Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Chicago Rehearsal Report 5.5.15

Hi everyone! A couple of important rehearsal changes for this Saturday, please review. Also, just to reiterate, there is a chance that we will be adding Saturday matinee shows on June 13,20,27th. PLEASE email me if you foresee any major issues, thanks!

Rehearsal Report 018

 Chicago       

May 5, 2015

Worked:

Start: 7:30pm

Breaks: none

End: 9:53pm

 

Vocals: Reach For The Gun, Finale, Own Best Friend, Razzle Dazzle, All I Care About Is Love, The Verdict, Cell Block

Notes:

Cast in Attendance: Entire Cast 

 

Excused: Phil, Sheree, BJ, Craig, Westin, Jake 

 

Rehearsal Pianist: Diana

Set:

-Had a few slips due to the ground floor steps not being secured. Can we secure the front and the juliet steps?

-Using 6 Chairs (from rehearsal) for Cell Block Tango

-Need a bed

-Center platform needs some attention

Costumes/ Props:

- small bag for poker game

- shoe box

- stand up mic

- newspapers

- handkerchief

- bible

- wheelchair

-Westin is Mary Sunshine sub when Jenn Tucker is out

-Red satin bed sheets and other sheets

-Mary Sunshine needs a standing old fashioned mic for Reach for Gun

-Kitty needs a tommy gun

-Need a newspaper w/ headline "ROXIE ROCKS CHICAGO"

-Fred needs a trench coat and wallet

-Piano needs to have wheels that lock 

-Cop #2 needs clipboard, paper, pencil

-Master of Ceremonies: Tux, mustache, hair parted down middle

-Gun

-Tamar, can you please pull the following:

Men's dress shirt, bow-tie that can pull united, suit jacket.

-In ALL I CARE @ IS LOVE, Billy's pants will need to be able to pull off easily, Velcro?

-Feather fans: don't want them to open and close, just stay open. Feathers were coming out and one fan broke, left everything in plastic bin.

-Mama's office: newspaper, box of liquor bottles

-Money

-Rosary beads for Roxie

Lights:

-Is it possible to put a round medium sized light underneath each Cell Block chair? (Dylan said he will look into) 

 

Sound/Music:

-Mary Ellen would like to review Battle Hymn with Lannie

-Need to add Music interlude (play measure 71 from Funny Hunny) into Cell Block Tango scene, so we can strike bed and 6 ladies can enter for Cell Block

-Beginning of Cell Block, safety x 8

 

Blocking:

- Set time aside to work with Pete for the courtroom scene since he'll have a set of dummies.

- Aaron and Harrison are same character (played by Sean and Sam will fill in when Sean is out)

- Pete is doctor

- Ethan is bailiff and clerk

-Cell Block ladies enter with your chair

-Fogarty= Ethen

-2nd cop= Carl

-Tailor= Carl

-Reporters in Reach for Gun= All Men, expect Craig and Jake

-We will assign 2 ladies to fill in for reporters (p.43)

-Kitty= Nancy and Sarah H. (for May 31 show) 

-Harry= Ethen

Choreography:

- Ethen and Westin do not have spots for beginning of All That Jazz  

-Vincent: when during All That Jazz the

Overture do the dancers come onstage?

-Need to choreograph Tap Dance: who is in this?

Upcoming Rehearsals:

 

Wednesday, May 6 @ 7:30-10pm in rehearsal room

Dance: BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN. Called: Pete, Sam, Sean, Westin, Ethen, Phil, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby, Nancy

*Jayson filling in for Michelle

 

Thursday, May 7 @ 7-10pm in rehearsal room ALL DANCE REVIEW

(7:00-7:40) Me and My Baby. Called: Sheree, Sam, Sean, Pete

(7:45-8:25) Cell Block Tango. Called: Cell Block Ladies + Swings  

(8:30-9:15) All That Jazz. Called: Emily, Veronica, Sarah B., Katya, Ann, Jesee, Sarah H., Shelby, Nancy, Westin, Sam, Pete, Sean, Phil, Ethen

(9:20-10:00) ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOVE. Called: Kirk, Veronica, Sarah B., Shelby, Sarah H., Ann, Katya, Jesee, Nancy

*Phil excused

 

Friday, May 8 @ 12-3pm Round Rock Repertory Dance Center

Dance: NOWADAYS AND HOT HONEY RAG. Called: Emily and Sheree

 

Saturday, May 9 @ 1-5pm in rehearsal room / PEPC

(1-2pm) Vocals: Men Ensemble songs (Must learn ROXIE and ME & MY BABY) Called: Pete, Carl, Sam, Sean, Ethen, Westin, Craig. In PEPC

(1:30-3:30pm) Blocking: I KNOW A GIRL, Velma Solos. Called: Emily

(@ 2:45pm) ADD BJ for CLASS w/ Velma

(2-4pm) Dance: ROXIE. Called: Sheree, Sam, Westin, Pete, Phil, Ethen, Sean

(2-3pm) Vocals: Women Ensemble songs. Called: Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Shelby, Nancy

(4-5pm) Blocking: MY OWN BEST FRIEND. Called: Emily & Sheree

 

*Sarah B. & Sarah H. excused 

 

  Important Notes:


-BIOS (80 words max!) and head shots (actors only) were due to jessie@georgetownpalace.com 


-Jesee Smart will add the dance rehearsal videos and notes to the Box folder. Go to Box.com and log in with this info: cast@georgetownpalace.com , castpassword123 


-Past rehearsal reports can be seen here: http://palacechicago2015.blogspot.com/


-Continue to check the online rehearsal schedule each day for updates. 


-Austin has recorded MANY of the songs from the show and will place them in the Cast Box Folder under "Choreography Rehearsal Tracks" 

 

 THANKS!


Michelle Symons

Production Stage Manager

symonsmichelle@gmail.com

973.941.6146

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