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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Musical License Cost

« on: Jan 28, 2012, 01:18 am »

I know that musical license costs can vary widely, but I was wondering whether anyone here had any idea how much the approximate cost for rights per performance for a musical at a high school is? The musical in question is Assassins, available from MTI, but I don't have the authority to inquire officially at this point, and MTI's website doesn't seem to give any sort of ballpark.
Much appreciated!
Ezekiel Baskin

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Sound Effects for QLab

« on: Jun 27, 2011, 02:50 am »

I don't really have a personal collection, but http://www.freesound.org/index.php has very many sound effects, is creative commons, and the files will work with Qlab. I usually just pull from there. Hope that helps...

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: VENUES: Shakespeare Outdoors

« on: Jan 22, 2011, 12:17 pm »

One of the biggest problems I ran into doing outdoor theatre this past summer, discounting weather, was bugs. Admittedly, we were in a different location (swampy Massachusetts) but I would recommend giving the FoH a few cans of bug spray and making sure the audience can use them at their own convenience. Also, keeping one on yourself would probably be a good idea. (My tech table was right behind the lighting instruments, and the bugs swarmed me nightly).