Archive for December, 2007
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Talkin’ story down at the loadout. (Or loadin)
Much has been written of loadins and loadouts because of the strike. Producers think they take too long, and groan at members of the crew waiting for their portion of the work to come around. Stagehands generally look to them as a good time, meaning that a long period of bouncing around may be over, [...]
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
A post-strike analysis.
I keep meaning to post this: A Short Analysis of the Broadway Strike. It’s by Jacob Coakley, in Stage Directions magazine…funny, I felt when I first saw it that it was among the fairest pieces I’ve seen about the strike and the issues at hand. Apparently the commenters felt different….
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Pranking.
Being a stagehand, with all the access and insider knowledge that comes along with it, has a really rich history of pranksterism. In my experience, there are generally two different types: for fun, and for retribution. Pranks for fun could be anything…hiding props for a cue until moments before they’re needed, moving stuff around on [...]
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
On the tenuousness of stagehand life.
I spose that it’s because of the strike that I’m posting this, in response to everyone who talked about how stagehands make too much money and whatever else. But the existence of the show and whether or not it goes on has huge bearing in the living we make. When shows fail, we have to [...]
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
I love this time of year.
We moved a few months back, the Mrs and I. It’s interesting in NYC when you move….things change throughout the year, and every change brings with it new secrets about the place in which you live. You discover how hot the place is in the summer, whether the heat might cook you if you don’t [...]
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Strike fund?
A few questions, and maybe they’ve already been answered and I was out of the loop: What happened to the $20 million strike fund the League had amassed by taking a small chip out of every Broadway ticket sold? Has it been used up? What on? If not, what happens to the difference? Is the [...]
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Strike’s over. Go about your business….
Ah, the internet. Where you’re only as good as your host. My host has seen to it that I haven’t been able to post at all, check email more than once a day or so. It’s great, I love it. Sorry about that. Good thing I’m not trying to make a living on this site…. [...]