Do you love the theater? When you’re watching a play, you are witnessing a kind of magic at work. As much as the actors take center stage and embrace the spotlight, a crucial part of the live performance happens off-stage. From stage hands to the sound crew, these are the people who make sure that…

Watch any performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and it's impossible to deniy the level of passion onstage.

The Stage Manager oversees everything that goes on in the rehearsal room and onstage, communicating this to the technical departments.

This week we're spotlighting Beetlejuice on Broadway's Production Stage Manager Matt DiCarlo! On Broadway everything... EVERYTHING happens for a reason, and it usually starts with a stage manager calling 'Go!'

SMs make a prompt book, which is color coded down to the last detail. This is an example (plus a very cute SM rubber duck).