{"id":12563,"date":"2015-11-11T18:20:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T23:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=12563"},"modified":"2015-11-25T23:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T04:40:41","slug":"wavestage-puts-you-in-good-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wavestage-puts-you-in-good-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Wavestage puts you in good \u201cCompany\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actress Traci Alexander jokes her boyfriend might be a little bit gleeful when he hears her rehearsing her motor-mouthed big number, but \u201cNot Getting Married\u201d from Stephen Sondheim\u2019s musical Company is some serious business for any thespian.<\/p>\n

The comedic song, which sees a bride-to-be start, as the song states, \u201cslipping down the drain\u201d on the eve of her wedding, is a monumental vocal exercise executed by the likes of Beth Howland, Carol Burnett and Madeline Kahn, but the quirks of Amy is allowing the actress to hone some different acting chops.<\/p>\n

Aurora\u2019s Wavestage Theatrical Company opens \u201cCompany\u201d next Thursday, November 19, at Newmarket Theatre. The show centres on Robert who, on his 35th birthday, starts contemplating his matrimonial prospects \u2013 or lack thereof. Over the course of dinners, parties, a few drinks, and Amy\u2019s reluctant wedding, his friends take the opportunity to explain to the confirmed bachelor the pros and cons of walking down the aisle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely love performing in a Sondheim show,\u201d says Traci. \u201cThe music is extremely intricate and it definitely holds a learning curve for any kind of performer. With company, it shows how different personalities all come together, people who probably wouldn\u2019t be friends otherwise, except for one mutual friend, Robert.\u201d <\/p>\n

The last time Ms. Alexander walked the boards in a Sondheim show for Wavestage, it was in Into The Woods, where her role as The Witch left her sitting for hours in the makeup chair. This time, her makeup is kept to a minimum, but whatever time she is saving by skipping a large portion of her makeup is made up for in the hair chair with her large mop of \u201cShirley Temple curls.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAmy is all over the place and she almost has two personalities,\u201d she explains. \u201cShe is not sure what she wants, but she really sees something genuine and beautiful about her husband to be, Paul. It is really fun to act that fine line of quirky, crazy person while being a loving and sincere person towards Paul. The song has been quite a challenge, but it is all about the breath control. I had to make sure I am maintaining the character\u2019s state of mind. Luckily, she is kind of a crazy character so a little bit of a huff and puff during the song is completely appropriate. This has taught me how to work my breath control and work with my diaphragm. It really helps my memorization skills and breath control for future performances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I will ever have to sing a song this fast again, but if I do, I\u2019ll be ready!\u201d<\/p>\n

Company runs through November 21. For more information, visit wavestagetheatre.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actress Traci Alexander jokes her boyfriend might be a little bit gleeful when he hears her rehearsing her motor-mouthed big number, but \u201cNot Getting Married\u201d from Stephen Sondheim\u2019s musical Company is some serious business for any thespian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-3gD","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 12:48:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}