I worked as an usher at the Park Theater in the mid 1960s. Our protocol after the movie began was to walk down the aisle backward in front of the customer, shining a flashlight down on their path so they could see where they were walking. We had uniforms and everything.
Being originally constructed as a traditional theater, the fly area back stage was enormous. I remember the eerily quiet and abandoned dressing rooms underneath the stage. The stage loading door was large enough to back a truck into, and I was told that in the old vaudeville days when the Park was really hopping, they had all kinds of acts on stage, including a circus show with elephants and all. Just a real classic of a theater, with a large balcony that was hardly ever used.
I worked as an usher at the Park Theater in the mid 1960s. Our protocol after the movie began was to walk down the aisle backward in front of the customer, shining a flashlight down on their path so they could see where they were walking. We had uniforms and everything.
Being originally constructed as a traditional theater, the fly area back stage was enormous. I remember the eerily quiet and abandoned dressing rooms underneath the stage. The stage loading door was large enough to back a truck into, and I was told that in the old vaudeville days when the Park was really hopping, they had all kinds of acts on stage, including a circus show with elephants and all. Just a real classic of a theater, with a large balcony that was hardly ever used.