We’re about midway into The Mikado now, and I’ve gone through most of the stages of directing: optimism, […]
Category Archive: Backstage
One of my dearest, very best friends is Richard Enders. I knew him first as “Mr. Scrooge,” when […]
Independent Theatrical Employees of America was started with a mission to “provide all the good of a stagehands […]
On my first rock show as a union stagehand, I was teamed with an old-timer named Freddie. Freddie […]
When I was 19 I joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 337 (Utica), which […]
My 14-year-old daughter has a backstage resume like she’s in her 20’s. I don’t know anyone who’s done […]
I was asked to helm this year’s Gilbert & Sullivan production at The Earlville Opera House back in […]
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute used to present six consecutive nights of free shows under a giant tent every summer. […]
Sometime in the mid-1990’s, renowned flugelhorn player and bandleader Chuck Mangione brought an immense show to the Stanley […]
Once I visited a restaurant with someone who ran his own place. There were any number of things […]
