sorry, but I just couldn't keep this to myself.

    Okay, a conversation took place tonight that I just have to share.  

    It was during a rehearsal that I was having with our musical director, John, right before the show.  Astoundingly, I don't even sing my duet with Colt (which is actually called Sing), save for a few terribly off-key notes; I speak it mostly, but I still manage to wrack up quite a few notes on it anyway.  I think it's kind of funny that I can get so heavily noted on a song that I don't even sing...But the truth is it's a patter song, where rhythm is everything, so we have to just give it a tune-up every once in a while, which I really don't mind.  

   I just can't help but wonder if it is even possible to get more notes on a song that I actually sang. I'm just saying.

   Anyway, today was one of those tune-up days.  And basically the whole premise of the duet is that Colt, who plays Al (my husband), finishes my train of thought.  I mention this because John, the musical director, was talking to me about the rhythm that Colt and I have to bounce off each other, how if one of us gets a little off it affects the other.  Makes sense, right? 

   So anyway, John was referring specifically to the lyric that I start and Colt finishes:

   Me: Oh, I know you're thinking what a crazy...

   Colt: ...Dingaling...

 

   And apparently when Colt sang dingaling he was a little off.  Because John very seriously looked me in the eye and said in a low voice:

    Well, Colt had a very long and strange dingaling last night.

    He said it just like that.  As if it wasn't a terribly funny, if not somewhat inappropriate thing to say.  As if discussing how Colt's dingaling is either long or strange or even both is a totally normal thing to do with one's music director.  

    I couldn't help it, I started to giggle.  But after I saw John remain absolutely serious, with all the humor lost on him, I stifled the laughter, cleared my throat and immediately agreed as I nodded gravely and said, Uh-huh, I noticed that, too. 

   I couldn't believe that nobody else was with me to share that moment.  You better believe I let Colt know about what John said about his dingaling.  Colt's response? He should see it on a two-show day...

   Anyway, I laughed about it again during the alternative scene.  But just a little.