Behind the Beam

Monday, December 17, 2007

Nutty Nutcracker

Just a glimpse of the ballet I worked all last week. I worked the same show last year, but this year, I had a lot less cues. Not a bad thing at all... :)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Sign of the Times

I.A.T.S.E. Local #1 in New York City held the following news conference regarding their current strike:

Local One stagehands have not struck before in their 121-year history. If this is happening now, it is not a good sign for us here in Boston... :/

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Caution... Hot!!

Van Halen
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
TD Banknorth Garden
Boston, MA

Enjoy the show!

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Soul Sista

Christina Aguilera

March 30, 2007

TD Banknorth Garden

Boston, MA

Last night I ran a truss spot for Christina. Here was my view of the stage when I climbed up to my spotlight. My light was positioned upstage-right.

Here is a photo of the band riser that was just below me. The musicians were getting ready for the show to begin.

When the show began, I was on Christina most of the time. I believe the above photo was taken during her performance of 'Beautiful'.

Here is the band during the show. Above is the stage-left riser, and below is stage-right.

Below you can see some more of Christina's performance. The band riser that is located upstage center was a moving riser that came out just for this song. And, there is a piano on the lift that is located center stage. Many shows bring these lifts, or elevators, and I personally like to call them 'pop-up toasters' :)

And, here's Christina dancing on top of the piano=:)

All in all, I'd say this show was okay. I'm not into this type of music at all, so I found it to be very boring, despite all of the theatrics. I also noticed that the crowd didn't seem to be into it either; most of them were just standing there the entire time. I was also a little disappointed that my favourite song, 'Genie in a Bottle', was not on the set list. So, I have to listen to it now. Enjoy=:)

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Sexy Stage

Justin Timberlake

February 6, 2007

TD Banknorth Garden

Boston, MA

This was my view of the Justin Timberlake stage from my truss spot. This stage was in the round. The band played on hydraulic lifts, and each musician had their own riser that moved on a track when the lifts were in their raised position. It was a very interesting stage, but I didn't see the point of the moving risers because none of the musicians played any solos during the show.

I had to go up early to spotlight the opening act, Pink. Her set was pretty cool, but I couldn't see a lot because there was a black curtain which covered up a video screen that was right in front of me.

A chain motor hoisted us up to our spotlights, which was sweet. It is much better than having to climb a rope ladder.

And, this was my view of the downstage portion of the stage. The small sections that are lit up with neon lights are bars where people sat to drink.

I lucked out during Justin's set. During the 3rd song, every light was being used, and it caused a voltage problem. A few of the spotlights went out, and mine was the only one that never came came back on. (I think it blew a bulb.) So, I took a much-needed nap during the second half of the show=:)

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Rockin' in the Round

Rod Stewart
TD Banknorth Garden
Boston, MA
2/3/07

Monday, January 8, 2007

2005 NFL Kickoff

Just a couple of photos from the archives...

2005 NFL Opening Kickoff Pre-game Show @ Gillette Stadium, Home of the New England Patriots, Foxboro, MA.

The above photo was a daytime rehearsal for Carlos Santana on the main stage. This stage was rolled out by approx. 200 National Guardsmen during the televised live performance. Michelle Branch performed on the tiny football-shaped stage in the upper left hand corner. That stage was actually built on top of a golf cart and driven around during her performance.

Below, is the helmet stage that Ozzy Osbourne performed on. The top half of it flipped open, and Ozzy and his band were inside. He performed 'Crazy Train' for this show.

Eight spotlight operators were used for this event, and both of these photos were taken from my spotlight platform. So far, we have been lucky enough to get this event twice in a row. Go Pats!!