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Tag: Nutcracker

Tipsy Tuesday Talk with Chelsea Janke

May 9, 2020 cue2go
Text: Tipsy Tuesday Talks Hosted by Chelsea Janke

As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve been online quite a bit since the pandemic started. Here’s the video from my…

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Filed under: Cirque, Dance, Musical Theatre, Navigating Unemployment, Nutcracker, Opera, Real Life SM Stories, Recorded Events, SM Tips

What Does Being a Calm Stage Manager Mean?

January 16, 2019 cue2go
Keep Calm and Call Go (in the style of World War II-era British public safety poster)

Today my Facebook feed had several people sharing an OnstageBlog.com article from December 2017 titled “Keep Calm and Manage On…

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Filed under: Nutcracker, Opera, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Humor, Thoughts on Articles Read

Making the Top Lists of 2018

December 30, 2018 cue2go

Well, I guess I’ve had a pretty good year, with at least two of my shows being included in a…

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Filed under: Nutcracker, Production Reviews, Real Life SM Stories

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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