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...scene: a shadowy place, with looming 20 ft. trees. A deep pit in the ground. People speaking quickly, rushing by, intent on completing their tasks. A cross between a sinister mystery and an office scene? No. This is the Loeb Mainstage, a week and a half before opening night of Into the Woods, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine...
...only is Sondheim’s music notoriously difficult for performers to master, but the audience may come in with pre-formed expectations from the widely distributed video of the original Broadway production. Innovation, then, is essential, lest the production sink into the pit of slavish imitation. The Loeb Mainstage is a cavernous space that has swallowed up many a smaller production and, like all student shows in the venue, Into the Woods must attempt to fill it with a budget of only five thousand dollars, a figure that has not been adjusted since the 1980s. It?...
...painted slats of wood attached to wires. According to Marsh, set designs went into production in November so they would be ready for Mainstage applications in December. Building the set officially started around February, though the task was complicated by the fact that all productions performing in the Loeb Drama Center share shop space. Schedules had to be coordinated. The production began setting up in the stage space a mere two weeks before opening...
...crew to move the set during scene changes. Costumes must be fitted in the next two days so the costume crew will have enough time to complete alterations. Lighting cannot be entirely worked out until all the set pieces are on stage. The staff works in the Loeb as often as possible, sometimes going from nine in the morning to midnight. It almost sounds like a siege, especially when one staff member suggests gradually amassing a stockpile of Fly-By food in the refrigerator...
...space within the program. The budget leaves very little to be spent on costumes, sound, props, lights and all the other aspects of putting on a show. The production doesn’t receive any of the proceeds from ticket sales. Losses or gains are absorbed by the Loeb. If the production goes over the budget, the three producers will have to pay out of pocket...