Okay, sorry, I have to thank a few folks. It's like I won an Oscar! Well, maybe not. More like a Daytime Emmy. Also, since I own the website, there's no way the orchestra is going to play me off! I'll try to actually make it a worthwhile read for those of you who aren't actually being thanked.

Matt's Massive List of People To Thank For Their Help and Support Re: Brigadoon

• Friends and family: Everybody that came to see the show, I thank you very much. Your compliments and support inflated my ego to the point at which my massive head naturally floats and isn't straining my neck muscles, which was kind of you.
• The cast: Easily the most talented group of people I've worked with. Dancing, singing, acting; you guys do it all!
• The crew: It was like I didn't have to do anything but show up, get painted, get dressed, and go onstage. The microphone was installed for me, the costumes were set for me, the props were handed to me while I was standing around "getting into character." I've never seen such brilliant organization, and it made my "job" a lark.
• Evelyn Swensson, Katie Falcone, and the rest of the musicians (particularly the rehearsal accompanists!!!): Singing musical theatre with a full orchestra may be the crowning achievement of my ever-lengthening life, and the folks I mentioned above made it happen. As a reasonably competent musician myself, I know how hard the job is, and I appreciate it more than I can say.
• Bill Peuchen: Sure, he did all the staging, but that stuff's easy. Bill was most valuable when it came to a kind word, and a constructive critique of my "acting ability," such as it is. (Per Jennifer's advice, I've got "On The Street Where You Live" mostly memorized; I hope that comes in handy later.)
• Henry Porreca: Speaking of constructive critique. Any growth I may have experienced as an actor (and there's a lot of room for growth) is mostly Henry's doing. By the end of the show, I almost WAS Tommy, and Henry is the one to thank. Thusly, um, I thank him.
• Cindy Goldstein: It was absolutely a pleasure getting to know Cindy over the last few months, and her little tidbits of advice (some of which actually came from her husband Lee, who also seems to know what he's talking about) were MORE than helpful. I credit Cindy with helping me make my mother cry.
• Ariann Langsam: It's so much easier trying to come off as sensitive and kind when the girl I have to break up with is played so unlikeably well. Ariann, the audience hated Jane almost as much as I like the girl that played her. (Let's go to the beach and drink martinis until we pass out in a sand dune.)
• Dave Munch: Playing straight man to you was almost unnecessary, since you don't need anybody else on stage with you to be funny. In fact, you and Cindy onstage together was about the most uproarious scene I've watched since that episode of Cops where the guy caught his . . . uh, nevermind. You're hilarious, is what I'm getting at. Anyway, thanks for putting up with my inability to remember lines, blocking, or the name of my character.
• Jennifer Kennard: Jennifer (aka My Illustrious Costar^TM) is, simultaneously, the most talented actress and singer I've ever seen, and the most modest and self-deprecating person with whom I've ever had the pleasure of conversing. Add to that a dry wit that sometimes went over MY head, and she's just about the coolest person of all times and whatnot. She gets a big Thank You from the deepest hackles of my heart. She's like a good point guard: she's so good she makes everybody around her better, even my stumbling-bumbling-rumbling self.

  (Her husband Tim also gets my thanks, for letting me kiss his wife without snapping me in half like a twig.)

• Most importantly, my wife: For her love and support, even while watching me smooch another woman (on our anniversary, no less). Sarah is amazing, and has excellent hair, even though I don't much care for her bangs. ;) Thank you, DeeDee! I love you muchas! Thanks for getting through a tough couple of months without having your father snap me in half like a twig.

Okay, enough of that. Time to alert you all to a new project I'm starting: fixing the massive dents and scratches on my pickup truck that resulted from a run-in with a large concrete pillar. (The pillar won handily, very handily indeed.) I bought a large number of autobody repair products at Pep Boys yesterday; Bondo, mixing boards, sandpaper, primer, paint, clearcoat, all kinds of stuff. I'll try to take pictures of each step as it happens; I'm hoping to get the Bondo slathered on and drying this afternoon.

Of course, it will almost certainly rain.