Our remarkably adaptable and capable and amicable and gregarious stage hands often show up in the slso blog, partly because they contain all the qualities just listed, and because the behind-the-scenes stuff they do is really interesting, and because they tell great stories, and because they’re usually the first people I see every morning.
Stage manager Mike Lynch took me aside the other day and told me that from here on out, whenever I refer to Mike and his crew, they are to be called Mike Lynch and his Henchman. Kind of like a doo-wop group. So be it.
This is also a way of congratulating Mike and his wife Rachel on the birth of their third child, Matthew.
And to let you know that with all the rest he’s been getting (Carnegie tour, a new baby), Mike will be part of the Off Stage event at Powell Wednesday night at 6pm. After Jennifer Nitchman and Lisa McCullough give an introduction to the woodwind family, Mike will talk about what he and the Henchmen do. He might have some circles under his eyes, but he’ll be sharp.
