From the Journal of a Music Man
Posted by Tai Le , Friday, January 15, 2010 11:34 PM
So did I ever mention that I'm in our school's production of "The Music Man"? I play the lead character's best friend, Marcellus Washburn. I guess I'll take these next few posts to share my thoughts, experience, and such.. from the rehearsals, and the shows. :)
Alright! Let's start! So we kicked off rehearsals in November with dance rehearsals, and vocal rehearsals.. Those were fun! Yup.. Then December rolled around, the the rehearsals started to pack on top of each other.. It seemed as if everyday I was at school from 7:15 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Well, it didn't just seem so.. It WAS! XD But I'm having the time of my life.
Seriously, sometimes I feel like I'm learning SO much from rehearsals, and from everything else that people display that I can just feed off them. Drama/Theatre is definitely a passion of mine. I don't know how "amazing" I am.. but I hope I am!!! kekeke... But back to the topic. Things I really need to work on..
PROJECTION! Exactly! To think, I thought that my loud voice was loud enough, but not on stage! Well, not enough. I hear our director constantly drilling me about projecting, and how all he hear is mumbling... Gah.. D: But it's alright.. I think it's coming along just fine.
CHARACTER! I definitely need to be more intact with my character. I need to make the character something different than myself. I seem to assume my character is a little "quiet", "scare-dy cat"... BUT he's the opposite! He's "loud", "obnoxious", and "annoying"! Boy.. doesn't this just call for the opposite of me.. Haha.. There's also a part in the musical where I need to be more "dirty", and "perverted".. Yeah, me, but not me..
I can't find that part on stage.. I think it's somewhere deep, deep, DEEP downwards in me, but I just hope I can find it.. :( I just hate to disappoint people, and not getting the character part down is frustrating.. I'm just thankful that our director is flexible, knows when to laugh, and knows when to put his foot down...
OH! Also.. I have a solo!! Well, I sing a song by myself, and the lead character and I sing a duet.. :) Yup, I sing "Shipoopie"!!! It's amazing.. well a bit high, but nothing a Tenor can't do! Haha.. the falsetto in me is worked HARD to the CORE!!! I am definitely warmed up after singing that song!!! And last, "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" is my all time favorite.. I requires tons of acting for me because I'm reacting to what the lead is singing, and in the end, I get to sing along with him, so I'm pretty dandy...
And I think that's all for tonight.. I'll probably update soon! I sure hope so! Tomorrow's a LONG dance rehearsal.. (Saturday), so I'm really excited! Then on Monday, we have a Lead's Rehearsal on our day off! :( It's alright because after that, I get to watch "The Princess and the Frog" with my People & Politics, FAME, and Musical Cast buddies.. ^-^
So I'll see you later!
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