tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post112584811801835659..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Arts & Leisure watch: 9/4Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1126035778489005702005-09-06T15:42:00.000-04:002005-09-06T15:42:00.000-04:00Yes, exactly, the question of whether previews cou...Yes, exactly, the question of whether previews counts as "rehearsals" is complicated, even though rehearsals proceed, even if on a more limited schedule....I still maintain that the way article says "three months of rehearsal" is awfully misleading.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1125931885509979172005-09-05T10:51:00.000-04:002005-09-05T10:51:00.000-04:00I just read that same Times article and had exactl...I just read that same <I>Times</I> article and had exactly the same response: two months is short? I've worked on nonprofit shows, and even a commercial musical, in two cities and never had two months of rehearsals. As a copy editor in my day job, I often struggle to persuade people to say what they mean. This is the same problem. Does the two months include pre-production? Previews? Both? Who knows?<BR/><BR/>By the way, the whole notion of previews is fishy to me. For shows I was really eager to see, I used to try getting in (via tickets or ushering) early in previews, for the more or less vain reason that I wanted to see it first if it turned out to be good. I've mostly given that up, because so many of the shows weren't ready to be seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1125857923333165542005-09-04T14:18:00.000-04:002005-09-04T14:18:00.000-04:00From first preview to opening night is still, in t...From first preview to opening night is still, in the non-profits, almost two months... 3 weeks of rehearsal, one week of tech, 3 weeks of previews... is 7 weeks. For a musical add a week and I guess technically it's "two months."<BR/><BR/>These shows would be better with 5 weeks of rehearsals and fewer previews. But theatres need the $$$.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com