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| maybe it’s karma | August 12, 2008 | It was f-f-f-f-f-freezing at rehearsal last night. I know I’ve whined a lot about the temperature at the theatre, but really last night it got to the point where I really wanted to wrap myself in a blanket like a little old granny. It was a long rehearsal too. We’re getting to the stage of […] |
| maybe it’s karma | It was f-f-f-f-f-freezing at rehearsal last night. I know I’ve whined a lot about the temperature at the theatre, but really last night it got to the point where I really wanted to wrap myself in a blanket like a little old granny. It was a long rehearsal too. We’re getting to the stage of […] |
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| a little dopey | August 6, 2008 | Well for someone who likes a good musical I’ve discovered I was a little dopey when it came to Oklahoma. I always thought that the big showstopping title number was the finale…but it seems not. (I’m guessing the majority of the cast were aware of this long before me!) As we worked our way through […] |
| View from the pit | August 3, 2008 | It was a fairly light afternoon at rehearsal today for me. We worked over Farmer and the Cowman again – revising what was blocked on Thurday night. Following that there is a long section of dialogue (the auction) which meant no music and I could have a pleasant sit down and watch the proceedings. Up […] |
| all cows all the time | August 1, 2008 | Last night at rehearsal we moved into Act 2 and it was all Farmerand the Cowman all the time. For the entire practice….there’s dancing, singing, dialogue, comedy, a fight…it’s got everything. So it took quite some time to get through blocking the whole thing. And then we just kept running and running it…. I was […] |
| all cows all the time | Last night at rehearsal we moved into Act 2 and it was all Farmerand the Cowman all the time. For the entire practice….there’s dancing, singing, dialogue, comedy, a fight…it’s got everything. So it took quite some time to get through blocking the whole thing. And then we just kept running and running it…. I was […] |
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| is it a circus…no it’s a dream sequence | July 27, 2008 | Rehearsal was interesting this afternoon…most of the time was spent on the “dream sequence”. Interesting because I have been rewatching the documentary on Broadway: The American Musical and they had comments from Agnes B De Mille who choreographed the original Oklahoma Broadway production’s dream sequence. She said originally Laurey’s dream was set to be in […] |
| "many a new day-ing" | July 23, 2008 | Another monster rehearsal last night at the theatre. It was all work on the chorus numbers so heaps of repetition of entrances, singing, dancing, as well as singing and dancing at the same time. For me, it was three hours of almost non-stop playing. While the chorus music isn’t too difficult (and I’ve developed the […] |
| “many a new day-ing” | Another monster rehearsal last night at the theatre. It was all work on the chorus numbers so heaps of repetition of entrances, singing, dancing, as well as singing and dancing at the same time. For me, it was three hours of almost non-stop playing. While the chorus music isn’t too difficult (and I’ve developed the […] |