Turandot at the DOH

We were fortunate enough to be invited to MOT's dress rehearsal for Turandot this evening. It was delightful! If you are planning to see it you are in for a treat! I just love the beautiful aria in the 3rd act. Don't know opera? You've heard this aria, trust me, it's famous... in fact I think this is the one of the arias you hear in the 1981 movie Moonstruck, with Nick Cage and Cher.

We were invited tonight because, our son David, now 23, was in the children's chorus, for Michigan Opera Theatre, and tonight there was an alumni meeting. David is currently in NYC attending AMDA -- The American Musical & Dramatic Academy. We went to represent him and to say "Hi!" to Susanne Acton, The Children's Chorus Master, for him! It was good to see everyone there! They are working to expand the children's program, which is great, because many of the children that have been involved with MOT have gone on like David to study and pursue professional careers on Broadway or in Opera.

Nancy Florwokski, founder and director, of Motor City Youth Theatre was also there. Her daughter Jenny and David were in several operas together. Jenny is an AMDA alumni and has been in national tours with "42nd Street" and "Cats" and continues to perform professionally and pursue her acting career. It was Nancy's "Redford Youth Theatre" that first introduced David to acting... and he immediately fell in love with theatre! Nancy urged us to have him audition for MOT and between his experiences at MOT and RYT his love for theatre took off. He regularly begged us to move to NYC when he was growing up. Now he is there pursuing his dream and we are proud of him! He will be seeing Turnadot soon as well... at the Met! Oh to be a young theatre student in the Big Apple!

David is working hard to make his dreams come true! That he is in New York at all is a miracle. We didn't think he'd be able to come up with the funding, but he did... for one year. To stay in NYC will take another miracle, but David is confident that it will happen. I really think of the "Pursuit of Happyness" story when I think of David. He has that kind of determination -- and also seems to have The Law of Attraction working for him as well!