Dancing by the light of the moon

I continue to marvel at how productive our time with Suzy has been for this show; it feels as if we are accomplishing much more, much more quickly than we did doing West Side Story, but it's hard to know how much of this is just a matter of dim memory and how much is accurate. In any case, with a month until the preview, we have completed choreography for many songs, almost completed it for a couple more, and have only one solo and one ensemble number left to do from scratch. The solos are a piece of cake, especially with Lacey and Jeff in the leads; they are such a joy to watch at work. Suzy refers to her process with these two as "Add water and stir."

I met with Rebekah, the lighting designer, this afternoon over lunch, and we went through the script, page by page, while I described the action and the mood and she asked the occasional question or threw in a suggestion. I think she will light the show just right.