Finally home. Had a wonderfully productive rehearsal for the musical - have blocked thirty pages in two days (out of eighty) - tomorrow we'll probably do another fifteen or twenty. While the cast learned music for three hours, Kay and I went for a bite and I completely revised two scenes that would not work as written. Who knows what the authors will think but I'm hoping they like it. We have strong reasons for every change we've made, and the producer is very much on our side. I'm hoping they understand that we're just trying to clarify and have it be smooth - their basic story points and most of their dialogue remains, with just a few new lines here and there to smooth transitions. When actors come and say they can't act a line or a beat there's usually a reason they're having trouble and if you can't help them understand because the beat or moment is wrong, then it has to change.
