Post by Arthur Kirkland on Feb 3, 2011 13:58:44 GMT -5
Musicaltalia is set, mainly, inside the Hetalian International Theatre. The Theatre’s construction had been funded by a mysterious Italian philanthropist that wanted to create a place where people of all nations could be brought together -- creating art, music and entertainment for others. No one knows for sure if the Italian Patron of the Arts ever visits the theatre, despite the occasional vague mentions of the staff that he isn’t dead and is known to check in on performances from time to time.
The majority of activity takes place both on the stage and behind it, as Company members work to design, build, rehearse and contribute to the eventual performance of a production. This is a ‘show within a show’ – the actors as they are off the stage and on it, plus the people that allow them to work their craft. Activities range from as simple as sewing sequins on a chorus member’s leotard right up to belting out the show-stopping musical number in front of an enraptured audience.
H.I.T. has an audience capacity of 1000 seats. It was built as a state-of-the-art facility, combining both the greener technologies of today with the old-fashioned opulence of the classic theatres of the past. Seamless red velvet curtains, gold-trimmed statuary designs, glittering chandelier lamps and tasteful decorum are intermingled with self-flushing toilets, rooftop solar panels and valet parking.
Behind the stage, there is a massive backstage workshop for building the elaborate sets required by the musical productions. Lumber, tools, paints and other construction materials line the walls on tall metal shelves. A secondary shop is reserved entirely for costumes and their construction; rows and bolts of colorful fabrics draped in an endless array of blended styles and prints, waiting to be constructed into wonderful designs. One particularly grand storage room keeps all of the different props from past productions and for future ones. It has a collection of items from simple telephones to a life-sized stuff elephant (bizarrely, another ‘gift’ from their Italian patron).
Dressing rooms for the actors are located down a stairwell and actually sit beneath the stage itself. The maze of private rooms are connected by a long hallway -- it begins up behind the stage and ends at the entrance to the musician’s pit, and is a center of constant activity. Some actors, naturally, demand what they feel are the more quality dressing rooms. A few of the rooms were built larger to create enough space for actors to dress, makeup and hair crew to work, and spots for bouquets left by adoring fans. The theatre staff tries not to show favoritism when assigning the dressing rooms but some of those actors can be quite adamant about receiving only the best for themselves.
Since the theatre just recently opened, it has begun an aggressive campaign to hire actors, crew and staff so that it can create its first production. In this business, productions mean audience, and audience means ticket sales, and ticket sales mean money. The adventure of Musicaltalia will not only be what happens while the show is being performed, but all the drama that takes place before and after the curtain rises and falls.
(To prove that you have read this, please write Tragedy on the bottom of your application.)
The majority of activity takes place both on the stage and behind it, as Company members work to design, build, rehearse and contribute to the eventual performance of a production. This is a ‘show within a show’ – the actors as they are off the stage and on it, plus the people that allow them to work their craft. Activities range from as simple as sewing sequins on a chorus member’s leotard right up to belting out the show-stopping musical number in front of an enraptured audience.
H.I.T. has an audience capacity of 1000 seats. It was built as a state-of-the-art facility, combining both the greener technologies of today with the old-fashioned opulence of the classic theatres of the past. Seamless red velvet curtains, gold-trimmed statuary designs, glittering chandelier lamps and tasteful decorum are intermingled with self-flushing toilets, rooftop solar panels and valet parking.
Behind the stage, there is a massive backstage workshop for building the elaborate sets required by the musical productions. Lumber, tools, paints and other construction materials line the walls on tall metal shelves. A secondary shop is reserved entirely for costumes and their construction; rows and bolts of colorful fabrics draped in an endless array of blended styles and prints, waiting to be constructed into wonderful designs. One particularly grand storage room keeps all of the different props from past productions and for future ones. It has a collection of items from simple telephones to a life-sized stuff elephant (bizarrely, another ‘gift’ from their Italian patron).
Dressing rooms for the actors are located down a stairwell and actually sit beneath the stage itself. The maze of private rooms are connected by a long hallway -- it begins up behind the stage and ends at the entrance to the musician’s pit, and is a center of constant activity. Some actors, naturally, demand what they feel are the more quality dressing rooms. A few of the rooms were built larger to create enough space for actors to dress, makeup and hair crew to work, and spots for bouquets left by adoring fans. The theatre staff tries not to show favoritism when assigning the dressing rooms but some of those actors can be quite adamant about receiving only the best for themselves.
Since the theatre just recently opened, it has begun an aggressive campaign to hire actors, crew and staff so that it can create its first production. In this business, productions mean audience, and audience means ticket sales, and ticket sales mean money. The adventure of Musicaltalia will not only be what happens while the show is being performed, but all the drama that takes place before and after the curtain rises and falls.
(To prove that you have read this, please write Tragedy on the bottom of your application.)