Notes - 4/25

Ensemble/general notes: 

• We still have room for more people to go to AM NW Thursday morning.  Are there others who can go and be in the audience that morning?
• We will be running the last three numbers in the show tomorrow at 3:30.
• Be prepared to stay later Tuesday (my guess is until 7:30) so that we can put on some last-minute fixes.

 
 

ACT I

• Annas:  go to Mr. Barnes when you need it quiet for the circle
• Ensemble:  make sure the sun salutation is in  unison
• Judas:  was your hoodie not ready for you at the top of the show?
• Apostles:  can’t hear you at the top of What’s the Buzz
• Judas:  don’t ad lib blocking
• Priests:  be ready at the end of Everything’s Alright so that when the light comes up on you, you’re already in position.  You’re in the dark before that so we won’t see you getting into place.
• Priests:  don’t move until Hosanna starts.
• Ensemble:  agree to your vowel in Hosanna.  Some are singing “AH”, others A like in “can’t”—which did Mr. Walsh say for you to sing?
• Ensemble:  cue off Andi for when you should bow at the end of Simon Zealots
• Temple:  I maybe heard 10% of your words.  You need to be in unison, articulating and projecting to be heard.
• Lepers:  as soon as you set JC down after the pancake flip go low so that you have somewhere to build up to as your reach to him.
• Judas:  don’t come down from the ladder until the music picks up tempo.  You’ll still have plenty of time to circle around the ladder.
• Annas:  you were rushing in Damned for All Time
• Soul Girls:  don’t pull focus from Judas during DFAT.  Let your reach be big when she sings “Damned” but keep it small otherwise.

 

ACT II

• Apostles:  I heard you much better at the top of Act II
• Soldiers/Apostles:  better with the slow motion on the arrest
• Crowd:  you can be meaner, a little more physical while JC is pushed on the box by you and taken to the priests then off to Pilate.
• Soldiers:  take your time bringing JC on for Pilate/Christ
• Herod:  don’t role up your pants
• Soul Girls:  DO role up your pants for Herod’s song.
• Emily Wu:  don’t look at the ground and smile.
• Soul Girls:  Herod’s Song was looking pretty sloppy.  Always be aware of what others are doing around you and if you’re supposed to be in unison.
• Soldiers:  why was a soldier (Sam I think) crossing SL right before Could We Start Again Please?
• Soldiers:  start your cross when Peter starts to sing (just a little sooner than you did)
• Ensemble:  I did not hear you on “Poor Old Judas” and the end was sloppy.
• Soul girls:  time your lashes with the slap stick sound effect.  You need to do it as that sound of the lash is done by the band.
• Clarence:  where are your shoulder pads for the guard?
• Soul girls:  Don’t  forget to sing out during Superstar.
• Soul girls:  you got off on the spanking choreography again.  Sunday night I’m pretty sure you were spot on.
• Soul girls:  was everyone in red lipstick?
• Soldiers:  the board goes back stage, not thrown on the carpet.
• Zack/Jaime:  the door was late opening.
• Ensemble:  we’re going to try having the pit play the load-out music twice, then go to the CD, to see if that gives us enough time.  The orchestra will also just back out and not leave with you, so that we can save some time and then they will play Suiperstar for the curtain call and you’ll gesture to them instead of them coming out for a bow.