Today we ran the first act with all the new changes. It's amazing how far away the first act felt since we had been spending so much time recently on the second act. But, I suppose it is half our show...so we must! We had some producers come to watch, so there was a little nervous energy in the air. I can't imagine the task of pleasing every single one of the producers (and we have MANY in this show). You just hope everyone is striving for the good of the show, first and foremost.
My new song in the 2nd act is now lengthened...for the time being. We needed a little more "umph". Laura has a newer song as well which made us change the final duet. You see, everything is connected! Then, they ask us to give it a try right away. You don't even get a chance to memorize it and all of the sudden your whooshing around the stage singing a new song. Sometimes you just repeat the only words you know over and over again to the tune :) They don't expect it to be perfect at that moment but just need to see if the new idea works. That is true "live theater!".
