Well, I missed Baby Wants Candy’s second performance today because of the rain, and I’m not happy about it. Sure, I could have tried to go in late, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned in a decade or so of friendship with Greg, Timmy, and Brandy of The Have Nots!, it’s to never, ever, ever walk into an improv comedy show late and by yourself. Baby Wants Candy is already being hailed as the must-see Piccolo event of the festival’s second week — and having seen them the last time they were here, two years ago, and I know damn well that I must see them again. That may not be able to happen until the end of the week, though. They’re performing again tomorrow (Monday) at 5 pm, but being there would mean missing the fourth and final installment of Spoleto’s Conversations With series — and with Mabou Mines DollHouse director Lee Breuer on the hotseat for host Martha Teichner’s grilling tomorrow, I have no intention of missing tha chance to see him discuss the many incarnations his play has taken since it opened a little over a week ago.
Also I’ll be spending most of the early evenings this week at PURE Theatre rehearsing a short play I wrote and am directing there, called “Eight Grand,” for Thursday evening’s original short play showcase A Perfect Ten (an evening of ten 10-minute plays). More on that later. Right now I’m off to see the Festival Concert. And I really don’t want to be late.