I got to meet Anna last night...
...in a dream.
Anna's traveling one-woman cabaret act came to my town, and I got to be backstage for the event. She would get onstage, belt out a number, hustle back and change costumes, and get out and do another.
The show was remarkable for the chronic ineptitude of its production staff. Lights wouldn't come on at the right time, the curtain would open and close indiscriminately, and people wouldn't always be where they needed to be for the next number to start.
But Anna's performance was the glue that held it all together. I remarked to one of her stage managers that, "she's only a so-so singer, but she can really sell it."
To be fair, I didn't actually have a conversation with the elusive Anna. I actually just got a quick hug and a hello between songs, and otherwise just watched her do her thing onstage.
Strange dream, that's for sure.