I trained in theatre. Playing Elwood P. Dowd in high school was - TopicsExpress

I trained in theatre. Playing Elwood P. Dowd in high school was as big a deal as was playing in San Franciscos famed THE COMMITTEE in my first Equity job. Elaine Stritch reminds me of where I come from. And its not just the OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS and THE NAZARENE CHURCH, growing up as an ALL AMERICAN KID. Its about stage fright and flying without a net and triumph and defeat and feeling the audience in the immediacy of one shot and one shot only. In this backstage video in Detroit MS. STRITCH makes it clear that The Big Time was anywhere she happened to be. Gary