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DESIGN GUIDE: MUSIC AND DRAMA CENTERS
JANUARY 1981
CHAPTER 5: THRUST FORM IN A MOVIE HOUSE
5-7. THRUST FORM IN A
A predominantly Thrust relationship has been
established between the trapped performance
MOVIE HOUSE
platform and three distinct segments of seating.
One of these segments is a portion of the original
movie house seating dish recalling the room's
origins and the demolished Lafayette Theater, a
New Lafayette Theater is a community theater
bygone cultural landmark. A second segment
for Harlem. The building was typical of urban
rides in a ceramic tile boat and the third floats
movie houses, with maximum area devoted to
above as part of the expanded metal catwalk
seating, minimum street exposure and lobby
bridge system. In combination with backdrops,
space. In this conversion, intermissions take
bountiful lighting positions, runways and actor
place in the lively setting of the Room. It is an
entries, production directors use all these ele-
assemblage of contrasting elements that invites
ments and associations to create presentations
participants to think about the many ways things
involving the entire theater environment with
can be built and to speculate actively about what
great economy of means. Relatively austere per-
makes this particular room what it is.
formers' facilities occupy the space below the
new stage platform.
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