The understudy rehearsal went very well. It was our first understudy rehearsal, and they were all pretty much on top of all their lines, blocking, music and lyrics. We were able to basically run the show in real time.
The highlight of the day was when we ran "The Game". The male swing, Sean, covers all the baseball players, so, when it came time to run "The Game", he played and sang all the parts. It was a virtual tour-de-force.
Then after some notes from the stage manager, we did some detail work on the music and choreography. And that was that.
We'll be having another understudy rehearsal next Wednesday along with a brush-up rehearsal right after that with the full company. And, then, hopefully, that will be it until we have the put-in rehearsal for Sean in mid-January. -Alas, we'll be losing one of our ensemble men to the tour of Spamalot. But, Sean is more then up to the task. -And then we hope and hope that no one else gets sick or injured for the rest of the run.
*Normally, we'd be having understudy rehearsal each week - five to ten hours each week. Well, since everyone was so on top of things, the stage manager has just decided to only have rehearsals on an as needed, as requested basis. HOO and RAY!