Before tech

It's been a little while now since I last updated you on my discoveries and adventures here and that's because we actually started hunkering down into the show. the show is completely done and has been since about last saturday and so now we are trying to work in specifics and also, because we only have a week to tech an ENORMOUSLY tech heavy show, we have already started wearing costumes to run numbers making sure to split the seems now when we kick our leg rather than next week. it's truly going to be, if nothing else, a beautiful show. the costumes were desgined by an italian designer, built with only the finest materials by a costume crew in Hong Kong and finally have been brought here for alterations. everything fits like we were born to wear it. i have never had any article of clothing fit so well in my life.
last week we recorded the cast album...needless to say, it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. what most people don't know is that there is no cast recording (stop me if i have said this already) of a Cinderella stage production. all of the recordings up til now have been lifted off of movies, so in effect, we are the Original Cast Recording (yes, capitals) of R&H's Cinderella. wicked cool. i have no idea about release dates and where it will be available yet. they have kept us in the dark about it- maybe because it will never be released and they don't think it will sell outside of Asia, but who cares. i'll try to snag some copies:-) Lea Salonga's brother is actually a famous conductor here in the philipines so he was the music director for the recording and will also conduct the orchestra here as far as i know. talented family, no? it's like what Joe, Fiona and Mo will be.
so things really are moving along here. we have a press engagement on friday for the papers and TV stations of the philippines to show them a few numbers as a sneak preview...and then tech it is before we open. i have been here a month and it feels like a week. that's a good sign seeing as i will be gone so long. haha.
i hope this finds you well and i send my love to you all