It is expensive to hire actors, stagehands, and other people and to rent a theater in New York City.
Shows often hire stagehands in different cities, and actors sometimes do their own hair and makeup.
Stagehands and carpenters put the sets together on stage.
Stagehands and other behind-the-scenes workers usually don’t go on the road.
The stagehand moved a desk on stage between scenes.
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Throughout, actors doubled as technicians and stagehands to highlight the company's collective and nonillusionistic approach to performance.
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Meanwhile, political events had caused an industrial dispute at his factory and a walk-out of stagehands at the theatre.
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That standard of excellence cannot be achieved without leadership from the top and commitment from every member of staff—from the stagehands to the front-of-house staff.
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Most stagehands have a general knowledge of all the phases of a production, but tend to develop specialties and focus on specific areas.
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By the 1970s the original bandshell had deteriorated to the point where stagehands, performers and even a grand piano had fallen through the stage floor.
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The producers proposed loosening the rule so that producers determined how many stagehands would stay and earn overtime.
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Producers proposed widening the tasks stagehands may perform during performance calls and reducing the required four hours of pay.
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Most stagehands (riggers, winch-workers and operators) were in the lowest class, making about $1,200 a week.
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Upon leaving school, he worked as astagehand, moved into cinema management by the age of 17 and organised variety shows.
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All that had to be done to change the scenery was that astagehandhad to change the controls for different effects and color mixing.
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Shows employ continuous live music, with performers rather than stagehands changing the props.
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A localstagehandwas asked to replace him.
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The group is composed of talented singers, dancers, musicians and stagehands ranging in age from 10 to 18.
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He worked at theaters as astagehandto make ends meet.
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Prior to that it was done manually by stagehands.
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