tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post2593955410881862468..comments2023-06-01T09:02:24.685-04:00Comments on Wolf Trap Opera Company: How Does an Opera Company Change Its Light Bulbs?Kim Pensingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583623996113579219noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-28738173783860748542008-03-05T09:44:00.000-05:002008-03-05T09:44:00.000-05:00How many sopranos...Three, one to change it,and tw...How many sopranos...<BR/>Three, one to change it,and two to stand and mutter "She'll never get up that high..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-1999913169041427682008-03-03T21:53:00.000-05:002008-03-03T21:53:00.000-05:00great stuff, kim -- there's also:STAGE DIRECTOR:"H...great stuff, kim -- there's also:<BR/><BR/>STAGE DIRECTOR:<BR/>"How many stage directors does it take to change a light bulb?"<BR/><BR/>"Um... Well... I guess... I mean... I dunno... What do you think I should do...?"<BR/><BR/>STAGE MANAGER:<BR/>"How many stage managers does it take to-"<BR/><BR/>"I've already done it! Get off my back!"Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784717077425664097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-3408206312614757442008-02-28T20:46:00.000-05:002008-02-28T20:46:00.000-05:00"Don't touch my table"--YES! For good measure, tha..."Don't touch my table"--YES! For good measure, that's very similar to one of the best lines of the great "Shakespeare in Love" as brawling actors smash theater benches over one another: "Not with my props!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-41586912527147601892008-02-18T13:47:00.000-05:002008-02-18T13:47:00.000-05:00I couldn't help but translate it into Italian... :...I couldn't help but <A HREF="http://operabouffe.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/giuseppe-filianoti-can-light-up-la-scala-with-a-high-c-alone/" REL="nofollow">translate it into Italian</A>... :DGiorgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854365113271949341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-84557442562525794392008-02-18T04:34:00.000-05:002008-02-18T04:34:00.000-05:00from a lighting designer:please don't touch the li...from a lighting designer:<BR/><BR/>please don't touch the lights. we would prefer if you did not breathe near them.<BR/><BR/>however we ourselves don’t change light bulbs. we complain to the technical director, he calls in the master electrician to change it, he tells a member of the lighting crew to do it and he wakes up the intern from his one hour of daily sleep to ask why it hasn’t been done yet. then they all come back as a group and inform you that the lighting crew doesn’t change light bulbs only halogen lamps, that’s a props thing.<BR/><BR/>without fail during the next break props will quietly and discreetly come to you, lamp and bulb in hand to ask you to change it for them because they don’t know how.<BR/><BR/>we cry when a there is burn out mid show.<BR/><BR/>name withheld to protect the innocent<BR/>i.e. the ld that will soon need to ask for a change or worse to replace a working light that is just looking dimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-15100671625467145982008-02-17T17:03:00.000-05:002008-02-17T17:03:00.000-05:00What a bunch of chuckles. This post is going to ha...What a bunch of chuckles. This post is going to have so many forwards, it will be like spam!Grandmom d'EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117566961071088453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-6823968157380350902008-02-16T03:00:00.000-05:002008-02-16T03:00:00.000-05:00Kim, that's absolutely brilliant. I must forward t...Kim, that's absolutely brilliant. I must forward this to several friends and colleagues. <BR/><BR/>Brava!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645355799515490896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17139505.post-19681572322451353302008-02-16T01:34:00.000-05:002008-02-16T01:34:00.000-05:00This is fantastic Kim - thank you!This is fantastic Kim - thank you!timothy nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798906678581401602noreply@blogger.com