Stage manager calls "cues" for "HAIRSPRAY." 

Best gig in the business

Holly Cooper Instead of using "standby" twice use warning the first time this will clear up confusion the order should look like this WARNING-30-45 seconds before cue STANDBY-1-2 Sentences before cue GO-On Cue

Hi it's been 7 years but I want to know where u are and if u pursued that dream or found another one- u seem interesting

Benjamin Smith I use LX as well when cueing, although I haven't had experience in America, so I suppose it could just be a cultural/dialect-based thing.

Benjamin Smith yea, in Aus I've used LX

I’m a US SM, and I’ve used LX so far, but I’m still young/pretty new so I might change if I find people use “light” a lot here

"Lights" is more commonly used in the US as it's a one-syllable word, thus easier to get out of your mouth than the two-syllable "LX" (el-ex). It's rare that a Lights cue will get mistaken for a Fly cue because of the way they're called in most US shows with automation. - A Lights cue will get (occasionally) a verbal standby, then a verbal GO (e.g., "standby Lights 12," then "lights GO"). - A Fly cue will most often be given a verbal warning, then be cued off of a cue light (e.g., "warning fly 15 on the red, 20 on the blue, 25 on the green," then when the cues come, the SM flips the red, blue, and green FLY cue lights. In other words, unless something has gone wrong with the cue lights, Fly cues rarely receive verbal GOs, making it less likely they will accidentally take a cue when the SM says "Lights GO."

I'm an American SM. Usually (in my experience) we would say "Rail cue 2" or "Rails 2" instead of "Fly cue 2." However, I am currently swinging in for an SM who has been working since the 1960s, and she says "Electrics" cues instead of "Lights." Too long for me!

Hi I'm Mike from Calgary and a spotlight operator. You're absolutely right, there's no time to look at your cue sheet . Now, with a show like pretty woman that just came through there is a roadie up there in the spot booth with us. It makes i we easier for us because the stage manager is cueing so many departments

+Dan Clarkson ....I spent years in London calling productions....it was always LX cue whatever..

+chris hero that's what I said. its always LX () go.

Dan Clarkson same

Dan Clarkson my school's SM always says LX

lot's and lot's of practice. There's a 1+ week period before performance called tech week, also known as hell week. At least in my theatre, 12+ hours a day is the standard.

Tech week ( or sitzprobe here in Australia) is pain and suffering, especially the first official run through XD

@Martha Everett that's really weird XD yeah over here we have sitzprobe after bump in and it's basically where the crew organise themselves, then we have production week with the cast.

Martha Everett that’s how ours is. stage crew doesn’t even have to show up during sitzprobe because it’s literally a seated rehearsal.

Martha Everett i agree i am a lighting designer and imo it's really important to give the spot ops as much information as possible

that is just the UK way. This video is the US way

What kind of show were you in? Any serious show would have an SM calling cues.

My high school productions didn't have enough enrollment to have luxuries like that

Kaitlyn Gardner a serious show? what about a fun show?

sarasays Professional shows are always called.