Yesterday’s rehearsal was pretty straightforward vocal work. We went over songs in more depth than usual and made some minor changes. Most of the changes that are being made at this point are harmony fixes, cutting bars of accompaniment, and figuring out our performance vamps. The score has needed some notational polishing, and translating the guitar accompaniment to piano has been interesting. This score was meant for a guitar, so making it piano-based for rehearsals involves a lot of blocked chords and rhythmic notation. Much of the score is not written out note-for-note.
Today is the longest day yet: 4-11. Right now, the actors are reading through the script and getting notes from the director. Today is about putting it all together and polishing what we have learned over the week. There is a performance tomorrow night after a looooong day of rehearsing. I imagine we’ll do a run of the show tonight and tomorrow, with more vocal touchups. I have learned a lot about how a score ebbs and flows during the rehearsal process, and how to rehearse efficiently when time is pretty limited.
I have two more days of We Are The Tigers (rehearsal tomorrow, performance tomorrow night, performance Monday night). I will interview Patrick Sulken (MD of We Are The Tigers) on Monday before the show. Then on Tuesday, I am will interview Will Van Dyke and observe him conducting Kinky Boots. On Wednesday, I will follow Ian Axness around as he has a jam-packed music director hodgepodge day. That experience will be like nothing I’ve done so far in the city. Wednesday night, I’m seeing An American in Paris.
More and more opportunities are falling into place. It seems like once you get the ball rolling in New York City, it is impossible to be bored.