The Adjustment

Last night was the night I had to give "the talk" to reign everyone in from the nether regions to whence their characters had drifted. I had seen the show the previous Friday and was utterly shocked at how much liberty had been taken with the material.

Now, minor disclaimer here: understand that the show is still a GREAT show. The quality is far and above anything I've been involved with so far, and I think it's a GREAT and entertaining show.

But the connections were gone. I could see it in the eyes of everyone. Chalk it up to fatigue. Chalk it up to a bad night. Chalk it up to... whatever. They were severed from their characters and from each other.

So they adjusted. I asked them to remember where they were at, creatively, six weeks ago when we started this. I asked them to reconnect with each other, and give the final five audiences the show that we started with.

The show was very moving. It was dialed back a bit more than I'd expected, but I believe it will come back tonight and for the final three shows.

I see the final performance on Sunday afternoon. The strike follows, as does the cast party.


- Sean