Since my last post we have gotten about a week's worth of previews under our belt. I figured the crowds would settle a bit after those first couple of absolutely wild preview audiences, but …
I absolutely love springtime in New York City. After months and months of bitter cold and grey skies, those first warm days revive the spirit and warm the heart with the promise of Spring. I…
Today's blog comes to you from deep in the trenches of tech at the Music Box For the past week and a half we have been hunkered down at the theater for extremely long hours every day doing e…
For weeks I have been looking forward to our move into The Music Box Theatre. I knew our first day there would be exciting and thrilling. But on the day in question I was running a bit behin…
The time has finally come for us to move into our new home at the beautiful Music Box Theatre Once we get there we will begin 'tech' and shift our focus to the technical aspects of the show.…
Many people ask me what it's like to work with Diane Paulus, our Tony nominated director whose recent Broadway revivals of Hair and Porgy and Bess each won Tony Awards for Best Revival of a …
This week is all about getting in the mood We spent last week cleaning vocals and dance steps, reviewing, and adding new elements to support and enhance the show we had already created. This…
Our first week of rehearsal has just come to a close. As many of you probably know, this production of Pippin originated at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA this past winter. …
Hello I'm Molly Tynes from the Broadway cast of 'Pippin.' Many of you may remember my BroadwayWorld blogs from this past November about the American Repertory Theatre's production of 'Pippin…
One of the most thrilling days in the entire process of building a new show is the sitzprobe. This is when the actors and full orchestra come together for the first time to sing and play thr…
We have now been in Cambridge for a week and are in the full swing of tech. I explained in my last blog that this is the part of the process when the show is moved out of the rehearsal room …
This week we traveled to Cambridge, MA, home of the American Repertory Theater. Now we begin Tech, or the part of the creative process when we move the show out of the rehearsal studio and o…
Well, our time rehearsing in NYC has come to a close, and we are all preparing to journey up to Cambridge, MA where we will move into the theater at the A.R.T. We finished up this week with …
We have talked a lot in rehearsal about the traditional perception of the traveling circus troupe about the ways in which we romanticize that life. In a way everyone secretly wishes he or s…
In the world of circus, there is a special term for the opening number. We have been hearing this term, charivari, in rehearsal a lot lately. Our circus choreographer, Gypsy Snider of the Mo…
Hello again After the craziness of Hurricane Sandy, things are slowly but surely getting back to normal.
Hi I am Molly Tynes from the cast of the upcoming production of Pippin at the American Repertory Theater. Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be blogging about our rehearsal proces…