The Stage Management Handbook
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558702350 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Comprehensive, concise, professional preparation for preparing, running and managing live theater and other kinds of shows." according to The Lone Comic. This book, written by a top professional in the field with years and years of experience, was everything one could expect to understand the critical role a stage manager plays in mounting, running and closing a production. The role of the stage manager is critical, straddling the line between the creative side of theater and the production side of theater.One aspect of the author's assertions I will modera. If you are new to stage managing, this book If you are new to stage managing, this book may be a bit much for you. It lays down all or most of the intricacies of the craft. It will encourage the reader either to pursue stage managing further or provide him /her with sufficient information to make an informed career decision. This book thoroughly explores Stage managing.. Alison Miller said The description claims no highlighting but there is from pages. The description claims no highlighting but there is from pages 9-18. Not many pages. But still highlighted. Otherwise the description is accurate.The book is perfectly helpful for beginning Stage Managers but I thought it left out a couple of things, such as taping out the set design for rehearsals. Other topics could have been expanded as well, i.e. managing disputes/confrontations among company members.
Keeping paper flowing smoothly is an art the text emphasizes. From Library Journal Ionazzi (productions, UCLA School of Theatre) offers this textbook for stage managers and stage management classes. It is not as detailed as Lawrence Stern's similar Stage Management (Allyn & Bacon, 1992. 4th ed.), but it contains a good bibliography. . It is arranged logically in four parts following the chronology of production. The last section is devoted to organizational behavior, an area not often developed in such texts. This workable introduction to the stage manager's craft is recommended for academic and large public libraries.- Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. The book is readable and provides many examples, with plenty of graphic illustration. Its major
He or she must have a working knowledge of how the various technical aspects of the theater work (scenery, props, costumes, lights and sound), be part director, part playwright, part designer and part producer, and be prepared to act as confidant, counselor and confessor to everyone else in the company.This book addresses all of these considerations in detail and offers the reader i.e. "managing" human behavior and maintaining working relationships.. The stage manager is the renaissance man of the theater