Mary Poppins kids

Working with the Mary Poppins kids

Shane AnnRehearsals

The Mary Poppins kids I work with on the Broadway production are pretty incredible.  They range in ages from eight years old to twelve years old and when other children their age are out playing soccer or going to ballet classes or playing baseball, they are at dance rehearsals or blocking rehearsals or put-in rehearsals or dialect/diction rehearsals.  For such …

Danai Gurira

Preview of “Measure for Measure”

Shane AnnRehearsals

Watching the preview performance of “Measure for Measure” I was again struck by the versatility, talent and stamina of the actors in this production. These are the same actors (with the exception of the beautiful Danai Gurira who is playing Isabella) who jump into their other roles for “All’s Well That Ends Well”. I was at the preview to take …

Timon of Athens

Tech/Dress “Timon of Athens”

Shane AnnRehearsals

As I was waiting for the final run of “Timon of Athens” at the Public Theater (starring Richard Thomas as Timon) last night,  I heard one of the actors ask Barry (Edelstein, the director) if he was tired. This was at 9:30p.m. and the cast and crew had been in technical rehearsal since noon.  Barry said “No, I’m not tired. …