Succeeding in the Performing Arts: Difference between revisions

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 Discussion: [http://bose.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6806048934/m/1271074515 Making BIG Mistakes]
+== No One Loves You When You're Down and Out ==
+We as audience members usually have a negative reaction when a performer apologizes for "having a cold" or "not feeling my best tonight" or whatnot.
+We've come to the performance in the hopes of entering into the paradise of the transcendent experience of the great performance.
+We do not want to feel that maybe this won't be that performance. Hearing about performer limitations does just that.
+In the professional theater, the only announcement that's ever made on this subject is the rare case where an artist simply can not perform and an understudy is brought in with minimum fanfare.
+It is natural at times to cough, or even sneeze, especially when one's got a bug. Do so discretely and call no additional attention to this normal human need.
+Discussion: [http://bose.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6806048934/m/2161086515 No One Loves You When You're Down and Out]
 == Packing Your Own Parachute ==