The Fox Theatre is so ornate and visually distracting that a visitor might not think to look up. The ceiling is way up there, the gold carvings surrounding a circle of sky blue. A big, showy stained glass pendant hangs from the center. I can only guess its size, probably at least 4 m / 13 ft in diameter. We assume it is firmly secured. (For the other lawyers out there, remember when you first read the case about res ipsa loquitur?)
Wow!
ReplyDeleteMany years ago when I saw The Phantom of the Opera at the Fox Theatre here in St Louis they used a different chandelier for the scene where a chandelier suddenly drops down from the ceiling to several feet above the audience. For that production they used a huge crystal chandelier.
ReplyDeleteIt is the perfect theatre to see Phantom of the Opera, especially with all of the mysterious looking decor like nothing I had never seen before with all of the bright patterns and the antique looking rubbed, gold gilding on the woodwork. The Fox Theatre in St Louis is something to see and experience. They don't make them like that anymore.