Music Notes Tuesday 11/5

EVERYONE - there were some really fine moments tonight, my dears, hiccups notwithstanding. 

Energy and diction improved 80% at least, so congrats on that.  Don't let down the effort on this.

SHINGLE: well done making the story clear, especially with a hat that allows no light on your face.  I wish you had a different one or no hat at all.  Not my department.

SIBELLA: don't swallow Lionel Holland's name when you tell Monty who you're going out with.  I think you think he will know the name and be impressed.  Up until you find out how dull he is, you're quite proud to have snagged him.

MONTY: Much better on vocal tone and energy throughout.  Now try to match the energy in your body to that of your voice.  At times your voice is raging and your body is strolling.  Try to match up.

Great job keeping the excitement after Shingle leaves and you write to D'Ysquith.  His answer to your letter starts you on the road to revenge.

Make sure you let us hear "foolish" each time you say it.  you're scolding yourself for hoping.  by the end of the song you've turned the tables on who is "foolish" - the last reps of Who will look foolish then are threats.  Let's see some menace.  After all, we've got to see the twisted core of a fellow whose disappointments in life are making him decide that killing his rivals and those who disrespect him is justified. 

TOUR GUIDE and JP:  Six pence is pronounced "SIX-pns"  as a single word with two syllables, not two separate words.

ENSEMBLE: WATCH THE CONDUCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're standing in a row looking directly at him fer cry'n out loud.

JP: It's Pol - i - tics; not Pol-o-tics.

JP: Timing still not right for "Perplexed by their attitude" although you came in right on the next line.

JP: Chartres = Shart

MONTY: At this point you are motivated by revenge.  Being rebuffed by the priest is the last straw and you hit up on the solution - Let's see the menace of What can I do to the D'Ys??

EZRA: In the Chop Chop line, please say gEt and not gIt.  Thank you.

JP: Hotel's list of False Names - lean on those two words.  This is a punch line, audience needs to hear it. 

MONTY: Use that fuller voice on Poison.  We miss a lot of the words. Really spit 'em out.  Sing on the vowels and pop the consonants in.  At the break for 'Nauseous'   look at the monitor for cue to go on.

SIBELLA: Much better diction in the songs.  I would like more at the end of your 'wedding' as you sing about the disillusionment with your husband...We need to hear all the ways he's a disappointment, capped by dull as a stone....Really chew those words.

JP/MONTY: Better With A Man - JP don't overshoot the pitch on "wrestle with".  Also, FYI - we are CUTTING the RITARD at that  place I added one.  Too hard to coordinate with the orchestra.  So a tempo throughout.

PHOEBE: Big improvement with diction in the dialog!  Keep it up.  Again, the "O"s in belladonna and Sonnets is a short 'O' as in 'olive', not a long "O" as in Don't.

JP: Lady H - really hit Dull Witted...Big laugh line if we can hear it.

EVERYONE: Lady H - we're going to try speaking the first two Daisy Grevilles.  Those harmonies have never come together well - I don't know why; you do fine in the rest of the number. 

JP: Lady H. Watch the conductor!!

SIBELLA: Make sure we hear that Lionel is a BORE.

JP: Make sure we really hear yogurt ENEMA.  That's a joke, son.

MRS. CHARD/SIBELLA'S MAID: We can't hear either of the maids who announce Lionel and Monty to Sibella and Phoebe.  Shout it out, ladies!

MONTY: Only one!   let's see the excitement of this revelation in your whole body.

ACT II

SIBELLA: When you say "Monty" right before he sings "I hear that voice" = load that name with as much sensuality and promise as you can.  Give him a reason to love hearing that voice.

MONTY: very good vocal energy in "Sibella". 

MONTY: Don't swallow 'marry'  when you ask Sib. what she would do if you were to Marry.  I've not heard the end of that sentence yet.

PHOEBE: Marry - the "A" is the same as the "A" in HAT.

LADY D'Y: give us a bit more vocal resonance in your lines.  A bit too whispery to carry well and they are very funny. 

MONTY: Find your light in Stop! Wait! What?! - when you turn away from the Inspector you are not going far enough to be in the light.  And stride there. You are agitated!