Friday, May 8, 2015

Chicago Rehearsal Report 5.7.15

Hi everyone, keep up the great work! Monday 5/11 has been updated, see below. Thanks!


Rehearsal Report 020

Chicago          

May 7, 2015

Worked:

Start: 7pm

Breaks: 8:25pm (10)

End: 10:04pm

 

Dance Rewiew:

Me and My Baby, Cell Block Tango,

All That Jazz, All I Care About Is Love

Notes:

Cast in Attendance: Sheree, Pete, Sam, Sean, Emily, Veronica, Sarah B., Katya, Ann, Jesee, Sarah H., Shelby, Nancy, Westin, Phil, Ethen, Kirk, Nancy

 

Band in Attendance: Austin Kimble, Stephen Mansolo, Dave Lee, Meagan Boutin, Andrew Malley, Harrell Williams

 

Rehearsal Pianist: Diana

Set:

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

-Need a bed

-Center platform needs some attention

Costumes/ Props:

-Kirk would like to practice with a button up top, jacket and pants.

-Fans: need to be glued to stay open, we lost a few feathers (put back with the fans) and two kept closing and crumpling the feathers

-2 notepads and 2 pencils for reporters

-Cameras: how long does it take to charge the flash?

- 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

-Pistol

-Tamar, can you please pull the following:

Men's dress shirt, bowtie that can pull untied, suit jacket.

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

-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:

-Note for Lannie; in me and My Baby - there is a section that calls for ensemble men and women to sing; Sheree is in a lift at that point and needs additional support, should the women and men sing off stage?

-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

-Harry= Ethen

Choreography:

-Ethan and Westin still need placement for All That Jazz

-Jesee fixed the ending of All I Care About is Love (as discussed with Vincent)

-Cleaned Me and My Baby

 

Upcoming Rehearsals:

 

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 & ME, MY BABY) Called: Pete, Carl, Sam, Sean, Ethen, Westin, Craig. 

(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 

 

Monday, May 11 @ 7-10pm in rehearsal room, ALL DANCE REVIEW

(7:00-7:30) Roxie and Velma Dances. Called: Sheree & Emily

(7:30-7:45) ME & MY BABY. Called: Sheree, Sam, Sean, Pete

(7:45-8:15) ALL THAT JAZZ. Called: Emily, Veronica, Sarah B., Katya, Ann, Jesee, Sarah H., Shelby, Nancy, Westin, Sam, Pete, Sean, Phil, Ethen

(8:20-8:40) CELL BLOCK TANGO. Called: Cell Block Ladies + Swings

(8:40-9:10) BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN. Called: Pete, Sam, Sean, Westin, Ethen, Phil, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby, Nancy, Kirk, Sheree, Jenn 

(9:15-9:45) RAZZLE DAZZLE. Called: Sheree, Kirk, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby, Nancy, Pete, Sean, Sam, Westin, Phil, Ethen

(9:45-10:00) ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOVE. Called: Kirk, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby, Nancy

Important Notes:


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


-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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