Save Cosette.....
I got wrangled in to working yesterday... They were short one person at the QET for the house strike, on a day that I was visiting to collect paychecks and say hi to the Head Carpenter, who had been sick during the last Opera. Our crew on Les Mis, at The Stanley were all concerned. ( He's a senior brother who's extremely well respected by all... And we're losing the old guard one by one thease days. And losing him would be a huge loss. )
While I was press ganged into work I realized that the huge (signed ) Les Mis lobby card poster that's been floating around the theatre for years since 1995 ( used most recently as an impromptu air duct cover on stage right - so that our bird like stage-manager doesn't freeze to death during an opera run. )
Knowing she was there was a small secret of mine, as the cosette poster was reversed against the mouth of the air duct, and as a result was only slightly visable from above that side of the stage when focusing the side lighting. And memorable to only a person such as I who had worked on the show. As only the event dates were visable.
Nobody else seemed to care for the broken, signed lobby card. Fearing it was going to end up in the dumpster along with all the seats that they're ripping out of the venue. I bugged the powers that be too see if I could rescue poor Cosette from the crusher. I know at my age it's a little, sad geeky hanging on to a poster. But, I'm a theatre geek, and it's huge Les Mis poster from when I worked and toured for a bit with the show back in 95.
Soon the entire theatre is going to be completely redone inside. Each time we do the house strike, and leave the place in the hands of the "renovation crew". Little things like that poster keep being thrown out. Or, we come back at the end of the summer to find out our crew graffitti has been plastered over, removed or hidden by new equipment or airducting. Stuff which I think is very much a part of the spirit of the place, and in the last 19 years.... my personal career history.
I love what I do, where i work. Working shows fills my heart. And I treat the theatres like old sailing ships. But, really... it's that connection to work friends, trusted compatriots, the union gang that make the place work every time.
All those emotional highs and that mass cathartic release that I often exprience on many shows ( Rock Shows, Operas and especially The blockbuster Musicals ) along with the crowds that pay to see their musical heros or that season's spectacular event. So, instead of losing it all before it's gone I dragged the sad, bent, cosette poster back to my apartment.
(Valjean and Cosette leave the inn)
" Come, Cosette, come, my dear
From now on I will always be here
Where I go, you will be. "
YOUNG COSETTE
"Will there be children and castles to see?"
VALJEAN
"Yes, Cosette, yes, it's true.
There's a castle just waiting for you."
I got wrangled in to working yesterday... They were short one person at the QET for the house strike, on a day that I was visiting to collect paychecks and say hi to the Head Carpenter, who had been sick during the last Opera. Our crew on Les Mis, at The Stanley were all concerned. ( He's a senior brother who's extremely well respected by all... And we're losing the old guard one by one thease days. And losing him would be a huge loss. )
While I was press ganged into work I realized that the huge (signed ) Les Mis lobby card poster that's been floating around the theatre for years since 1995 ( used most recently as an impromptu air duct cover on stage right - so that our bird like stage-manager doesn't freeze to death during an opera run. )
Knowing she was there was a small secret of mine, as the cosette poster was reversed against the mouth of the air duct, and as a result was only slightly visable from above that side of the stage when focusing the side lighting. And memorable to only a person such as I who had worked on the show. As only the event dates were visable.
Nobody else seemed to care for the broken, signed lobby card. Fearing it was going to end up in the dumpster along with all the seats that they're ripping out of the venue. I bugged the powers that be too see if I could rescue poor Cosette from the crusher. I know at my age it's a little, sad geeky hanging on to a poster. But, I'm a theatre geek, and it's huge Les Mis poster from when I worked and toured for a bit with the show back in 95.
Soon the entire theatre is going to be completely redone inside. Each time we do the house strike, and leave the place in the hands of the "renovation crew". Little things like that poster keep being thrown out. Or, we come back at the end of the summer to find out our crew graffitti has been plastered over, removed or hidden by new equipment or airducting. Stuff which I think is very much a part of the spirit of the place, and in the last 19 years.... my personal career history.
I love what I do, where i work. Working shows fills my heart. And I treat the theatres like old sailing ships. But, really... it's that connection to work friends, trusted compatriots, the union gang that make the place work every time.
All those emotional highs and that mass cathartic release that I often exprience on many shows ( Rock Shows, Operas and especially The blockbuster Musicals ) along with the crowds that pay to see their musical heros or that season's spectacular event. So, instead of losing it all before it's gone I dragged the sad, bent, cosette poster back to my apartment.
(Valjean and Cosette leave the inn)
" Come, Cosette, come, my dear
From now on I will always be here
Where I go, you will be. "
YOUNG COSETTE
"Will there be children and castles to see?"
VALJEAN
"Yes, Cosette, yes, it's true.
There's a castle just waiting for you."
bedwelld:
I see nothing wrong with wanting to take a little of what you love home with you and protecting it so it's not forgotten forever. I normally love what I do but I'm having a hard time staying motivated. All I want to do is fly home, climb on the back of my bike and ride to I don't want to ride anymore.