Advancing From Odds To...

Moving from the lobby (notice the ceiling is complete) and stepping into a lobby cupboard next to the concession stand, you can look up to see the emergency escape for the sound room. Recall that there is access to the sound room from the cat walk. In case of an emergency, however, who would want to mount ten feet of spiral stairs, run across the catwalk and scurry down another 20 something spiral steps? So the wall ladder from the sound room to the lobby cupboard seems a satisfactory solution. Go now into the theater proper and up the left ramp to the stage. Stop a moment and notice a man cleaning out the groove in the concrete floor (blue railing in the way). He prepping the floor for the polymer finish that will be under the seats (carpet in the isles). Walking further up the ramp all the way to the stage and you see the outside back door open, and the new roll-up door to the shop/stage-prop room half open. It looks like it could be the equivalent of about three garage doors, and metal. Nearby you see two men shifting the stage floor boards to a dolly. Next to the long boards are the wooden ties that will be placed first and perpendicular to the floor boards. The men point out that the black plastic tarp you see in the corner of the stage will go down first, then the ties, then the boards. This will take several days since it's all manually done. We'll be back.