It’s 2019.

A stage manager went onstage at the Met to announce technical difficulties before a performance of Carmen.

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote a piece on stage manager, Holly Robinson, of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia.

Anything can happen and added pressure is what I live off - Holly Robinson

In Jamaica, young people are learning how to stage manage music festivals as part as a cultural exchange educational training program with the UK called Backstage to the Future.

And - a reminder that RENT Live on Fox is playing on January 27 at 8/7c.

Happy July!

And yes, I can’t believe it’s July either…

Here’s the June “In the News” Round-Up!

The touring Hamilton stage managers spoke at (my undergrad Alma mater) UC Irvine in a panel called “In Conversation with the Hamilton Stage Management Team” - they discussed what drew them to theatre, the pros and cons of touring, and much more!

In case you need even more Hamilton, the Broadway production stage manager, Amber White, explained the countless duties required to run such a giant production in Playbill.

Stage Manager Gareth Hulance outlined the difference between stage managing theatre and ceremonies (ex. the Olympics!) on TheatreArtLife.

Tyler Mount, stage manager turned producer, discussed his career trajectory and successes in an interview with Out Magazine.

The BBC wrote a brief piece on a stage manager that is suing a production company for negligence after his feet were crushed by a counterweight.