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BROADWAY REHtARSAL: ITS WORK, WORK. WORK By Mark Barroa Opening night of a topflight mast-1 cal show on Broadway ian't M simple as the gay premier* p*r? formance seems to indie at*. It means work, work, work on th*part of librettists, composers, atara?'j chorus girls, electricians, atag* hands and the scores of othera who ' are needed to raise the curtain on a triumphant opening night. | Typical Is the musical, "Whoop Up," which will open on Broadway on December 18. Similar to an auto* mobile assembly line, the musical is the result of expertly assembling many various parts. Rehearsals are subdivided Into' several sections. The leading play-, ers rehearse their lines without music. Dancers, who must begin rehearsing a week earlier than the other players, and the singers re-] hearse in separate groups. All these are later neatly hemstitched to*! gether. Rehearsals are constantly Inter-, rupted by trips to the costume de?; signers for fittings, to the hair*, dressers and to various other es tablishments needed for the cast to get ready for opening night. A "run through" or dress rehearsal without sets i* staged on the night before opening. On this page, "Wnoop-Up" begin* to take shape, la it? early hard. rehears^ day?? ~ ' REPEAT PERFORMANCE. Choreograph** Oona WhUe puts t he dancer* through a fast number. Steps are done over and over, until they're perfected. Onna White demonstrate* a step while Tin* Faye, left, who will perform the dance when the ahow open* , watches. P?eara aamlala ekoreographer On* White, cen ter, aa ahe teaches them new number for ahow. Co-producer Ernest Martin discusses script with P. J. Kelly, 78, who's ?aid to be oldest actor on Broadway. Kelly will portray a 105-year-old Indian Chief. Actor* enjoying brief reat watch rehearsal of dancers Eleanor Dian and Salvador Juarez, who are reflected la mirror on wall. Actors Paul Ford and Susan Johnson, two of the principal* in ?bow, indulge in a bit of by-play during a break in rehearsals. After three hour* of danclag, Tlaa Payetetoo tired to ]ola Mftot CMt for loach. Instead ahe atrat ohed out m row of chain far act.
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