What is crew? My duties basically include tracking props and set pieces backstage. This means moving set pieces or props from one area to another. This can be something as simple as taking a prop (ex. plate) from one area on-stage to off stage. One the other hand, it can be having multiple people moving a set piece (ex. helicopter). I'm using the helicopter as an example because it's something that happens in the production I'm currently working on.
Before taking this job, I really didn't know anything about Miss Saigon. I knew sparse details about the plot but I didn't know the music. I'm enjoying the music. It's written by the duo, Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil, that wrote Les Misérables. There are similarities in the music. Some of the music is very pretty and moving and then there are numbers that I could live without.
Saying that, I've been reading up on the plot and enjoying discussions about choices made interms of the performance. I'm not sold on Chris & Kim being deeply in love. I think it really depends on how the actors and the verbs played.
- Verbs: Actors should play verbs. As an actor, my character wants, needs, and must have blank.
- Playing emotion is weak. Play the verb. The emotion will come.
I am enjoying this production so far and am interested to see how it develops over the run of the show.
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