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SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS August 21, 1978 Mr. Ton Hughes Dallas Suntner Musicals^ Inc. Music Hall at Fair Park P.O. Box 26188 Dallas i Texas 75226 Dear Tern, The f ollcwing is a list of the possible. renovations that we would need on the SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. scenery before a contetplated national tour.. Although the tour is now contemplated to begin January 1st, I would appreciate, someone forwarding, roe an estiroate as to the cost of this caistructicxu 1. A oarplete deck alleging, for. trades to be used for the house unit,, general store, restaurant, pallettas, and props* We should also allow for electric winching if and when the show sits down in New York* 2. Rebuild the 'house "unit to make the upstairs upstage wall stiff, to make the upstairs chimney three-dirransional (xnatdbing dbwnsl^airs) f to add two-fold masking behind the boys1 bedroom downstairs, to make downstage-upstairs wall roll down rather than travel across, 3. Replace nnuntain.cfcecp #3 (the drop backing.the buckboard sequences) with, a painted scrim. 4. Replace mountain drop #5 (assu^dx^-inountain drop #4 is the translucency) with a new one - Rio Rita has to go. 5. Put foliage hard legs in place of blacks. 6. Alter the budcooard ?╟÷ make it lo^er, make it: more aocessable (stairs all the way across the back?) - 7. Stiffen the bam drop. 8. Add barn legs $fin-one*' in front of barn drop, including.working kerosene lantern. 9. Stiffen cabin drop. 10. Add return on stage right barn exterior unit. 11. Add blackout drop upstage, to cover new mountain" scrim... 12. Add black-out drop upstage so that kidnap sequence is truly in linfoo. 13. Stiffen cut-out tree drcp* 14. Replace woodpile with one that is more rustic and less "musical comedy.?l 8489 WEST THIRD STREET * SUITE 4 ?╜ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90048 * (213) 651-3724