WandelProbe and NEWS COVERAGE

So yesterday proved even more interesting......another cast member semi bit the dust. This makes NUMERO QUATRO!!!

We ran through the show twice---FULL OUT!!! But, the first one was filled with another person out. Coleen had a Dr. appt. (please mind the abbreviations) so on went Swing officianado and provocateur Sara ( pronounced Sare-RAH by Jerry) Andreas as Brooke Wyndham. 

 

Once again, no rehearsal. In NYC a few times Leslie sang through it, but it was total cold turkey.......and Sara was great. Much like me, she may have piddled a wee bit in those parachute pants. But she was flawless.....and thats hard with all that crazy jumproping added into the song.
And now here we are the Friday before we open, and the WANDELPROBE is in full swing. What is that you may ask...."Sounds like a weird SITZPROBE Nick"( and you would be right)......so check this

SITZPROBE: the first music rehearsal involving both singers and orchestra, usually held in the theatre, where the orchestra plays from the pit and the principals and chorus are seated on stage (Probe is German for rehearsal - a sitting rehearsal).

vs.

WANDELPROBE: like a Sitzprobe, but the singers stroll about the stage to their approximate blocking. (Wandel means leisurely walking, as in ``Ihr wandelt droben im Licht auf weichem Boden... Doch uns ist gegeben auf keiner Stätte zu ruhn'') 

( i know you all know what that means--obviously)

But, the orchestra has been rehearsing like Banshees( which are Irish perfectionists for those that have never seen the Disney classic "DARBY O'GILL and the Lil People" which is one of Sean Connery's greatest movies AND while sporting a full head of hair)--and the band is rocking@@@ Check out the video to the right!
Also, we only travel with a three piece band of consistency. We have our conductor/pianist, secondary synth, and drums. Other than that, each town brings with it a new scaled down orchestra. I believe we are actually 6 pieces less than the BWAY show.....

And tomorrow Rhode Island's going totally Legally Blonde with some serious news coverage.....

Eyewitness News anchor Karen Adams is going to take viewers behind the scenes. Meet the cast and see what it takes to put on a mega musical road show in the vamped up PPAC.

Saturday Sept. 20th at 7:30pm on WPRI 12 and re-aired Sunday on FOX at 2 p.m.

And to clarify, may i say that by BUBBLY i meant very happy and a shining BEACON OF

 POSITIVITY. This was in reference to Bway Conductor and co Arranger JAMES SAMPLINER (pronounced Samp-LEEner for those wanting to introduce yourselves), who has taught us most of the music to the show. He is a Libra with a rising Sag moon, enjoys a biting Single Malt, laughter by candlelight, is glad that SEXY got brought back, and IS single ladies. For his #- please email me..........but seriously, he has lost alot of sleep working on this puppy (as well as the rest of the artistic army) so give him a hug when you see him. In fact, give them all a hug.
IN closing, i sadly say that Rhiannon will no longer be sporting her huge BLUE finger sleeve. Last night, amidst GUITAR HERO marathons, we removed her two stitches. She was going to go to the hospital in the WEE hours of the morning, but I insisted she just let us take them out. For those of you that have never had stitches, be not afraid. You can usually let them disintegrate and fall out, or just have a friend use a nice pair of small scissors and take care of business. It doesnt hurt at all, and is much cheaper than covering a CO-PAY and waiting in a smelly waiting room next some strange fellow sporting a gunshot wound to the cheek that he gave himself.

In closing, here are some new lyrics in POSITIVE which were changed due to the lack of height of Megan Lewis........

"Fighting is not Delta NU, plus who knows what the heck she'll do. Some preppy ass J. Crew Kung Fu...whose got a plan B?"