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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That what I do is easy and that I'm "just pushing buttons". Yeah, I'm pushing the right button at the right time because the whoke shebang has been program'd, cued, mixed over weeks of rehearsals so that, come show time, it's all by magic. Magic of pushing the right button at the right time while also reading the brochure, watch the stage, issue cues to other dept sometimes in 2 different languages.

Easy peasy!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stage manager? I'm not one myself, but I used to work in a theatre, and those people earn their money for sure. It's an amazing talent to keep everything running so smoothly, and it rarely gets the credit it deserves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yup! Must say this stemmed from a not-so-long-ago public comment by a "lead actor" which later took an hour-long dressing down by the director straight through his face. He apologized.