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Base Layers for $500,

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Yesterday I said that I need to set aside $2,500 for underwear for the bra-wearing members of this cast.

So, a full fifth of the budget for items that will never see light. And will those pricey items hold up?

1 week of dress rehearsals and tech. This show will run for 4 weeks, with a possible extension. Last season they opened with Merrily We Roll Along and extended it for 2 weeks before they moved it to Broadway. Let’s predict that same schedule for this one.

That one sold out in the first 8 minutes tickets were available. I wonder if those kind of out-of-the-gate sales are a legitimate predictor for extension. ….or is Harry Potter the only real predictor for success that we can bank on?

7 shows/week x 7 weeks + 1 to grow on = 50 wears …. what if I have to buy doubles? $5,000 for underwear …

If I don’t want to pay $2,500 for skivvies; at the very least not twice for the total of the run. How can I shrink that number? and, keep the actors as happy fresh and healthy as the previous cast above?

Base Layers for $500 is detailed below. I put it behind a paywall because,

  1. More photos of folks in underwear! Why look at artfully altered photos and bodies of naked folks for free online, when you can pay $8/month to see some honest photos of someone who looks like your great aunt Cecilia in an 18-hour bra?
  2. $8 funds the free-tickets to all of the shows I talk about … that fund the theaters … that pay the artists … that generate so much awesome undies knowledge.

#1 of 3 Costume Shop Recommendations for 10x the actor happiness (necessary for everyone’s happiness) awaits below for 1/5 the price …. uh, + $10 subscription.

Katherine O’Neill