Three days left
As I write this blog entry, I'm on the way back to Hoboken in a bus. Have you even taken a bus to Hoboken? It's like a city bus, with an exit in the back, and you always feel like the bus is going to stop, open up its back exit, and let people off at the halfway mark inside of the Lincoln Tunnel.
Rehearsal today went great. We at first intended a run-through, but when we realized how much musical underscoring needed detailing we decided to do a walk-through. Got to see some of the stuff that I'd just never seen before... a Greek Dance Break where they get drunk and begin to brawl, the end of "My Lover is my Husband is my Son", and the very end of the play which just seems to get funnier every time we up the ante. By the time the show goes up on its feet, I'm going to have to repent for a nice chunk of sins.
What else is there to say? We open up in three days. There's still things to clean, dancing that needs tightening, possibly a line to cut here and there, maybe places that could use underscoring that never occurred to us, and possibly some edits in comedic timing. It's hard to remember that this is why it's only NYMF. And yet you want to treat it like it's a full opening of a show that has a run, because when you rehearse and spend that much time in it, you really want everything to be perfect.
But honestly, how often in theatre do you say to yourself, "yes, we've had too much time to rehearse. Let's go on vacation and come back opening night".
Everybody's working incredibly hard, and just for the joy of theatre. It's good that even with three days left, even on no sleep and getting sick one by one, we're still laughing. We're still having fun with the piece, we're still finding new moments and new places and God, does this cast make me laugh. Each time I see them go through it, they find a new way to make me laugh. They've really taken the text and songs and brought these characters to life, and make them frickin' hilarious. I don't imagine we could have a better group for a show like this. The egos pretty much left on day one. I haven't seen this much teamwork in awhile, and its refreshing.
I want to give a special shout-out to Jinay Reitze, our superb stage manager and a great friend, without whom this show would have never gotten up and running. The work she does is well beyond the job of stage manager, and I've never seen anybody work harder than Jinay does.
Only three days left. And once everybody comes, this may be the most hysterical thing, or this may fall flat on its face. But I think I can speak for everybody by saying that we're proud of what we're putting out there. And I can at least speak for myself when I say that I hope you like it.
Rehearsal today went great. We at first intended a run-through, but when we realized how much musical underscoring needed detailing we decided to do a walk-through. Got to see some of the stuff that I'd just never seen before... a Greek Dance Break where they get drunk and begin to brawl, the end of "My Lover is my Husband is my Son", and the very end of the play which just seems to get funnier every time we up the ante. By the time the show goes up on its feet, I'm going to have to repent for a nice chunk of sins.
What else is there to say? We open up in three days. There's still things to clean, dancing that needs tightening, possibly a line to cut here and there, maybe places that could use underscoring that never occurred to us, and possibly some edits in comedic timing. It's hard to remember that this is why it's only NYMF. And yet you want to treat it like it's a full opening of a show that has a run, because when you rehearse and spend that much time in it, you really want everything to be perfect.
But honestly, how often in theatre do you say to yourself, "yes, we've had too much time to rehearse. Let's go on vacation and come back opening night".
Everybody's working incredibly hard, and just for the joy of theatre. It's good that even with three days left, even on no sleep and getting sick one by one, we're still laughing. We're still having fun with the piece, we're still finding new moments and new places and God, does this cast make me laugh. Each time I see them go through it, they find a new way to make me laugh. They've really taken the text and songs and brought these characters to life, and make them frickin' hilarious. I don't imagine we could have a better group for a show like this. The egos pretty much left on day one. I haven't seen this much teamwork in awhile, and its refreshing.
I want to give a special shout-out to Jinay Reitze, our superb stage manager and a great friend, without whom this show would have never gotten up and running. The work she does is well beyond the job of stage manager, and I've never seen anybody work harder than Jinay does.
Only three days left. And once everybody comes, this may be the most hysterical thing, or this may fall flat on its face. But I think I can speak for everybody by saying that we're proud of what we're putting out there. And I can at least speak for myself when I say that I hope you like it.
Oedipus for Kids! plays as part of the