The Tempo picks up...

We have now blocked the entire show and last week we ran Acts I and II.  Not pretty, but we got through without any train wrecks, our accompanist didn't have to stop us, and no one had any deer in the headlights moments.  Hurray!  However, this week will be different.  Act III is a bear.  Considering we are not professional singers, we need to do a lot more singing at the piano than pros would (in fact pros just walk in and sing at rehearsals; sometimes even flying in and right onto the stage for a performance.) How I wish we had more rehearsal time, but we just can't afford it.

The orchestra parts are now being printed.  Through the wonders of the internet our wonderful orchestrator, Michael Withers, has been able to e-mail PDFs for me to take to Kinko's for printing and binding.  Just having those in hand makes the endeavor more real and scary.

It is difficult at times to juggle everything from publicity, to consulting with designers, finding a choreographer (more on that next), chasing down the person to unlock the door to the rehearsal room, looking for props, etc., etc. while learning a part.  All this while spending many sleepless nights worrying about ticket sales.  We're at the point where we wake up with H&G in our heads and think we know everyone else's part, but not our own.  Exciting, but scary.

Onward and upward.