Whew! Finally made it to the board. It's been a long week. We are in tech for The King and I this week and it's been great. It's a long show, but it's not boring, just long. The cast is great. Sadly, I made a decision to cut the Overture (blasphemous, I know) and the Entr'acte, not only for time reasons, but because we have 13 players in the pit (for budget and space issues, of course) and it just wasn't working out well. It's such a well orchestrated piece that it would be hard to cut it down. SO, we are playing the first 12 bars and immediately segue-ing to the
"Opening of Act One" music, and it works like a charm.
Tonight is the invited preview, it will be exciting to have people besides the production team see the show and to hear their reactions.