Rehearsal Notes - 4/22

Act 1

• Connor:  reminder that we need to get black fabric hung on the back wall where the band will be.
• Soul girls:  reminder that during the actual show you will not be bringing out the ladder at the top of the show, it will already be there from the crew hanging fabric.
• Apostles:  good job on the claps
• Judas:  take your time getting up the ladder.  You were at the top for awhile.
• Apostles:  react to each other as Mary sings.  Right now you’re all looking at her.
• Mary/Apostles:  interact with each other before Everything’s Alright.  Apostles have concern for Jesus and Mary can communicate, “Let me take care of this.”
• Offstage chorus:  “Hosannah Superstar” was off.
• Josh:  it’s hard to hear your solo.  Try just shouting it versus trying to sing it.
• Priests:  Your movement was better.  Each time you are a soloist, really sell that you’re a soloist.  Youtube “The Temptations” if you need ideas of what to do physically as a soloist.
• Ensemble:  slower entrance with JC on “Hosannah”… take your time.
• JC and Judas:  just stare at each other at the end of the song versus singing (once the ensemble is marching in place).
• Simon:  better on the movement during your solo.  Remember what we talked about… work up the crowd into a fervor.
• Apostles:  keep practicing when you do/don’t wear your hoodies so that you get used to potentially having to leave it somewhere and get it later.
• People who pancake flip Jesus:  that needs to happen a little sooner.
• Judas/soul girls/priests:  I’m going to check with Mr. Barnes to see if we can cut a few of those measures in the middle of Blood Money as the priests come down to Judas.
• Judas:  go ahead and stay on the floor at the end of the number.  It’s a weaker position, versus making Judas look strong at the end. 

Act II

• Ensemble:  remember that if you’re off stage, you are watching the play.
• Apostles:  “trials and tribulations” is still pretty much one tempo.  Keep experimenting with moving at different rates and durations, both in the middle and when you move the shapes up stage.
• JC:  cross more center so that you look to SL on Peter, John, and then look SR on James.
• Soldiers/apostles:  keep up the slow motion feeling during the arrest.  In particular, soldier:  take it all slow motion, and then even start to take him away so that when the one soldier takes his hand off Jesus to raise a sword to Peter, Jesus feels this and turns to halt your arm.
• Mary:  you had a look of disdain for Peter at the end of his denial.  It should be more along the lines of pity/understanding/empathy.
• JC/Soldiers:  Jesus will be on a road box whenever he is traveling up until “Could We Start Again Please”.  When you arrive at Pilate’s/Herod’s etc you thrown him off the box and put him back on to travel.  Be thinking of how you can make that work.
• Emily W:  You were looking at your feet a lot during Herod’s song.  Keep your face up and smileJ
• Herod:  Let’s not have you join the kick like.  Do the same moves, but on the extention.
• Soul girls:  the ladder needs to turn faster so that you can have it covered by the end of the song.
• Ensemble:  I will check with Mr. Barnes on the timing of “crucify him”.  I was thinking we did away with that pause after each time you say that right before the lashes.
• Pilate:  make a bolder gesture as you say “Don’t let me stop…”.  Really take command at that point.
• Hailey M:  I like the head isolation when you do the hip isolations at the top of “Superstar”.  See if you can show that to the other soul girls.
• Soul girls:  I figured out where you’re getting off with the timing.  The shimmey/arm movement is 4 counts too soon.  Everything else will line up and you’ll be crossing to your places as you start the final “do you think…”
• Jaime/stage left soldier:  As you take the plank from Christ, just take it off stage versus putting it against the proscenium.