#1
Posted: 12/30/09 at 9:44pm
I've just always wondered. Is a performer able to see the audience from the stage for all the lights? Even just the shadows and shapes of people?
Seeing the audience from the stage?
#2
Posted: 12/30/09 at 9:53pm
It depends on the facility and the lighting.
Sometimes it's possible to see at least a silhouette of most of the audience. Other times it's only possible to make out the first few rows. And occasionally (especially if in a spot) it's difficult to see anyone in the house at all.
Sometimes it's possible to see at least a silhouette of most of the audience. Other times it's only possible to make out the first few rows. And occasionally (especially if in a spot) it's difficult to see anyone in the house at all.
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#3
Posted: 12/30/09 at 10:19pm
When I went to see Mary Poppins in November, a bunch of the actors recognized me at the stagedoor and asked, "Were you sitting in the front row?". So for Mary Poppins, I guess the first couple of rows.
#4
Posted: 12/30/09 at 10:23pm
I was talking to Lindsay Dunn, whos in west side story, and she said that she can see about the first 5 rows from onstage during the show
#5
Posted: 12/30/09 at 11:09pm
It depends on the show and the lighting.
#6
Posted: 12/30/09 at 11:11pm
I think you can usually tell if people are there, but you can't see their faces behind the first two rows. Because another poster mentioned Mary Poppins, I would think that the actors would be able to see many more people when they fly into the audience.
#7
Posted: 12/30/09 at 11:19pm
Like everyone has said it depends on the lighting pretty much. I remember for sitting Onstage at Spring Awakening I was able to see the audience in certain scenes when the audience was slightly lit or when it was a dark scene onstage.
In Hair the Audience is lit most of the time so the cast surely can see them.
In Hair the Audience is lit most of the time so the cast surely can see them.
#8
Posted: 12/30/09 at 11:40pm
I remember Megan Hilty once said that those wearing white shirts were the easiest to spot in the Gershwin from the stage.. or maybe it was in the Pantages?
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