Stage Crew
Stage Crew
#0Stage Crew
Posted: 2/24/04 at 8:27pmWhat does one have to do to be part of the stage crew for a Broadway show? By stage crew I mean the people AT the show running around backstage moving sets and things. What kind of requirements are there?
Schuyler
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#2re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/24/04 at 9:29pm
oh local one...
first of all, you must either be a stagehand and thus a member of iatse (international alliance of theatrical stage employees) and to work on broadway you're probably a member of local #1 (which generally means that you or one of your ancestors has been working on broadway since before there was electricity) or you're a stage manager or assistant stage manager in which case you're a member of actor's equity. but the folks that are moving stuff are stagehands. you have to pay a lot of dues or be in with someone.
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pray to st. jude
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he was the gimmicky sort
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#4re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/24/04 at 10:27pmim kinda thinking about a stage manager position...or stage hand...but that seems to be a lot of work and requirements to do those jobs. sure sounds fun though!
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#5re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/24/04 at 11:34pmit can be fun, but not when the show is terrible. try running sound or follow spot on a show that makes you want to put a bullet thru your head. ugh. makes the performance drag on for days.
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localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#6re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:15am
mary wrote "nepotism"
not so true anymore. many people take the apprentice test and start that way.
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:34amHa! That's a good one, LocalOne
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localonecrew
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mamamia sammy
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#9re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:42amOk. In which parallel universe?
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localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#10re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:43amthere is actually a head of dept who was an apprentice. i can name at least 50 people with cards who started as apprentices. you are clueless and determined to remain that way
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#11re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:45amAu contraire. I'm sure Tony DiPaulo will back me up.
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localonecrew
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#12re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:46amLOL!! i bet he would. LOL!!
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#13re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:47amAsk him.
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localonecrew
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#14re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:50ami try not to ask tony too much. it always costs me money
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#15re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:51amFine. Then I'm right.
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localonecrew
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#16re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:52amwhatever makes you feel a little less insecure
mamamia sammy
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#17re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 11:56amCalling myself 'LocalOneCrew' would make me a little less insecure, but that name was already taken.
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localonecrew
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#18re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: stage crew
Posted: 2/25/04 at 2:11pmZZZZIINNGG!!!
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