Monday, December 27, 2010

THE YEAR IN PICTURES: 2010

Wrapping up 2010 this week, and taking a look back at the photos that say the most about my particular journey through the past year...

JANUARY
I started tending bar at Signature on nights off from High Fidelity...





















I was getting ready to open High Fidelity at the DCAC...











FEBRUARY
And then came the blizzard...


























But High Fidelity opened, nevertheless...























Every show, I would dodge "Icicles of Death" in Adams Morgan to get to my stage door...























The "hawk".


















...and Buddha and his cousin Nicky had some bonding time...

























MARCH

High Fidelity at the DCAC...


Photo by Amanda Williams




Photo by Amanda Williams



Photo by Amanda Williams













And Buddha, ready for St. Patrick's Day...


















APRIL






















James Thurber's "Many Moons" at Creative Cauldron...























The Helen Hayes Awards...























And a visit to Winchester with Matt brings one of my favorite photos that I have ever taken...


















MAY


The workshop of Parade at Ford's Theatre...
















The raucous Gillian Shelly Luau Party...


















JUNE
A trip to the Zoo with Matt brings me another favorite photo...


















We met the legendary Tommy Wiseau from the legendarily horrible film, "The Room"...

























I also had the pleasure of choreographing "How I Became a Pirate" at Imagination Stage...


















JULY
July was one of my busiest months ever...the major project of the month was a DC Fringe Festival Production of Super Claudio Bros...






















We had the Open House at Signature, where there was a Hedwig Reunion Concert...
























...and Karissa Swanigan and I opened our cabaret act, "Least Complicated" at Signature Theatre's Ark Theatre.
























AUGUST

..oh, plus I was teaching camp for the entire Summer....so there was that...


















SEPTEMBER
...saw us deep into writing NightoftheLivingDead the musical, and the photos that I took of Karissa Swanigan as Barbara are still some of my favorites ever...




















OCTOBER
...saw the reading of NightoftheLivingDead the musical...






















NOVEMBER
















DECEMBER
(Photo by Chris Mueller)...was the month of Norma Desmond, as we opened our still ongoing production of Sunset Boulevard at Signature Theare... Florence Lacey is amazing.















Happy New Year to all!
XOXOXO
SGS

Friday, December 03, 2010

Conner and Smith in the News!


Matt and I are featured in an article by Kris Coronado that appears in the Washington City Paper this week. The article is about NightoftheLivingDead the musical, and the long process of writing it, and the actual reading of it at Kensington Arts Theatre this past October.
We could not be happier with the piece, and cannot thank all of our supporters enough. The article can be found HERE.
And in further Matt Conner news, his CD, WINTER was reviewed by Metro Weekly, placing it one star behind Annie Lennox, but 2 above Mariah Carey...yes, that's right...Annie Lennox= 5 stars, Matt Conner= 4 stars, Mariah Carey= 2 stars. Not bad placement for a first CD at all. The review is located HERE.
Check these out, and thanks so much for your continued support of both of us!!
xoxoxox
SGS