**- equals stuff for me…ignore it!
Good job rolling with the demands of the evening…great work
team!
Almost uniformly, I need stronger projection from my
team…come strong and committed to the sung dialogue. There’s only so much the overhead mics and
head mics can do…use good technique
No running backstage…or onstage for that matter. Safety first.
Know your travel path and plan ahead far enough in advance to make it.
There’s a difference between playful banter and
disrespect. I’m receiving a number of
reports that we have cast members crossing the line with fellow ensemble
members and staff. That should never be
our company. I take this very seriously
and will address it with the company today, and the individuals solo.
1.1
piragua-it’s early…you can be tired/slow it up a bit
piragua-hear her music and react
usnavi-diction…
abuela-slow it up a bit physically
usnavi-what’s going on? Off on the timing on a song I don’t
remember problems on before
rosarios-was more playful tonight in bodega…good work
gracie/Elisabeth-sing to each other on 2nd ‘in
the heights’…everyone else isn’t singing to the audience
Vanessa-your light is upstage and left from where you did
the no-nos
Salon girls-have the chair farther down and left…too close
to the bodega
**-slow up the scaffolding cue at the final in the heights
sequence
1.2
**-paint the stoop stair
nina-come farther down the stairs for your first
‘hey’…there’s no light up top
nina/abuela-tighten up the ‘corazon del melon’
**-slow up the entry cue into ‘breathe’
ensemble-motivate your visits to nina…why do you alternate
times?
Ensemble-gotta come in stronger on your back up stuff…commit
and come strong
Jenna-nailed the ‘mira, nina moment’
Nina-gotta see her anxiety drive her upstage…let her get
overwhelmed by everything
**-mute the stair light when nina goes upstage
nina-‘oh god, what would my parents say’ needs to be much
more fearful…
nina-don’t see abuela until you hear her say ‘nina’
1.3
sonny-if you’re going to be back there, it has to be
motivated…be doing something, since some of us can see you
benny-cut closer to the podium as you come in…let’s make it
like he is going to work and overhears the boss…cut out going to the bodega
benny-don’t look through Camila’s folder
nina-come in a few moments sooner, and do that ‘see him and
shake your head’ thing you did tonight
mary-benny can be a little hotter
nina-don’t nod until after his final invite to stay
nina/benny-make a clean departure…take a beat after the end
of the song, then leave on the light shift
1.4
sonny-you can’t sling an open soda around the stage…then we
know it’s fake!
**-mute the stair light for Vanessa
dani-I absolutely love her attitude in this scene…dial this
up throughout!!!
**-kill the Rosario facelight in this scene
ensemble-boys should be more right on the platform
Vanessa-you can be more stage right on the l train platform
Vanessa-feel it!
Vanessa-don’t look at the pit
Nick-pit really hot in this scene…
Vanessa-emphasize ‘abuela’ like you’re trying to fit in
Vanessa-how does she feel about being yelled at to get the
drink and tape? Show me.
Usnavi-don’t hop up on the stair platform…no light there
**-get the instrumentalists contracts taken care of
all-don’t start your scene change until you hear the scene
change music start
1.5
mary-nina’s mic needs to be up as soon as benny speaks
nina-take a beat before you give your instructions to the
driver
**-respike the podium
camila-don’t say ‘mija’ until Benny’s gone
rosarios-know your lines…
**-eliminate the Rosario facelight from each cue
kevin-know where the light is…look around you
**-more subtle on the solo light for kevin
**-change the cyc color for all of the early cues to match
the act II cues
kevin-let’s see his conviction come out in that last section
1.6
Nick-gotta pull the band back when you see/hear the lines
begin onstage
Dani-it’s ‘chew-lay-tas’ for ‘chuletas’
Dani-only lean in to nina once…hightlights or eyebrows, not
both
Carla-you’re rushing ‘as long as he keeps it clean’…and it’s
too quiet
Dani-really think through the fact you don’t know
1.7
Hannah-wait to hit the light until after the button
Sonny-justify the old spice line…tease him
Sonny-where’s the slushee?
Usnavi-can’t call graffiti ‘man’
Boys-gotta tighten up the discovery of the lottery numbers
Nick-gotta tighten up the lead into 96k
All-much better sense of pacing throughout
Graffiti-better challenging of the boys on ‘yo, yo, yo’…own
it on the first line too
Piragua-see sonny as you go through don’t just stroll past
Vanessa-really dream it, as you sing about…also back upstage
on your second pass through the song
Salon girls-gotta really be envisioning what you’re getting
to justify standing still at the end
1.8
Abuela-project when speaking
Abuela-justify the ‘calor’s…let her have a heart spell. She’s really struggling
Hannah-bring the upstage light up as soon as you see ‘mama’
**-mute the platform special
Hannah-that cue for the girls center stage needs to be as
sofia comes downstage
Can the whole ensemble company sing the new Yorkers section?
