As for ECAET: In the 3NT, it was common from 1997 (10th anniversary changes) to 2002 (Shanghai) for the boys to sit and stand around Marius in poses. For Shanghai, and maintained after, they were forced to just stand in a line. This continued through to the first hiatus, if I remember correctly. I'm almost certain they were still in the line at SLC closing. My assumption is that after that hiatus, the direction returned to normal, because I've always seen Charlie do it (except he doesn't really do the "you're getting dissipated, young man" look), but I didn't get to see the "new cast" until they'd been there for seven months (and I missed James Clow completely as Javert).
I wanted to say that was supposed to happen with the cuts, but I know I was seeing the "you're getting dissipated, young man" look from Matty in Chicago when I was living in London and it was a shock to hear from Leanna that the blocking was changed in SF that May. So it was deffo pre-Shanghai. I'm certain they experimented with it when figuring out the Broadway cuts because it has to have been part of Empty Chairs on Crack, but I don't think the 3NT was forced to it until Shanghai prep.
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As for ECAET: In the 3NT, it was common from 1997 (10th anniversary changes) to 2002 (Shanghai) for the boys to sit and stand around Marius in poses. For Shanghai, and maintained after, they were forced to just stand in a line. This continued through to the first hiatus, if I remember correctly. I'm almost certain they were still in the line at SLC closing. My assumption is that after that hiatus, the direction returned to normal, because I've always seen Charlie do it (except he doesn't really do the "you're getting dissipated, young man" look), but I didn't get to see the "new cast" until they'd been there for seven months (and I missed James Clow completely as Javert).
I wanted to say that was supposed to happen with the cuts, but I know I was seeing the "you're getting dissipated, young man" look from Matty in Chicago when I was living in London and it was a shock to hear from Leanna that the blocking was changed in SF that May. So it was deffo pre-Shanghai. I'm certain they experimented with it when figuring out the Broadway cuts because it has to have been part of Empty Chairs on Crack, but I don't think the 3NT was forced to it until Shanghai prep.