Michael Bernardi, son of Tony nominee Herschel Bernardi, currently plays Mordcha the innkeeper and understudies Tevye in Broadway鈥檚 Fiddler on the Roof. Follow him through his two-show day.
It's a 2 show day people, time to order the same breakfast I order every single day. Rise &
Shine;)
Shine;)
Now that sustenance is on its way, let's check the news....okay I'm going back to sleep..
BAGEL PARTY with Caitlin Donohue current star of NYT Critics' Pick 1001 Nights running at the
Atlantic Theatre till mid-October. We like each other almost as much as we like bagels.
Atlantic Theatre till mid-October. We like each other almost as much as we like bagels.
Let's go burn some of those bagel calories.
People really do look like their dogs. Or at least their butts do. (No animals were harmed while
these creepy stalker photos were taken).
these creepy stalker photos were taken).
BOOMSHAKALAKA!! (Fear the Beard) 48th and 10th ave courts.
Done with my workout, one 19-hour massage please.
2nd breakfast. A beard's most important meal of the day.
My brother sent me a photo of my mother looking like a maniac. That reminds me, my father
was also a total maniac! #soulmates #photoshopaddiction #maniacgenetics
was also a total maniac! #soulmates #photoshopaddiction #maniacgenetics
Time to warm up for the Shtetl.
Also known as The Broadway Theatre.
One of Jessica Hecht's cookie minions and brilliant dancer-swing Austin Goodwin the Fashion
Forwarder is at it again. Donate a dollar to a worthy cause, get a cookie... Maybe three. (https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/italy-earthquake-relief-fund/)
Forwarder is at it again. Donate a dollar to a worthy cause, get a cookie... Maybe three. (https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/italy-earthquake-relief-fund/)
Makin' the rounds in Anatevka. (From left to right) Brandt Martinez the Bad-Boy Dancer, Charlie Duncan the Dresser, Karl Kenzler the Smolder, Nick Rehrberger the Blonder, Matt Moisey the Bageler, Dee Roscioli the Dee-er, Fernando the Door-er, Mitch Greenberg the Early-Birder, Bess Glorioso the All-Powerful-er and Suzanne Apicella the 15-minute Announcer-er.)
The Company Wall of Cute (and in my case, Ham).
Pre-flight Rabbi. Launch.
In-flight Rabbi. (From left to right: Sari Ketter the Fairy Godmother Assistant Director, Adam Danheisser the Butch Butcher, The Rabbi, Heschel the Sign-Painter, Adam Kantor the Yoga Pants Tailor, Ben Rappaport the Communism Researcher, and Tommy Cole the Southerner.)
Time for the Final Circle. What would a day in Anatevka be without a good exile.
Post-Rabbi: Who do I see at the stage door? Why it's my old SUNY Purchase brotha Michael Barra! He's about t'make hiz bway debut az Jojo da' Whale in A Bronx Tale @ the Longacre' dis' Novemba':) But enough chit-chat, I gotta go sell a bookcase so I can buy the new IPhone 7 Plus. Bless Starbucks for creating quick and easy steak wrap sustenance. I only got 20 min before I gotta get ready for the next show. (Sleeps)
It's Mighty Morphin Mordcha Time!
It's Schvitz City after L'chaim. Time to go to my secret wind garden in the basement near the AC vents and pretend I'm Rebecca Luker.
10 minutes of blissful introversion before my next entrance.
Jeffrey "Shecky" Schecter aka Mendel the Rabbi's Son takes direction very well, especially
when deliriously exhausted.
when deliriously exhausted.
Stairs. Only six more flights before I can sweat in my dressing room.
Act II Kibitz Korner with Adam Grupper the Rabbi.
Our individually discovered all-time favorite joke, that no one else likes, goes:
A little old Jewish man walks into a post office in Minsk. He shuffles to the counter and asks the clerk, "Excuse me, when are you open?"
The clerk replies, "24 hrs a day, 7 days a week"
The little old Jewish man thinks for a moment then asks the clerk, "Thursday's too?"
Our individually discovered all-time favorite joke, that no one else likes, goes:
A little old Jewish man walks into a post office in Minsk. He shuffles to the counter and asks the clerk, "Excuse me, when are you open?"
The clerk replies, "24 hrs a day, 7 days a week"
The little old Jewish man thinks for a moment then asks the clerk, "Thursday's too?"
Don't worry management, Bobby Hentze, the Deck Automator deactivated the keyboard before we took this picture.
Adam Kantor (bottom right) is a bit blue before getting exiled for the second time in 24hrs.
Brandt Martinez the Bad-Boy Dancer, George Psomas the Greek, and Jenny Baker the Forever
Younger (pictured right to left, top-right) keep their balance.
Brandt Martinez the Bad-Boy Dancer, George Psomas the Greek, and Jenny Baker the Forever
Younger (pictured right to left, top-right) keep their balance.
After show drinks at Characters to celebrate Jen Zetlan and Brandt Martinez's final performance the next day. (From left to right: Jennifer Zetlan the Maternal-er, Sarah F. Parker the Truly Good Person-er, Austin Goodwin the Fashion-Forwarder, Silvia Vrskova the Electric Spark-er, Matt Moisey the Bageler, Nick Rehrberger the Blonder, Stephanie Mason the Heart Warmer, Zachary the Awesome Saucer, Robbie Nicholson the Yes Lover, and Jenny Baker the Forever Younger) Oy that involved more creative energy than I thought. L'chaim:)!
