Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Before & After Mike works his Magic

The image on the left shows the raw snapshot taken by our photographer, Mike Ryder. The image on the right shows what it looks like after Mike cleans it up! Millie Dillmount (actress Marisa Roberge) and Trevor Graydon (actor Dave Cote) are pictured.

This is Living!!!

Miss Dorothy Brown (Lauren Cassidy) is ecstatic to have found such a dive of a hotel, and Millie (Marisa Roberge) simply thinks she's NUTS!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Eligible Bachelor #1, Jimmy Smith!

Manhattan's most eligible bachelor of 1922, Mr. Jimmy Smith (portrayed by Nashua's own Julian Smith ... no relation!) takes a break.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Marisa Rehearses "Gimme GImme"

Leading lady Marisa Roberge (Millie Dillmount) at the big finish to the song "Gimme Gimme".

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Millie's Commercial is up on YouTube

Check out the new commercial for Actorsingers Thoroughly Modern Millie, hosted on YouTube.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Judy Shows the Boys her Moves

Our multi-talented Music Director (Judy Hayward) shows off her dance moves to Bun Foo (Dave DuCharme) and Ching Ho (Peter Lasonde, rear right)!

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Thoroughly Modern Millie Poster

Final version of the Thoroughly Modern Milie poster. PDF versions to download and print are available from www.actorsingers.org/inside/millie.

Fun rehearsal last night! The "get to know your cast" exercise was pretty interesting ... the question was "What was your best memory from this summer?" and some of the more interesting answers were ...

1) Went to Six Flags, missed the exit for Parking, and ended up on the parade route behind Batman!

2) Went on a 16 hour spur of the moment road trip ... 5 hours to drive somewhere and 11 hours to get back, after getting lost and running out of gas!

and the ever-popular ...

3) Sex!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Miss Flannery, Millie, and Girls Forget About the Boy

Rehearsal of "Forget About the Boy". From left, Christin Clohosey, Jen Sassak, Alice Pascucci, Martha Daniels Holland (blue shorts, Miss Flannery), Marisa Roberge (white top, Millie Dillmount), and Shaina Schwartz.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Bun Foo, Mrs. Meers, and Ching Ho

From left, Dave DuCharme (Bun Foo), Suellen DeVito (Mrs. Meers), and Peter Lasonde (Ching Ho) rehearse a scene.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Trevor and Miss Dorothy Rehearse

Judy Hayward (music director, seated), Dave Cote (Mr. Trevor Graydon), and Lauren Cassidy (Miss Dorothy Brown) rehearse their vocals.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Rehearsing the Opening Number

How's THAT for being quick! A rehearsal photo posted to the blog before rehearsal's over! Looking good (and sounding great!) everyone.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Thoroughly Modern Millie poster (1st draft)

Here's an early look at the first draft of the Thoroughly Modern Millie poster. We still need to add the show credits (music by ... lyrics by ... etc.) but this will be the basic design.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Labor Day Fun

Thanks to everyone who took time out of their Labor Day holiday to do some scene work with us ... you all did great and this show's going to be hilarious! Keep up the good work, and keep practicing your lines. The sooner we're off book, the better! See you on Wednesday.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Opening number rocks!

Great rehearsal last night ... learned the opening number ("Thoroughly Modern Millie"). It's exciting to see so much amazing talent all in one place! Keep up the good work (and Happy Birthday to ALL of our recent birthdays (Shaina, Lizzie, and Stephanie) ... sorry if I missed anyone. Thanks to Beth (Shaina's mom and costumer extraorinaire) for bringing the cake last night!