Actors Arriving

When I talked to Fantasia before The Color Purple (She's so nice) she said she is required to be there an hour before the show. When i saw it she got there at 7:26 and the show didn't start till like a quarter after 8.

But it can depend on makeup requirements of course.

No matter what, you have to be there by half hour, even if you don't appear until Act II.

Last time I heard, swings and standbys just have to check in by half hour, and then they can go off somewhere if they want. They just have to be within 15-minute distance from the theatre, and they must be easily contacted (cell phones/beepers) in case something happens to the person in the track they understudy.

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Random off-topic story but, does anyone else love the story Elaine tells about being Merm's standby in "Call Me Madam" while doing the out of town tryout for "Pal Joey?"

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Stage dooring before the show is generally not accepted.

Yankeefan is right, though. They can come in any time after 10 or 12 on Sundays. There are some actors who like to get there super early, and some who push the half-hour call.

Usually it's an hour before. Some like to arrive an hour and a half before or so and sometimes if you aren't on until later in the show you aren't required to be there until half hour.