NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Snapshots from Sleepless in Seattle Star Chandra Lee SchwartzTim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz and Joe West star in the world-premiere production of Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical, which is presented by Pasadena Playhouse. Schwartz shares some shots she captured during rehearsals.
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June 07, 2013
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Snapshots from Sleepless in Seattle Star Chandra Lee Schwartz
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Snapshots from Sleepless in Seattle Star Chandra Lee Schwartz
Tim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz and Joe West star in the world-premiere production of Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical, which is presented by Pasadena Playhouse. Schwartz shares some shots she captured during rehearsals.
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Our first day in the theatre we gathered onstage for a cast circle while the lovely Sheldon Epps inspired us about the next phase of our journey with the show.
Chandra Lee Schwartz
Choreographer Spencer Liff beginning the spacing process onstage.
Chandra Lee Schwartz
Every day in rehearsal there were new pages of rewrites. Here is our Joe West implementing his new pages. Creating a new show is amazing because it is changing and growing every day of rehearsal and previews until we find just the right fit.
Chandra Lee Schwartz
Tim Martin Gleason and me staging the song "Magic" in rehearsal. This was our first go at it.
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A scene and song that was (sadly) cut from the show with Cynthia Ferrer who played my mother.
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Lowe Taylor, Jay Donnell, Adam Silver and me seeing the set on stage for the first time. We were excited.
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This is our Director Sheldon Epps and Assistant Director David Mancini on stage our first day in the theatre.
I caught a moment while the whole music department was together working something out. Music Director David O, Composer Ben Toth, Lyricist Sam Forman and Musical Supervisor Larry Blank. It was a beautiful moment with light filtering in.
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Todd Buonopane, Terron Brooks and me having fun at lunch... bonding over orange smiles.
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Our handsome and dashing lead, Tim Martin Gleason, trying to figure out what to do with a foam roller. This is DEFINITELY one of my favorites!!
Chandra Lee Schwartz
Our lyricist Sam Forman and composer Ben Toth rewriting a song. Ben said "Hey Sam come sing this with me" and then they rewrote something. This would happen all the time and would blow my mind. I love watching them work together. Synergy.
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A great moment captured in rehearsal of Todd Buonopane and Joe West doing the number "What She Wants to Hear." They are hysterical together.
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Our book writer Jeff Arch and me. Hanging at rehearsal.
The cast includes Gleason as Sam, West as Jonah, Schwartz as Annie, Sabrina Sloan as Becky, Todd Buonopane as Rob, Cynthia Ferrer as Eleanor, Katharine Leonard as Victoria, Robert Mammana as Walter, Adam Silver as Greg, Lowe Taylor as Suzy and Carter Thomas as Jonah alternate.
Rounding out the ensemble are Sachin Bhatt, Terron Brooks, Jay Donnell, Charissa Hogeland, Teya Patt and Yuka Takara.
According to Playhouse notes, "Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical centers around Sam, a widower and single father. When Sam's son, Jonah calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam ends up getting on the phone and laments about his lost love. Thousands of miles away in Baltimore, Annie hears the program and immediately falls in love with Sam, despite the fact that she has never met him and that she is engaged to another man. Believing they are meant to be together, Annie sets out for Seattle to meet Sam, who, meanwhile, contends with an onslaught of letters from available women equally touched by his phone call." For more information, visit PasadenaPlayhouse.org.
