Posted by MCC Theater Executive Director Blake West-
Great shots from Sunday night’s Sitzprobe. What’s a Sitzprobe? We typically don’t produce musicals at MCC, so Sitzprobe isn’t a usual part of our vocabulary. But now we know: it’s German, and essentially means “seated exploration.” It’s when the orchestra and cast work through the score together for the first time. But mostly, it’s pretty damn magical. On Sunday, the company ran each song, most of them twice. Doug Besterman’s orchestrations really give dimension and color to characters and moments in surprising ways, and music director Mary Mitchell Campbell and her team of musicians really turned it out. From the start of our work on Carrie I’ve been in love (truly, madly, deeply) with the show’s opening number, “In,” in all its iterations, but hearing it at the Sitzprobe was a revelation, a burst of unpredictable energy and nuance. I think it’s going to knock people out at the top of the show. Yesterday, the orchestra moved into the Lortel, to join the cast and crew. The elements all come together today. Less than a week to go before audiences join us!
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2012-01-25
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