[SML] Etymology of Passarale (Sp?)

[Richard Niederberg]

Examples could be seen during production numbers for the stage show
'Hallelujah Hollywood!', and it's progeny, that debuted at the original MGM
Las Vegas and MGM Reno.
/s/ Richard

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Dorian Kelly via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Could you mean Passarella?
>
> That is the piece of the stage which is essentially a strengthened
> orchestra rail, allowing a performer in Variety shows or light opera to
> approach the audience.
>
> <<By having a passarella built for the performance, Sher revived a feature
> of Italian theatre architecture. The passarella is a catwalk, extending
> from both ends of the stage over the orchestra pit and arching over the
> auditorium, allowing the action taken forward into an intimate closeness
> with the audience. A passarella was always the crowning finale of that very
> old Italian artform, the rivista, a lighthearted and often sleazy musical
> farrago, when the stars and the chorus girls paraded up and down the
> passarella allowing patrons sitting in more expensive stalls a privileged
> view of what was hidden to the average theatregoer. I myself experienced
> the magic of the passarella in war-torn Italy, where in the wake of
> destruction the many rivista companies brought the first signs of life
> starting again.>>
> http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/baden-barbiere-1008.shtml
>
>
>
> > On 26 Mar 2015, at 13:54, Herrick Goldman via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> >
> > the word Passarale came up in a design conference.  While I inherently
> know what it is, I’m wondering where the word came from?  Sounds like
> Italian Opera to me.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
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> >
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/s/ Richard
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