Continuing our e-interview with some of the cast members of the musical Into the Woods (which starts Friday evening at Huntington's City Hall auditorium), our next question is:
What's tougher: learning the songs, learning the dances, or learning the dialogue?
- Kiona Graley (The Woods) The hardest thing is probably learning dialogue. The reason is because there is so much of it and during the performance you can not forget it. If you have a big part it is pretty tough to learn all of your lines.
- Kristin Caviani (Jack’s Mother) In this show, I would have to say learning the songs. Most dialogue is like you're just having a normal conversation with someone. But songs are all so similar! Words get mixed up, rhythm is super hard, and intervals are just plain weird sometimes!
- Chloe Donahoe (The Giant, Cinderella's Mother, and Belle) I think the songs are by far the hardest because of the contrast of sounds in the songs. At one point we might be singing a really touching, legato style part and then the next couple of measures in the song we are singing a really staccato part. I also think the music is tricky because of the hard harmonies in the songs.
- Holly Smith (Rapunzel) - For me, it's learning the music. Normally music is no problem for me, it's usually the dialogue, but nothing in the show repeats, and every line is some sort of tongue twister, and you have to enunciate everything three times more clearly than usual, and the moods of the songs change, one second everything is smooth and legatto, then the next second it's very stocatto and fierce.
- Cody Verbage (Rapunzel's Prince) - Well it differs in every show, but in this show it's definitely the music. The style the show is composed in is so difficult, if one person is one beat off, it throws the whole song.
- Daniel King (Cinderella's Prince and Wolf 1) What I think is the toughest thing in this show is the music because it is rhythmic and extremely upbeat. Things can change quickly, so you always have to have your ears open, body ready.
- Hannah Stevenson (Snow White) The toughest thing for me to learn is the dances.
- Chad Arthur (Cinderella’s Father) In all shows it's different, but in this show I'm going to have to say the songs. The songs are more complicated than the dances or the dialogue.
For the next chapter, our question will be: Would you recommend community theatre as an activity for young people?
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