At the opening rehearsal at the Meyerhoff on Tuesday I played my first notes on the packed stage.
Standing on a packed stage with him were his wife, his ninety-three-year-old mother, six of his seven kids, and many other members of his his extended clan, one of whom has ten brothers and sisters, he said.
On Monday, May 16, eager fans, drag royalty and -- strangely -- even Dina Lohan packed Stage 48 in New York City for the crowning of this season's winner of reality television competition "RuPaul's Drag Race".
Stars like Julia Roberts may no longer ensure that any movie they appear in is a hit, but their in-the-flesh presences (and that of their peers in the recording industry) can still fill a theater to overflow, pack stage-door alleys with camera-toting acolytes of all ages and cause traffic jams in the streets off Times Square.
Camp Bisco (it's back! or is it?) Why It's Worth It: Jam bands and dance acts alike have packed the stages at this longtime event near Albany, NY since 1999, until a number of arrests and a lawsuit sidelined the fest in 2014.
Indeed, while Jagger and co headlined to a packed Pyramid Stage, plenty of punters were elsewhere, watching a range of acts that included dance duo Chase & Status on the Other Stage and – cleverly – the Bootleg Beatles at the Acoustic Stage.
In any event, Ms. Röschmann saved the day, the house was packed, the stage was festooned with flowers, and a television crew was on hand to tape the program for later broadcast in PBS's "Great Performances" series.
And it's this broad-based appeal they hope to tap into on Friday for a Brighton debut packed with stage shows, lavish decor and even a cupcake stall.
Huge numbers of players and singers packed the stage of Vienna's famous Musikverein for Handel's oratorio Alexander's Feast, in Mozart's orchestration, further arranged for the original 1812 occasion by Ignaz Franz von Mosel.
Yet Ms. Taymor's production is so packed with stage tricks, so peopled with puppets, kite-flyers, dancers and extras of sundry description, that the exceptionally fine musical performance given by the conductor James Levine and a strong cast was overwhelmed.
