This evening we had our first and final dress/tech rehearsal for "The Paul Lynde 1977 Halloween Special." It was pretty intense as far as rehearsals go.
Not only are there are quite a few people involved in this show - and in addition, it's definitely what we would call "tech heavy." There are a lot of light, sound and video cues (ie - commercial breaks, laugh and applause tracks) throughout.
It's quite a production with little preparation - but we're improvisers so I have full confidence that should anyone go up on their lines, we'll be able to roll with it!
Initially I had very little to worry about in terms of memorization (I think I have a total of 5 lines, half of which are "Cuchi! Cuchi! Cuchi!) - but late this evening I decided that I should switch out the song I to which I was originally assigned ("Twist & Shout") and sing "Love Will Keep Us Together" instead. I just can't shake the image of Charo in her glittering bell bottoms singing that timeless Captain & Tenneal tune. After viewing that youtube video of Charo a 100th time - I knew that my mission was clear. So I cleared it with the folks in charge and they gave me the go ahead.
Of course now I have given myself an even more daunting task of memorizing a whole new song by tomorrow night, but I can do it!
Cuchi! Cuchi! Cuchi!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment