So, how honest is everyone in their show reports? Do you always put EVERYTHING in?
My reports always include any differences from an "average" performance. More laughter, less laughter, audience talking back, garbled lines, a particularly "on" scene, low energy, etc.
But, depending on the producer, I get really tempted not to include things that are, in the long run, irrelevant. I know they're going to have histrionics about something of no consequence.
Example: an onstage actor dropped his prop, earlier this week, which was a wireless mic he was pulling out of a stand. It happens, human beings are fallible and we drop things, from time to time. A look at anyone's drinking glasses cabinet at home will confirm that. This was the only time it has occured.
But I was really tempted not to include it in my report, because my producer tends to think that one dropped prop is evidence of a continuing underlying problem that needs to be fixed. "The mic stand must be rigged wrong and the mic must be slippery. We can add some clamps on the stand and grip tape on the mic and maybe add more light in that scene so he can see the prop better!" when the reality is, the mic and stand and lights are fine; it was just an accident, a clumsy moment. One dropped prop out of six weeks of show.
Of course, I put it in my report because I'm a good like that. But the temptation to save the ME and props folks from likely, unnecessary trouble was really there.
Is everyone else always honest, even when they know the result of such honesty is going to, in the end, negatively impact the show?