NYFOS@Caramoor 2022: Day 3

NYFOS@Caramoor 2022: Day 3

Wednesday is a good day to play hardball at rehearsal. Soon we’ll need to move into performance mode, which involves a subtle IV-drip of inspiration and encouragement. We mustn’t do anything to hurt the cast’s confidence over the weekend, and as they grapple with...
NYFOS@Caramoor 2022: Day 2

NYFOS@Caramoor 2022: Day 2

Bénédicte and I had a master plan for the day that involved working on every song in the show. Since Love Songs in 176 Keys is a slightly longer program than usual, our idea was wildly ambitious. Still, it is always smart to front-load the work, tackling as much as...
NYFOS@Caramoor 2022: Day 1

NYFOS@Caramoor 2022: Day 1

I was at Caramoor two years ago just as we were becoming aware of the scale of the Covid pandemic. March of 2020 was still the dawn of the quarantine era. While we were not yet wearing masks, the threat of a marauding virus outside the protective walls of Caramoor...