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T h e stage i t s e l f is one of the l a r g e s t on this c o n t i n e n t . It c o n t a i n s f a c i l i t i e s f o r s t a g i ng
m a n y types of p r o d u c t i o n , f r o m g r a n d o p e r a s y m p h o n y c o n c e r t s , m o v i e s , d r a m a to solo
p e r f o r m a n c e s , etc. It is 120 feet w i d e a n d 48 feet deep. T h e d e p t h c a n be i n c r e a s e d to
6 5 feet b y u s i n g the c o v e r e d o r c h e s t r a p i t as t h i forestage.
T h e p r o s c e n i u m o p e n i n g , 75 feet b y 35 feet, ' - a n be r e d u c e d to " r o o m - s i z e " by means
o f a s p e c i a l l y p r o v i d e d p o r t a l . T h e stage p r o p e r t o w e r s 120 feet to the roof w h i c h cv
5 0 l i n e s of stage r i g g i n g , a n d a f l y i n g l i g h t b r i d g e w i t h a p o w e r f u l l i g h t i n g system. \
t r a p area w i t h r e m o v a b l e panels i n the stage's m i d - f l o o r is p r o v i d e d also.
B e h i n d , b e l o w a n d a b o v e the stage are a m u l t i t u d e of r o o m s a n d a c c o m m o d a t i o n s to v
w i t h the needs of p e r f o r m e r s a n d t h e i r e q u i p m e n t . D r e s s i n g r o o m s , w o r k s h o p s , desi;
s t u d i o s , scenery docks, storage rooms, s e r v i c e rooms and offices for stage mav
a u d i t o r i u m m a n a g e r a n d a s t u d i o f o r the c o n d u c t o r , are a l l p r o v i d e d for.
A l a r g e r e h e a r s a l s t a g e , i d e n t i c a l i n s i z e w i t h the a c t i n g area of the stage,
is s i t u a t e d i n t h e r e h e a r s a l w i n g . It has a b r o a d c a s t i n g c o n t r o l r o o m a n d s e a t i ng
m a y be p r o v i d e d for 100 p e o p l e . T h e r e are also p r a c t i c e rooms for soloists;
a n d s m a l l g r o u p s , a n d l o u n g e rooms w i t h k i t c h e n f a c i l i t i e s for artists a nd
m u s i c i a n s .
S t e r e o p h o n i c s o u n d f u r t h e r assists i n the t o t a l e f f e c t i v e n e s s of the b u i l d i n g.
T h e r e is p r o v i s i o n i n t h i s s y s t em for r e c o r d i n g t r a n s m i s s i o n of the s p o k e n w o rd
i n s u c h a m a n n e r that the s o u n d r e a c h e s l i s t e n e r ' s ear i n a n y p a r t of t h e h a ll
at a d e l a y of 1 / 5 0 of a m i i l i - s e c o n d as w o u l d the s o u n d c o m i n g d i r e c t l y f r om
t h e s o u r c e.
A s y o u n o t i c e , w h e n y o u a r r i v e t h r o u g h o n e of the 17 f u l l y g l a z e d d o o r s , the
l o b b y of the a u d i t o r i u m is s w e e p i n g i n d i m e n s i o n and yet so h a r m o n i o u s ly
c o n c e i v e d as to p e r m i t a n easy f l o w of a u d i e n c e t r a f f i c , w h e t h e r b o u n d for the
a u d i t o r i u m p r o p e r , or to the v a r i o u s e x h i b i t areas a n d m e e t i n g r o o m s . L o u n ge
a r e a s are p r o v i d e d i n the M a i n L o b b y . T h e M a i n S o c i a l A r e a s , w i t h d i s p l ay
c a s e s a n d b r i l l i a n t l i g h t i n g a r o u n d c o l u m n s a n d a l o n g w a l l s , are l o c a t e d at the
l o w e r l e v e l . J u s t to y o u r r i f h t is t h e t i c k e t b o o t h w h i c h is c a p a b l e of h a n d l i ng
a l l t i c k e t s f o r a p e r f o r m a n c e ' i n q u i c k o r d e r.