But I already have the greatest gift of all.
It's happening 8 times a week in London.
Very few writers get this chance, this opportunity. We write alone and suffer over every word and note. We try to get readings. We try to get investors. We try to get attention from ticket buyers. We try to convince the media that's something real is there, and that it's something worth writing about.
So, the road is long and hard. And you have to take responsibility for making things happen. (That's two jobs: creating and producing/promoting).
So, when someone comes out of the blue and says that something you wrote fifteen years ago had such a profound effect on him, he wants to just take it and do it. Do all that. It's the ultimate gift.
I remember when Rob Harris and I first communicated last year. He asked, "What kind of production would you like to see in London?"
I said, "I don't care if you do it on a street corner with a banjo. I'm just so happy you want to do it."
And we were on the same page. Keep costs at a minimum and get the best talent in London.
And that's exactly what they did. I'm going to write more about the performers and the creative team, and the time we had together. But for now, I'm just feeling really, really thankful to Rob Harris for putting together this greatest birthday gift imaginable.
Without him, it wouldn't have happened. That's what a great producer does. They make things happen, and if they're really good, they surround themselves with the very best. And that's exactly what he did.
It's happening 8 times a week in London.
Very few writers get this chance, this opportunity. We write alone and suffer over every word and note. We try to get readings. We try to get investors. We try to get attention from ticket buyers. We try to convince the media that's something real is there, and that it's something worth writing about.
So, the road is long and hard. And you have to take responsibility for making things happen. (That's two jobs: creating and producing/promoting).
So, when someone comes out of the blue and says that something you wrote fifteen years ago had such a profound effect on him, he wants to just take it and do it. Do all that. It's the ultimate gift.
I remember when Rob Harris and I first communicated last year. He asked, "What kind of production would you like to see in London?"
I said, "I don't care if you do it on a street corner with a banjo. I'm just so happy you want to do it."
And we were on the same page. Keep costs at a minimum and get the best talent in London.
And that's exactly what they did. I'm going to write more about the performers and the creative team, and the time we had together. But for now, I'm just feeling really, really thankful to Rob Harris for putting together this greatest birthday gift imaginable.
Without him, it wouldn't have happened. That's what a great producer does. They make things happen, and if they're really good, they surround themselves with the very best. And that's exactly what he did.
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