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« on: Dec 15, 2011, 12:22 am »
I've shadowed a few shows in Madison, Wisconsin including Wicked, Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast (Non-Equity Networks Tour). I also had the incredible opportunity to act as a PA/SM Intern for Shrek the Musical through tech and previews in Chicago while they were opening the Broadway tour. I was fortunate enough to have theatre parents who know people and also work on the IATSE Local in Madison so they help me get in contact with the stage managers. I love shadowing, it's so cool to see how the "big guns" work and I also use the things I learn from the shows to use at my college. From Shrek, I was next to the PSM as he typed up the prompt book so I learned how he formatted it and I used that and the Vegas Phantom calling scripts to figure out how to do that for my College.
I don't really know if there were any cool stories but I'm always entertained at how often I'm told, "yeah... pretty boring... this is all we do" as they sit in their offices until places.