See the Light by Kate McMurray

Author:Kate McMurray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-12T17:11:27+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The view from the stage was breathtaking.

Alex led the See the Light cast through the Hammerstein Theater, which they’d be moving into after out-of-town previews. Although this was not Jeremy’s first time on a Broadway stage, there was something magic about being led onto it as the star of the show.

“I’m still working with the set designers on a final plan,” Alex said, “but this stage has a turntable, so we might use it for the school scenes to show walking down the hallway. I’m thinking we might be able to do something with projected images.”

The theater was still under renovation. There was scaffolding under every balcony and plastic covers over the seats, and even now, there were workers atop the tall structures, working to restore the decorative elements on the ceiling. It was an old theater, one of the first built in Times Square, and it had seen better days. It had recently been bought by a major theater syndicate after decades of neglect; the organization had promised to restore it to its original splendor.

“I just wanted to give you all the opportunity to see some of what we’re planning. I’m hoping we’ll have sets built by Monday so we can do a couple of run-throughs before we go up to Boston.”

“Boston?” asked Trevor, who played Dan, the school bully. In the real world, Trevor was one of the sweetest guys Jeremy had ever met.

Alex looked at everyone in turn. “Oh, did I not tell you? We’re doing previews in Boston. Last two weeks of this month.”

Jeremy already knew that, but he couldn’t remember if he knew because Max’s studio was planning to do the makeup or because someone on the See the Light staff had told him.

But either way, they’d be heading out of town very soon. It meant they had about a week to get the show into some kind of working order, although they still hadn’t done a straight run-through of the production yet.

They were nearly two weeks into rehearsals, and Jeremy knew all of his songs pretty well, but he didn’t have all of his lines completely. They still practiced in a studio with piano accompaniment, and Jeremy knew the first rehearsal with the full orchestra would throw everyone off, because it always did. Although they’d rehearsed every scene at least twice, they’d never done them in the correct sequence; they’d focused instead on the songs and scenes for which they made the most mistakes performing.

It would all come together, because it had to, but it was hard not to feel the pressure of that.

“I think some of the set pieces are backstage,” Alex said. “Trevor and...Arnie. Why don’t you guys come with me and see what we can find. The rest of you just chill here for a few minutes.”

While the members of the cast who clearly made the most of their gym memberships followed Alex, Jeremy sat on the edge of the stage. Keenan followed a moment later, letting his feet dangle over the edge.

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