Sofia/Emilia-slow your actions down a bit when you
Emilia-you can’t check your costume when you’re on the
platform
**-fix the special on sofia at the end of paciencia y fe
1.9
Mary-is sonny’s mic up?
Sonny-project!
Nina-hear what he says and react…it feels like you’re
anticipating the lines on the steps a little bit
Mary/Gordon-what was with the mic pops during the song?
Ensemble/Benny/Nina-the Bennett park thing is a flashback
now…play it as such
Benny-don’t put your hand in your pocket…it’s a passive
gesture
Benny-your final ‘knew her when’ was soooo invested…make all
of your lines to her encouraging her just that energized
1.10
Hannah-start the light transition a beat earlier
Piragua-great energy at times…push it and own
1.11
**-eliminate the harsh light
mary/Gordon-weird mic mix in this scene
all-a little tighter to center on this scene…we wandered to
the outer edges of the space
Camila-energize that sin verguenza (for shame)…he should
never have said it
All-the pacing was a little slow through here given it’s a
fight…go after it
Camila-take the pastry box off stage with you
1.12
Vanessa-project…
Usnavi-project…
Boys-shift into the light
Daniel-you have to project!
ensemble-you’re not listening to the pit…they were right on
usnavi-the yes is as much surprised as anything else
1.13
Hannah-not bad, just work the timing
**-perk up benny and usnavi’s light
Abuela/usnavi-both on the ground, not the stoop stairs
Piragua-you can join everyone else in the mix…don’t stay
down right
Nina-let him draw you all the way into the embrace
2.1
Benny-find the light as you enter…it’s farther down the
platform
Piragua-just clean around your cart…and hold still during
their initial duet
**-mute the upper light for ‘sunrise’
Ensemble-gotta be a slower clean up
Props-trash can needs to be at the upstage center corner of
the bodega outside
Ensemble-your last al amanacer is to each other…we weren’t
consistent
**-mute the bodega light a bit at 2.2
2.2
**-find a record player
Vanessa-why does she go in the bodega…let’s see her thought
process
Camila-get farther onstage before you turn back
Camila-closer to Kevin in the shop
2.3
**-add cyc to the indoor scenes
**-have the glass table come on from the vom
Usnavi-don’t travel so far stage left for ‘playa rincon’
abuela-open up when singing to usnavi
usnavi-take ‘by the end of july’ to abuela then take it out
abuela-usnavi-the dance was really sweet tonight
Hannah-faster out on the light cue
Great scene change out!
2.4
Kevin-wait for her to get closer before you hit ‘get
talking’
Nina-justify the sitting down…obey your father, get
embarrassed, something…
All-good fight
Camila-good job staying open
Camila-strong work tonight
Kevin-end up nearer the stoop after camila moves on to nina
2.5
Gordon-how much reinforcement are we getting from the
overheads
Dani-Stay on the upper platform instead of the middle
section
Ensemble-lower trio (noreena, Julia, quinland, stay tighter
to the curtain
Usnavi-go all the way to the top platform
Usnavi-see the Dominican flag and get it from them
Boys-don’t just hold the flag out there,
Ensemble-realize the flags are there and actively choose to
do something with them
A couple of the flags need to make it to the ground level
Morgan-can we iron the flags tomorrow?
Usnavi-don’t lose it…project!
Props-lets vary the flag locations a bit so similar ones
aren’t together
**-dim the stage around Kevin
2.6
usnavi-dynamite start to alabanza
mary-was nina’s mic on?
2.7
Usnavi-you can come out a bit sooner…the light cue is
waiting on you and nina
Nina-just pull usnavi’s paper out of the box so you both can
stand up straight
**-respike the bodega farther up and center
All-noise backstage during the song
Rosarios-don’t look at your daughter until you’re in the
bodega
Kevin-make it ‘that picture is an antique’ not ‘that
polaroid’
Rosarios-leave through the bodega entrance, not straight out
across the stage
2.8
girls-rough start to the song.
Dani-great last line!
2.9
piragua-great send off moment…that’s what I want throughout
2.10
sonny-come farther out of the bodega
usnavi-follow him into the light
Vanessa-come down earlier
**-dim the stair light quite a bit
usnavi-I love his awkward, talks to much energy in this
scene…can we bring it to the club?
Usnavi/Vanessa-great kiss tonight
2.11
benny-try and smooth out bringing the podium
benny-too far downstage to start ‘when the sun goes down’
**-slow the light on the stairs, and raise the intensity a
little
benny/nina-come farther downstage for your last
2.13
graffiti and sonny-farther stage right, and into the light
Hannah-great timing on the light shift
2.14
**-add a cue to bring up the special later, and dim it
Salon girls-can’t drag the tempo that much
Vanessa-come farther into the light
Hannah-take the special light out when usnavi crosses away
**-lose the special under the victory song
did we lose vocal energy, did the pit get too hot, or did
the mix get weird for usnavi’s last run?
Bows
Hannah-wait longer to bring the lights up
We’ll work the bows today…
