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Can someone tell me where exactly the theatre director fits into the general scheme of stage management? Does he have a function entirely different from a stage manager? Should the two articles not be linked, if not merged? --Dieter Simon 23:34, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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To put the roll of the director in easy terms...He/She is the artist, and decides what the feel of the performance should be, and how HE/SHE wants it. And the SM and DSM/ASM is only the tools for him to do this. In Pre-production the director has a roll, from opening night onwards he is just another audience member.(the director only gets paid up to opening night)From here onwards the SM (stage manager)only runs the show, but soes not alter it, he/she only sees to it that the show stays in the same way the director wanted it.be it blocking cues, lighting design and so on. hope this helps you understand it better. Francois(Stellenbosch)
Would someone please change the name to follow the capitalization convention. --48v
I believe the cue calls to be inaccurate. I work in a U.S. theatre, and have worked in others, and our calls generally follow the following pattern:
SM: Stand by, lights 34. (Optional) LBO: Standing by. SM: Lights 34, go.
Should we make a change?
What about the rest of the English-speaking world? Does that reflect on them in any way? Dieter Simon 00:05, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
We all have different systems - that's what makes Stage Management so diverse. Eg, here in UK I would say:
DSM: Standby LX 15
Operator: LX standing by
DSM: LX 15...GO
Tpacw (talk) 09:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Just a note, in the US, not all professional stage managers are represented by Actors' Equity Association and/or the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). There many non-Equity professional companies. This isn't to say that we non-Equity stage managers don't use as guidelines the requirements set forth by Equity, but we are not bound by them. Karinagw 12:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
In the US, there is a professional organisation called the Stage Managers' Association. The website is located at: http://www.stagemanagers.org/ and includes a brief history. The organisation was founded in 1982, having begun as social meetings, becoming a formal organisation fairly quickly. That's what happens when you get a group of professional organisers together. It has connections with, but is not a part of, Actors' Equity, and the founding members were also instrumental in creating a Stage Managers Committee in the AEA to help review contracts, formulate policy and offer advice on matters pertaining to stage management.
There is a similar, and older, organisation in the UK called the Stage Management Association (http://www.stagemanagementassociation.co.uk/). Dsthal (talk) 13:36, 22 November 2007 (UTC) dsthal
Does anyone know how the cast gets used to the crew (need a quote for LA hw) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.242.114.164 (talk) 02:45, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
First, a disclaimer: I'm not a theatre expert -- just someone who want to help out here. I'm totally confused about SM/ASM/DSM titles and job descriptions. My confusion may be due in part to regional differences between UK/USA theatre, and in part to the ambiguous and overlapping SM/ASM/DSM job descriptions. I've noticed that (1) all references for this article are books from London publishers, and (2) there seems to be a polite edit war in progress resulting from regional differences. Is there a sensible way to sort this out and clean up the article? If the differences are great enough, should this be split into two articles? -- Lambtron (talk) 21:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
It helps in that you have confirmed the existence of significant regional differences. Now the question is how to resolve those differences and fashion this into a coherent article. Any good ideas out there? -- Lambtron (talk) 13:31, 14 June 2010 (UTC)