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So I've been rehearsing at DeBaun lately for their upcoming adaptation of A Christmas Carol. They cast me along with 6-7 other women to be a group of carolers--we are not characters in the show and I think our blocking will be pretty limited, but we'll be singing before the show and doing promotional appearances. We've had two rehearsals so far and they've been really good. I wanted to do something easy but fulfilling, and working with Dave and other good musicians is just what I need. I could tell I was oversinging at the first rehearsal--we were stuck in some tiny room with bad acoustics--so I pulled back last night and listened to how it felt rather than how it sounded, and it went much better. One thing I especially love about this is not being stuck on boring soprano melody all the time--I've been volunteering for the alto lines many times, so I can brush up on my reading skills. I love sightsinging--it's like reading in another language, and it's something I do well and a skill I want to maintain.
I'd like to audition for their upcoming production of Anything Goes but they're doing the 1987 (Lincoln Center revival with Patti Lupone) version with Erma instead of Bonnie, and Erma only has one song, "Buddie Beware." (There are three different versions of Anything Goes--the original, back in 1934, is considered too dated to be revivable, so they've revamped the script twice. In the '62 version, the soubrette is named Bonnie and she has two songs, one of which is an AWESOME song called "Heaven Hop," this adorable ditty about the rockin' parties they have in Heaven. "Wag your ankles to that meter/Let your shoulders gently teeter/If you want to please St. Peter, take up the Heaven Hop!" In the '87 version, Bonnie is renamed Erma and gets one less song. So anyway, I'm not sure which role for which to audition--Hope is obviously ideal but I've played her already. Reno would be great but they may not see me as Reno--she's usually some heavyset older woman with brass balls, a la Ethel Merman (who originated the role) and they're asking for tappers for Erma. I can tap some, but I would not call myself a tapper.
I'd like to audition for their upcoming production of Anything Goes but they're doing the 1987 (Lincoln Center revival with Patti Lupone) version with Erma instead of Bonnie, and Erma only has one song, "Buddie Beware." (There are three different versions of Anything Goes--the original, back in 1934, is considered too dated to be revivable, so they've revamped the script twice. In the '62 version, the soubrette is named Bonnie and she has two songs, one of which is an AWESOME song called "Heaven Hop," this adorable ditty about the rockin' parties they have in Heaven. "Wag your ankles to that meter/Let your shoulders gently teeter/If you want to please St. Peter, take up the Heaven Hop!" In the '87 version, Bonnie is renamed Erma and gets one less song. So anyway, I'm not sure which role for which to audition--Hope is obviously ideal but I've played her already. Reno would be great but they may not see me as Reno--she's usually some heavyset older woman with brass balls, a la Ethel Merman (who originated the role) and they're asking for tappers for Erma. I can tap some, but I would not call myself a tapper.
