Starry stars

When I first met Keala Settle, it was for a taping of What The World Needs Now for Maya and Marty. First of all, I was already overwhelmed by all the Broadway greats that were in the room: Joel Grey, Victor Garber, Debra Monk, Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, I mean, the list goes on and on!

THEN, Keala looks up at me (cause I was on the back row of risers trying to “hide” literally gripping my friend Anika’s forearm out of anxiety) and says, “Lacretta! Come stand down here with us!” 😲 I was still stuck on the fact that she said my name right. Secondly, she was pointing to the space between her and Orfeh 🤤 I couldn’t move! I’m gripping Anika with the Strength of the Bear (whatchu know ’bout that Bravestar cartoon, son!?!) to the point I can hear her ulna turning to dust under my hand and all I could muster was to shake my head no.

I can give you a song and dance in a 2000+ seat theatre and yet, I can get painfully shy. But I love that moment because no one was trying to intimidate me or put on airs. Everyone was so kind. At one point Chita Rivera sat next to me on the couch and chatted with me.

I was honored. I have since had occasion to really sit and talk with Keala and Orfeh and they are both gems. I admire them so and Keala gives the best hugs!

Hello Reader!

Welcome to my little slice of the interwebs! I’ve been toying with having a blog for a while. My friends have also been encouraging me. I still think, don’t nobody wanna hear what I got to say, but Facebook got me all in my feelin’s, so I decided to take the leap. Let’s see how it goes.

When I was little, I always wanted to be on shows like Eureka’s Castle, Sesame Street, and Zoobilee Zoo! After meeting John Tartaglia while he was doing Johnny and the Sprites, my inner child tugged at me saying, “Remember wanting to be on those shows?” The jaded adult was like, “Yup, but I think at this point, the theme may have shifted slightly!” Don’t get me wrong, I’ll admit I still watch Arthur. Matter of fact, I was like who are these people voicing these characters these days. Calm down girl, people grow up, voices change, things move on.

So, I’m grown now. But! I still love the idea. ‘Cretta’s Cove: where your darling Lacretta sits on a rock with a drank, soaking her toes in a pool of sea water gossiping with a few brilliantly colored sea creatures and guests stop by. It would be like Watch What Happens meets Fraggle Rock! But my guests would be like Ursula, the Kraken, maybe Scar cause Be Prepared is my jam!

Anyway, I may not have a show, but I can easily have a blog. So here we are. I’m excited and since I often max out Instagram  (just be typin’ not realizing the past 3 sentences aren’t there), I figured this would be a great platform for my musings. Make yourself comfortable and enjoy the the lazy ride down my stream of consciousness!