West Side Story?

Hells wrote: > It is these types of forums that cause major problems and > leaves the production team wondering why we bother. Has > the cast ever thought how frustrating it is to try putting > a show together when rehearsals are meant to start at 8pm > and the full cast is not there until 8.30 or even 9pm? So your cast were late for rehearsal because they were busy chatting on forums like this? :-) If discussion on this forum is any sort of problem it would only be symptomatic of problems elsewhere. > Have the cast ever thought about how hard it is to put > a show together when we don't have a full cast to run the > show until 3 rehearsals before opening night? If cast are arriving half an hour to an hour late for rehearsal - if, apparently, they bother turning up at all - I'd say there were serious problems that had nothing to do with gossip. Casts usually will spend their time constructively, if the rehearsals are planned and run effectively. This would include taking steps to ensure that cast members arrive prepared to start rehearsing at the scheduled time. A company will very quickly turn to time-wasting and gossip if they don't see that a clear commitment to work is expected, required and demonstrated. I wouldn't be looking to the internet for the reasons why a production had "major problems", I'd be looking much closer to home. Cheers Grant