Tag Archives: Paul Sportelli

“Upside down when you reach Cloud 9…” (everybody sing along)

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Cassandra Nicolaou in Music, On Stage, Video

For those of you out there who’ve been clamouring and even pleading to hear the lovely “Cloud 9″ song from the production — well, we have some good news. We grabbed a couple of cameras, headed down to the Panasonic, and recorded the song guerilla-style — just for you. It’s a little rough, but the [...]

Ben gets a new haircut…

Posted on 09. Jan, 2010 by Rose Plotek in Rehearsals

Ben gets a new haircut…

Early Saturday morning started with Ben getting a new look: he’s had a radical new haircut for the show. Meanwhile the rest of the cast ran lines, or as Evan put it, “It’s too early to remember things.” Next up we reviewed songs (by composer Paul Sportelli) and the musical staging.
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Cloud 9 isn’t a musical… but it’s got singing!

Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by Rose Plotek in Rehearsals

Cloud 9 isn’t a musical… but it’s got singing!

This morning started with a music rehearsal; our wonderful composer Paul Sportelli wasn’t in today, so Ben Carlson lead the cast through a vocal warm up. Then Yanna McIntosh took a seat at the piano and led everyone through their individual parts. Staging for the songs is the next challenge and we took a bit [...]