The Life of a Backstage Substitute

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Here's a great article about Tom Santopietro, who fills in at lots of Broadway theatres as House Manager, Company Manager, etc. What a job!

Loved this:

That explains the night a couple of seasons back when he went to the stage door at the Imperial, where “Billy Elliot” was playing.

“The doorman said, ‘Nice to see you, but why are you here?’ ” Mr. Santopietro recalled. “I said, ‘I’m working here.’ He said, ‘No, you’re not, Joe is here.’ I realized I was supposed to be next door at ‘In the Heights.’ ”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/nyreg ... .html?_r=1