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Tune-In to "Backstage with Disney On Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years" United States Badgers- This is on ABC tonight! (7 pm Eastern.) Hopefully we will be able to find it online later for our international followers! This should be a great broadcast! =)
Peter Pan Live's Set Design by Derek McLane
"One of the things that came up pretty early on was the idea of this big map as one of the big set pieces for Neverland. That's the thing that ties it all together. It's almost a 360-degree environment so that the map is this kind of island that's surrounded by a giant, giant [back]drop that wraps almost all the way around. That's something that's completely different than what we would do on a stage."
Read the full interview here!
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
I'll blog some technical posts about Pan soon, but to start off: this is what it's all about. Look at this kid- He's so into it!
There will be NO spoilers, but heads up I will be blogging about Peter Pan Live over the next few days. Congratulations to the cast and crew on an amazing evening!
This would save me so much time
Hey tag your porn man.
Am I having a fever dream?
I asked my PM for this and she said she’s not buying it because she’s not buying their special, atrociously expensive rolls of gaff. =(
Are there special rolls of gaff that are required for the thing?? You can’t use any old gaff tape?
Yeah, and they start at an outrageous $13 for 1” wide tape ($20 for 2”, $30 for 3”). The main listing sneakily says “you can use any type or size of GaffGun™ tape on the same device.” [x]
I don’t wanna math out how much you pay the company per hour of work saved because I’ll get depressed, but I have the suspicion that the GaffGun makes as much per hour as I would make straightening and taping the cables down by hand.
True. My crew oohs and ahs about it but I doubt we would ever spring for one. It’d throw off the whole balance of the crew: all of the work study students and FNGs do the taping and we staff members watch and give instruction… It works well for us. Like bonding time!!!
!!YOU GUYS THEY CAME OUT WITH AN ATTACHMENT THAT WORKS WITH STANDARD ROLLS!! (http://www.gaffgun.com/collections/accessories/products/standard-tape-core-adapter)
Techie fandom is the best
"I want to be approachable, but I also want them to fear me."
The mind of any stage manager (via dontbethatkidk)
So my school brought in some alumni to talk about their experience working in the field, but they were designers and not stage managers. What was it like for you when you started? What did you do to prepare yourself?
Thanks for the question, sorry it took me so long to get back at ya. Literally no excuse except for being lazy scum.
Boo! Represent stage managers in classes!
Short Version: I just kind of jumped into the field and it embraced me with it’s kinda-fuzzy-iron-clad-sometimes-scary-caffeinated arms.
Longer Version: I was planning to stay in Orlando for a summer between sophomore and junior year of college, knew that one of the theaters the university partnered with hires summer stage management interns, applied, got the gig, and here I am! That theater has kept me around pretty consistently since that internship (summer of 2011) and, truthfully, almost every gig I’ve had since then has stemmed from that place. It’s my home and I owe a lot of the people there quite a bit of gratitude.
Look at that segue — thanks, me, for mentioning gratitude! SAY THANK YOU. NETWORK WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. One of the people I’ve grown closest too and worked with the most in the past 3 years was the MD on the show I was the ASM/intern for. I got a couple of other gigs because of the assistant choreographer on that same show. A couple of others thanks to the executive director of the theater (who taught the SM classes at UCF until a few years ago). “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is VERY true in the theater world.
Because no one likes people who just get places because they know people, it’s up to you to be constantly improving. Learn from the mistakes you make (you will make them). Learn from the other people you work with. Always. be open. to learning.
So I guess the best things you can do to prepare yourself are
- Realize that you are going to work with a bunch of different people whose personalities may not mesh well with yours. Work on your patience now.
- Make sure you’re thickening your skin. You’re going to need one to go into this professionally. But don’t be jaded. It’s not cute.
- Know that people will always accept honest questions, but don’t think that because you’re an intern or a young SM you can get away with playing dumb. That is also not cute.
- Be confident. Be honest. Be ready to go.
Honest to goodness, I don’t know how to tell you to prepare for the beginning of your career other than buckle up and be ready to roll. It’s different for everyone and I am very aware of how lucky I have been — but am also distinctly aware that it’s not all luck that has kept me employed. I work hard and I learn from the people around me and I try to have a really damn good time doing it.
Break legs! Hit me up with any other questions. I’ll be more timely about my responses, promise.
Picture of Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame set.
This is the most high-resolution picture of the set we’ve gotten thus far. It’s a beauty! Thank you so, so much, anon. <3
Set design photo of the day! (Look at that lighting too!)
