Looking at the cast photos from two productions of Blithe Spirit (Nashville 2004, Elvira; San Diego 2006, Ruth), I found it interesting that the casts arranged themselves similarly (if not as tightly) in them: Bradmans on the left, Madame Arcati and Edith right, Charles standing middle; Ruth seated left, Elvira seated right with grey rose(s).
To confuse the issue (as I am wont to do), I also found it interesting that the BEFORE picture (2004) was taken AFTER a performance and the AFTER picture (2006) was taken BEFORE one. I love that kind of thing. I'm weird that way.
The director made an appearance between the wives in the Nashville photo, accounting for the extra face in that one (or the missing one in the San Diego version, depending on your outlook) -- and Nashville's tall Dr. Bradman stood behind rather than to the side of his stage wife. She, in turn, marked where the good doctor should have been standing for parity quite nicely with her drink -- using her heretofore unknown Arcati-esque powers to predict this two-years-later comparison. Well done, Anne-G!
Still no reviews have been published (though rumor has it that critics were seated this weekend and may soon have fingers to the keyboard), and no news has come from the audition. And thus... the search goes on.
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