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The old story is, that an opening night was being delayed because they were finishing masking behind the main rag. The Producer pokes his head out the curtain and explains to the audience "we apologize for the delay, we'll begin momentarily we are just hanging the blacks" <div><br></div><div>Good luck and be careful teaching theater phrasing. Breasting pipes is fun but measuring by RCH increments is frowned upon these days. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="mb_sig"><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">Herrick Goldman</span><div><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">HG Lighting Design Inc/ Evoke Collaborative</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">www.EvokeCollaborative.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">www.HGLightingDesign.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">1460 Broadway fifth floor NY,NY 10036</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">917.797.3624</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Book;font-size: 12pt;color: #7030a0">“To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light, bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly” -CDS</span></div></div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;">
<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 9/4/2019 2:47:01 AM, Philip Kruger via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hi Everyone<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope someone here (with a better memory than mine) can help me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some years ago there was a joke going round about an SM/Production Manager discussing work to be done and one said “We must hang the blacks…”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I need the full joke to show some students that there is a difference between “normal” English and “Theatre” English.<br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
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