Allergies and other show biz stuff

　
I’m allergic to Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! I know that seems ludicrous but it is absolutely true. The last time I played in ‘Joseph’, I contracted pneumonia just a few weeks following the close of the show. This year, I didn’t even wait to finish the show - I ended up getting pneumonia during the rehearsals. Now, what are the odds of getting pneumonia four years apart? And only when I’m involved with the play? I’ve performed in other plays and haven’t even had as much as a sniffle, and here I am near death with pneumonia while in the throws of rehearsals for ‘Joseph’. I would have to say the odds are overwhelming against this just being bad luck. My only conclusion is some kind of a weird, bizarre allergy. Perhaps it isn’t just the show, maybe it is an allergy to Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals. The only one I’ve performed in is Joseph and....well, you know the rest. Maybe it is too many flats in the score, or too many people on stage, or.......I don’t know what! But, it has something to do with this #$^%#& show.

I do know I’ll never do this play again!!! Actually, even before I was struck down with pneumonia, I knew this would be my last show. I’ve lost the fire. They are no longer fun, and when the fun is gone, there is no incentive to put up with all the hard work that goes with a play like ‘Joseph’. I’m done. This time, I was almost done in.

The regimen for treating pneumonia.....by the way, who came up with the spelling of that lousy illness? Couldn’t we spell it phonetically? And while we are at it, I’m guessing that the same bone head that came up with the spelling for pneumonia decided to spell phonetic as well. Shouldn’t phonetic be spelled phonetically....fonetically? Good grief!!!!!

But back to the treatment of pneumonia. I received a series of three shots, one every day, for three days. These are the first shots I’ve ever received that the nurse said, "This is going to hurt." And they did! The poke didn’t hurt, but after they had injected the molten lead, the pain, stinging, and aching started. And I got THREE of those bad boys. But, the good news is that I’m on the mend. I haven’t gone back to rehearsals yet...I’m a little gun shy....but I’ll try it on Wednesday. Too many coughs, though, and ‘The show must go on’ is going in a bucket out the back of the stage door!

I’ll keep you posted.