Legally Blonde
Well, I made it to the opening of the show. Auditions were on June 22/23 I believe and now it's exactly 3 months later and we have opening weekend under our belts. Pure relief..... and boy does that feel good.
Do I get a break? Hell No! Of course, I go right into rehearsing another show but this time it's a cast of 4 gals and I'm teaching music and doing the choreography. That's right....I'm choreographing an entire show for the first time in ages. I usually have a professional dancer or choreographer/teacher with me but this time, it's just me. I can stage and do basic dancing so I'm feeling like this isn't above my level of dance ability. And it's all Christmas music....should actually be fun.
Now that I'm at this point in the year I can reflect a bit and see how much I've been doing in the last 12 months. I've directed 3 shows and they were ALL musicals! Am I nuts? Add music directing the entire summer and now going onto the next production and I'll have done 6 shows in 11 months! I thought I was supposed to slow down a bit and take a break! Ha!
Those who know me realize I can't stand sitting around doing nothing so I'm right in my element. BUT.... it's good to take a break even from something you love to do because recharging the batteries is important. I do need some inspiration for some shows and I do want to submit some plays/musicals to various theatres over the next year.
Anyway, I'm really proud of Legally Blonde. I've got a stellar group of actors and a killer band and one hell of a crew working behind the scenes. I think the show will pick up steam in terms of ticket sales now that people are raving about it. I'm pretty happy to say the least. Now if a few of the cast members would just remember to be responsible and also take care of their voices.....I feel like a nagging mom!
Do I get a break? Hell No! Of course, I go right into rehearsing another show but this time it's a cast of 4 gals and I'm teaching music and doing the choreography. That's right....I'm choreographing an entire show for the first time in ages. I usually have a professional dancer or choreographer/teacher with me but this time, it's just me. I can stage and do basic dancing so I'm feeling like this isn't above my level of dance ability. And it's all Christmas music....should actually be fun.
Now that I'm at this point in the year I can reflect a bit and see how much I've been doing in the last 12 months. I've directed 3 shows and they were ALL musicals! Am I nuts? Add music directing the entire summer and now going onto the next production and I'll have done 6 shows in 11 months! I thought I was supposed to slow down a bit and take a break! Ha!
Those who know me realize I can't stand sitting around doing nothing so I'm right in my element. BUT.... it's good to take a break even from something you love to do because recharging the batteries is important. I do need some inspiration for some shows and I do want to submit some plays/musicals to various theatres over the next year.
Anyway, I'm really proud of Legally Blonde. I've got a stellar group of actors and a killer band and one hell of a crew working behind the scenes. I think the show will pick up steam in terms of ticket sales now that people are raving about it. I'm pretty happy to say the least. Now if a few of the cast members would just remember to be responsible and also take care of their voices.....I feel like a nagging mom!
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