Since we all have some extra time I decided to throw together an overdue update. First, here are four videos from the first week of April:

At the End of the Day

The Docks (Part II)

ABC Cafe

 The People’s Song

 

 

Finally, here is the Prologue from yesterday’s rehearsal:

 

I’ll upload more clips when the battery recharges on my camera 🙂

Here are clips from last night’s rehearsal. You’ll find ‘Master of the House’ and ‘The Final Battle’.

Click the picture to follow the link:

The password is the same one we used for “One Day More.” Rest up over your long weekend!

Here’s a Christmas present 3 months late.

Check your e-mail for the password 🙂

OK it’s been way way way too long since I updated this page, so here are some things for you to check out:

First, let’s compare some versions of The Beggars-Javert’s Intervention. The first clip is from a HS production and you’ll notice a few interesting differences between our version and theirs:

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Notice how the poor and hungry of Paris seem to be portrayed by potatoes. Fortunately these destitute spuds can put an ‘N’ at the end of ‘look down’, so their appearance can be forgiven. While I won’t interject my personal opinions of these students’ voices, you can draw your own conclusions and can hopefully form some ideas (positive and negative) to augment your own performance during this scene. Speaking of augmenting performances let’s look at a professional version of this scene.

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I doubt this video will be up for long but it showcases a mind-blowing set with a fantastic chorus. I personally enjoy the intensity each character (big and small) brings to this scene. There are some parts in this version that were cut from the School Edition, but overall the voices and acting are at an inspirational level. Feel free to search YouTube for more scenes like Master of the House, At the End of the Day, and so on. You can get a lot of great ideas for things to try (and not to try).

On to some links!

• First you have to check out this link to the MTI Website where our upcoming production of Les Miserables is listed.
• Here’s a Google Maps link to Jardins du Luxembourg (where Cosette walks and Marius first see her).
• This is Pont Notre Dame (the bridge where Javert commits suicide).
• Rue Plumet (Now called Rue Oudinot; Where Valjean and Cosette lived in Paris).
• Jean Valjean Park and Inn in Montfermeil (home to the Thernardier’s Inn and ‘the wood’ that scares little Cosette).

I’ll hopefully be able to upload some clips of our rehearsals so you can critique your own performances and continue to improve as we rapidly approach opening weekend. Happy Easter!

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Here’s a little quiz to celebrate the close of our third week of rehearsal. The actor playing Marius in this clip is a well known celebrity. Although his hair in this clip is terrible, it’s pretty similar to his hairstyle when he first became famous… any ideas? First one to guess correctly gets a gummy chili dog on Monday.

PS No fair following the link and cheating