Tomorrow, I will begin rehearsals for Disney's High School Musical. The very, very new stage adaptation of the hit TV movie musical that premiered on the Disney Channel and soon coming to a city near, you.
Nope, I'm not directing this production, rather I am stage managing it, at the Norris Center for the Performing Arts in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The director is Jon Engstrom and the choreographer is Michael Jenkinson. It features two casts. One cast will perform the certified One Act Version with a cast of young performers ranging in age from 8-14. The second cast will perform the Full Length version with high school and college performers.
Somehow, I will be keeping this all organized. It is refreshing to work on a musical with "kids" that features material that the "kids" can truly relate to. Instead of pretending to be "adults" as in the standard musical theatre rep, except for perhaps "Oliver" and "Annie."
More about this and where this all fits into my desire, my wish, my need, my "action" to sit in the Big Chair myself. . . . .
ciao for now,
eugene
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