[SML] more exposed tech

[Stephen Litterst]

Seems to be the prevailing aesthetic in the Mid-Atlantic restorations.  The Met in Philly is similar.  From an audience standpoint it feels like they’re doing the bare minimum to get a venue up and active again.  It doesn’t come across as an artistic choice.

Steve
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Stephen Litterst
ETCP - Certified Entertainment Electrician
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> On Dec 20, 2020, at 3:57 PM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> Here's a video on the restoration, and the choice to embrace the
> "authenticity."  Basically, updated throughout, but kept the
> proscenium area looking like bombed-out London.
> https://youtu.be/p_1XrnMN0WA
> 
> - Jon
> 
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 12:43 PM Jon Ares <jonares at arescreative.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, that is surprisingly ratty. I had assumed the Queen was a
>> rehabbed, functioning venue.  Upon investigation, I guess the
>> rattiness is part of its "new" look....
>> http://www.homsey.com/project-queen-theater.html
>> 
>> Embracing the rats.
>> 
>> - Jon
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 12:10 PM *Hobbit* via Stagecraft
>> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Kind of an interesting infrastructure-inclusive shot from the makeshift
>>> Biden HQ, in the Queen Theatre in Delaware...
>>> 
>>>   https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XIEOSJSCH4I6XNMLCYR7MJTZMA.jpg
>>> 
>>> An expected batch of LED pars, and I can't quite tell if the things with
>>> barndoors are conventionals or not.  But this also reveals that the place
>>> is pretty ratty inside... the news usually keeps the frames down to the
>>> big screens upstage and not much past that.
>>> 
>>> I wonder if anyone working that gig is blogging about it...
>>> 
>>> _H*
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