Monday, August 26, 2013

On Stage! - Tchaikovsky Rehearsals




I'm in a new play based on the life of Tchaikovsky that opens this week.  Our performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at 8pm, with a matinee on Sunday afternoon at 2pm, all at the American Theater of Actors (ATA) 314 W 54th Street.  

Tchaikovsky follows the life of the famous Russian composer from childhood to his controversial death.  The show includes live music, dancers, and acted scenes.

I play Aleksey Apukhtin, a russian poet, and Tchaikovsky's life long friend.  

I'll post more information for tickets, however I wanted to share some of the behind the scenes photos of the rehearsal process.  

We've been working very hard all month to pull this large show together and I hope that people will come out during the holiday weekend.  

Most of the rehearsals have been at 13th Street Rep Theater.  

The show will be at a large off-Broadway theater in Hell's Kitchen, The Chernuchin in the American Theater of Actors.  


With Tristan Cano and Dave Morrissey rehearsing a scene. 


With Tristan Cano who plays Tchaikovsky, rehearsing a cafe scene.


Working on the flashbacks and scene jumps.  


Director Rob Belcher going over the notes.


Working through the end of Act 1.



"Old Tchaikovsky" being examined.


At the costume fitting.....


Willie Wonka has nothing on me...


Stuck in the rehearsal space at 13th Street.


Large cast, small room


The writer Andrew Wyeth Neal at the fundraiser.


Tristan Cano, who plays Tchaikovsky, is a concert pianist.  Here he's playing at a fundraiser held on the Upper West Side.


Working through a marital dispute


Rehearsing the flashback scenes. 

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