The research and the creation of a stage manager's book for "The sound of music" musical tour show

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1 Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations University Graduate School The research and the creation of a stage manager's book for "The sound of music" musical tour show Nathan Gad Cohen Florida International University DOI: /etd.FI Follow this and additional works at: Part of the Music Commons, and the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons Recommended Citation Cohen, Nathan Gad, "The research and the creation of a stage manager's book for "The sound of music" musical tour show" (2003). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University Graduate School at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact dcc@fiu.edu.

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3 We recommend it Karen Fuller, Major Professor Date of Defense: July thesis of Nathan Gad Cohen is approved

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26 must as so even some reason, to run all the necessary cues. a prompt is score duty is to manage auditions and rehearsals - n 0! once actors are on is to prepare and post rehearsal reports - It is 19

27 seventh duty is to coordinate schedules outs an the much duty is to conduct a Cue to Cue rehearsal (Q2Q) actors run through next cue actor to and is running the show IS makes sure with crew to start announces to n 0 cues ('1) tenth is to conduct a postmortem - IS over, will thank everyone and some to IS to a comments to crew cast production process. and hands a costume In Sow1d data core an 20

28 Sound is essence to be exe:cutc~d to 21

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