Busy Busy Busy.Rehearsals are in full swing. It is pretty much all about dividing and conquering. There are two rehearsal rooms that are constantly in use, actors have costume fittings at various costume houses around town, shoe fittings are happening in the hallway of the rehearsal studio, new pages of the script and score are being distributed, and there were at least three smaller meetings happening in various locations around the Hilton Theatre.
Fun Fact: there is actually a VIP lounge on the bottom basement level of that theatre called the Conrad Hilton room: full bar, comfy seating, private restrooms. It is a pretty luxurious place to have a meeting...
Back upstairs, the dancers work on the opening number "Down, Down, Underground" with Sergio (Choreographer) and the Dance staff:
Cast member Ephraim Sykes:
Cast member Danny Tidwell:
I was able to catch the last session of rehearsal from about 4:30-6pm but was hanging around as actors were released and saw the Stage Management/Production Assistants (PA's) reapplying the tape on the studio floor.
The tape is used to mark out where the set pieces and boundaries of the stage are so that the cast members can familiarize themselves with their dance and blocking (where they move onstage) patterns before they are on the real stage with the real set pieces.
Me: "Oh, has something changed with the set?"
PA: "No, we re-tape the floor everyday. Especially after a dance rehearsal."
Fun Fact: Apparently, PA's re-tape the floors everyday. (I will add this to my list from yesterday about "Things I have learned about Broadway since working on a Broadway show").
Production Assistant, Kendra, works the yellow:
PA, Meg, handles the blue:
One must note the classic technique of collecting the old, used pieces of tape on the toe box of your ballet flat- well done, Meg!
