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Tag: Pop Culture References

Enjoy today’s numeric date

April 3, 2021 cue2go
Sesame Street's Count von Count enjoys today's date

Sometimes I’m such a nerd I even surprise myself. I had a note in my calendar today, as an all-day…

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Filed under: Pop Culture References, Stage Management Humor

Happy International Stage Management Day…or Stage Managers’ Day

October 10, 2020 cue2go
A stage manager has one finger up in standby as acrobat lower to the stage

It’s our day! But what the heck is the name of it? I have to say, in this time of…

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Filed under: Pop Culture References

Let’s Reclaim #Standby

October 5, 2020 cue2go
A stage manager has one finger up in standby as acrobat lower to the stage

After certain remarks at the first presidential debate, the hashtags #ProudBoys #StandDown and #StandBy started trending. It didn’t take long…

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Filed under: Pop Culture References, Real Life SM Stories

Happy Production Meeting Scheduling Magic Day!

March 3, 2019 cue2go

I have this date in my calendar, thanks to an old Q2Q comic….whether or not March 3rd actually falls on…

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Filed under: Pop Culture References, Stage Management Humor

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Six: Piano Tech & Artist Takeover Day

October 6, 2018 cue2go 1 Comment

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Filed under: Eeyore and Erin, Opera Stage Management 101, Pop Culture References, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Humor, Technology in Stage Management

Oklahoma-Fiddler Mashup Fun

August 29, 2018 cue2go

I’m a fan of playing around with songs, particularly if one song’s lyrics can be put to another song’s melody…even…

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Nutcracker fun

January 13, 2018 cue2go

Having just finished a production of The Nutcracker, I am especially intrigued by this latest video from DoodleChaos. The mathematician/nerd/Rube Goldberg…

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Filed under: Nutcracker, Pop Culture References
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