30 Days of NYMF: Trust Me

TRUST ME
by David J. McGee (role of Cal in Tully)

Tully (In No Particular Order) has an utterly brilliant book, an astonishingly lovely score, a phenomenal orchestra, a magnificent production team, a fantastic cast including not one but two (2!) reality TV stars, and a chorus made up entirely of elderly badgers. Only one of those statements isn't true.  
 
There, you found me out: all of our badgers are youthful. 
 
But yes. The show is pretty much shockingly well-written. Then, consider that it was written by two people in their early 20's, and you may find your brain, like mine, just about to implode.  
 
There's also an admission I feel I should make: I don't... um... generally... care for musicals. I understand that this may be neither the best time nor venue in which to bring this up, but quite often I find myself watching a show in which people suddenly begin to sing and dance in unison, and my first thought is not "Bravo!" but rather "Why are all of those people singing and dancing in unison?" I realize that this speaks more to my failure to willingly suspend my disbelief than it does to any inherent flaw in the form, but the fact that I then feel comfortable writing in all caps I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH IT HURTS is therefore sort of a notable aberration. 
 
Now, it's a fairly reasonable assumption on my part that you like musicals. Since you're on broadwayworld.com or nymf.org, you probably came here on purpose to read about musicals, unless you Googled something like "On which world is Broadway located?" or "Is "nymph" as in like "tree nymph" spelled "nymph" or "nymf"?" in which case you REALLY need somebody to teach you search engine protocol. But I can see that you might then think that Tully is not for you, because it appeals to this simpleton who is willing to publicly write that he doesn't much care for one of the preeminent American art forms. But the fact is, I love it even in my simpleness, and musical aficionado/producer Michael Height loves it, and the people I know who love theatre love it, and the people I know who wouldn't ever set foot in a theatre unless I begged them to love it, and my mother loves it so much she would have flown from Los Angeles to see it regardless of whether or not I had been cast, and the people I know who came to the workshop (even the socially awkward/aggressively honest ones that would feel comfortable telling me that it sucked on toast) left with tears in their eyes. I mean... this show is just so damn good. It's so good I'm honestly scared to be in it because I don't want to blow it. 
 
Look I can't really think of a compelling reason for you to trust me on any of this, as it is in my vested interest for you to come see this show. Three hundred words isn't quite enough time to prove my objectivity or authorial presence. But just... just... go listen to the songs on the website, and watch the interview with the writers, and then just... well... just come watch the show. Seriously. 
 
If nothing else, you'll see a lot of badgers.