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The Green Room / Re: Why is it that...

« Last post by loebtmc on Today at 09:51:51 PM »

[OT] glad to hear you are ok, kiwitechgirl - as someone unfamiliar with NZ geography, I had no idea if any of "us" happened to be in the line of destruction or not - please take care, sending light and good wishes to you and all the folks there [return to topic]

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The Green Room / Re: Why is it that...

« Last post by kiwitechgirl on Today at 09:34:23 PM »

...Mother Nature decided to send us a (big) earthquake the day we were supposed to start changeover?  Our production week schedules are tight enough without losing two days because we can't get into the building, as it hasn't been checked for structural integrity...still, no-one is hurt, everyone still has their houses and the theatre is still standing up (unlike one of the smaller venues in the city, where most of its front wall is lying in the street), so we have a lot to be thankful for.  So what if opening night has to move from Saturday to Wednesday?

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Introductions / Re: Hello, friends!

« Last post by late_stranger on Today at 09:24:05 PM »

Wow, you've got a pretty wide range of stuff you're studying, there. As far as outside-school opportunities to learn about stage managing, I would recommend the Shadowing thread in the Students & Novice Stage Managers forum - it's stickied at the top. Since you're in NYC, you're close to tons of theatres to potentially shadow at.

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The Green Room / Re: Best one-liner from a performance report

« Last post by Risa Comical on Today at 09:22:25 PM »

I've heard many hilarious director notes, but one that has always stuck out to me simply said...

(Actor)-> don't

Seemed funny at the time, and will now always be a joke to said actor.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: SHOWS: How many times have you Stage Managed the same play/musical?

« Last post by RuthNY on Today at 09:22:09 PM »

KISS ME KATE (2 productions)
SHOWBOAT (3 productions)
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (2 productions)
THE FOREIGNER (2 productions)
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (2 productions)
CALIFORNIA SUITE (2 productions)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (3 productions)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2 productions)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2 productions)
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (2 productions)
CAMELOT (Second production is contracted for early 2011)
DEATHTRAP (2 productions)
GREATER TUNA (2 productions)
BRIGADOON (2 productions)
MAN OF LA MANCHA (2 productions)
ANYTHING GOES (2 productions)
THE FANTASTICKS (2 productions)

This does not include the many multiple productions and tours I stage managed and directed for Theatreworks USA, many, many years ago.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: SHOWS: How many times have you Stage Managed the same play/musical?

« Last post by babens on Today at 07:55:44 PM »

I've done four consecutive years of A Christmas Carol.

3 different productions of Gypsy

3 tours of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for Theatreworks

2 productions each of The Magic Flute, Carmen, West Side Story, Side Show, and Cabaret.

I think those are all my multiple credits.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: SHOWS: How many times have you Stage Managed the same play/musical?

« Last post by MatthewShiner on Today at 05:54:34 PM »

Christmas Carol - four times (3 times same adaptation, 1 different one)
Into the Woods - three times (1 ASM, 1 SM, 1 as Production Supervisor)
Hamlet - Twice (Not a short one)

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: SHOWS: How many times have you Stage Managed the same play/musical?

« Last post by missliz on Today at 04:50:03 PM »

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (twice)- once indoors, once outdoors!
Fame (twice)

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / SHOWS: How many times have you Stage Managed the same play/musical?

« Last post by PSMAK on Today at 04:38:22 PM »

We've all read the other thread about how many times we've all stage managed, but how many times have you Stage Managed a particular play or musical multiple times. So far for me:

Vagina Monologues: Will be 4 times later this year. (Two different adaptations)
CATS: 2 Times (Both two different theatres in the same year)
A Christmas Carol: Will be 2 times starting this November (Same adaptation)

How about you?

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The Green Room / Re: Why is it that...

« Last post by tempest_gypsy on Today at 12:25:46 PM »

...the one "break" in which you actually decide to take a break (take a pee, get a soda, discover the outside world still exists, etc.) the director and one of the actors have a vital discussion that is full of information you really need to have and totally changes a whole bunch of stuff?