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« on: Jul 23, 2005, 11:06 am »
I just opened a new musical. If you think stage managing a new play is hard, try doing a new musical!
The writers used a program called "Final Draft". If is used in TV and Film; and I think it will eventually make its way into the theatre world. It was easier to have pgs 2A, 2B, 2C, etc...... Microsoft Word has problems with page numbers and letters. I was able to get "Final Draft" on my computer, so the writers just emailed me the changes and I would print and copy.
Having an organized assisant is esstenial; as well as having a "master script". It's a script that has all the updated changes. It's more updated than my script. So, if someone is missing a new page, you can go to the master and copy it instead of taking yours with all your blocking in it.
Also, if you have a designer run-thru, you can copy the master script and give it to your designers.