Many people respond to reminders to follow the fire laws with an attitude of “well, that won’t happen in MY theatre.“ Which is ironic, because that was the assumption of those at the Iroquois Theatre back in 1903, and all the people at these…
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Theatre fires are not a thing of the past: there were at least 33 just this year.
Many people respond to reminders to follow the fire laws with an attitude of “well, that won’t happen in MY theatre.“ Which is ironic, because that was the assumption of those at the Iroquois Theatre back in 1903, and all the people at these…
House Manager Appreciation Week 2015
In recognition of the difficult work our theatre House Managers do every day, in 2010 I declared the final week of November to be House Manager Appreciation Week. While last year’s was pretty good, I expect all of you to make…
The worst audience members
Yesterday I posted a series of tweets about some of the worst audience members I have seen or heard directly about from years of working at multiple theatres. I probably should have made it a hashtag, because there were a…
Theatre fires aren’t a thing of the past: at least 18 this year alone.
By now I hope I have demonstrated to you why following every fire code, law, regulation, and simple common sense in your theatre is important. If not, let’s recap: You cannot depend on any single person, plan, device, or system…
Sick burn, bro.
There is a tendency among some in the theatre community to jump on another theatre’s problems in almost a gleeful, childish “Oooooo! You’re in trouble! Wait ’til mom hears about this!” This is not intended to be that sort of…
Theatre fires are not “something that used to happen.” There were at least 22 just this year.
By now I hope I have demonstrated to you why following every fire code, law, regulation, and simple common sense in your theatre is important. If not, let’s recap: You cannot depend on any single person, plan, device, or system…
North Shore Music Theatre fire: financial impact contributed to bankruptcy.
This article was originally posted on our old blog on Dec 18, 2010. It has been updated to reflect minor changes in since that time. In July of 2005, the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA suffered a fire…
Fire Safety: It’s always a series of problems, not just one.
This article was originally posted on our old blog Dec. 14, 2010. It has been updated to reflect changes that have occurred since then. Many times I hear the complaint that the fire codes “go overboard” in all their requirements. …
“Fire. The flies are on fire.”
This article was originally posted on our old blog on Dec 5, 2008. It has been updated to reflect changes since that time. 137 years ago today, fire struck the Brooklyn Theatre in Brooklyn, NY during a performance of The…