...are going well. The lighting has been updated and looks really good.
The cast is superb. They're all able to bring the play's two-dimensional characters to life. Claney Outzen is very funny as Kelsi, the nerdy writer of "Juliet and Romeo." Valerie Remic as Charpay and Benjamin Haupt [Jo Jo from last year's Seussical] as her sidekick Ryan are delightful.
The two leads, Jordan Moore as Troy and Courtney Ricardo as Gabriella, bring warmth and likability to some pretty bland characters.
The techies are brilliant, as always.
Working the follow spots on this show is fun. It's not a difficult show like Seussical was. Most of the spots are on stationary characters. In Seussical, the cast was jumping and running all over the place.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Spot Ops at the High School Musical
The Bride and I operated the spots at last night's rehearsal. It went well. This is gonna be a fun show for the kids.
The band was in the pit and the songs sound pretty good. This cast of actors can really sing. That's a good thing because the play itself is so...well...horrendous.
Okay, it's horrendous only for people born before Clinton's first inaugural. God, I'm old...
The band was in the pit and the songs sound pretty good. This cast of actors can really sing. That's a good thing because the play itself is so...well...horrendous.
Okay, it's horrendous only for people born before Clinton's first inaugural. God, I'm old...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
High School Musical Tech Week Has Begun
No spot ops were needed at last night's rehearsal but got to watch the whole show.
First, I shall commend this awesome cast. They are talented kids. Pensacola actors never cease to amaze me. There is a lot of talented people - of all ages - in this little town.
But the storyline of the show is painful. It's best described as "Grease" meets that episode of "Saved By The Bell" wherein troublemaker Zak Morris takes a drama class to get a credit so he can graduate.
Not having seen the original Disney movie with Zac Efron and whats-her-name I cannot judge the songs. The music at the rehearsal was provied by a very loud piano.
Now, the cast does a great job performing "Status Quo," the song that closes out the first act. But the show's finale never seems to arrive. There is this endless reprise of all the songs and it just goes on and on and on...but the kids that'll make up the audience will just dig it.
Needless to say I'm out of this show's target demographic.
Tonight we shall run the spot ops.
First, I shall commend this awesome cast. They are talented kids. Pensacola actors never cease to amaze me. There is a lot of talented people - of all ages - in this little town.
But the storyline of the show is painful. It's best described as "Grease" meets that episode of "Saved By The Bell" wherein troublemaker Zak Morris takes a drama class to get a credit so he can graduate.Not having seen the original Disney movie with Zac Efron and whats-her-name I cannot judge the songs. The music at the rehearsal was provied by a very loud piano.
Now, the cast does a great job performing "Status Quo," the song that closes out the first act. But the show's finale never seems to arrive. There is this endless reprise of all the songs and it just goes on and on and on...but the kids that'll make up the audience will just dig it.
Needless to say I'm out of this show's target demographic.
Tonight we shall run the spot ops.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Next Up - High School Musical
The wife and I shall run the spotlights on Pensacola Little Theater's 2009 production of High School Musical...oy vey!
Tech week starts tonight.
The performance dates are: July 24-26, July 31- Aug 2, and Aug 7-9.
Tech week starts tonight.
The performance dates are: July 24-26, July 31- Aug 2, and Aug 7-9.
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