WOW,
Great job today, At times, I felt taken away to the story you were telling me, so I know we have the magic to tell this incredible tale. Some beautiful acting, dancing and singing, too. Give me more! I may come around tomorrow as we prepare to run the show and ask you your characters first name, your age, what you do for a living, what do you know about the caste, who is in your family... so be thinking... The crew did a awesome job today with still some kinks to work out, but we will! Mr. David, Ryan and Mr. Bill will focus on the lighting design. Mr. Ed, who is just awesome on the board and with awesome sound effects, will work with the narrators and soloists tomorrow before the run. Practice your lines! Here are some notes and things to do/get: ALL: Open up, either full to audience or a 3/4 turn. Don't turn you back on the audience. Let everyone see you. ALL: Diction and slow it down. GIve me some beats between lines, before lines or punch lines or for dramatic effect ALL: Sing out and smile AND have fun Plates: You look awesome up there on the risers. We just need to keep you mostly full to the audience, and I want you to come down the steps in each number. I am thinking in Human Again that you should enter from the steps, 2 on each side. We will work on this before the run-thru tomorrow. James, can you assist with this? RUG: I need you to do a trick, cartwheel at the end of each number, perhaps the worm in Guest and a cartwheel or nice spin Silly Girls: Thank you for the LALALAs!! Now lets add a waving hand move up in the air on those. LALALA! Love it. CREW: Rig Smoke Machine under steps, work on Library Scene Change, mark the windows and move the 2 side ones over more to SL and SR, let's use the walkies ALL: Does anyone have a set of walkies or 2-day radios we can borrow. Preferrably with earbuds MOB Song: Not in Sync with Music, Get those props. Overall looked great. The battle was darn good tonight! Keeping bringing it. Flatware up higher with props to the music beats. Better ending. CREW: You need to be all in black Trees: Olivia and D are Trees. Mr. Bill and I finished them tonight and they look darn cool. I need 2 crew members or actors to be the other 2 trees. See me tomorrow to be assigned and shown how to be a tree. Thanks. BELLE: At the end of Belle, be reading as you lean on the proscenium arch. It will divide you better from the crowd VILLAGERS: Near the end of Belle, when Gaston is on the well, I would like you to try to circle around the well in a counter-clock turn, on a count of 8. We will try this before the run-thru Maurice: Circle the well with you cart 2 times before moving wider. You never need to leave the stage area. This will give time for the flats to go off, then the well, and the trees on. Maurice: Be more excited and freaked out by all the enchanted items, but you love it at the same time. After cart crash, fall back to clear machine. Belle run to help him. Be in front of the machine. Rose Blanket: Be more graceful with the blanket. Some in with it billowing. Dance around with it at the end, over your head. I will show you. Crew: Make room for Maurice by moving the panels when he enters with invention Crew: Clear a spot for to access the light panel on SR. Crew: Level benches with tape Lindsay: Change line to: Oh, lets pretend the Gaston really wants to marry you. Soooooo, what's it like to be the Mrs. Gaston? ALL: DON"T MISS ENTRANCES, ahem, Gaston, Napkins, Silly Girls - - you know who you are! CREW/CURTAIN: Curtain Closes after the Silly Girls sing the Belle Reprise and after Belle crosses past curtain line PROPS AND SETS: We need a fancy table skirt for Belle's Bedroom, something very frilly, as well as a picture frame, big brush, fake flowers in PLASTIC VASE POTTS/MADAME and BELLE: After Home Reprise (which was lovely) let's try again to exit down steps SL. Belle you go first and help them down if need be PUB Patrons in GASTON: Be animated, have strong drinking pose, a few people should be telling stories or jokes at the tables, others should be listening and then start to listen to Gaston and LeFou as they start to sing. Now you are listening to their story, which is always pretty good. Remember to Stand on the benches. Maurice: Good excitement in the pub Belle. Slow it down and say last line "then I'll save her myself" out to the audience and then run off. COGS: Good job tonight. Give me more. Have a nervous twitch, like shaking your hands, drumming your hands on your costume or something. Remember to go up steps, pantomime no dinner date scene with Belle and come back to tell the Master, "She she ah she ah (beat, beat) she's not coming. Good laugh after Broke line - - make it longer and bigger. Slow Down your lines and Diction. But I'm hungry *beat, beat) "except that." MUSIC?????? Beast: Overall, great job. Stay more open to audience. More 3/4 turns. Try some lines in the show less angry. He is angry at the beginning but slowly starts to melt as soon as Belle comes to the Castle. Gaston: Be more macho. Strike a manly pose and then say your line. Bigger on Whipsering with LeFou. I liked when LeFou jumps in your arms at the end better. Luminere: Slow down lines. Add pose on the click before start of Guest. Was there missing lines after Beauty and the Beast tonight? NOTHING BUT A FOOL: Belle and Lumiere DSR, Beast UC and Cogs DR. BEAST: Make the 2nd Nothing but a fool sound depressed or like you may cry WOLVES: Be ready and be one stage. Come on whether you have a mask or not. We are trying to get more hats. If you have a black or gray winter nylon skull hat, bring that in. CREW: Maybe we move the fireplace more right for easier way to get on and off??? But actors do need to get around it. SOMETHING THERE: Enchanted leads please stay to the left of the library Props: Sachel of $$$ White Belt for D'Arque/Vershan needs brighter Villager Costume and white socks. He can wear the same pants CURTAIN CALL: Sloppy start, but it got better. We will hold the music for abut 3 more seconds so you can get into place. The curtain does not close. The first line should get there as the lights are coming back up. Music starts when lights go up. Wait for everyone in your group to get in line before grabbing hands and doing bow. Otherwise, not too shabby. :) PROPS/MUGS: We either need a few more fake plastic mugs, which we can spray grey and/or we need to fix the ones that are broken. Does anyone have any grey plastic mugs. Or mugs you don't care if we paint? WIGS: Put them away in the plastic it bag they came in. All wigs should live together in one larger bag. Props: Unbreakable vase for rose D'Arque/Vershawn: I have a white belt for you to use a prop. See me about that, as well as adding a white ascot to your costume LeFou: Fabulous. I have a cap for you. Belle: Lovely. Don't forget to look at Beast before you exit during Something There. Choreograph your dress changes. Lines were dropped tonight so I think you have time. You sound beautiful and I love your character choices. TO MANY: I am seeing some great acting on stage. Good job! Remember good freezes, interesting poses, fake-talking without sound or over-doing it Chip: Add line, Oh, man, when Mama tells you off to bed Madame: Slow down on ending line, "I'm surprised that is still fits me after all these years." If the music is not yet done, then add a line. "The last time I wore this was when I was starring in the opera Romeo and Juliet at the Vienna Opera House. I was stupendous, if I must say so myself... well, there.... I just did." CREW: You are working so hard. I appreciate all that you are doing. And Mr. Vince is awesome! See you all on Wednesday for our 3rd Dress Rehearsal (which will include some hair and make-up as we will NOT have time to do everyone. I want to run the show by 4:40pm and run a few scenes as outlined above. So there will NOT be time for too much hair and make-up. Sorry, but that will happen on Thursday, fer sure. Best, Mr. Todd I look forward to morrow, Mr. T0dd
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