:'( The play closed several days ago. There were a lot of crying actors during the final curtain call. I managed to refrain from crying until my first bow, and then my tear ducts refused to dry. When we took the cast bow, I got to watch one big, fat Continue Reading
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The Sound of Music Rehearsals: Here We Go!
It’s been awhile since I wrote one of these, since I’ve been busy with work, rehearsal, and school. In fact, we’re already past the first weekend of performances and moving right along into the second. The remaining rehearsals were a time of steady improvement. We continued to do one act Continue Reading
The Sound of Music Rehearsals: It’s Like a Giant Puzzle!
Monday, we ran through act one. Tuesday, we ran through act two. Wednesday was a day of working on various groups’ weakest songs. Today (Thursday), Shane and Lindsey are busy working on leading man and lady stuff. Tomorrow… well, they haven’t sent out the e-mail for tomorrow yet. Rolf and Continue Reading
The Sound of Music Rehearsals: All the Nuns Do, Really, is Get Onstage and Sing
I’ve been called to rehearsal thrice this week. The first two were just the nuns doing more parts work with Justin. Charlotte, who plays the Mother Abbess in the show, has her secret identity as a voice instructor, so she’s been helping Justin catch things we need to fix. She Continue Reading
The Sound of Music Rehearsals: The Nunnery
Yesterday started out as a full-cast rehearsal. We all did warm-ups together — real, full warm-ups — for the first time, including some more name-learning. We then picked up where we left off with the read-through of the script. There was little left, so it took us less than an Continue Reading
The Sound of Music Rehearsals: Gettin’ the Ball Rollin’
So. I am too lazy to check and see if I’ve mentioned this on the blog yet, but I’m in TBA Theatre‘s upcoming production of The Sound of Music. And it’s going to be awesome. (Less than three. Less than three. Less than three!) Everyone in the cast is great. Continue Reading