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"David McCall" <mccallmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "rigger" <look@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:48:08 -0400, Thomas Paterson wrote
> > (in article
> > <abbf356c-eca7-446c-a6cd-2bc249c29647@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> I ended up seeing Phantom, The Spectacular. It was better staging,
> >> some of the backdrops were new and stunning.
> >>
> >> Shame about the total disinterest of the cast.
> >
> > Heh. Welcome to Vega$.
> >
> > --
> > dave-dot-vick-at-gmail-dot-com
> > IATSE#274 DoD#2117 ACGwB#5 NGI#666 BMoZ#[classified]
> > Asst. Carp/Rigger, 'A Chorus Line' Ntn'l Tour '08-'09
> >
> If you haven't seen KA at the MGM in might be worth $130.
> It has a pretty interesting, and very large, stage that can go from
> perhaps 30'-40' below what we would normally call stage level
> to at least that amount above stage level. Now comes the fun part.
> It can tilt and rotate to almost any angle.
>
> They do some very big stuff out there.
> Not necessarily the epitome of art, but it is a showplace for
technology.
>
> David
I'd also recommend the LOVE "Cirque" show at the Mirage.
Not only is the staging/rigging/projection great - the Beatles music is
all re-mixed from the original masters and sounds superb.
Great fun.


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