The show starts when a person comes on stage, walks to the microphone, talks. The person who is going to do all of this is good at opening scenes. If you open the show, you set the tone for the whole show. It's a big responsibility: if the first lines are well done, it's magic. The beginning can't go on forever. The rest of the show has to happen. Forget what you just read. Half a truth is often a great lie.