Making a musical 15: The disaster class!!!

You know, how in like loads of TV shows, or in certain films; there's like the 'disaster' show/film/segment?
A great example of this is Back to the Future 2; or Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back. It's complete pain, misery - one bad thing after the next; ending on a cliff hanger, with no feeling of hope for a happy ending.

Well, last night's musical theatre class was my disaster class! Perhaps disaster is too strong a word, but I figure that if I'm going to be partaking in theatre type stuff, I should at least start acting theatrical, and over-dramatic!

So anyway, it started off with my voice. It was a mess. I knew from the start, when we were doing the vocal warm ups, that I was totally off. I'm not a good singer anyway, but I could feel the tickle in the back of my throat, and it just was not a promising sign - especially since we were semi-auditioning for the solo parts in Joseph; and I really wanted the Pharaoh solo; which I have been practising 3 weeks for.
Obviously, when it came down to it, I just couldn't even hit the right key; and much to my disappointment, I had to/volunteered to give the part away to someone else.
After that, I was just totally embarrassed and so not with it.

When it came to dancing, my timing was a complete shambles. My moves were off. I forgot so much (and this is to the dance of hairspray, which I know inside out). Despite my love for dance, I just didn't want to be there. I couldn't look anyone in the eye and I couldn't wait for the class to be over.
It was the slowest two hours ever.

It has totally scared the hell out of me for auditioning again next week for the other solo part. I mean, I know my singing isn't great - but I worked really hard for that part, and I know I could have nailed it any other time.
Alas... I suppose that's what happens.

BUT not all hope is lost.
In the world of creating a musical, I have FINALLY come up with a story line (with the help of my friend Jenny) I am happy with. As soon as I finish my current screenplay (hopefully by the end of this week), I will start working on the musical.

Now, a little bit about the musical since my last blog on the subject - I'm going to write it for the stage. It's going to be about 40mins-1 hour long. The story line is completely genius, but I don't want to give too much away before I actually start writing it. It'll be a lot of music, and not really much dialogue - which is totally different from the film I was writing.

I have a few contacts now from dance class and musical theatre, which I'm hoping to use to get cast and venue etc...
I've already got all these lyrics flying around in my head. I'm hoping it will be entertaining, funny, and original. It's not going to be easy, but then when have I ever taken on an easy task?

If all goes well, and please do keep your fingers crossed, I'll have a production in place by the end of the year.

So maybe this post isn't complete disaster, because there is some hope... for my musical at least :)