The Shows
I have two shows to learn; a lunch show & a dinner show. We have been learning and blocking the lunch show which is new and titled, "Horseshoe Roundup". It is great fun! I am Sluefoot Sue and my partner is Diamond Jim. We have saloon girls, Saboten George, Woody, Bullseye, & Jesse (from Toy Story), and they all speak Japanese. The show starts with an old miner wanting to store his gold in Jim's safe. We all come out and sing a number and find that the audience is hungry, so the waiters serve lunch and the cast has a 20 minute break. Saboten George comes out near the end of lunch and does a number and tells the audience how much he wants his name "in lights". The show starts and we all sing and dance, and bring the characters out. We sing all old western songs (my second costume is reminiscent of Annie Oakly) like Deep In the Heart of Texas, Camptown Races, I've Been Working On the Railroad....etc. Great fun. After our big medley, Woody and Jim and Bullseye go off to patrol the town. I get to stay and sing this BEAUTIFUL ballad, Twilight In the Sierras. At the end there is an explosion and a robber slides down a rope and the other comes in from the balcony (the saloon girls in these sexy catsuit disguises). They do some acro and then tie us up. I warn Bullseye (who came back to see about the explosion), who gets Woody, who saves the day. The robbers and bandit are Saboten George and the Saloon Girls who beg forgiveness and say they are sorry ....and everyone has a good laugh and all is well. We end the show with "You've Got A Friend In Me", and a Diamond Horseshoe medley. I get to have a nice southern accent for the show and sing everything ala Reba...lol. I think I do a pretty good job. Our director is American who is also fluent in Japanese, so our rehearsals are easy to follow.
Today we started music for the night show which is titled "Pecos Goofy's Frontier Revue", and is directed by a japanese director who speaks no English. We have an interpreter, but she spoke so softly, I just kind of drifted away. I know, bad. I guess we all got spoiled by having an English speaking director. The night show has a Dancing Sam, 3 dancing girls (all Japanese), Mickey and Goofy (who also speak Japanese - which just kills me...lol), Rose LeFleur (me), and Duke Weston. It's about Goofy trying to get a rope trick down and his messing it up. We sing and dance older standards/vaudeville-type songs. I get to vamp the audience and put a baby bonnet on a guy and sing "I Want To Baby You". Of course Goofy gets his rope trick down in the end (he ropes Mickey), and all is well. We have a 20 minute break in this show as well while they serve dinner. AND I do have to learn a few phrases and 1/2 song in Japanese...woohoo.
Today we started music for the night show which is titled "Pecos Goofy's Frontier Revue", and is directed by a japanese director who speaks no English. We have an interpreter, but she spoke so softly, I just kind of drifted away. I know, bad. I guess we all got spoiled by having an English speaking director. The night show has a Dancing Sam, 3 dancing girls (all Japanese), Mickey and Goofy (who also speak Japanese - which just kills me...lol), Rose LeFleur (me), and Duke Weston. It's about Goofy trying to get a rope trick down and his messing it up. We sing and dance older standards/vaudeville-type songs. I get to vamp the audience and put a baby bonnet on a guy and sing "I Want To Baby You". Of course Goofy gets his rope trick down in the end (he ropes Mickey), and all is well. We have a 20 minute break in this show as well while they serve dinner. AND I do have to learn a few phrases and 1/2 song in Japanese...woohoo.
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