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Terry S. Davis's Blog – January 2011 Archive (4)

Keeping Company

One of Erica Norgaard’s toughest assignments for the next three weeks will be to find medical care for any ailing Wicked cast and crew members. Locating doctors who will take the company’s out-of-state Worker’s Comp insurance for members of the Wicked company is just one of her jobs as company manager.

She also finds places to live for cast and crew as they travel from city to city, arranges for airline tickets between cities, lines…

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Added by Terry S. Davis on January 28, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

Artists in the Balance Sheets

Mack and Mabel fell off the ledger.

Mack and Mabel was to be Jerry Herman’s next big hit after Hello, Dolly and Mame. A Golden Era-style musical, the show had 41 people on stage. Then the production hit the realities of the floundering economy of 1974. Ticket…

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Added by Terry S. Davis on January 21, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Catch Us at Our Best

I expect the calls to start any minute now, from people who ask if there might be any way they could just peek in on a rehearsal of Wicked, or maybe bring their class to see a dress rehearsal.

If you were thinking about making that call, know this: rehearsals are rarely open to the public. Rehearsals are where actors work out any problems before they show their work to the public. Also, …

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Added by Terry S. Davis on January 14, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments