I'm trying to find out who is seriously committed to the variety* show and who is not. On the one hand I'm still very open to new acts, and believe we will never be closed to acts. On the other, if someone wants to do an act they need to... actually do it, not just think of it. Some acts need help from others (almost every act needs a good intro, but others need lights, anims, ideas/writing, music, additional performers, problem-solving, etc.). Some people just need to be part of a group to get their interest up. At this stage in a project there's nothing pulling it along but sheer will-power from me - but I think once things start to seem more real (i.e. when there's a walk-through rehearsal with performers trying to be ready on cue, which I want to try tomorrow) people will see where they are going.

It reminds me of my father poking his head in to watch when I was painting.
"That part doesn't look right."
"That's UNDERPAINTING. "
"You can see in your head how it will look when it's finished, but I have no idea."
"Go away."

At the moment it's underpainting, but when the focus sharpens things will become clearer for everyone. Well, everyone but me, since I got a kind of visual flash last autumn that arrived fully-formed in my head and damned if I can't spork it into reality with enough energy outlay.
*types until her fingers bleed*
It will all be worth it, I swear.

*I think typing "vaudeville/music hall" 50 times a day is bad for my arm.

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