Backstage
Definition of Stage Manager: T...
Definition of Stage Manager: The person who rarely gets credit when everything goes right.
Anonymous
Backstage
An actor without techies is a ...
An actor without techies is a naked person standing in the dark trying to emote. A techie without actors is a person with marketable skills.
Mark
Leslie
Acting
Backstage
Directing
If we could read minds, we wou...
If we could read minds, we wouldn't need headsets.
Tommy
Kendrick
Backstage
If I wanted to have people tel...
If I wanted to have people tell me what to do, I would have become an actor.
Rob
Hudd
Backstage
Lighting
Set Design
Tell me and I'll forget, show ...
Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I'll understand.
Chinese Proverb
Backstage
Management
Perhaps, therefore, ideal stag...
Perhaps, therefore, ideal stage managers not only need to be calm and meticulous professionals who know their craft, but masochists who feel pride in rising above impossible odds.
Peter
Hall
Backstage
There is a kind of classlessne...
There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star of the show--all are family.
It Happened On Broadway
John
Kander
Acting
Backstage
Directing
General
An interesting difference betw...
An interesting difference between new and experienced stage managers is that the new stage manager thinks of running the show as the most difficult and most demanding part of the job, whereas the experienced stage manager thinks of it as the most relaxing part. Perhaps the reason is that experienced stage managers have built up work habits that make then so thoroughly prepared for the production phase that they [can] sit back during performances to watch that preparation pay off.
Stage Management
Lawrence
Stern
Backstage
The director is responsible fo...
The director is responsible for interpreting the playwright's work through the cast with the help of the staff. It is the director's artistic concept of the play that the cast, staff, and crew work to obtain.
Stage Management
Lawrence
Stern
Acting
Backstage
Directing
General