Francelle Lim presents stage and orchestra pit deficiencies
Architect Francelle Lim explains Studio 54 lacks an orchestra pit and stage traps, forcing productions to spend $40,000-$90,000 to adapt. The rehabilitation would restore the pit and traps, rebuild the stage, and expand stage-left wing space for productions.
Francelle.
Thank you.
Next slide, please.
Good morning.
My name is Francelle Lim.
I'm from Inyad Architects, and we're working with the Roundabout Theater on the rehabilitation for Studio 54.
This is just a list of a lot of the deficiencies and challenges that currently exist at Studio 54 and the proposed rehabilitation.
We're going to go over each of these in the following slides, so I'm not going to read through these next.
Starting with the stage and the orchestra pit, which Carol just spoke a little bit about, this is a Broadway house.
It operates without a orchestra pit, which puts it at a very difficult position in that
to put in certain productions, you have to overbuild the stage or you have to overbuild the seating, which can cost anywhere from $40,000 to $90,000 per production every time it has to do that.
Also, when the orchestra pit was removed, I think it was when CBS was in the building, they also...
Closed up the stage traps, which is also integral for theatrical productions.
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So as part of the rehabilitation, not only are we restoring the orchestra pit and the stage traps, rebuilding the stage, we're also expanding the stage left area, providing some
offstage area, wing space that does not exist now, which will help with productions.