Staging!

It's only day four of rehearsal, day one-and-a-half of staging, and we're already putting the second brand-new ensemble number on its feet. The new opening number, "Yesterday's News", Eric and Karma breezed through yesterday, with, remarkably, only one musical change requested, a terrific 2-bar cut. Now they're working on "Fast Talking", a relentless patter song for Guy Paul, who plays editor Richard Connell, who juggles multiple phones as the ensemble performs intricate newspaper-ography while echoing his patter. Eric asked me for a new ending, which I wrote downstairs in my "office", the church nursery, seated between a crib and a small wooden stove. We're about to teach it; we'll see if sounds like I hope it does!