. You see, in the last 8 years, when I've stepped out of the confines of my apartment to perform in any sort of start-up improv show, I've become accustomed to performing for houses of 30 or LESS - often even 6 - 12, half of which are often other improvisers! Over time, this phenomena has helped to keep me humble, and has led me to appreciate Calgary audiences, or Spiegeltent audiences even MORE! What a JOY to occasionally get to play for over 100 members of the TRUE public!

In any case - my nerves were all for naught! Blind Date sold out it's five day run by the end of its second day of ticket sales!!!
Harbourfront Centre ADDED 40 seats to the house - and then sold out again. I could be mistaken, but it seemed to me that a few extra seats may have been squeezed in again last night - and there was a waiting list at the door in the hopes that some folks wouldn't show up and claim their tickets!

I'm completely overwhelmed - and again humbled.

For those not on Facebook - I will try to post the write ups of my various Toronto dates here, on the Blog, over the next week.
Once again - it has been a delight! As the show evolves, I continue to hone in on the core "message" that Mimi is trying to bring to the world....nothing all that original: be brave, live for the now, open up and show us who you really are and we'll all fall in love with you. And fall in love we do! Each guy charms me, and the audience in his own way - and I always feel like I've witnessed some small miracle unfold before my eyes as men go from nervous and unsure to brave and playful over the course of 90 minutes!

Fingers crossed - Harbourfront will have me back sometime next season!

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