The No-Frills Revue, Final Nights
The No-Frills Revue, being produced by Calvin Theater Company, comes to a close Saturday, 14 Nov. I figured to share some thoughts about it.
The show started out pretty rough. We had one of the most tedious rehearsal processes I have been through, stopping as late as the dress rehearsals mid show to correct issues. Thats just awkward for the techs, who need to see the show to figure out whats going on. The first week of performance was slow and had very little audience. Just not a fun time to work.
Finally, on the 2nd to last night, we finally got a real audience, over 200 people showed up. Took a while, but we probably had the best show so far. At least it looks to end on a high note.
I feel like a lot of the show was kind of poor, some of the funny scenes were just not funny, and a lot of the stuff that was “funny” just wasn’t. I find it really rough to try and work on a show that I really just find poorly done, and this was one of those. However, a lot of the jokes are finally funny, as actors get into their roles and get audience response. So thats working out in our favor.
I feel like I have acquired a slight reputation of being a jackass. However, in this case, I think its needed. No one else is willing to put their foot down and keep people in line, and its got to be done. The utter lack of discipline in the entire group is astounding, people are getting away with stuff that just should never be gotten away with. I feel like this plays into my feeling of the management just not having a spine, but thats kind of a personal opinion. But when we have half naked people out in a lobby area, its just got to stop. Anyhow, this is kind of the theme of the production as of yet. Crazy, unorganized, undiciplined stuff going on.
But thats why they pay us.
