Brittiani
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New at this...I am stage manager for a highschool production of Beauty and the Beast and I am really excited about it. Its the last musical of my senior year and I have a big role in it. I really really want it to go well. I could use all the tips you can give me. Pretty much about anything. Costumes, casting, props. You name it, I need it. thanks.
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Celeste_SM
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Listen to the music for the transformation over and over again. Memorize it. You will probably be calling several cues during that sequence, and knowing the music intimately will serve you well.
I stage managed the show last year, happy to answer any questions. For me the transformation was the most stressful aspect, primarily because the tenor trumpet was changed to a regular one, making it very hard for me to hear certain musical cues. I was calling LN2, fans, rose petal drop, and light cues.
Other than that, it isn't too hard a show to call. It's big, but relatively segmented. Know the music, know the scenes... you'll do fine!
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musikal_geek
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From someone who doesn't know shit about stage managing, all I can say is that most of the big scene changes/effects happen at the end or beginning of scenes. Once everything is in place for the scene, not many cues need to be done until the next scene-change. So there definitely will be stressful moments (i.e. Transformation), but they're quick.
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ConverseSneaker
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I'm slightly confused about your post. You are the stage manger, and you have a big role in this show? What is this role? Or are you refering to being stage manger? 
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musikal_geek
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(S)he's referring to being the stage manager.  Could you imagine?
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Let the world be done
With meeeeeeee!
*mad applause*
*holds pose*
*applause dies down*
*awkward silence*
blackout, go.
curtain in, go.
*runs offstage*
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babette07
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Our Stage ManagerOur stage manager sucks. I sorta took over. :] You should be sure to follow in the script and make really detailed notes. Do some background research on the transformation and the costumes and stuff. I made a spreadsheet of when everything (props-wise) needed to be brought on.
hope this helps 
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AnnieER25
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I've only stage managed one show and it was Nunsense, which was a breeze, so I'm afraid I don't have much advice other than to create a list of all the scenes and musical numbers within each scene for both acts and post them in both wings, dressing rooms and/or high traffic areas. This should keep people from coming up to you when you are busy with scene changes and bothering you with questions regarding that at least.
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musikal_geek
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| AnnieER25 wrote: | | I've only stage managed one show and it was Nunsense, which was a breeze, so I'm afraid I don't have much advice other than to create a list of all the scenes and musical numbers within each scene for both acts and post them in both wings, dressing rooms and/or high traffic areas. This should keep people from coming up to you when you are busy with scene changes and bothering you with questions regarding that at least. |
It'd be kinda hard for them to bother her, considering she's up in the booth, eh?
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AnnieER25
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| musikal_geek wrote: | | AnnieER25 wrote: | | I've only stage managed one show and it was Nunsense, which was a breeze, so I'm afraid I don't have much advice other than to create a list of all the scenes and musical numbers within each scene for both acts and post them in both wings, dressing rooms and/or high traffic areas. This should keep people from coming up to you when you are busy with scene changes and bothering you with questions regarding that at least. |
It'd be kinda hard for them to bother her, considering she's up in the booth, eh? |
I don't think that I've ever worked with a stage manager who's up in the booth. Maybe in a few of the productions I did in the Chicago suburbs, but I can't say for sure, we had so many techies and I usually only paid attention to one in particular . Where I am now they are usually the ones running the show from just offstage in the wings. It would be nice to do it from the booth since they'd be away from the actors and they'd actually be able to see everything that is going on onstage. Our SMs get so frustrated having to deal with everything backstage.
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