Back from a rehearsal that was better than it had any right to be. I have never in all my years in the business done a show wherein the company has had five days off before their dress/tech. Ridiculous and NEVER again. But everyone was pretty much on top of things, save for two horrible lyric flubs by the same performer in act two - I was calm about it, but strong - I completely understand someone going up on a line or lyric but to stand there immobile and freeze is not the way to handle it - you can't ever let the audience know. If this were a cabaret show, sure, make a deal out of it - but here, one must cover or one looks like a complete twit. Some energy was off, but overall we got through it with no stops - the lighting was good - after we adjusted a few cues and so all that should be smoother for our final dress/tech. I was also not happy with the music we were using for the curtain call, so we ran it with a few different choices and I finally found the one I liked and it did exactly what I wanted - the company now sings the final line of the song as the button to the bows.
Jose's playing was very strong for the most part - just a few things were off and I'm sure he'll be working those out. So, what could have been a disaster wasn't. Whew!
