Proof Of Concept

Left: Cracking wood? No, a shout that the stage is about ten degrees from horizontal!


On Broadway, "Titanic - The Musical" was notable for its incorporation of a tilting stage, and Set Designer Michael McElroy has been designing exactly that marvel for DMTC. Last night, we tried it out to see if the concept actually works.

It apparently does! Applying the concept will be interesting, because there will be people on the stage - small, fragile heavy people. There was some bowing of the stage: the stage alone weighs hundreds, maybe even more than a thousand of pounds, and the addition of people will only add to the burden, but it looked acceptable last night. Nevertheless, the engineers were dissatisfied with some of the rigging, and thus that whole assemblage is being reworked today.

Michael and James McElroy, father and son. Michael is Set Designer, and also plays Tom Andrews, Chief Builder of the doomed vessel HMS Titanic.

There she is!
Towering high!
Broad and grand!
Stage of dreams!

'Lady's Maid': Wednesday night rehearsal of "Titanic - the Musical."




Meanwhile, Laurie Fio completes her portrait of the First Dogs of DMTC, Scruffy and Mrs. Lovett!