After a long day of tech we are ready for an audience tomorrow. I have not seen the show in two years. I was skeptical how much of it I would remember. We focused the lights and it all started to become familiar. Then, we loaded the disk into the light board and and lo and behold there was the show. I love computers. Keeping my lighting safe and secure for two years only to come back just the same.
It is a curious thing about remounting a show. There are things about the show that get better. You see things you missed, or texture and nuance is added where there was not so much before. There are things that get worse. Some of the light will inevitably feel dull. There are choices that two years later you would not make. So then the whole process becomes one of negotiating between these various currents. Obviously the major ideas and structural aspects of the piece need to remain the same. At the same time one must take those ideas and evolve them into something that feels right, now.
It’s a great kids show, so if you have the little ones I highly recommend coming to see it. It only runs this weekend.
Tags: mother goose, nytb
