How one show got a theater to transform itself into a disco.
Here Lies Loveis in previews at the Broadway Theatre starting June 17.
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For years, scenic designer David Korins and directorAlex Timbersthought it would be impossible to bringHere Lies Loveto Broadway.
But even so, it didnt seem fit for midtown.
They exhausted their options in New York warehouses and ballrooms, too.
Nothing worked until a spot opened up at the Broadway Theatre.
Korins spent the last three months overseeing a massive overhaul of the space.
1.Strip down the house
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Work started in early March with the removal of 900 orchestra seats.
The chairs, meanwhile, were transferred to a storage space off-site.
I dont want to be here when they have to put the seats back in, Korins joked.
2.Install a new skeleton
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3.Envelop the audience
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Here Lies Loveintends to fit about 1,100 audience members with around 300 standing on the dance floor.
(The show itself has a 23-person company.)
The dance floor and the mezzanine both have platforms where ensemble members will appear and dance among the audience.
4.Polish the club
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Imelda herself is still alive andclaimed in 2010to be flattered by Byrne and Slims concept album.
Were looking very hard at the U.S.-Philippines relationship and at Americas complicity in the Marcoses rise, Timbers said.
Even though this show takes place before Bongbongs election, theres a moment acknowledging it.
How the real audience willactuallymove, of course, is the final uncertainty.
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