Theatre Etiquette - Multiple Shows?

We wish to respond to your posting. Whether the Musical Director was called in at the last minute or not she did not appear to be prepared. We were not given sheet music, lyrics, we were not taught melody lines and we were expected to learn new dances whilst learning songs. Last minute preparations aside, my comments were referring to the job she believed was "enough". When she left, we were still not aware of which cast memeber was in each number! At no time were we given directions on where we could improve, we were told continuously that everything was good and even when we asked for more direction we were told "It is easy". I wonder what it is that you and the musical director believe she is polishing when she returns? At the stage we were at when she left, there was nothing in our opinion that was even close to polishing. We are still yet to receive backing tracks, even though they have been requested numerous times. These are the facts as we know and believe them to be. While you may have stopped in on rehearsals from time to time - we have been to each rehearsal and experienced first hand the first five weeks under the MD's control. We understand that their is two sides to every story, however, the fact remains that after five weeks of her "teaching us the songs" the cast is now having to start from scratch and work extremely hard in the remaining five weeks to put on the sort of show that our patrons expect of KTW standards. As the manager of our Theatre, we would have thought your interests would stand with those who have a vested long term interest in our theatre as opposed to those passing through. Arguements aside - the fact remains that the cast of this show is now picking up the slack for work that was not done as promised. This is our view alone - in no way do we represent the views of KTW as a whole. JESSICA LAVERS & NAREEN KEIR.