I am home from the reading. It was under-rehearsed, but there were wonderful moments; the new duet is quite lovely and a great addition to the score. The cast unfortunately had forgotten a lot of their material and their vocal parts, so it got shaky at times. Still, it was nevera complete mess, and it was great to see everyone and catch up on their past eleven months. Our MD Brent forgot a section of the gospel number and went up a pitch an entire verse early. When he got to the spot where it should have gone up a step, he asked me, should I take it up, and I said. no; it will be too high for her. Still, our small audience had a great time, and I think the piece is better for the additions. My friend Ben, who's standing by for Steve Kazee in ONCE, is going on all next week so I want to get a ticket and catch his performance.
DR ChasSmith, I know there will be a production and you will be able to attend a more polished rehearsal.
So, I will have some dinner and chill out. Tomorrow morning, I have a visit with my barber and then I am back to work on ROBERTA.