“Remember, it’s only a game! Muahahaha” Dress rehearsal tonight went very very well, minus a very fixable glitch or two. The pit and singers are working really well with each other now. It should be a great show. I’ll be running through my book to fix a thing or two, but aside from that I [...]
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Chess – One Night in Bangkok
Okay, this is the final ‘Chess’ related video I’ll post. I saved the best for last! The song most people know from the musical: One Night in Bangkok.
We Go On Pretending…
New song of the day from Chess. I think this fits my feelings perfectly, lyrically. “You and I, we’ve seen it all, chasing our hearts’ desire. But we go on pretending stories like ours have happy endings.” Unfortunately I cannot embed this one, but it’s a beautiful piece of music, and a tragic way to [...]
Chess Rehearsal, Day 2
Today was the first day our pit worked with the cast and crew of the show. Despite having only read through the first third of the book, we sightread the rest and made it all the way through! There were the typical miscues between the singers and the orchestra, as we were trying to adjust [...]
Chess Rehearsal, Day 1
I got back from La Crosse not too long ago after the pit-only rehearsal of “Chess” at Viterbo University. Unfortunately the contract was wrong, so we got through less than half of the book before we had to call it. We were contracted until 8, however we were SUPPOSED to rehearse until 10. I would [...]