Eyes to the Skies...

Indication map is for tomorrow's probabilities for Severe Weather...

This is from the Jackson, MS HWO.
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DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY...FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. ALL AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BROOKHAVEN TO MERIDIAN WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL EXPECTED OVER THE DELTA REGION FROM NATCHEZ TO GRENADA..


SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

With my parents starting a road trip to Peoria, Illinois tomorrow, I will be monitoring this situation carefully.

The Weather Channel's severe weather expert Dr. Greg Forbes says the next several days could be stormy.

UPDATED at 4:07PM: Dr. Forbes' updated areas of risk for tomorrow are not as advanced to the East as before, probably due to the large high pressure system in the Northeast pushing it back.

Here is their map for today's risk areas.

Stay tuned.

xoxosgs

Image of the Week

Buddha doesn't like his gourmet dinner. But his "avatar" does.

AVATAR

I watched the film, Avatar for the first time, and found it utterly amazing. The creativity flowing through this film was awe inspiring, and the thought that this ENTIRE WORLD was created in someone's head was truly breath taking.
The metaphors in the film are so very right beneath the surface, and you can feel them from the onset. This is an alien movie in which you root for the aliens instead of your own race. One part Pocahontas, one part Dances with Wolves, and one part Jurassic Park, this film delivers on so many levels, and features the always amazing Sigourney Weaver.
If you are one of the few who have avoided the film or not seen it because blue people turn you off, I strongly recommend that you reconsider. It is an amazing film that I did not want to like, but have ended up LOVING.

TGIF

Hey all - WHEW! Busy day - had a callback for a straight play at a very cool and hip downtown theatre this morning, and it went very well. Then went and recorded 6 songs for a composer friend, then went to the gym, then went to do Many Moons at Falls Church Art Space. Very long day.

To the left is a picture of Sean with his dogs, Lady and Albert, along with Buddha. He has been back in the area of late, as Phantom is now in Baltimore. It has been nice as always to see him and spend time with him, and I miss him so very much.

Buddha misses the dogs, and that much is certain. Albert and he go WAY back and Lady is pretty much his new girl.

In other news, this is the last weekend of Many Moons at Falls Church Art Space. We have 2 shows tomorrow - at 2pm and 7:30pm, and 2 shows on Sunday - at 2pm and 4pm. Please come and see this adorable show. It only runs about 35 minutes, and tickets are a mere $10.

Visit www.creativecauldron.org for details.

After this show closes, the next time you will be able to catch me onstage is in a DC Fringe Festival show entitle Claudio World. The premise is a video game musical that mirrors Super Mario Brothers, and I am the Mario, Sam Ludwig is the Luigi, and Lauren Williams is the Princess. This is a multimedia piece, and the script is hysterical. More details will follow as they become available to me. Also forthcoming are photos from the Parade reading and rehearsals.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and I will chat with you soon!

xoxo

SGS

Parade

I had the pleasure of spending my past week participating in a workshop of Jason Robert Brown's Parade at Ford's Theatre. Ford's is looking to produce the show, and wanted to rehearse a group of actors on the piece for a week and present it to some of the theatre's donors to get feedback on the possibility of producing the piece, which had a limited run on Broadway and a brief tour afterwards. This piece has always been a favorite of mine, and the chance to work on this amazing score was impossible to resist. The cast was made up of what we like to call most of the "Usual Suspects" i.e. - Eleasha Gamble, Tom Simpson, Chris Bloch, Amy McWilliams, Lauren Williams, Bligh Voth, Chris Sizemore, among others.

Leo was portrayed by Steve Rosen, and Lucille was played by Jill Paice - both of who are NYC based.

I had the pleasure of playing Britt Craig, the news reporter who starts the sensationalism of the trial via his columns in The Atlanta Georgian.

Parade is based on the true story of the murder of Mary Phagan, and the subsequent trial and lynching of Leo Frank in Atlanta, circa 1915.

The story is very grim material for a musical, some might argue, but I think that it is an important story to be told, and the musical does it so very well. It is truly an American Opera.

The reading went great, and time will tell if the piece gets the go ahead or not, but there seems to be a great deal of excitement around it.

xoxo

sgs

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Sorry everyone! Life is a little bit crazy right now - I have not posted much because of this. I am teaching in 3 Fairfax County schools, just choreographed "High School Musical" for Rockville High School, I am doing James Thurber's "Many Moons" at Falls Church Art Space - (see below), am bar tending at Signature, working at Ticketplace (sometimes), and doing a workshop of "Parade" at Ford's Theatre this week. So a very busy man am I. And this is also audition season here in DC, so there has been plenty of that, and ongoing.
More updates will follow soon, as many things are forthcoming - including me doing a DC Fringe show for the first time...stay tuned!
XOXOX
SGS

First Look: Many Moons at Falls Church Art Space

Here are some production photos from my current show, James Thurber's "Many Moons" at Falls Church Art Space. For ticket info and schedule, click HERE. (All tickets are $10.)

Many Moons at Falls Church Art Space

I am playing the King in Creative Cauldron's production of James Thurber's "Many Moons" in Falls Church for the next few weekends. For more information, click HERE.

Drama Prom - 2010

Some shots from Helen Hayes 2010 - the best thing to happen from which was Eleasha Gamble FINALLY winning an award.