As previously reported, the Tony Awards Administration Committee determined that Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical Categories would be eliminated from the established list of competitive categories, beginning with the 2014-2015 season. The Tony Administration Committee may bestow a Special Tony Award to a production when it determines that extraordinary sound design has been achieved.
In response to the decision, and as previously reported, sound designer John Gromada, who was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for 2013’s revival of The Trip to Bountiful, has started an online petition to reverse the Committee’s ruling.
Gromada’s petition, posted on thepetitionsite.com, reads as follows:
Sound Design is a theatrical design art that is a critical part of the collaborative art of theatre. The American Theatre Wing should continue to honor excellence in sound design as it does for scenery, costume and lighting design, and as it has done since 2008. Sound designers are an important part of the theatrical community whose vital contributions cannot be ignored or dismissed. Reverse this decision now!
The petition, which has currently garnered over 26,913 signatures, can be viewed here. The number is quickly growing- especially with the help of Broadway stars who have taken to twitter in support of sound designers
The 2013-2014 Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the final time this season to determine the eligibility rules for the 2014-2015 season.
…The Tony Award Administration Committee has determined that Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical Categories will be eliminated from the established list of competitive categories, beginning with the 2014-2015 season. The Tony Administration Committee may bestow a Special Tony Award to a production when it determines that extraordinary sound design has been achieved.
I recommend directing your outrage to this page: The Tony Awards Facebook Page
Please: leave negative reviews, comments, share this post and the news article on Broadway.com! Let them know this IS NOT A WELCOME CHANGE!
Reblogging for the daytime bloggers. Keep making noise!
Going to reblog this once again. They changed the category of their Facebook page so we can no longer leave reviews. They also have been removing negative comments. Really, an embarrassing and cowardly move on their part. (But it does indicate that we are being heard, at least.)
Here are a few more links:
Contact Page on the Tony Awards Website
A list of people who were involved with this decision. (This link is being provided for awareness purposes, it is not an invitation to harass any of these people. Make good choices.)
You can also Tweet @TheTonyAwards and @CBS.
The 2013-2014 Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the final time this season to determine the eligibility rules for the 2014-2015 season.
…The Tony Award Administration Committee has determined that Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical Categories will be eliminated from the established list of competitive categories, beginning with the 2014-2015 season. The Tony Administration Committee may bestow a Special Tony Award to a production when it determines that extraordinary sound design has been achieved.
I recommend directing your outrage to this page: The Tony Awards Facebook Page
Please: leave negative reviews, comments, share this post and the news article on Broadway.com! Let them know this IS NOT A WELCOME CHANGE!
Reblogging for the daytime bloggers. Keep making noise!
Sound Design is a theatrical design art that is a critical part of the collaborative art of theatre. The... (3943 signatures on petition)
This is a follow up from this previous post! Please sign this petition in addition to making some noise on social media outlets! (Thank you gwenhwyfars-insanity for the link!)
The 2013-2014 Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the final time this season to determine the eligibility rules for the 2014-2015 season.
...The Tony Award Administration Committee has determined that Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical Categories will be eliminated from the established list of competitive categories, beginning with the 2014-2015 season. The Tony Administration Committee may bestow a Special Tony Award to a production when it determines that extraordinary sound design has been achieved.
I recommend directing your outrage to this page: The Tony Awards Facebook Page
Please: leave negative reviews, comments, share this post and the news article on Broadway.com! Let them know this IS NOT A WELCOME CHANGE!
Congratlations to the 2014 Tony Award Winning Designers!
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Natasha Katz, "The Glass Menagerie" Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" Best Costume Design of a Play: Jenny Tiramani, "Twelfth Night" Best Costume Design of a Musical: Linda Cho, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" Best Scenic Design of a Play: Beowulf Boritt, "Act One" Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christopher Barreca, "Rocky" Best Sound Design of a Play: Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"
An unfortunate stereotype emerges from some college and amateur theater programs that stage managers must rule with iron fists, must essentially act like jerks to keep the childish actors in line. But in a recent series of telephone conversations with some of LA’s top stage managers, it becomes clear that intimidation and rudeness are the antithesis of successful theatrical collaboration.
Also, congratulations to Derek McLane for another stunning set. (He did last year's scenic design as well.) We will be keeping an eye out for an interview and hopefully some design renderings!
(And here's hoping Disney will ask him to design Frozen if/when it comes to the stage!)
Congratulations to the Academy Award winners in the technical categories!
Best cinematography: Gravity
Best film editing: Gravity
Best costume design: The Great Gatsby
Best makeup and hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club
Best production design: The Great Gatsby
Best sound editing: Gravity
Best sound mixing: Gravity
Best visual effects: Gravity
