Saturday, September 29, 2007
EXTRA SPECIAL
NY Post: "AN orchestra seat for the Metropolitan Opera's 'Lucia di Lammermoor' to night: $350 and up. Seeing it on the giant screen in Times Square: free. Watching it from the stage as it's being sung? Priceless."
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It's really sad that tickets to see the Opera really cost 350 dollars. I would hope that as years go by, there would be more opportunites for people who wouldn't normally be able to afford the opera to go to it, but it looks like that they just keep raising the prices. I wanted to go see Tom Stoppard's new plays when they opened in New York, but for 150 dollars or more a ticket, it really becomes excessive.
Watching a show from offstage is enjoyable though it is hard to have a whole view on stage. Being at offstage, we can not only closely see the show but also the actor who are adjusting their mood for going on stage and are rushing for preparing next scene.
It is interesting the actors are like two-side people. When they are onstage, they are like respectable people. Once they leave stage and rush for crossover and costume quick change, they are as ordinary as us. An important thing while watching show at offstage is not to interrupt the actors and do not stay on their way for crossover. Just be invisible and quiet, like air, and give them a hand if they need a favor.
I honestly had no idea what responsibilities actors had as supernumeraries. I can't imagine a time when anyone presented on stage in a PROFESSIONAL production could just be some random joe off the street. I guess you could compare their work to extras in film; however I see their responsibilities being faaarrr more important than any guy standing in a crowd scene.
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