So yes, I admit it. I have been a bad bad blogger. Sadly this is the first blog that I have written since the start of rehearsals three weeks ago. (Yikes) The first week of rehearsals I was out of the country but for the second two weeks I have no excuse. So... I must catch you up on what has been going on with Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll.
The first week of rehearsals, was the week for me to really focus on the songs in the show. Since this show is a revue, our main focus is the music and believe me, it is by no means an easy show to sing.
One of the first songs we worked on was the prologue from "Baby" the musical. This is primarily a narrative of the whole sperm meets egg story. During the song, one narrator describes the classic tale while the rest of us... do a mock orgasm...to each other... from across the room. The song is actually lots of fun. The rhythm is very tricky. Its still hard for me to get today (two weeks later). But, it is a very fun song and once it all comes together, it will be awesome.
We practiced our "Songs for a New World" pieces a few days later. The songs have four parts that are sung by four people. Kimi Short sings soprano, I sing alto, John Rhine sings tenor and Nick Kelly sings baritone. It was really nice to have just the four of us working so hard to make these two songs come together. For me, it was somewhat of a challenge to sing alto, since I had not done so in such a long time. It was however, a very nice change and I must say that I am really looking forward to sharing these pieces with our audiences. They are now my two favorite songs in the show.
We blocked all of Act I last Thursday and tonight we have to be off book for all of our music in this act. Surprisingly, I actually have memorized all the pieces I am in in this act, so I am looking forward to putting it together and moving on to Act II. Wednesday I am meeting with Robin SexBerger to do the choreography. I am super excited!
Later Homies,
The Sex
