Well...our first few rehearsals obviously were music rehearsals with John Franks, our Music Director. It stands to reason that in a musical revue, the most important aspect of the show is the music...duh!!! And what musicians these artists are! I know I sound gushy but these singers rock!!! And on top of everything they're really sweet. As usual I'm feeling behind the eight ball and yet in actuality we're already over halfway done blocking the show! So many of the numbers are ballad solos that won't require blocking and choreography, so we're doing fine as far as pace goes. It seems like the cast likes my concept of reworking the setting of the show from a backstage then onstage concept to a setting on an urban street where an "enchanted radio" seemingly abandoned in a homeless person's shopping cart helps a group of street musicians discover that the power of beautiful music like Rodgers and Hammerstein really can change the world.
But there are challenges looming....our beautiful Baritone Ben Czarnota is so awesome that he has been noticed by casting directors for a national tour and has a call-back today in New York!!! Obviously that would be awesome for Ben...
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Last night marked the beginning of the rehearsal process for Some Enchanted Evening. This is such a great cast...they sounded fantastic already - even with that nervous, tentative feeling all of us have felt singing in front of brand new cast mates for the very first time. But like anything else, all it takes is the first few notes before the singers felt the support and understanding of actually singing something for the first time outside of your car and in front of someone more than a housecat. These people are truly professionals and they sound like it. And they're really nice people as well, which is ever so sweet icing on the cake.
I took a lot of time to explain my concept of the show. I think the cast was relieved that I essentially rewrote the very opening of the show. We all felt that the written opening was corny and not very effective. I really wanted to use the urban street scene setting for this review that I talked about in the introductory video...but how to establish a group of people suddenly singing the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein on a city street? Well I think the...
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