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  On the stage at last … at least for a partial run through of Act I. Technical Director James Mayne, Director Harold Jurkiewicz, and Scenic Designer Jennifer Masieloff  led the cast through the intricacies of the Act I scene changes. Many of the set pieces are

Everybody Breathe Harold Jurkiewicz, the director for the Players Guild of Dearborn production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music put this post on FaceBook early this morning, “Everyone take a deep breath. It’s coming together.” I’ll follow Harold’s lead. Last night’s rehearsal went well. We ran

Lines During a portion of Sunday’s rehearsal for A Little Night Music I was “on book” and following the script in order to prompt actors who were having trouble with their lines. At the end of the rehearsal I told the cast that I heard some “clever

  Today’s rehearsal for A Little Night Music was frustrating. We still can’t get on the stage because of the construction of set pieces, the work on the drops, etc. There is a huge amount of things to build and paint and, while things are progressing nicely,

Costumes, Costumes, Costumes Patricia LaFramboise is the Costume Chair for the Players Guild of Dearborn production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Patricia is an Honorary Member of the Guild having been a member for more than 25 years. She has costumed a number of Guild

  I have to catch up on one item from Sunday’s rehearsal. Henrik (Michael Suchyta of Dearborn) plays the cello in one of the early scenes, practicing a piece. Anne, his step-mother, (Lindsey MacDonald of Canton) says, “Oh, Henrik, dear, don’t you have anything less gloomy to

  During the weekend of April 5, 6, and 7, work continued on the set and set pieces for A Little Night Music at the Players Guild of Dearborn. There is still a lot to be done and some people are beginning to get nervous. This is

Stage and Shop In the Clubroom, A Little Night Music Director Harold Jurkiewicz restaged the Armfeldt dining room scene. He basically “opened it up” by creating wider spaces between the players. In the scene, the principal characters sit at a dining room table facing upstage (away from

  I discovered another spelling error in cast names. It’s Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm not Malcom. Ah, well. “Every Day a Little Death.” On April 3, the Players gathered at the Guild to rehearse the music in A Little Night Music. Under Music Director Paul Abbott of Livonia,

  From L to R: Lindsey MacDonald as Anne Egerman, Tom Murphy as Fredrik, and Sally Goodman as Desireé Well, I discovered that I was spelling Egerman wrong. There is only one “g.” I think I’ve been spelling it with two because of the way Brett Reynolds,