Since our move to Monroe, I have music-directed several productions at the local community theatre, Strauss Theatre Center. I absolutely love this job, and hope to continue on this path as we move other places. Our latest big-and I mean BIG-production we did was Andrew Lloyd Weber's CATS. Now, I of course knew the song 'Memory' before beginning this venture, but that was about it. I had never seen the show, and wasn't sure how much I would love it. Strauss teamed up with a local ballet company for dancers, the Lousiana Delta Ballet Company, and so the undertaking was enormous. Once again I was working with Jon Baccarini, general manager and his brother, Greg Baccarini, who choreographed/directed the show. From start to finish, it was a fabulous experience, and even though I saw every rehearsal, heard every note hundreds of times, and watched them practice the dances repeatedly, I never got tired of it! I was truly glad to be a part of this opportunity. Here are just a few pics from it:
someone LOVES dancing and practiced many of the moves at home...this was also why we made her costume for halloween be from CATS.
first full rehearsal.
finishing spray.
Grizabella the Glamor Cat.
