Dress Rehearsals

Important Information on Dress Rehearsals

In the week leading up to the opening there will be a series of extra rehearsals you will need to attend.

Friday 2nd Dec - Sitzprobe (fancy word for 'sing along' with the band....)
5:00 - 7:30) but stay straight after school for costuming.

Saturday 3rd Dec and Sunday 4th Dec - All day rehearsals
10am - 3pm

Tuesday 6th Dec and Wednesday 7th Dec - All Day rehearsals (you will not be going to classes but need to catch up on any work)PLUS EVENING 6:30 - 8:30

Monday, September 19, 2016

Act One Musical Numbers - Uptown Funk

Boys sing ‘dohs’ BV
MERCUTIO:
This hit, that ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold
This one for them hood girls
Them good girls straight masterpieces
Stylin', whilen, livin' it up in the city
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent
Got kiss myself, I'm so pretty

MERCUTIO (with boys BV)
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Say my name you know who I am
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money, break it down

SINGERS and other girls enter.  All girls sing the ‘whoo’s
Girls hit your hallelujah (whoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whoo)
MERCUTIO: 'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
 (all BOYS): 'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
MERCUTIO: 'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
ALL: Saturday night and we in the spot
MERCUTIO: Don't believe me just watch (come on)
Lots of BACKING VOCALS
Don't believe me just watch uh
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch (+ BOYS)
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch (+ GIRLS)
 (ALL) Hey, hey, hey, oh
MERCUTIO
Stop, wait a minute
Fill my cup, put some liquor in it

ALL BOYS:
Take a sip, sign a check

ROMEO: (Whistles)
Volio, get the stretch

ALL BOYS:
Ride to Harlem, Hollywood
Jackson, Mississippi
If we show up, we gon' show out
Smoother than a fresh dry skippy

MERCUTIO with BOYS
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Bitch say my name you know who I am
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money
Break it down

(Vocals as before)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whoo)

'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night and we in the spot
Don't believe me just watch (come on)

Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch (+ BOYS)
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch (+ GIRLS)
Hey, hey, hey, oh

MERCUTIO (BOYS backing vocals)
Before we leave
Lemmi tell y'all a lil' something
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up uh
I said uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up

Come on, dance, jump on it
If you sexy then flaunt it

BENVOLIO:
If you freaky then own it
Don't brag about it, come show me

MERCUTIO with ROMEO and BENVOLIO
Come on, dance
Jump on it
If you sexy then flaunt it

All BOYS
Well it's Saturday night and we in the spot
MERCUTIO
Don't believe me just watch come on!

MERCUTIO with backing vocals

Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch (+ BOYS)
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch (+ GIRLS)
 (ALL) Hey, hey, hey, oh

Act One Musical Numbers - Mama Do

JULIET:
Every night I go
Every night I go sneaking out the door
I lie a little more, baby I'm helpless
There's something 'bout the night
And the way it hides all the things I like
Little black butterflies
Deep inside me
Add in backing vocals – SINGERS, LADY CAPULET, LADY MONTAGUE, PARIS, ROMEO etc.
What would my mama do
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
If she knew 'bout me and you?
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
What would my daddy say
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
If he saw me hurt this way?
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
JULIET
Why should I feel ashamed?
Feeling guilty at the mention of your name
Here we are again
It's nearly perfect

Backing vocals as before
What would my mama do
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
If she knew 'bout me and you?
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
What would my daddy say
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
If he saw me hurt this way?
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)

JULIET:
All the things a girl should know
Are the things she can't control
All the things a girl should know
She can't control

JULIET sings melody with some ad libs and Backing vocals are as before but more prominent.  Voices drop out gradually towards the end.
What would my mama do
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
If she knew 'bout me and you
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
What would my daddy say
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
If he saw me hurt this way
(Uh Oh Uh Oh)
Uh Oh Uh Oh
Uh Oh Uh Oh

JULIET:
Uh Oh Uh Oh

Act One Musical Numbers - All of Me

ROMEO
What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright

JULIET:
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

ROMEO and JULIET sing together, harmonising.
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh
The song continues while the wedding ceremony is carried out. 
The narration takes place by the SINGERS and some ensemble, dressed like church choristers.  Some leads can sing off-stage

SINGER #2 (Emily)
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood

SINGER #3 (Charlotte)
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you

SINGER #1 (Kitty)
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

ALL SINGERS sing in 2-part harmony
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

SINGER #1 (Kitty)
Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard

ALL - a cappella like a church choir (including off-stage singers)
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections

The musical accompaniment resumes
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you

SINGER #2 (Emily)

I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

Act One Musical Numbers - What I've done


ROMEO: (in torment)
In this farewell
There's no blood, there's no alibi
'Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth of a thousand lies
So let mercy come and wash away
What I've done
I'll face myself to cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
Put to rest what you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty
So let mercy come and wash away

ROMEO with some offstage vocals to add support
What I've done
I'll face myself to cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

(Instrumental)

ENSEMBLE enter and sing menacing backing vocal ‘aahs’ in judgement.
ROMEO:
For what I've done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving what I've done

I'll face myself to cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
What I've done
(Ensemble sing these lines Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na)
Forgiving what I've done