I am unabashedly a community theatre nerd. Love it. Love the process of script to stage, the ambience and grandeur of the event, even the smell of the old 1920's theatre my community theatre troupe is fortunate enough to play at.
I am currently working as the producer for The Full Monty. I've done at least 60 shows over the past 10 years and this has to be the show that will stay with me the longest--the one I truly don't want to end. Great show, great singing, great story, funny as hell, and undoubtedly the best cast and crew I have ever had the pleasure to work with.
The picture above illustrates the beginning of a little bit of theatre magic. That is a huge sign we manufactured that is wired with hundreds and hundreds of lightbulbs. Ten or twelve of us spent about an hour screwing those lightbulbs into that sign, and it was a very important job. Those lightbulbs-that blind the audience at a key moment-are all that separate our theatre troupe from getting a citation for public indecency instead of just being a little bit naughty. Fool the eye. That's all it really is.