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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 812002 ? α ? α ? α a SECTION CHRISTINE H. WETZEl/REVIEW-JQURNAl Audiences don't see the work that goes on behind the scenes to make the "Folies Bergere" come together into a complete show, said Lisa Perkowski, company manager. Here, a performer flips off of a set piece during the cancan number at a recent performance. THE STRIP From Mayhem Backstage chaos turns into onstage efficiency during each performance of ?╟ Folies Bergere?╟╓ By SONYA PADGETT REVIEW-JOURNAL Thirty minutes before showtime on a recent Thursday, the backstage portion of the Tropicana?╟╓s Tiffany Theatre looks more like a storage room than the launching area for two performances of the 43-year-old production show ?╟úFolies Bergere,?╟Ñ Disassembled scenery for the cancan number can be found on both sides of the stage. A1957 Chevy is parked near a wall, not far from a giant, silver contraption that looks a little like a pipe organ. In its current state, it?╟╓s hard to tell it will become a spaceship in one of the show?╟╓s numbers. Still, stagehands and performers move about as though nothing is amiss, And really it?╟╓s not, This is the way it always looks before, after and even during a show, ?╟úIt?╟╓s like a little puzzle that comes together,?╟Ñ Marc Steivel, boy line captain, says of the mystery that unfolds backstage prior to and during every performance, It may not look it to the untrained eye, but almost everything is preset for quick assembly by five carpenters, two props hands, five rail technicians and five electricians. Later, when the cancan number comes up during the show, five crew members will maneuver its set to center stage, then place chairs around tables, In 2 minutes and 40 seconds, the pieces come together into a complete French bar scene. After the number, the crew strikes the set in 1 minute and 3 seconds, moving it back to its previous disassembled state. But right now, 13 wardrobe ?√? SEE BACKSTAGE PAGE 10J Stagehands help "Folies Bergere" showgirl Debbie Barns step Into a star-burst that descends from the ceiling in the opening number of the show.