Those of us that write about working in live entertainment tend to go on about the things we work with. Shiny new gear, and old crappy gear; working conditions, co-workers, employers, locations, fun/odd/terrible things that happened during a show, etc… But often we forget about the entire reason we are working on a production:... »
Many theatre professionals have a love/hate relationship with the audience. On one hand, we want them to enjoy the production. On the other hand, we want them to not disrupt the production with actions normally equated with the maturity of a 13 year-old. Here... »
Which is even funnier to me now that a single raceway at one theatre I work at also has three times the dimmers as the first theatre I worked at. It’s my birthday today, so I’m going to keep this short. I’m not sure what... »
Just a quick post to assure you that I haven’t forgotten about this blog. I am working on a couple articles and ideas that will be posted in the... »
Nick Keenan, Chicago based Sound Designer, technical and arts blogger on his site Theatre for the Future, and (among other things) programmer of BackstageJobs.com and TheContactSheets.com, and all around... »
Those of you that follow my Twitter feed know I have been a bit testy lately due to a company being very late with their paychecks. Crew members finally... »
Today’s Pic from backstage of Chicago Shakespeare Theater comes to us from The Gina, and is posted in our “I Work Backstage” Flickr pool. »
Sometimes, the whole world is watching. »
One of the debates currently going on asks “why are we still producing so many OLD plays? Why are we not producing more new plays?” Last night I was privileged... »
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