I love OPENING NUMBERS and TRANSITIONS because…

January 23rd, 2008 by Kacee | Posted in I Love You Because |

There’s nothing quite like the opening number to a musical. A good opening number, that is. It grabs your attention and sets you up for the entire show. I’m happy to say that the opening number for I Love You Because does not disappoint. It’s fun, and peppy, and funny, and preppy (preppy = preparational…which clearly doesn’t rhyme). Point is, it’s delightful.

Sunday was a “detail” day. We spent time cleaning up the music for the Opening Number (”Another Saturday Night in New York”), and working on the transitions between scenes. I love a good F.U.D.G.E. scene transition, where the cast = the crew. Director DeMita has long done transitions in this way – using the cast to change scenes – because he believes that it breaks the illusion and flow of the production to have random crew members scurrying across the stage. Not that he used the word “scurrying,” but that’s just about the right image.

And let me just reiterate how awesome it is to have our set up and functional in the rehearsal space – the transitions would have gone a LOT less smoothly without the set…and they’re pretty rough as it is. (Don’t worry, they’ll get there! And they’ll be as smooth as butter. The audience will feel greasy just watching them!)

Speaking of which, it’s looking like a lot of people want to be our greasy audience members! I’m excited to report that ticket sales are going well! Ooh… which means I need to get some tickets reserved pronto, before the house fills…