u/Cadet-Cryyx

Ok so I'm sitting here, watching phantom for a final (analyzing rigging, you get to pick the show, so ofc I pick phantom).

I have both RAH downloaded and this hand taped like vhs recording of what's labelled as 'the phantom of the opera original Broadway performance' and I haven't watched it all the way through, mind you, I'm like right past Carlotta's furious exit due to the backdrop, but I'm struck by the laughter in the house.

In RAH it's very serious, with the line delivery, and the audience basically doesn't laugh until piangi says 'amateurs'

But in this VHS recording, they laugh at like each line from' these things do happen' until her exit, and it's pretty boisterous.

I think that's super interesting, how it was seen as so much more comedic back then. Now, I saw it live in Chicago, and I don't remember if there was laughter at that part then, I was like fully locked in this is my dream state.

Anyways, thoughts?

Hello all!!

I've made several posts on here before, I'm a high school student who's an aspirational rigger. I'm taking classes with Delong this year, working our civic theater, and do four shows a year mostly running a rail.

(https://www.reddit.com/r/techtheatre/comments/1roc86q/is\_my\_plan\_at\_all\_feasiblerealistic/)

This is my post on my plan for a career and stuff just a backup.

I'm planning ahead Xmas/birthday gifts for this year (I plan ahead really early to remember, cause my birthday is like a week before Xmas), and I'd like to get some work boots or shoes, preferably with a composite or steel toe. I have a defined budget from my grandparents (which is not the only people I get gifts from, but as we've gotten older they've kinda just gave us a somewhat spending limit and told us to pick things within it, and then they buy little smaller things) of 250 for each occasion.

If there's other things worth picking up, that could be useful let me know! My current load out is a pair of dirty Rigger framer gloves, a dirty Rigger pouch, sharpies, robo wrench, box cutter, safety style box cutter, and a headlamp.

Alright I'm struggling. I beat the first two bosses. I just have the pea shooter and the thing that gives you an extra hp. I get past the first part no problem until the cliff where you have to lose a life to get across and then get absolutely bombarded, so any tips would be helpful