Stagehands

A typical large show at the PAC might need a couple dozen IATSE stagehands to rig scenery, lights, and sound, the Broadway Alaska series requires the union to muster more than double that number.

The IATSE will be holding a strike authorization vote that could see stagehands, make-up artists, and wardrobe personnel taking to the picket lines.

The stagehands are also a crucial part of the opera.

Ali stumbled down the steps and crashed into a crew of stagehands.

Hook was introduced to give stagehands time to move scenery – and his role expanded from a small one to become Peter’s nemesis.

Volunteer positions are needed for the following areas: Information kiosks, site maintenance, line monitors/ushers, stagehands and runners, talent/volunteer assistants, Citizenship Ceremony assistants, and greeters.

Well, this isn’t somewhere to whisper sweet nothings over dinner — Above’s production values require the constant presence of many actors and stagehands, decanting and explaining and replenishing and perfecting.

Actors, stagehands, and others associated with the performances were forced out as well.

Also common are stagehands rushing onto the stage adding and removing props, backdrops and other scenery; these kuroko ( 黒子 main) are always dressed entirely in black and are traditionally considered invisible.

In response, Illica condemned Puccini for treating his librettists "like stagehands" and reducing the text to a shadow of its original form.

Jacobs, pp. 124–25 Stagehands and cast members managed to ward off their backstage attackers and protect the scenery, although the stage manager, Richard Barker, and others, were injured.

Later versions of the prop had more efficient wheels and were once again simply propelled by the seated operators' feet, but they remained so heavy that when going up ramps they often had to be pushed by stagehands out of camera shot.

Mr. Prince's staging uses all the familiar Kabuki tricks—often with voices screeching in the air like lonely sea birds—and stylizations with screens and things, and stagehands all masked in black to make them invisible to the audience.

Stagehands also assist in a variety of quick costume changes known as hayagawari (quick change technique).

Stagehands successfully managed to ward off their backstage attackers.