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Where have you been backstage??
rentheadca
Stand-by Joined: 10/20/08
#25Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 10:40am
Majestic
Palace
Richard Rodgers twice
Imperial
Brooks Atkinson
Al Hirschfeld
once you go on one tour you know what to expect for the rest.
#26Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 11:18am
The Shubert, NYC
Joh Golden Theatre, NYC
Pianist3912
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/07
#27Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 9:41pm
Shubert Theatre
Ambassador Theatre
Walter Kerr Theatre
#28Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 9:44pmno one's answered me is the palace big, average, small?
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#29Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 9:48pm
The Broadway Theatre
The Imperial Theatre
The Neil Simon Theatre
#30Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 10:36pm
Shubert (Memphis)
Ambassador (Chicago)
New Amsterdam (Mary Poppins)
Richard Rodgers (In The Heights)
#31Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/2/10 at 11:09pm
The Palace seemed pretty big to me...at least very high. Not a ton of wing space, but I only really have the Beaumont to compare it to. But I went up the elevator to where the Sharks load the ramp to descend for the Tonight Quintet in WSS and being that high up made me realize how big it really is. The control room underneath is also huge. Dressing rooms are interesting there because they're very dispersed. Some of the ensemble are in the basement behind curtains, some of the leads are upstairs on the 5th floor or so in private rooms. A cool theater. I enjoyed being backstage there!
Also, the Vivian Beaumont was great. Huge, such a deep stage and plenty of wing space. Really cool to walk under the "vom" and watch some of the show from the stairs up to the stage. So glad to go backstage on my favorite theatre on Broadway!
Updated On: 7/2/10 at 11:09 PM
Pianist3912
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/07
#33Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/3/10 at 10:14amthank you CockeyedOptimist2
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
Say NO to drugs and YES to Jackie Hoffman Live At Joes Pub!
"ITS THE DAY OF THE SHOW YA'LL!!"-Bwaynerd
#34Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/5/10 at 3:17pmThe Golden when it housed Avenue Q, and I got to go on-stage after the show at the Neil Simon during Hairspray.
Current Avatar - Sutton Foster, accepting the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Velociraptor.
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#35Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/5/10 at 4:27pmWinter Garden, Lunt Fontanne, Gershwin, Palace and Studio 54
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#36Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/5/10 at 11:39pm
Mamma Mia! Winter Garden My Favorite
Aida, Legally Blonde Palace Second Favorite
The Wedding Singer Al Hirschfeld
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Imperial
Fiddler on the Roof Minskoff
Wicked Gershwin
Spamalot Shubert
Vivian Beaumont South Pacific Third
#37Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/6/10 at 12:19amThe Neil Simon is very very tiny. The orchestra, for Hairspray, was in differnt rooms backstage. Winds in one room, brass in another, strings in another. Conductor and keyboard were in the "pit", such as it was. Scenery was flown or stacked EVERYWHERE.
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
#38Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/6/10 at 12:29amwent backstage at the August Wilson a few weeks ago.. very little space for them to operate
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#39Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/6/10 at 12:37am
The backstage of a majority of the Broadway houses used to be a huge shock to me, especially since I had already worked in the road houses in Cleveland before getting my first backstage tour on Broadway. The backstage space at my then "home" theatres dwarfed the backstage space they have in NY.
As for the August Wilson, when I was talking with the stage managers on the Toronto Jersey Boys they all said they were so grateful for their backstage once they moved into the theatre, having been sent to NY to observe and begin learning the show.
hairspraydude1962
Leading Actor Joined: 7/20/09
#40Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 1:24am
St. James Theatre (The Producers)
Updated On: 7/11/10 at 01:24 AM
#41Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 1:31am
I have been backstage at the touring productions of A Chorus Line and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at ASU Gammage. A Chorus Line was very interesting because the show seems so small from the audience, but there are thousands of lights in the wings. It was also cool to see the revolving triangles. The golden mirrored panels for the Finale appeared so shiny from the audience but they were no more than painted wood with mirror in them.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was a great show to see backstage for. This was the touring production at a very large venue so there was tons of backstage space. The wings were not crammed at all like on Broadway so none of the sets were rigged to the ceiling for storage. Unfortunately, I have never been backstage on Broadway.
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Katarina2
Understudy Joined: 6/17/10
#42Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 12:18pmI haven't been backstage at any Broadway theaters, but I've been backstage at Ravinia in Illinois several times. Patti LuPone often performs there. I've also been backstage at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Oriental Theater/Ford Center for the Performing Arts in Chicago.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#43Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 1:38pm
no one's answered me is the palace big, average, small?
Height of proscenium: 30'6"
Width of proscenium: 40'10"
Downstage edge of apron to smoke pocket: 3'5"
Smoke pocket to back wall: 31'6"
Center line to stage right wall: 40'8"
Center line to stage left wall: 42'10"
Distance between deck and walking surface of grid: 77'7"
House curtain from smoke pocket: 6"
First available line set from smoke pocket: 10"
Last available line set from smoke pocket: 30'6"
Rigging system: single purchase counterweight
Line sets: 63 sets at 6" o.c. with 5 lift lines per set
House pipes: 45' long with 75' of travel from deck
Orchestra pit: nonadjustable at 7' below stage level
Overhang: apron overhangs upstage wall of pit 4'6"
Downstage edge of apron to pit railing: 5'5"
Followspot booth: 88' throw to proscenium
Light truss to proscenium: 24'
1st balcony rail to proscenium: 35'
Box boom 1 to proscenium: 15'
Box boom 2 to proscenium: 21'
Sound cable run from stage: 125'
Loading doors: 7'9" high by 6'6" wide
Load: 1 truck at a time
Dressing rooms:
(2) star, SL, basement/3rd fl, t/s included
(9) small, SL, (2) basement, (1) 4th fl, (3) 5th fl, (3) 6th fl, t/s on same fl
(4) chorus, (1) SR, (1) SL basement, (1) SL 4th fl, (1) 7th fl, ts on same fl
Elevator access for dressing rooms
#44Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 3:45pmmorosco, where did you get that information from? I believe you I just wondered if there was a source that had that information for every Broadway house. Very interesting by the way. Thanks for the detailed information!
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morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#45Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 6:41pm
The source for that info is a book published by The League of American Theatres and Producers called STAGE SPECS. It has details about just about every Broadway theatre as well as the larger touring theatres around the country. Each theatre is also detailed on a not-to-scale drawing like that posted here. It is purely technical measurements and backstage details. It's not specific to any show currently playing in any given theatre. I won it on eBay for 5 bucks.
#46Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 6:55pmWow that is very cool! Thanks for sharing!
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
WannaBeAPartOfThat
Swing Joined: 7/11/10
#47Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 7:08pmhair. that was awesome!!! got to meet the whole original revival cast!
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#48Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/11/10 at 11:11pmThe American Airlines theatre was smaller than I thought it would be.
#49Where have you been backstage??
Posted: 7/12/10 at 7:46amSt. James
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