We open in a little over three weeks. Starting yesterday, the cast is off-book, which means they are supposed to have their lines memorized. Watching a cast during the first couple of day of being off book though, relinquishing the security of a script in hand, is like watching a newborn deer or giraffe--any long-legged animal just born--struggle to its feet. They're gawky and clumsy. But actors plow ahead, reacting to moments and instincts, and you do suddenly start to see some serious strides in acting.
It was also my birthday today, and I was running late to rehearsal, crossing against the lights, racing down Boylston Street, getting stuck behind students strolling along with their noses to their phones (just move it already, would you?) and I came tearing into the rehearsal room with the cast standing around a table with all of our usual junk food, plus some really tasty cupcakes (Key Lime, yeah!) and some original turtles. Plus I got a rendition of Happy Birthday that I think spanned the entire American music canon.
It was also my birthday today, and I was running late to rehearsal, crossing against the lights, racing down Boylston Street, getting stuck behind students strolling along with their noses to their phones (just move it already, would you?) and I came tearing into the rehearsal room with the cast standing around a table with all of our usual junk food, plus some really tasty cupcakes (Key Lime, yeah!) and some original turtles. Plus I got a rendition of Happy Birthday that I think spanned the entire American music canon.
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