Photo by Kevin Koloian
Photo by Kevin KoloianGearing up for the production of "Phantom of the Opera," LSC-CyFair Center for the Arts unveiled the play's chandelier April 12, an integral prop that took six months to build.
The result of employee collaboration between the Center for the Arts production team and the department of advanced technology, the chandelier is built of steel and weighs 350 pounds. It is partially collapsible and 5-foot-tall by 8-foot-wide with more than 400 feet of wire and six circuits powering the fixture, allowing different parts to flash independently of each other.
"I said from the beginning that we needed to have an amazing chandelier or I don't think we can do this show because it is a character in the musical," said Matthew Albrecht, LSC-CyFair Center for the Arts production manager. "It comes to life in the beginning, crashes down at the end of the first act and comes back at the end. Whenever the Phantom speaks, and his voice comes from all over the theatre, the chandelier flickers and shakes."
There was preview scene from "Phantom of the Opera," which will be on stage April 27 – May 6, before the unveiling and a scene afterward.
