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Jan. 26th, 2007 11:41 pmTonight's show went REALLY well, other than the fact that we were having a bad prop day. :p The props were clearly out to get us though.
First the witch's broom started falling apart on stage. THe kid playing Toto picked one of the sticks up, because she's a dog. Pretty good stage sense for a kid. :p Joanna is really all around amazing. She's SUCH a trooper, that's a really demanding role.
The next fun time came in the scene where the flying monkeys rip an arm and leg off the scarecrow. This is accomplished by Jason being chased off stage and throwing out the extra limbs before dragging himself back on stage. Tonight, he accidently tossed out a sweater with the arm because it was lying right under them and it's a REALLY fast prop grab. :p
Next came the hourglass falling over whent he witch put Dorothy in the cage and getting stuck sidewaysish. Anita got the thing back upright, but being in a cage with bars in the way, had to put it back up so that she had no time left to live. :p
Next was the fire extinguisher that we use to set the scarecrow on fire going off when we were getting up after Dorothy rejected us. THere was really nothing to do there except NOT CRACK UP. :p The audience definitely cracked up though. :p
Finally, there was the balloon. When they were moving it on stage, it hit the edge of the bay and fell over. Brett is currently our HERO for managing to utterly recover the scene. Instead of his line about having his balloon ready just in case, he adlibbed some stuff about "Just as soon as they get my balloon ready" long enough for them to get things set up properly. Then later in his speech, he had a line about "a hazardous journey into the stratosphere", so he gave the balloon a very nervous look on the word "hazardous". Because he is made of AWESOME. :p
The actual scenes all went really well tonight, and that's what really matters. :D
Now, I suppose some of you are wondering about the icon Tess made for me. :p It all started a few days ago when Ron said that he didn't want glasses on the Winkies if possible. I'm quite blind without my glasses, so it wasn't possible unless they WANTED me to fall into the pit. It was basically the same situation as when my high school did Fiddler on the Roof and I gave the director the choice between having my glasses on or having me be Rahul the shoemaker's daughter. ("Rahul? But she can hardly see, she's almost blind!" "Tell the truth Avram, is your son so much to look at? The way she sees and the way he looks, it's a perfect match!") Both cases ended with me wearing my glasses on stage. :p
As is typical of the chorus, we invented elaborate lives for our characters. I'm Rahul the nearsighted Winkie, who is only in the witch's guard because nine is a full complement of Winkies and everyone else was just too depressed to do it. ("We're very depressed" is the explanation for ANYTHING strange involving the Winkies.) Amusingly, me being Rahul gives us a new response to the witch's line of "I wonder if the Winkies do shoe repair." That's an exit line, and we used to inform Stephen that no, no we don't. Now that I'm Rahul though, obviously my father does shoe repairs. :p
Us, insane?
Also, I can't believe that tomorrow night is my LAST G&G show EVER. Like any G&G Lifer, I'm going to be a bit of a wreck, I think.
First the witch's broom started falling apart on stage. THe kid playing Toto picked one of the sticks up, because she's a dog. Pretty good stage sense for a kid. :p Joanna is really all around amazing. She's SUCH a trooper, that's a really demanding role.
The next fun time came in the scene where the flying monkeys rip an arm and leg off the scarecrow. This is accomplished by Jason being chased off stage and throwing out the extra limbs before dragging himself back on stage. Tonight, he accidently tossed out a sweater with the arm because it was lying right under them and it's a REALLY fast prop grab. :p
Next came the hourglass falling over whent he witch put Dorothy in the cage and getting stuck sidewaysish. Anita got the thing back upright, but being in a cage with bars in the way, had to put it back up so that she had no time left to live. :p
Next was the fire extinguisher that we use to set the scarecrow on fire going off when we were getting up after Dorothy rejected us. THere was really nothing to do there except NOT CRACK UP. :p The audience definitely cracked up though. :p
Finally, there was the balloon. When they were moving it on stage, it hit the edge of the bay and fell over. Brett is currently our HERO for managing to utterly recover the scene. Instead of his line about having his balloon ready just in case, he adlibbed some stuff about "Just as soon as they get my balloon ready" long enough for them to get things set up properly. Then later in his speech, he had a line about "a hazardous journey into the stratosphere", so he gave the balloon a very nervous look on the word "hazardous". Because he is made of AWESOME. :p
The actual scenes all went really well tonight, and that's what really matters. :D
Now, I suppose some of you are wondering about the icon Tess made for me. :p It all started a few days ago when Ron said that he didn't want glasses on the Winkies if possible. I'm quite blind without my glasses, so it wasn't possible unless they WANTED me to fall into the pit. It was basically the same situation as when my high school did Fiddler on the Roof and I gave the director the choice between having my glasses on or having me be Rahul the shoemaker's daughter. ("Rahul? But she can hardly see, she's almost blind!" "Tell the truth Avram, is your son so much to look at? The way she sees and the way he looks, it's a perfect match!") Both cases ended with me wearing my glasses on stage. :p
As is typical of the chorus, we invented elaborate lives for our characters. I'm Rahul the nearsighted Winkie, who is only in the witch's guard because nine is a full complement of Winkies and everyone else was just too depressed to do it. ("We're very depressed" is the explanation for ANYTHING strange involving the Winkies.) Amusingly, me being Rahul gives us a new response to the witch's line of "I wonder if the Winkies do shoe repair." That's an exit line, and we used to inform Stephen that no, no we don't. Now that I'm Rahul though, obviously my father does shoe repairs. :p
Us, insane?
Also, I can't believe that tomorrow night is my LAST G&G show EVER. Like any G&G Lifer, I'm going to be a bit of a wreck, I think.
