Frog Kiss
Charles Leipart, bookwriter & lyricist of the FROG KISS musical:
FROG KISS in rehearsal, Thursday, September 9th, twenty-one days to our first performance! Today was a lesson in creative shoe-fitting to see our Frog
Curtis Holbrook being fitting for his webbed-flippers. No amphibians were harmed in this procedure! Then we watched while our Princess Hanley Smith was instructed in her hip rolls and bumps as her character gets carried away by the new swing and jive music to arrive in her kingdom. You go, girl! As the bookwriter & lyricist for FROG KISS it is my daily delight to see the words on the page spring to life with such inventiveness and sheer joy--and the music of our composer
Eric Schorr leap from the hearts of our performers. More theatrical magic than I ever imagined is coming alive in the rehears
Al Hall--and the fun never stops. The cast seems to bubble over with suggestions of bits of comic business or really smart moves. Musical performers live so totally through their bodies! Yes, it does beat sitting at a desk and taping the keys of a computer. Tomorrow we begin rehearsal of the the 2nd Act Swamp Berlin Cabaret number with toads in leather caps and garter belts--which ought to be pretty provocative. Yes, there seems to be something for everybody in this production--thanks to the wonderfully inventive and joyous direction of Kenneth Roberson and the kicky, stylish choreography of
Lorna Ventura. And best of all, they let me, the words-guy sit and watch it all being created. How good is that?
