A Christmas Carol closes today. It's been a nice run and I'm happy with most of how it turned out. Of course, we've learned a lot from last year and probably even more this year for next year. I really like Alan Menken's score, it's got some wonderful moments. I'll be looking forward to putting it away tonight, but also looking forward to taking it out next September. However, I have told the producer that I won't do the show if we cast more than 60. There are 86 people in the cast this year, 20+ of which are dead weight, and that's being nice. There are traditions, politics and the like that always seem to get the cast up to the 80's and beyond. Hopefully, it's something they will learn this year.
My favorite quote of the process this year was during "Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball" scene. the choreographer was staging something and looked up on the stage and said, very seriously, "Ok, I need a crowd". Everyone is on stage at the time, of course, all 86 of them. Oy and vey.