How much would it cost for lighting equipment if I were putting on a play at Delacorte Theater?
Maximum18 asked:
I’m doing an assignment for my theater class and I’m having trouble finding information. I need an approximate cost for lighting equipment if I were putting on a play at Delacorte Theater in NY. I’ve been trying to find information on how much has been paid in the past for theater lighting at Delacorte Theater. But I’m not having much luck. Any info would be helpful.
I’m doing an assignment for my theater class and I’m having trouble finding information. I need an approximate cost for lighting equipment if I were putting on a play at Delacorte Theater in NY. I’ve been trying to find information on how much has been paid in the past for theater lighting at Delacorte Theater. But I’m not having much luck. Any info would be helpful.
Y ou have picked an impossible subject. The Theatre does not have anything except the empty stage and curtians, an a few pieces of house owned equipment. Each show that plays there, only rents the space and the house owned equipment, they must bring in everything else for each production. YOu see, you don’t put on a play at the theatre per se, you produce the play and then rent the theatre for a chunk of the box office each week until the receipts fall below a certain amount and then you are evicted.They don’t give out that info to the public because of the enormous waste of equipement that is involved in professional theatre. They actually scrap all the lighting equipment except for certain ‘house owned pieces’ such as follow spots and switchboards perhaps, but the regular spotlights and the cable to connect them, etc, would all be thrown out or sold as used as the end of eah production. Thus, it all has to be installed new at the begining of each production’s stay at the theatre. You can only imangine how terribly expensive allt that would cost. Perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars. All the scenery is carted to the dump when the show closes as well. [who] Theatre Doc