Finale
So Lion King closed on Sunday.
Sad.
EXHAUSTED.
And on to the new show. But more about that in a second.
First, a couple of small hints from me to all of my 3 readers. Don't buy tickets for the Sunday evening show. Theatre shows typically run from Tuesday to Sunday and the Sunday evening show is the 8th show of an 8 show week. The chances of the actors being on top of their game is minimal. Sometimes you'll get the best show of the week, but more often they are tired and crabby and ready for a day off. As are all the backstage people. On the other hand, the Saturday evening show is often pretty good. The actors are warmed up from performing the show once already that day and they're in the groove... We've also had outstanding Saturday and Sunday matinees for the past several weeks. But we've had good audiences for those shows, which makes all the difference.
Secondly, I overheard the ushers talking about an interesting thing. An experienced usher was training a new usher and telling him that for this show, they were not ushers but "hosts" and the audience members weren't customers but "guests." The experienced usher told the newbie "This means that if you seat someone and they decide they want coffee, you need to go get it for them. Ask them how they want it prepared, tell them how much it will cost, get it for them and return their change. DO NOT TAKE TIPS. We are not allowed to take tips. Disney is very strict about that rule and you will lose your job for taking tips. In fact, they invite people to shows in a 'secret shopper' type capacity to make sure the ushers aren't taking tips..."
how about that? They don't call Disney "Mouse-shwitz" for nothing...
So, go see the Saturday evening show, be a responsive audience member, ask your usher to get you a beverage and for crying out loud, don't tip them.
that is all...
And what am I on to next? Funny you should ask. I started at the Arizona Opera yesterday working on their new opera, which opens next week. I'll post about it later as I probably couldn't have picked a show more different than Lion King if I had tried.
Sad.
EXHAUSTED.
And on to the new show. But more about that in a second.
First, a couple of small hints from me to all of my 3 readers. Don't buy tickets for the Sunday evening show. Theatre shows typically run from Tuesday to Sunday and the Sunday evening show is the 8th show of an 8 show week. The chances of the actors being on top of their game is minimal. Sometimes you'll get the best show of the week, but more often they are tired and crabby and ready for a day off. As are all the backstage people. On the other hand, the Saturday evening show is often pretty good. The actors are warmed up from performing the show once already that day and they're in the groove... We've also had outstanding Saturday and Sunday matinees for the past several weeks. But we've had good audiences for those shows, which makes all the difference.
Secondly, I overheard the ushers talking about an interesting thing. An experienced usher was training a new usher and telling him that for this show, they were not ushers but "hosts" and the audience members weren't customers but "guests." The experienced usher told the newbie "This means that if you seat someone and they decide they want coffee, you need to go get it for them. Ask them how they want it prepared, tell them how much it will cost, get it for them and return their change. DO NOT TAKE TIPS. We are not allowed to take tips. Disney is very strict about that rule and you will lose your job for taking tips. In fact, they invite people to shows in a 'secret shopper' type capacity to make sure the ushers aren't taking tips..."
how about that? They don't call Disney "Mouse-shwitz" for nothing...
So, go see the Saturday evening show, be a responsive audience member, ask your usher to get you a beverage and for crying out loud, don't tip them.
that is all...
And what am I on to next? Funny you should ask. I started at the Arizona Opera yesterday working on their new opera, which opens next week. I'll post about it later as I probably couldn't have picked a show more different than Lion King if I had tried.
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