{"id":1934,"date":"2010-04-21T08:53:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headsetchatter.com\/blog\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2010-04-21T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T05:20:09","slug":"musings-on-musicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/headsetchatter.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/musings-on-musicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on Musicals"},"content":{"rendered":"

In relation to my last post<\/a> about the IRNE Awards, as well as various Facebook posts among friends about it, I put on a couple cast albums of last year’s shows, and a few minutes into the opening number of Mame<\/i> was reminded of something very special.<\/p>\n

It was the feeling of calling a first preview of a show with about 600 cues (maybe a third of which can hurt somebody), having maybe run it once before, if you’re lucky. While the relative relaxation of premiering a show you’re sort of comfortable with is nice, there is a thrill in doing the former which is probably the stage management equivalent of skydiving. I don’t understand why anybody would want to risk jumping out of a plane just because it’s fun, and I know there are people who would never want to stage manage a musical, but I find that after I’ve been terrified out of my mind and survived, it’s really fun. Maybe the being terrified is what makes it fun later.<\/p>\n

I should also mention that I am always nervous before a first preview, no matter how easy or well-teched the show. On R&J<\/i> our stage management intern, Ashley, was in the booth with me for first preview, partially to observe the call, and partially to take a final round of scene timings on my computer. I was probably as comfortable in my knowledge of the show as I’ve ever been in my career. Just before we started, I turned to her and said, “Just so you know, I’m really nervous right now,” and she said, “That’s good to know that it’s not bad that I feel that way when I do a show.” I said, “That’s why I’m telling you!” <\/p>\n

As we come to the end of this year’s R&J<\/i> tour, I presumably have to get my head in gear to call some more big musicals (not to mention the biggest musical of all time, which I need to be call-able on five days from now). I’ve been very addicted to Pandora Radio<\/a> and other popular music for a while now. think I need to listen to more showtunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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