What are the traditional front-of-house mounting positions in the proscenium theatre?
• Ceiling Cove (or Ceiling Beam), a slot in the ceiling, is the standard front-of-house mounting position in most (if not all) theatres built since 1950. Typically the throw is about 35 feet to the curtain line and the position will normally hold 24 to 36- 6 inch units. Commercial theatres built in the 20s and 30s generally made no provision for front lights. Because most Broadway theatres were built during this period, lighting designers were forced to hang their front lights on the… • Balcony Rail and on… • Booms located in the box seats. The 58 front units in Rosenthal’s original design for Rodgers and Hammersteins The Sound of Music (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1959) were divided between the Balcony Rail (34 lamps) and the two Near Box Booms (12 lamps each). In the 1980s designers began using a.. • FOH Pipe or Truss hung over the orchestra section of the auditorium. This position provides a vertical angle similar to the Ceiling Cove in a more modern theatre. The 63 front units in Ke
