Re: Will you get into trouble if you Video record a musical in a theatre for yourself?

Barbara Bailey wrote:
> On 24 Jan 2006 14:46:55 -0800, "John (Zi Rong) Low"
> <entiqming@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Argh, I wish I was older or completed high school by now, so I can
>> get all the theatre experience I want, it looks so god damn fun! Is
>> lighting and sound the most enjoyable aspects of backstage work?
>
> Not for me. I prefer props or costumes, personally.

As you will see, which part is most enjoyable is entirely in your hands;
everybody likes different stuff. To a certain extent, since you're a
novice, what you like will probably also be influenced by who else is doing
it; someone will probably take you under his/her wing and start teaching you
the basics.

Remember that each of the disciplines is also very hard work. Speaking as
primarily a performer, I think that onstage work may be the *least*
demanding part - and it's damned hard.

[snip]

>
> But then the carpenters were always cool to hang out with, and they
> seemed to get a kick out of the fact that I knew how to handle power
> tools (Girls with power tools seem to exert some strange fascination
> on a lot of young men,)

And not just young ones. Scottie on Mythbusters can *weld*!

[snip]

>
> In any case, I'd suggest that you add <rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft>
> to your subscribed newsgroups list, and read it religiously. You'll

I'd suggest lurking there for a while, though, to get used to their style.
They don't get into people's personal lives as much as we do here,
sometimes.

> get a lot of insight into the sort of things that the backstage people
> have to do, solve, deal with, and achieve. And you'll get lots of
> answers to a lot of your questions about what it's like.
>>
>> My mum is now shopping, I'm off to the Post Office now to buy IRC and
>> envelopes, hope I don't get caught... I hope that as high school
>> students become uni/college freshmen, they'll be more tolerant of
>> different people. Most unfortunately, that didn't apply to my parents
>> or my older brother.
>
> If college gives you nothing else, I truly hope that it gives you
> freedom from the fear of being caught that you've expressed several
> times. As far as becoming more tolerant, some people will, and some
> won't. But you'll have more leeway to avoid the ones who are

In other words, there'll be a lot more people, of all kinds. You'll find
your milieu.

[snip]

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