PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With Tomorrow Morning's Autumn HurlbertEver wonder about the routine of a theatre actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Autumn Hurlbert, currently starring in the new musical Tomorrow Morning at the York Theatre, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive look behind the scenes at a recent day at the theatre.
By
Matthew Blank
April 06, 2011
Armed with a digital camera on a busy day, Hurlbert snapped everything from morning breakfast to final bow.
Here is a two-show day at Tomorrow Morning with Autumn Hurlbert:
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With Tomorrow Morning's Autumn Hurlbert
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With Tomorrow Morning's Autumn Hurlbert
Autumn Hurlbert, who stars in the Off-Broadway premiere of the new musical Tomorrow Morning at the York Theatre, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive look at a recent two-show day, from morning wakeup to final bow.
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My wonderful fiance, "Chef" Tim, made pancakes for a li'l Saturday morning breakfast treat. Sometimes he gets fancy and makes them in fun shapes. Ooh la la!!
Autumn Hurlbert
My puppy, Cricket, is giving us the "Why are we awake before noon?" squinty eyes.
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Cricket wants pancakes. And syrup. And... anything else we ever eat. Tim is taunting her and I really thought she'd try to take the food right out of his mouth. Whoa, puppy!
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Off to om-shanti-shanti-namaste it out at yoga. I try to do it every day. "Try" is the key word.
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After yoga, it was time for a Cricket bath! She's a pretty good sport during the bath, but she was really mad at me afterward!! It's okay, we made up over a milk bone and some fetch.
Working out a little melody line at the piano for one the songs I'm singing in a concert this weekend. And yes... I have a WALL of shoes. What?! Don't you???
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We have the most amazing murals in the archways of the Amtrak bridge. They just finished this one... a tribute for our Greek neighborhood.
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My fiance Tim and I live off the last stop on the N/Q train in Astoria, Queens. We LOVE our 'hood! Yeah, "Act"oria!
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Can you see the city skyline waaaaay back there in the background? It actually only takes my 10-15 minutes to get into the city once the train gets chugging along.
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I had a lot to do this morning! So... I am cheating and putting my makeup on during the train ride. With the bumps on the ride sometimes eyeliner and mascara end up looking..."creative."
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Gee, thanks, MTA. I didn't realize it was FREEZING. At the end of March. Beyond ready for flip flops and sundresses!
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Oh, look... Bloomingdales! Maybe I can just stop in for a second and get some aforementioned flip flops and sundresses. Just for a second...
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Down the stairs to the York Theatre!! Can you see those (Off) Broadway lights in the sign?? :-)
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The MOST important item at my dressing station. Girl. Scout. Cookies.
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Mary Mossberg's very organized makeup station.
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Aaaaand... my makeup station. Oops. Somebody needs to "spring" clean.
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The boys get ready for the show. Sorry, the MEN pump iron up for the gig.
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D.B. Bonds multi-tasks. Working out that fine physique while brushing up those pearly whites. He's very talented.
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Our backstage costumes waiting for us to put them on. They are very patient.
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Surprise!! We're done with show #1!! Matty's going for a run and D.B.'s goin' shoppin'.
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Made it!! About to rehearse at The Maravel Arts Center where Steven Jamail is the music supervisor for Rosie's Theater Kids.
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Now for a quick trip home to snuggle with Tim and watch some college basketball and "30 Rock" while munching on a sushi dinner.
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I hit so much traffic (trying to get to my rehearsal for the benefit concert I am singing in after Monday's show) that I just hopped out of the cab and walked. My short little legs actually move pretty fast.
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Steven Jamail, Ryann Ferguson and Mayzie Drake's beautiful song!!! I love singing this and can't wait to perform it with Steven on Monday night! Now, sssshhhh! We have to practice!!
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Back to the York for Round 2!! The building facade looks beautiful at dusk. Aaaaah.
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We all got a little something from company management for our journey through previews. Matt looks cute with presents. You should send him some more.
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D.B. is just looking over some notes from the director and writer before half-hour call.
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D.B. cannot handle the after-dinner sexiness of Matt "Thor" Hydzik in the door way. Sarah Butke just puts up with it.
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D.B. bought his wife, Shannon, a fancy present for opening night of How To Succeed.... Lucky lady!!
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Mary is looking over her notes, too. Who got more?
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A little pre-show huddle. We have themes for each show. This was "suck my diction" night.
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MY present! I look really cute with presents, too. You should send me more. More than Matt.
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Matt has to write a post-it note that says "thanks for the sex" for a scene in the show. He gets creative.
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Pretty Mary, getting all dolled up for the show. She looks like a classic movie star. Tomorrow Morning in technicolor!
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Our shows are done for the day and our wonderful assistant stage manager Sarah Hall is leaving us! I am sad. And she, apparently, can't wait to go!! Happy trails to you...
Come see us at the York! We're here through April 23.
Hurlbert was the runner-up on the reality competition series "Legally Blonde - The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods," eventually joining the Broadway cast. Other credits include Beth March in the first national tour of Little Women, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Eponine in Les Misérables, Button in Giants and the Mistress in Evita.
* With book, lyrics and music by Laurence Mark Wythe, Tomorrow Morning is billed this way: "Tomorrow Morning is a warmly sophisticated new musical about the coupling and uncoupling of relationships. Witty, moving and emotionally complex, Tomorrow Morning speaks to anyone who has ever fallen in or out of love." The work has previously been seen in London and Chicago.
The cast comprises D.B. Bonds (The Phantom of the Opera), Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde), Matthew Hydzik (West Side Story) and Mary Mossberg (Mamma Mia! national tour).
Tomorrow Morning won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical in 2009. A Chicago cast album preserves the score. Visit www.tomorrowmorningthemusical.com.
In the show, two couples are separated by time, "yet bound together by the uncertainty of impending change and the ultimately redeeming power of love," according to earlier production notes in Chicago.
The limited Off-Broadway engagement will play to April 23 at The Theatre at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street).
Visit www.yorktheatre.org for the complete performance schedule. Tickets are $67.50 and are available online at www.yorktheatre.org, by calling (212) 935-5820, or in person at the box office at the York Theatre at Saint Peter's.
