I agree. Those last weeks are the craziest as well as the most fun.

I'm bringing the high school kids in on Tuesday to start building. Already have had kids ask when we start. We'll get the set done in 7 weeks and have the actors take the stage with the finished set for the last two weeks.

That's when I get all my light cues going, deal with the forgotten costumes, fix the changes to the script the director forgot to tell me (those are always fun ) AND teach the crew stage hands what they will move and when.

Good Times!

No, there is nothing more exciting than live theatre.

Tell 'em all to break a leg for me!

Tony   I love the "because I told you so" line.  I use it myself. 

We decided to do this show very low key set-wise and my director's notes point out that we could very well have produced a beautiful, opulent set but wanted the show to be about the characters and not the room itself. (I hope to post photos next week)

That said, we did find a georgeous table with chairs and a matching sideboard.  We also found lots of beautiful (and beautifully priced----would you believe 99 cents a plate----china plates with (almost) matching bowls) wine glasses, highball glasses, water glasses and bowls are all gold rimmed and the silver trays and tea service are all real silver and shine "like the top of the Chrysler Building".  We decided to not use utensils because I hate the sound of silverware on dishes and my cast and crew don't find it distracting at all. I made prop work on stage a lot easier.  The table looks magnificent for the dinner party last scene. 

Night off tonight so I can begin blocking my next show------which I undertook last week because some dead beat dropped out without even contacting the producer himself.  He called someone else who called the producer.  #@!%**@#X#

So.....I'm off and running with auditions Tuesday and Wednesday and the last three Dining Rooms on Thursday Friday and Saturday.  I'm happy to do the show for them (directing with my wife) and think we will all enjoy it very much.  Cast of 27 or so.  YIKES!  My largest cast to date was 9. 

Let you know how the first weekend goes, but I am extermely optimistic

You would have loved working with THAT actor.  What I said at the time was WHAT HE NEEDED TO HEAR.  He HAD all that was required to do the job and he chose to make life difficult.  I simply needed to take the bull by the horns and wrestle it to the ground.  Afterwards he was fine. He did the job and was excellent.  And I told him so too.

Thanks for your observation.

TonyDi

As I said, I didn't come on here to incite anyone's ire.  Evidently you think so. That's regrettable.

The show was terrific.  The cast was on fire and the audience couldn't wait for act 2 to begin.  I had to dash quickly backstage after curtian call to send the cast back out for another bow because the audience would not stop applauding.  I've never had to do that before. 

Yeeha.....Please, Dionysos....five more shows like this one.