Nightmare Before Christmas

The Art Centre Theatre in Plano, Texas showcased a marvelous play based on Tim Burton’s movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Originally generated as a poem, this tells a story about Jack Skellington, a citizen of Halloween Town, who coincidentally tumbles upon a portal that leads to Christmas Town and becomes determined to celebrate the holiday with barbarous and witty repercussions. The cast and crew members of the Art Centre Theatre executed the play miraculously.
When entering within the theatre, the lights were dimmed to absolute darkness. The music played subtly in the background leading contracting muscles on the skin surface to protrude. The Halloween theme was kept in spirit when the curtains exposed the stage and the setting of the play was brought into sight. There were two floors on the stage; bottom level bared the basement and above laid a scientific lab, with brains in the jars and blood on the walls. Far right
The director along side with the technical producer incorporated the use of fog machines at the climax of the story. As the plot thickened, the audience was on the edge of their seats wanting to know if Jack had really passed away or not. The fog was diffused through out the theatre creating a mood of intensity and fierceness. The strobe lights were activated and beamed the stage, capturing each and every cast member’s facial expressions of agony. On the same token, towards the end of the show, the play was to conclude on joyous terms. Christmas was brought back and Santa Clause was safe and sound. At that particular moment, the cast performed their very last song, and the artificial snow machines were initiated and ushered the show to a jolly christmas and halloween ending. From the multi colored strobe lights to the artificial snow machines, the overall lighting of the show was dependent on the ambience of each