We then did a run through of half of the 1st act, up to the voicemail dialogue from Joanne's parents, the Jeffersons. Movement was also figured out too for songs included in this section. For example, 'One Song' ideas of movement were that Roger (James) should stretch to all corners of the space, as the song grows into a hard hitting melody. So, making sure to use all parts of the stage will reflect the frantic pace of the music. We also worked out specific entrances for main characters. In 'Rent', as Joanne I will enter from downstage and stay in this area, as I perform my solo. It makes sense for me to stay in one area as my character is talking on the payphone, which would be unrealistic for me to pace further down the stage. In addition, other characters that have solos such as Collins start from different sections of the stage, which is effective as it keeps the audience engaged as they have to continuously change their focus. Once again, this exhibits the frantic busy atmosphere of the whole song.
Me and Josh who are Mr and Mrs Jefferson in our offcast, also performed our voicemail dialogue. Although we still needed our scripts as it was still fairly new to us, we kept a steady flow of the lines back and forth. We still need to focus on making the lines more comedic as they are more sung than simply spoken. I also am going to read over the lines to really understand the conversation we are having with each other and directed at Joanne through the voicemail. This will also help alter our tone of the lines, our facial reactions and pace change of each set of lines.
We started practising 'Seasons Of Love' with Kim for the first time. During this time we sorted out the harmonies by being put into groups (high, mid and low). I'm in mid which comfortably fits my vocal range. What went well in this rehearsal was I picked up the melody of the song well as well as the harmony. What I need to improve for next time is making sure i have better breath control, as there are many parts in the ensemble where you hold long notes, mostly on lines including 'love'
Video of Seasons of Love run practice
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