On Saturday the 30th we worked all of the notes
from Linda (as well as our own notes) from 10-12:30. After lunch, there was a
cast rehearsal with the two large rolling mirror walls that appear during the A
CHORUS LINE section of Act Two. (The actors move them on stage, dance in front
of them and then roll them off stage.) It was important that they know how to
maneuver them as they travel out from the loading door space, and there is only
so much room between the door and the real back wall of the stage to work with.
At 3pm we ran the entire show. Again, it is important for
all of us to get into a ‘rhythm’ with both acts, so that everything in the show
becomes so familiar to us that it becomes regular. The show is currently
running 1hr 14 min for Act One and 1hr 1min for Act Two. That is not unusual
for musicals: most first acts can run 90 min in length. We have also added two
extra songs to the piece (although it comes to about 3 min of extra music) and
some additional dialogue.
At this point, it felt like we were in a really good place.
My day (and the rehearsal week) ended with an unexpected issue: a flat tire. :( Unfortunately, I didn’t notice it until the end of the rehearsal. As I pulled out from the campus onto Rattlesnake Mountain Road, something was amiss with my front end. I quickly pulled into the lower parking lot and stopped in front of the Art Barn. When I got out, I noticed the right front passenger side tire was blown. I attempted to change it myself, but I couldn’t get my tire jack to raise the car. And then I realized that I had a AAA Plus membership… my own ‘duh’ moment. I called them and a mechanic arrived about 30 minutes later and had the tire changed in about 5 minutes. So it caused me to be about an hour later in returning home than I anticipated, but at least no one got hurt, thankfully.
