Production Stage Management for Broadway: From Idea to Opening Night & Beyond - Tapa blanda

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Peter Lawrence is a stage manager with over 40 years of experience in the commercial theatre. Working as production stage manager, he originated over 25 Broadway productions, among them Spamalot, Hurlyburly, Sunset Boulevard, Shrek The Musical, and five new plays by Neil Simon. Production stage manager assignments have seen him working in dinner theatre, stock, regional theatres, Broadway, off-Broadway, and national tours. Lawrence has and continues to work with many of the great directors of our time including Mike Nichols, Gene Saks, James Lapine, Sam Mendes, Trevor Nunn, Joe Layton, John Doyle, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Michael Kidd, Jonathan Kent, and many more. Scenic designers Tony Walton, Santo Loquasto, John Napier, Tim Hatley, David Korins, Rob Howell, and Derek McLane, and lighting designers Tharon Musser, Ken Billington, Jennifer Tipton, Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer, Don Holder, Hugh Vanstone, and Andrew Bridge have all been part of the design teams of Lawrence's shows. He has also worked with costume designers Theoni V. Aldredge, Susan Hilferty, Tim Hatley, Anthony Powell, William Ivey Long, and Ann Roth, and with sound designers Otts Munderloh, Peter Hylenski, Acme Sound Partners, Abe Jacob, Scott Lehrer, Dan Moses Schreier, and Ken Travis. Lawrence has managed shows for producers Cameron Mackintosh, Emanuel Azenberg, Fran and Barry Weissler, Kevin McCollum, Ariel Tepper Madover, Bill Haber, Bob Boyett, Robert Whitehead, Robert Fox, and many others. He is the fir

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Filled with industry-savvy advice, Production Stage Management clearly details everything the seasoned professional, the young professional looking to amp up his or her skills, or the wet-behind-the-ears trainee needs to know, including

Who's who on a stage production and how they all interact

Getting the job

The pre-production period, including pre-rehearsal duties and responsibilities

Production meetings from early conceptualizing through rehearsals and previews

Choosing and organizing a stage management team

Handling rehearsals

Running technical rehearsals

Organizing your calling scripts

Managing previews

Planning for opening night and the critics

Structuring the running of an ongoing show

Indispensable Charts and Graph templates and examples include:

Production calendar

Musical pit layout

PSM's casting notes format

Daily rehearsal report

Wardrobe breakdown

Prop list

Tech table layout

Ideal layout of the PSM's calling desk

Cues to begin dry tech

Dry tech goals

Tech rehearsal goals

Musical calling script

Dance calling script

Daily performance report

Weekly stage manager's report

Weekly schedule

Cast history forms

Commercial shoot schedule

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Filled with industry-savvy advice, Production Stage Management clearly details everything the seasoned professional, the young professional looking to amp up his or her skills, or the wet-behind-the-ears trainee needs to know, including Who's who on a stage production and how they all interact Getting the job The pre-production period, including pre-rehearsal duties and responsibilities Production meetings from early conceptualizing through rehearsals and previews Choosing and organizing a stage management team Handling rehearsals Running technical rehearsals Organizing your calling scripts Managing previews Planning for opening night and the critics Structuring the running of an ongoing show Indispensable Charts and Graph templates and examples include: Production calendar Musical pit layout PSM's casting notes format Daily rehearsal report Wardrobe breakdown Prop list Tech table layout Ideal layout of the PSM's calling desk Cues to begin dry tech Dry tech goals Tech rehearsal goals Musical calling script Dance calling script Daily performance report Weekly stage manager's report Weekly schedule Cast history forms Commercial shoot schedule