<p>The rehearsal process was very unique, in that the celebrities’ schedules did not allow them to be onstage or rehearsal as an entire cast until opening night. Director Lonny Price asked Amy Rogers, head of the Musical Theatre Program at Pace University, to provide him with 12 outstanding actors to learn the roles, record parts, perform in rehearsals with the celebrities, do the tech/dress rehearsals and the PBS staging rehearsal, and some had to perform for the Tony’s Dress Rehearsal.</p>
<p>I was fortunate enough to perform Patti’s “Joanne” track and let me just say that being in the room with those incredible artists was one of the best learning experiences I’ve ever had in my life.</p>
<p>Here’s an article that describes the crazy rehearsal process:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/theater/patti-lupone-neil-patrick-harris-in-company-at-avery-fisher.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/theater/patti-lupone-neil-patrick-harris-in-company-at-avery-fisher.html</a></p>