How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?
The guitar section on stage at Carnegie Hall right before the show
Of course the joke answer to the title of today's blog post is Practice. Tuesday night, we had an amazing performance at Carnegie Hall for the Save The Rainforest Fund. We had to practice a lot before we did the show. There were three days of rehearsals that started at 10 am and went well into the evening. These are some more photos from the last few days that show "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?"
Practicing the string charts with a small section
Bruno Mars practicing "Jail House Rock"
Sting, Esperanza (looking at another camera), and me taking a photo break at practice
Part of our cast taking a photo during a break while we were practicing at Carnegie Hall
Music Director Narada Michael Walden cues the band
The choir and band listening to Narada's directions
We were about to practice the finale - This is what Carnegie Hall looks like from my chair
Practicing "Moon River" before we'd run the entire show
Practicing a few numbers at Carnegie Hall before we'd practice the entire show
Meryl Streep and Jennifer Hudson in the dressing room area
HA! When I first went to Carnegie Hall as a teen, everybody was smoking cigarettes
President Clinton, Meryl Streep and Bruno Mars (in silhouette) - Have you heard the Pres play sax? The Pres can get to Carnegie Hall without much practice