<div dir="auto">I associate that with the HHPA HarveyTheatre renovation at BAM. 1987 I believe.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 9:00 AM Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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> On Dec 20, 2020, at 3:57 PM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Here's a video on the restoration, and the choice to embrace the<br>
> "authenticity."  Basically, updated throughout, but kept the<br>
> proscenium area looking like bombed-out London.<br>
> <a href="https://youtu.be/p_1XrnMN0WA" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/p_1XrnMN0WA</a><br>
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> - Jon<br>
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> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 12:43 PM Jon Ares <<a href="mailto:jonares@arescreative.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jonares@arescreative.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Yeah, that is surprisingly ratty. I had assumed the Queen was a<br>
>> rehabbed, functioning venue.  Upon investigation, I guess the<br>
>> rattiness is part of its "new" look....<br>
>> <a href="http://www.homsey.com/project-queen-theater.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.homsey.com/project-queen-theater.html</a><br>
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>> Embracing the rats.<br>
>> <br>
>> - Jon<br>
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>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 12:10 PM *Hobbit* via Stagecraft<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Kind of an interesting infrastructure-inclusive shot from the makeshift<br>
>>> Biden HQ, in the Queen Theatre in Delaware...<br>
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>>> An expected batch of LED pars, and I can't quite tell if the things with<br>
>>> barndoors are conventionals or not.  But this also reveals that the place<br>
>>> is pretty ratty inside... the news usually keeps the frames down to the<br>
>>> big screens upstage and not much past that.<br>
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>>> I wonder if anyone working that gig is blogging about it...<br>
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>>> _H*<br>
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