Michael Passaro is a production stage manager. He has stage managed well over 100 shows, such as Evita, A Steady Rain, Impressionism, White Christmas, Phantom, Les Misérables, History Boys, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Cabaret, Pippin, Carousel, and Angels in America.
When you’ve watched the development of so many shows from the PSM chair, you learn stuff that no one can teach in a classroom, or on a blog, which is why I was thrilled to sit down with Michael and let him share his wisdom on topics like . . .
- What the primary responsibility of a PSM actually is (can you guess?).
- The role of the Stage Manager in the creative development process.
- The advice he got (that he has on a piece of paper) that he can see every day that he passes on to his students . . . and now you.
- The best thing to learn if you want to be a Stage Manager.
- How saying “Yes” to a job he didn’t have a clue how to do led him to his successful career.
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