Musical Theatre (22) - All songs so far

In today's lesson we sang through all of the songs we have done so far (apart from a couple due to running out of time) in order. Below, I have written down what has changed for some songs.

• "Tune Up #1"
• "Voice Mail #1"
• "Tune Up #2"
• "Rent"
• "One Song Glory"
  
  • Henri sang this today better than he ever has done. // He knew almost all of the words, only stumbling on what section.
• "Light My Candle"
  • Henri and Taylor have changed the blocking on this to make her character seem more flirtatious and also to make it clearer when Mimi takes her drugs back at the end of the song.
• "Today 4 U"
  
  • Owen walked really well in his heels and did more during the song. He could still interact a bit more with the others but he did well bearing in mind he didn't get to do it with them last lesson.
• "You'll See"
• "Tango: Maureen"
  
  • Cameron and I got the vocals right but are still finding it difficult to do the dance as well. Therefore we are going to simplify the dance. However, the bits that are not danced, and are "just acted," as it were, were a lot stronger as we really thought about our characters, their situation and their relationship.
• "Life Support"
• "Another Day"
• "Will I?"
  • Although we still didn't get the ending right, we have worked out that the first group sing the verse four times in total, holding the note of the final word on (the "mare" of "nightmare"). The second group would hold on the word "from" (from the line "From this nightmare") and the third group would hold the "row" of "tomorrow".
• "Santa Fe"
• "I'll Cover You"
• "We're Okay"
  
  • I worked out what I shall be doing in terms of props - i.e. what phone I need to use and when. I knew almost all of the lyrics but stumbled on some of the final lines as the timing is awkward and it is very wordy.
• "Over the Moon"
  
  • Alice sang along to a track of this song. This confused her as she sang it differently in places, but this didn't matter as the song is sung a Capella. I learned when I needed to do the backing vocals. What's left for this piece is for Alice and I to do this piece without the track.
• "La Vie Boheme"
• "Seasons of Love"
• "Take Me or Leave Me"
  
  • Apart from me struggling with the starting note of the final harmony, this was the best time we ever did this piece. This was because we really got in to our characters and thought about our relationship at this point. We did whatever movement came naturally and it seemed to really work. We need to keep this up every time we sing it now.