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Random light on stage after a Broadway show?
After the theater is cleared at the end of a Broadway show there's always a light on a pole that gets put out in the center of the stage. I've scene it numerous times and here's an example of that light,
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It's driving me crazy, anyone have any idea what the light's for?
It's called a Ghost Light. It's main purpose is to illuminate the stage for safety while the theatre is dark, but the light being on a pole is mostly tradition. The theatre "ghosts of shows past" won't become restless and mischievous with the presence of the ghost light. Or something like that - I do theatre tech but don't pay much attention to the superstitious side of it.
Here's a wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_light_(theatre)
Mostly it's to keep people from walking off the stage into the orchestra pit.
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