It’s not uncommon to hear about the cost of Hamilton tickets in the news these days. Leading up to Lin–Manuel Miranda’s last performance, tickets were showing up on StubHub for $20,000 a piece and the cheapest tickets available on that site was $1,350. Now that the original cast has departed, ticket prices should drop to…
I think summer is one of the easiest times to find free things to do in the City – although, to be honest, it’s not that difficult all year. Something about summer though makes me (and lots of others) want to explore. It also makes me want to get off my lazy behind and do something.…
In the personal finance realm, we harp a lot on not going into debt, but some events, like college, make it seem inevitable. While studying hard, being a sports superstar or a musical prodigy are solid approaches to finding scholarships, an often overlooked opportunity is to just go to college for free. That’s right. Completely…
Texas is a weird place (sorry, Texans), perhaps because of that, one thing they excel at it weird roadside attractions and I recently had a chance to stop by an old favorite again and show it to some new friends. If you’re Texas bound and heading through Amarillo anytime soon, be sure to swing by…
A few months ago I wrote a post about how to stock a stage management kit on a budget. One of those tips was to use freebie offers to stock your kit, but since then a few of you have reached out to find out more about exactly where and what you can find for…
Ok, so some of you out there might not consider free opera a win. Personally, I had no stance on opera at all, which is a little weird given my whole career path. I do remember a sort of masochistic 20 year old Mel hearing that opera was the hardest thing to stage manage and…
One thing the Midwest really has going for it is weird roadside attractions (among other things, the Midwest is actually really cool. I mean, they have tumbleweed too!). Maybe it’s the long distances between towns. Maybe it’s something to do with all the farming. I really have no idea. But a lot of the strangest…
Every job has its tools and one of the biggest money suckers for a stage manager is their kit. What’s a stage manager kit? Well, it harkens back to the idea that a stage manager is the person who is “absolutely responsible for absolutely everything” for a production… which is an over or under simplification…