Cue light

A small light used to cue crew or actors silently. Red on means standby; in the US the light going off means GO, in the UK it turns green.

Stage managersCrew

How-to: Calling cuesWarning, standby, go: how to say them, with a cue light to click through.When does this happen on your show?Type your opening night and see every milestone dated.

StandbyThe stage manager's heads-up that a cue is coming soon. Operators answer "standing by" and keep their finger ready.
GoThe one-word command that fires a cue. It is said last ("Lights 14... GO") and never used casually on headset.

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