I feel just like Judy in the above picture, except in my case, the stacks of dishes are musical arrangements.  I returned home from performances in Naples three weeks ago with a dozen arrangements still to finish for my new cabaret show, Get Happy! Judy Garland 1944-’54, which gets its first airing on April 1st.  So I just spent my entire spring break from the Cleveland Institute of Music chained to my piano and running on Aeropress coffee and bonbons.  You know you’ve been working too hard when a visit to the BMV to renew your expired driver’s license seems like a holiday...

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