The fun never ends!
Today we added choreography to our little play. I know what you are thinking. "Wait...it's a play...but it has singing...and NOW DANCING?!!! What's going on here?"
Well...I'll tell you what's going on here...a freakin' Tony Award Winning Play...that's what. Now no more questions!
Sorry...i didn't mean to fly off the handle like that.
Anyway...
Today the wonderful Jack Murphy landed in the states after an 11-hour flight and what did he do? He didn't go to his hotel and take a nap. He didn't even go home to change! He came to our rehearsal annex and began teaching us the movement to our one musical number in the show.
Just to explain, right before the boys in the show go off for their Oxford and Cambridge exams, they put together a little musical number out of appreciation for their esteemed and beloved teacher, Mr. Hector.
For the first hour, it felt like I was back at NYU at 18 West 18th street at the CAP21 studios doing a Voice and Speech warmup. He had us walk around the space, jog around the space, be present with everyone, and capped it off with a couple of rolldowns.
After we were warmed up, we started putting together this little number. It's not very elaborate. It's a little movement piece to Gracie Field's "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye." We began the primary frame of the number, learning some of the basic movements and putting them into rhythm. Tomorrow, we will chunk the number together and see if we can put some semblance of a story into it.
After "dancing" for a bit, we went back into staging the show. We are trucking along at a nice pace and the show is starting to come together even more. Also, relationships outside the show are building as well. We are becoming a great group of 8 friends, which really helps the dynamic onstage. For example, there is rarely a time where the 8 boys are apart...whether we are getting lunch together, seeing movies, or going to sport's bars to watch the Red Sox! I am so grateful that we are not sick of each other yet. We're a good group of boys.
Alright, that's it for now. A couple of us boys had an interview with the LA Times today...more on that later!
Until then.
Rudge: "What's the verdict then sir? What do I write down?"
Irwin: "You should write down, Rudge, that I must not write down everything teacher says."
1 comment:
It's fascinating to follow the process as History Boys develops in your blog, and to see the steps that you and the other cast members go through. For people involved in amateur theatre in regional parts of the country, (like me!) your story of how you were cast, moved to LA and are now launching your professional career is a fantasy brought to life. Thanks very much for sharing it with us!
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