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The Green Room / Re: Performers & Safety - would you walk off a show?

« on: Dec 22, 2010, 11:38 am »

Does anybody know what company made the flying rig?

According to the New York Post, the aerial stunt equipment was built by Fisher Technical Services from Las Vegas. 

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Dec 18, 2010, 10:26 pm »

Umm... ouch!!  That is all...

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The Green Room / Re: Funny definitions

« on: Dec 03, 2010, 10:36 am »

Remount Redux - the sickening feeling of, "Haven't I done this, many times, before?" that begins to occur the third...fourth...fifth time you've done a show

And its cousin, Matinee Redux - the sickening feeling you get during the second performance of a two show day of "haven't I already called this cue??"

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Dec 02, 2010, 03:49 pm »

And the winners for November are:

1. Lizzie (234 points, 7 wins)
2. ruthny (229 points, 7 wins)
3. rvhead (187 points, 1 wins)
4. stagebear (183 points, 3 wins)
5. MarcieA (178 points, 2 wins)
6. loebtmc (174 points, 0 wins)
7. ScooterSM (164 points, 3 wins)
8. babens (160 points, 3 wins)
9. scott (144 points, 3 wins)
10. blantonrk (104 points, 1 wins)

We also had a record number of 19 players for the month.  Can we make it 20 for December??

Stagebear will pick categories for December.  Look for a PM with categories to choose from.

Thanks all!!
Post Merge: Dec 02, 2010, 04:26 pmThe categories for December are:

Monday - animals
Tuesday - general knowledge 6
Wednesday - history 1
Thursday - hobbies
Friday - mixed bag
Saturday - science & tech 2
Sunday - theatre

Thanks Stagebear!!

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Nov 27, 2010, 07:40 pm »

I just have to skim the questions/answers to have a remotely respectable time...  Which sometimes leads to hilariously wrong answers or me being completely annoyed at myself for picking the wrong one.  My husband is always wondering why I am cursing at my computer late at night... :-)

I will definitely second the not doing it after rehearsal and notes.  It makes it that much harder, especially the theatre category.  All I can ever think of is the show I am currently working on, which is never the right answer!!

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Nov 01, 2010, 03:26 pm »

And the winners for October are:

1. ruthny (205 points, 7 wins)
2. rvhead (203 points, 5 wins)
3. Lizzie (189 points, 8 wins)
4. stagebear (184 points, 2 wins)
5. babens (181 points, 3 wins)
6. loebtmc (181 points, 1 wins)
7. blantonrk (173 points, 3 wins)
8. MarcieA (150 points, 1 wins)
9. maximillionx (81 points, 1 wins)
10. vsm (79 points, 0 wins)

RuthNY will pick categories for this month.  I will send you a PM with the options.

Congrats all!
Post Merge: Nov 01, 2010, 03:49 pmAnd the categories are:

Monday: general knowledge
Tuesday: geography 2
Wednesday: history 2
Thursday: literature 2
Friday: religion 2
Saturday: science & tech 2
Sunday: theatre

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The Green Room / Re: New Feature

« on: Oct 22, 2010, 12:22 pm »

Thank you for finding this!  I am making a donation now! :-)

And thank you Kay for maintaining this amazing resource!

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Sweeney Todd's bloody razor.. Ideas on How??

« on: Oct 20, 2010, 11:02 am »

Thank you so much!!  You guys are awesome!!

JMagill - do you have any product name suggestions for the two part blood effect (powder and liquid)?

I will pass all of these on to our props master, and let you know what we come up with.   

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / PROPS: Sweeney Todd's bloody razor.. Ideas on How??

« on: Oct 19, 2010, 07:08 pm »

Has anyone had any brilliant solutions for the razor that is used in Sweeney Todd to slit throats?  The issue that we are running into is how to deliver the fake blood onto the neck of the victim and still have it look like their throat was slit.  Our props master has the razors, but we are stuck on how to make it work.  Ideas that have been discussed are having a squeezable bulb on the handle w/ blood, having a syringe loaded w/ blood attached, having something rigged on the victim's neck, or just killing the actors every night and then getting new ones.  Unfortunately these ideas aren't working, so any other help would be greatly appreciated!

A few relevant details:
-The theatre is a 375 seat proscenium with an orchestra pit, so the audience is not right on top of the stage.
-There are 3 groups of three actors each who have to be killed.  The razor goes offstage between each of the groups, so it could be refilled.
-The director would like the show to be pretty bloody, so the volume of blood would need to be decent.
-A cheaper solution is always the best, but we do have some budget room to solve this.

Our props master did scour the local theatres and the internet to see if there was anything available for rental, but strangely there wasn't anything.

Thank you all in advance for any ideas you might have!! :-)

Edit to add tag to subject line-Rebbe

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Oct 11, 2010, 11:51 pm »

Hello trivia friends!!

I apologize for the delay in posting the winners for September.  I got married last weekend, and then was away from my computer, and am just finally catching up!

Here are the winners for September:

1. ruthny (244 points, 8 wins)
2. ScooterSM (231 points, 7 wins)
3. Lizzie (230 points, 4 wins)
4. MarcieA (197 points, 1 wins)
5. rvhead (193 points, 3 wins)
6. loebtmc (189 points, 1 wins)
7. blantonrk (188 points, 1 wins)
8. babens (184 points, 1 wins)
9. stagebear (173 points, 1 wins)
10. scott (163 points, 3 wins)

Since we are so far through this month, I think the best way to deal with October is to have it be a Mixed Bag month, and then have RuthNY pick categories for November.

So sorry for the delay!! :-)

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The Green Room / Re: BEST ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE

« on: Sep 28, 2010, 08:33 pm »

Another one I have been finding particularly relevant lately?  "Try not to suck..."

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The Green Room / Re: Elect the new SMNet feature!

« on: Sep 20, 2010, 09:34 pm »

Definitely greatly appreciated!!  Thank you for taking such good care of us!

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The Green Room / Re: BEST ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE

« on: Sep 07, 2010, 09:07 am »

Do it because you love it.  If you are in it for the glory, or the fame, or the money, you will be sorely disappointed.

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Sep 03, 2010, 04:45 pm »

If you go to the first page of this thread, it will tell you where to find the correct password.  Enjoy!

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo

« on: Sep 02, 2010, 01:00 pm »

And the winners for August are...

1. ScooterSM (215 points, 4 wins)
2. rvhead (190 points, 4 wins)
3. MarcieA (190 points, 2 wins)
4. loebtmc (186 points, 2 wins)
5. stagebear (176 points, 0 wins)
6. blantonrk (170 points, 3 wins)
7. Lizzie (169 points, 8 wins)
8. ruthny (168 points, 5 wins)
9. vsm (116 points, 0 wins)
10. scott (93 points, 3 wins)

MarcieA will pick categories for September.  Look for a PM with categories!

Congrats all! 
Post Merge: Sep 02, 2010, 01:21 pmAnd the categories for September are...

Mon - general knowledge 3
Tues - geography 1
Wed - history 2
Thurs - hobbies
Fri - mixed bag
Sat - literature 2
Sun - science & tech 1