The
audience was seated arena-style, surrounding a transparent plastic
stage mounted over the orchestra pit, painted a shocking pink. A
complex scaffolding behind the audience carried an array of
colored lights. Six cameras were used to tape the scene, including
an aerial one mounted on a high track. "For Ray Charles' number,"
Miss Carter said, "we forklifted a grand piano into place on that
delicate looking, transparent platform. It was quite a feat,
structurally speaking, and it got a round of applause all its own
from our audience." |