Rehearsal Quotations | Page 4

I'm completely stunned that the DVD came out as great as it did. There was some greater power watching over us. It was a huge challenge, ... We only had about a half day's rehearsal and were supposed to film for two nights but only did one night. I also did all my playing by memory without the score in front of me. Maybe the crazy circumstances made it better.

I frequently find after a rehearsal of a performance that I have more breath, and can walk better and climb stairs better than I could before. It's as if I've expanded my lungs doing it. Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.

We usually do a rehearsal on Friday night so Garrison has a chance to hear what he's written, and then he'll do a rewrite overnight. Sometimes it can be a totally new script for the pre-show rehearsal on Saturday.

You know, a lot of people dont know it, but we get here at four in the morning and do the entire show in rehearsal just to get it right, right?

While we have tested certain parts of the plan, the dress rehearsal is our first opportunity to see how well all of the pieces fit together.

The excitement of being in a rehearsal room is good for me.

Well, some pieces of course require much more rehearsal because they are unknown, and they involve very specific, complicated problems.

We will use as many players as possible. It is fun to play this game, especially with so many new guys. We need a dress rehearsal to make sure everyone knows the game-day routine.

You discover a lot of things on your feet and if you don't have any rehearsal, then anything that happens on the screen is by accident.

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.