Omigod omigod omigod...
Genevieve Angelson
Every two-show day starts with me yelling to boyfriend (dashing author Sam Wasson): "IT'S A TWO-SHOW DAY ON BROADWAY!!!!"
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Run run run to the kitchen.
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Coffee: French, strong, large, black (not author Sam Wasson)
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Then it's breakfast and off to my local Equinox. The best way to warm up for a two-show day is my favorite class, DEEP EXTREME! It's not as intense as it sounds - I hate gym classes where they yell at you. This one's just a yum-fest.
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My favorite teacher, stud Ryan Beck -- Deep Extreme is part yoga, part dance, totally juicy.
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Then I go to a rave. No! This is part of my vocal warm up, which I learned from genius voice teacher Scott Miller when I was at NYU Grad Acting (He has a private studio, I highly recommend it!). I've done this warm up for every rehearsal & performance.
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Then I go to the theater. Cannot believe I work on the same block as female role models like Andrea Martin and Bette Midler. Surreal.
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John, our security guard and the first person I see at work every day! He protects me from all the screaming girls outside who want my autograph. Ah, Steve Kazee worked next door? I see.
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My humble home. I like to make it look as much like a tacky hair salon as possible.
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Weekly we kick off a matinee with brunch -- but TODAY is the birthday of everyone's favorite uncle, David Hyde Pierce!
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All the yummies.
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Wild turkeys descend upon the birthday boy's dressing room!!! Courtesy of his darling crazy sisters, Sigourney Weaver and Kristine Nielsen.
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Billy Magnussen, king of brunch (side note: he is allergic to chocolate... HOW?!???)
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Then it’s into make-up. Make-up is light and fresh, like Nina, just basic mascara, tinted moisturizer and pretty pink lips. In my personal kit, I splurge on Laura Mercier products for skin so I cut back in other places like drugstore mascara.
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GUYS: this is my Mama Yola, head of hair and wigs. Seriously, the best thing about doing the show is I get 2 head massages every performance -- that means four today!!! Four!!! Secret to Nina's shiny hair: argan oil serum.
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The birthday boy himself! Off to do show number one.
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It's about 30 minutes until I enter, and I usually spend that time with my other family, our understudies. They are the coolest people I know (here is Heather Simms and Keith Reddin, understudies for Cassandra and Vanya).
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Unfortunately, the backstage at our cozy little home called the Golden is not so plentiful - sometimes Creed Garnick gets creative and makes an office out of the floor.
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But sometimes they go a little nuts.
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his is my work bestie, Nina understudy Liesel Allen Yeager. She makes her own kombucha, granola and kefir. Yes, she is that girl (and I love that girl).
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We just hang together when I'm offstage and have pillow fights naked and talk about kissing and stuff. Nah mostly we drink green juice and eat nuts and seeds like artsy feral wood creatures.
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My dresser, Jeannie, who helps me change into all of Emily Rebholz's ridiculously spectacular LORTEL-NOMINATED costumes!! She is a most precious gem and the bearer of many secrets.
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Backstage shot! Even more "cozy" than most of those affordable rentals on Craigslist.
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After the first show, I spiritually join hands with thousands of actors all over NYC -- I nap. It's important to remember its ok if you don't actually fall asleep, just resting with your eyes closed can be very regenerating.
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That leaves an hour and a half to scrape up some chow in Times Square. Sometimes you have to make time for your less important friends (today it's just Independent Spirit Award winner, cinematographer Ben Richardson!!! No big deal.)
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We met working on "Beasts of the Southern Wild," for which he was director of photography and I trained the pigs. He's british. And single, ladies!
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Back to the Golden for a quick tune-up before the second show -- gotta make sure everything still works.
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Birthday brother and sister go down for show #2! Good show, we cry!
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During both shows I am a constant tea-drinker: On an 2-show day I can drink 8-10 mugs, for real. These are my fave flaves. Hydrating and calming. Liesel says I should drink kava.
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When I get home it's straight to bed. This is lavender spray that Sigourney got for me from the beautiful farmers market we went to every week in Princeton. It's very soothing on sheets. And so is she!!! Meow meow meow.
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I even sleep with props.
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