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Originally Posted by derekleffew

I suggest watching the movies All About Eve and Showgirls (for examples of how NOT TO do it).

Originally Posted by derekleffew

Just found this quote from Tom Skelton's obituary, full text here:

...A genial, witty man, he asked his students at the Yale School of Drama to study everything from French to Picasso to cooking.




"These are all things that make it possible to communicate with the other people you are going to be working with," he said in an interview in Theater Crafts

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Originally Posted by derekleffew

But 0% is my almost favorite level, second only to Full, FL, FF, 100%, 255, 65535.

I think this guy agrees with you...

http://monsterawr.com/?p=1560

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1: A teaser is hung at the curtain line, whereas a border can be hung anywhere it is needed.

2: The curtain line is used to

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Originally Posted by peaeri

Here's something I tried the other day: Remember those old blue/red glasses used for 3D? Well, if I put two gels in my PAR56s that are close to the ones in the 3D glasses, I get a kind of screwy 3D effect on any object or person the light shines on. That was lots of fun--but not very useful, I suppose. Who knows, maybe it could start a whole new trend: 3D theatre!

Please read that last sentence very carefully, and think about it. Really think...

Holy Cow...Noises Off! is insane! We have our set being built currently, and it is nearly 35 feet wide, and the second floor platform is "only 9 feet off the ground". It will just barely fit sideways because of the depth of our stage. It is fun building it though. We've spent nearly 2 grand on wood. We luckily already had tons of casters though. The last time this set was done in this theater, it was done without a central pivot point that had to spin, move, spin, move, etc. to get

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