150 trap doors in phantom?
150 trap doors in phantom?
#0150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:16pmIn the playbill.com phantom random trivia thing....it says that phantom has 150 trap doors.....is this possible and why is it necessary?
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#1re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:21pmMy guess is that 148 or so of them allow candles to grow from the floor.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#2re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:25pmotherwise it would be hazardous, hell fiddler injured 2 cast members within a week with theirs (a chorus boy and nancy opel)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#3re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:35pmI REALLY think this HAS to be a mistake. It must be 15 not 150, probally a typo. 150 traps is just NOT possible!
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#4re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:46pm
It could...say each door is really small and there are like 10 little trap doors connected to one circut.... tat could equal alot of little trap doors
you know what i mean
stylinbohemian
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/05
#5re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:50pmwow...that seems like a bit over done
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#6re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 7:52pmThis number includes all the tiny traps that hold the motorized individual candles. They rise and fall like motorized car antennas.
#7re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 8:36pmoh yeah.....i forgot about the candles...THANKS!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#8re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 8:43pmYou guys really think that every candle has its own little trap door? I find that highly unlikely.
#9re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 8:47pmThat's what I would assume. I would not put it past the creative team behind Phantom to have 150 doors, and I would think the playbill team would be able to make that large of a mistake. I am thinking the candles are rigged up to the doors as well.
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morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#10re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 8:51pm
"I am thinking the candles are rigged up to the doors as well."
That's correct. They would better be described as a flap.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#11re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/9/06 at 9:09pm"wow...that seems like a bit over done " something overdone in an andrew lloyd webber musical....... NEVER!
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wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#13re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/10/06 at 3:53amThat fact appears in the actual playbill from tonight, I highly doubt it's a mistake.
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Celestial Entropy
Understudy Joined: 8/10/05
#14re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/10/06 at 4:40am
The fact also appeared on Playbill News in 1998... so I doubt it's a typo. Unless it's one of those very long living typos... which I doubt.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36639.html
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Updated On: 1/10/06 at 04:40 AM
#15re: 150 trap doors in phantom?
Posted: 1/10/06 at 8:52am
Yes, it is true, each candle has its own small trap door (flap) you can see it in this picture, if you so see the show you can see all the little "traps" on stage during other scenes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre
Updated On: 1/10/06 at 08:52 AM
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