The Glass Menagerie stage...

Hello,
Last Thursday I attended the matinee of "The Glass Menagerie". I was in Row B in the orchestra (Partial view seat, but nothing too bad) and as I was waiting for the show to begin as a man in the first row accidentally grazed the top of the stage. I would've thought nothing of it since I've done it before, except this jell-of-sorts sprang up and then settled back into place. Then the usher (The Booth has a great front of house staff by the way) told the man and others to not touch the stage.

So, I know the stage reflected everything (the crescent moon) on the stage. Does anyone know exactly how they did it? Just curious.

The play itself was beautiful and one of the best experiences I've had in 2013 and most likely many years to come.

Updated On: 1/1/14 at 09:48 PM

Before the show opened in Cambridge last year, the Times did an article about the viscous black goo used in the pool under the set. It's viscous black goo.

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Very interesting. I did a quick search and found this article, but not the NY Times one.
http://artery.wbur.org/2013/02/07/menagerie-art

Found it!

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/theater/reviving-the-glass-menagerie.html

We sat in the first row, and a lady touched it, even though the very nice female usher had asked the lady, who had come down to our row so that she could hover very close over it, NOT to touch it.

The lady touched it and got black goo on her hand and tried to rub it off but it didn't come off.

Those of us in the front row had no sympathy for her.

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I went up to the stage and asked one of the front of house, who said it's water with a dye in it which, if you lean against, will stain your clothes. And standing 5 inches from it, that's just what it looked like.

Updated On: 1/4/14 at 01:40 PM

^ Wait until you see the disastrous designs both of them created for Aladdin. Two of the countless problems with that show.

Updated On: 1/4/14 at 02:34 PM

So that thing that looked like a Shark's fin was the crescent moon?

I'm usually good with symbolism, but I didn't come close to figuring that one out.