Another day, another change…
I don't even know what number preview we just did. The last few days have all been rolled into one and we've had so many different versions of songs, scenes, costume changes, entrances and exits thrown at us I just about know what show we're doing. Would I change the experience? No.
I love previews of a new show. You get the excitement of rehearsing in the afternoon, making changes and then sometimes putting those changes into the show that night with having rehearsed them only once...twice if you're really lucky.
On Wednesday night we had a new ending of the opening number and during the show it didn't quite go as rehearsed as we were all so nervous about it. We re-rehearsed it yesterday and in last night's preview we managed to put the new choreography, to the new orchestration, to the new timing of the ending for 'G Company Blues'. It was only a slight adjustment but when you're thinking of all your other notes and changes, that slight adjustment can feel very challenging indeed.
Us boys of 'G Company' have become like brothers and at the top of the show we have started a ritual of a group huddle on the stage. This helps us focus and check in with our comrades before we throw ourselves (sometimes literally) into this process of creating an exciting and innovative piece of theatre that no one has ever seen before.
Posted by Marc Antolin (Private Clark) on 04/10/2013 @ 14:00hrs