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The Green Room / Re: PATRON SMASH!

« on: May 20, 2013, 10:24 am »

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/opinion/williamson-theater-audiences/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

Here's a full opinion piece from the gentleman (or not depending on your opinion) who tossed the phone.

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The Hardline / Re: MEDIA: Video versus Photo

« on: May 17, 2013, 07:57 pm »

My understanding has always been interviews aren't considered photo call even if recorded. But as babens said: reps are there for a reason. Use them, and "abuse" them for knowledge and interpretation.

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The Green Room / Re: PATRON SMASH!

« on: May 16, 2013, 06:16 pm »

Presumably taking someone's cellphone and smashing it to the ground would constitute fighting words. (Provocation, incitement, I'm not sure what the term is for actions as opposed to verbiage.)

It is the technology age equivalent of the glove slap challenge.

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The Green Room / Re: PATRON SMASH!

« on: May 16, 2013, 03:06 pm »

I'd be personally interested if he gets sued and then counter sues for assault since she did slap him.

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The Green Room / PATRON SMASH!

« on: May 16, 2013, 12:09 pm »

http://gothamist.com/2013/05/16/heroic_theatergoer_smashes_cell_pho.php

An article from the Gothamist depicting in glorious detail an individual getting fed up and taking a rude patron's phone away from her and threw it across the room.

Don't say you haven't wanted to do the same thing at one point or another...because then you'd be lying.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: PROFESSIONALISM: Personal reasons NOT to do a show?

« on: May 08, 2013, 10:34 am »

Never. I honestly can't even think of a circumstance I would elect not to do a show due to content. I suppose if it was just....flamingly hateful or something...

About 4-5 years ago, a friend of mine hopped onboard a musical which was I think intended to be a farce or some variety of social commentary. I refuse to say the title of said show here because it does not deserve any google hits from this forum. Let's just put it this way: It was one of the most horribly offensive productions I've ever seen in my life. It insulted everyone and did so in a not humorous manner. At least if it was funny you could stand the nature of the content. It's the only show I've ever walked out on as an audience member. My friend found much of what was in the show reprehensible but the reason she wanted to leave wasn't the content, it was the unprofessional manner in which the show was being conducted by the writer/producer couple in charge.

I somewhat think this might be another example of how desperate people are to work in NYC. A show that conflicts with your morals and insults people to the core??......well....it is a paycheck....

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The Green Room / Re: Tony Awards

« on: May 06, 2013, 09:09 am »

Further, a good stage manager mitigates risk (to the extent possible) so that problems don't happen in the first place.  There's also the act of managing a company, balancing personalities, runnng the day to day business, and loads of other intangibles that are impossible to quantify.  Much of the SM's most important work occurs before the curtain is up or after it's down.  Issuing an award for the 90 minutes the curtain is up would be an incomplete award.

And it's for reasons like this I've always wanted to see something akin to a lifetime achievement award. Doesn't even have to be given out every year. Maybe every 3-5 years.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Student Stage Manager Challenge #18: Rated R for Adult Content

« on: Apr 28, 2013, 08:34 am »

Since everyone seems to be in agreement I wonder what the student SMs would do if the cast basically says screw you, we're doing it anyway. Just to add another wrinkle to this issue. Maybe even after the show starts, they just hijack it and do their own thing.

Don't mean to change the terms of the question, but I'm curious how people would react.

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The Green Room / Re: SM meme

« on: Mar 29, 2013, 01:00 pm »

It's already been shared on my Facebook

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The Hardline / Re: LA 99 Seat 10 out of 12 break rules

« on: Mar 28, 2013, 09:22 pm »

My understanding without knowing your contract or any other relevant (and potentially helpful) details is your producer is wrong. 2 hours on 10 out of 12 days is norm in my experience.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Commercial Mobile Alert System

« on: Mar 22, 2013, 10:06 am »

The FCC signs everyone up when they get their phone, you do have to activate it on your own, it's not automatic. In order to receive those alerts you need to turn the functionality on.

Now, as for the Alerts themselves here's the catch: anyone with a cell phone that receives those alerts (I get AMBER and Weather emergency alerts) will go off regardless of what your phone does, especially an iPhone which disregards silent or sleep modes. Half the point of those alerts is they trumpet themselves loudly and proudly. The odds of every single person in the house having disabled this function is pretty slim. I know we always tell them turn their phones off....who honestly thinks that happens? So you having it on your phone is probably not that big of a deal IMO.

As for EAS (Emergency Alert System) being linked to the President, that is true. No one has ever fully initiated the EAS. National Weather Service and AMBER alerts use it most but between the now defunct Emergency Broadcast System and EAS, no President has ever taken to the airwaves and interrupted everything to alert the public of an impending emergency.

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Employment / Re: Dear Abby: How do I arrange my resume after joining AEA?

« on: Mar 20, 2013, 09:13 am »

After joining AEA I split my resume into AEA jobs, Non-AEA jobs, and Regional. After enough time, I was able to switch back from that split to AEA only in chronological order with a few regional positions.

It's the same basic transition we all go through when we are beginning to eliminate college shows off resumes. There's really no right or wrong way to do it.

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The Green Room / Re: Sleeping in your theatre

« on: Mar 11, 2013, 03:48 pm »

Nobody's mentioned the Equity cot yet? 

Of course not....have you tried to wrestle the Equity cot out of the hands of a diva?

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The Green Room / Re: Sleeping in your theatre

« on: Mar 11, 2013, 12:00 pm »

Under counters!

In college, I would sleep under the counter in our CAD lab. so long as the booth I'm working out of is clean and I won't pull something out of somewhere by laying under there, I'll sleep under the booth counter.

If I am unable to find a counter, I sleep on the set. Especially if the set is comfy.

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Dropbox account full

« on: Mar 05, 2013, 10:23 pm »

Won't be sent over email if you use wetransfer. You'll upload through a flash site upload, they recipients will get a link emailed to them, the click the link, download a zip file, and voila! Large files sent just as easy as that!