For Cameron Crowe’s first foray into television, he returns to his music industry roots with a behind-the-scenes look at the men and women who help make every concert happen for bands. The Showtime series is stuffed with big-name talent—from former Backstage cover stars Luke Wilson, Imogen Poots, and Carla Gugino to Keisha Castle-Hughes (“Game of Thrones”) as sound engineer Donna Mancini. Castle-Hughes takes us around the many sets of the show and reveals that everyone is having as much fun offscreen as they are on!
My 26th birthday was on set this year. Best birthday ever—hanging out with a bunch of rad people and doing what I love.
Arena Day! Storywise, we are in a different city each episode and usually spend one or two days on location in an arena. Being in these arenas really helps feed the authenticity of the world and the magnitude it takes to set up a show, day in and day out.
Makeup touchups on set. The crew we work with is really special and put in so many hours and a lot of love to get the show made.
Imogen Poots, Carla Gugino, Colson Baker, and myself having a quick meeting with the master himself, Mr. Cameron Crowe. Cameron is so qualified to be telling this story of the world behind the music. It has been an absolute dream working alongside such a genius.
Donna Mancini. Front-of-house sound engineer for the Staton-House Band. Bassist for Black Atlantis. General badass.
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