On Jul 6, 6:01=A0pm, "Rob Steere" <ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've read of one theater that got around their local fire codes by
having
> ushers with black cards on long sticks stationed in the theater. Just
bef=
ore
> the blackout scenes, they would hold the blinders up over the exit
lights=
..
> Whether they actually got the OK or not from the fire inspector, I don't
> know...
Out here on "A Chorus Line," we have a top-of-show total blackout cue
we use to reveal the mirror face of the periaktoi wall - and I mean
*total* blackout; houselights, backstage works, tivolis, exit lights,
everything. We do it so that there's no telltale light reflections to
give away the periaktoi turning. We've used the usher-with-a-card-on-
a-stick trick in a few cities with the blessing of the AHJ.
--
Dave Vick
Asst. Carpenter/Rigger,
"A Chorus Line" National Tour '08-'?? (yeah, we just went open-ended)
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