July 25th, 2008

Photo Gallery : Chicago Production Day #1- 5AM-9AM

See what it takes for us to put up a Broadway Tour.  Hour by hour photograps compliment our myspace blog for an 18 hour look behind the scenes!

The Marquee at 5:30 AM
The Trucks arrive
The road crew's bus and sleeping quarters
Local crew waits for the trucks to open
 
The bare stage waits for a set
Truck #1 backed into the loading dock.
The crew having fun. I bet by 2AM they'll be posing a little differently.
 
Boxes rolling off the trucks. This one has cable in it.
And the FOH box!
Setting up the control consoles in the "Front of House"
50 people get fed three times today.
 
We feed them in the ballroom, and Dottie and her crew prepare all the food.
The stage at 7AM
Crew puts weight in the bottom of a drop. To keep the drops from waving around, piping is put through a seam at the bottom.
Cabling up the sound board
 
The sun is up!
The theatre's lobby with FOH boxes
Two trucks at the theatre
Truck #2, fully loaded
 
It's cold, so they close the loading dock when they can to help keep the temperature in the house up. The audience appreciates not being cold at 3:00.
Cable being run from stage right to left in front of the pit
Hampers! All the shows soft goods and drops travel in these
Tying the road equipment into the theatres power
 
The stage from the rail