Phantom closing on Broadway, shortly.

Jay Ashworth

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An Equity buddy was an understudy in it for 22 years. Including for two roles that had a scene together. “Which side of the conversation am I tonight?“
 
Closing night video. You'd think Playbill would get something better than cellphone video...

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A buddy who was a Local One apprentice early 80's, got on Phantom from the start, retired in 2019. What a great gig.
I saw Evita with Patti LuPone (a few years older neighbor across the street in East Northport, Long Island.) with my Spanish class in 1980 or '81. It was my 1st B'way experience and seeing the massive number of fixtures knocked my socks off. Next show was A Chorus Line, some off- Broadway stuff, Cats, Stomp, the re-make of Showboat (which was great AFAIC but closed shortly after) Phantom I saw twice. The Lion King 3x. Book of Mormon... yea yea I'm bragging lol.

Couldn't pry my way into local 1 but breezed right into Local 3... close enough, spent at least 1/5 of my career in Rock. Ctr, I wired the studios for Worldcom's "Fox Cable News" with 16 men on my crew, worked there 6 months the job went 24 x 6 days a week "fast track." Yea... sorry 'bout that. The change order for the zipper news ticker board that wraps aroungd 3 sides of the public plaza was 11 million. (Adco Electric.)
 
Chandelier leaves the Majestic:

Looking at the pics on Theater Mania, I find it interesting that so many of the hands are taking video/pics of the chandelier getting loaded into the truck. I guess when you've spent all or most of your career with a production element, sending it off to a warehouse or landfill is like sending a family member to "Shady Pines".
 
Looking at the pics on Theater Mania, I find it interesting that so many of the hands are taking video/pics of the chandelier getting loaded into the truck. I guess when you've spent all or most of your career with a production element, sending it off to a warehouse or landfill is like sending a family member to "Shady Pines".
Given TM's own "to a farm in Upstate NY" joke in the lede, I think you've nailed it. That show is one of a few that might well have second generation hands working on it, so...
 
In fond memory of one of the greatest shows on earth.
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Looking at the pics on Theater Mania, I find it interesting that so many of the hands are taking video/pics of the chandelier getting loaded into the truck. I guess when you've spent all or most of your career with a production element, sending it off to a warehouse or landfill is like sending a family member to "Shady Pines".
Where on Theatremania is it?
 
Looking at the pics on Theater Mania, I find it interesting that so many of the hands are taking video/pics of the chandelier getting loaded into the truck. I guess when you've spent all or most of your career with a production element, sending it off to a warehouse or landfill is like sending a family member to "Shady Pines".
That chandelier is going in my atrium before it ever gets near a landfill!

I want the monkey that plays the symbols too.
 

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