Rehearsing Mid-Season
Tue, 23 Nov 1999, 01:38 pmLabrug19 posts in thread
Rehearsing Mid-Season
Tue, 23 Nov 1999, 01:38 pmI won't name show or anything else incriminating, but that's what we are about to do.
What is there general opinion on Hastily called Mid-Season Rehearsals?
When I say mid-season, I mean the show has already performed to live audiences (as opposed to dead ones ;-) and suddenly a rehearsal is called.
I personally do not like the idea. Fair enough if it a very long season, and I mean long. Fair enough if it had been planned earlier in the piece (like before the show goes up.)
But really, I don't how to feel about this one. I'm upset, that much I do know, but why?
Thoughts?
Jeff "Con-fused" Watkins
What is there general opinion on Hastily called Mid-Season Rehearsals?
When I say mid-season, I mean the show has already performed to live audiences (as opposed to dead ones ;-) and suddenly a rehearsal is called.
I personally do not like the idea. Fair enough if it a very long season, and I mean long. Fair enough if it had been planned earlier in the piece (like before the show goes up.)
But really, I don't how to feel about this one. I'm upset, that much I do know, but why?
Thoughts?
Jeff "Con-fused" Watkins
RE: Rehearsing Mid-Season
Fri, 26 Nov 1999, 05:57 pmHi Jeff
Jeff Watkins wrote:
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> Well it turns out that I may have jumped the gun a bit. It was revealled to me that
> cast members were either aware or requested this rehearsal.
hehe and what were you doing when you should have been listening?
> I am also advised that Mid-season rehearsals are quiet frequent in the eastern
> states and other countries. I have to say that this is the first time I have experienced > such a thing. That's a first in 25 shows.
Extraordinary authority this out-of-town-knowledge - in my book that's called reverse parochialism and i'm highly skeptical of it.
i don't care who claims to have done it. Rehearsals are like acting, they are done with purpose and intent. Additionally, they should have measurable outcomes. If you don't begin a rehearsal with a clear objective in mind and finish with the thought that x, y, and z were accomplished, you've wasted the company's time.
i trust there were far better reasons to hold the rehearsal than because they "are quite frequent in the eastern states and other countries". Otherwise your only measurable outcome might have been to increase the frequency with which they are done.
> I apologise to any that may have been offended by my comments but they were
> more an expression of personal confusion than anything else.
i think anyone that seriously took offence at your very modest query , must be extraordinarily thin-skinned.
Cheers
Grant
Jeff Watkins wrote:
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> Well it turns out that I may have jumped the gun a bit. It was revealled to me that
> cast members were either aware or requested this rehearsal.
hehe and what were you doing when you should have been listening?
> I am also advised that Mid-season rehearsals are quiet frequent in the eastern
> states and other countries. I have to say that this is the first time I have experienced > such a thing. That's a first in 25 shows.
Extraordinary authority this out-of-town-knowledge - in my book that's called reverse parochialism and i'm highly skeptical of it.
i don't care who claims to have done it. Rehearsals are like acting, they are done with purpose and intent. Additionally, they should have measurable outcomes. If you don't begin a rehearsal with a clear objective in mind and finish with the thought that x, y, and z were accomplished, you've wasted the company's time.
i trust there were far better reasons to hold the rehearsal than because they "are quite frequent in the eastern states and other countries". Otherwise your only measurable outcome might have been to increase the frequency with which they are done.
> I apologise to any that may have been offended by my comments but they were
> more an expression of personal confusion than anything else.
i think anyone that seriously took offence at your very modest query , must be extraordinarily thin-skinned.
Cheers
Grant
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