In this lesson we began blocking Act One. We staged "Tune Up 1", "Tune Up 2" and "Rent". Although the stereotypes of Musical Theatre are a lot of singing, dancing and acting, we won't be doing much dancing in this musical. This is because "Rent" is a very gritty musical rather than a glitzy show with huge ensemble dance numbers. The only numbers where we have or may have some sort of dance are "Tango: Maureen", "La Vie Boheme", "Rent", "Over the Moon" and "I'll Cover You".
When blocking the "Tune Ups", decisions had to be made on where everything would be 'positioned' in their room - e.g. where the answering machine is. We are having some L-shaped decking leading from the wings on stage left, forwards and along the apron on the left. This decking is used for whenever there is a phone call (i.e. Mark's Mum's voicemail, and Joanne's and Benny's phone calls in "Rent").
The "Tune Ups" were fairly easy to stage as it was like blocking an ordinary scene, however, "Rent" was a little more difficult due to the dance break and the fact that it is more of a song than the "Voicemails" and "Tune Ups" which are just spoken in tune.
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